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Welcome
Doors open at 13.30. Registration and informal exchange before the programme begins.
Turning AI Vision into Business Value
Discover how financial institutions can build secure, scalable AI infrastructure. Join us in Zurich on 5.11.2026.
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About the event
What it takes to build trusted AI infrastructure today - and how to prepare for the next generation of AI, from GenAI to Agentic AI.
The answers to these questions do not come from the model itself, but from the foundation beneath it: the infrastructure, the way data is managed, and the control you have over both.
On 5 November, we will take a closer look at that foundation. You will gain a realistic view of what operating AI in production requires in terms of compute power and cost, and how those requirements change once agents begin to act autonomously. You will also hear from a bank that has built its own sovereign AI infrastructure: what worked, what held up, and what did not.
Finally, we will shift perspective. Because even with the strongest foundation, one question remains: how do you know that you can trust a system? The answer comes from someone whose profession depends on answering exactly that question, in a market where authenticity can determine millions in value.
The event will take place at Löwenbräukunst, Zurich’s centre for contemporary art and one of Switzerland’s leading addresses for contemporary art.
Agenda
An afternoon on the infrastructure, economics and trust required to operate AI in financial services.
Banking on Intelligence: Tokenomics, AI Factories and Financial Foundation Models
Tokens are the new unit of financial productivity. This session covers the economics of AI inference, the rise of AI factories as core banking infrastructure, and how financial foundation models turn proprietary data into durable competitive advantage — securely and sovereignly.
AI for the Next Era of Banking
The financial sector is rapidly shifting from early generative AI experimentation to deploying scalable, regulated solutions that drive tangible operational value. In this session, Dr. Richard Harmon explores Agentic AI and World Models, and introduces the framework of Engineered Trust for governing platform, model and outcome integrity.
From first use case to Agentic AI: FBG’s journey to Sovereign AI
How does a bank move from its first AI use case to a secure and scalable foundation for the future? Frankfurter Bankgesellschaft (FBG) shares the business drivers, architecture and governance behind its sovereign AI platform, why an on-premises approach was chosen, and what the team learned along the way. The session concludes with FBG’s roadmap from GenAI to Agentic AI, and the foundations required to scale AI securely, efficiently and with measurable business value.
Break
Trust, Art & AI: What the art market can teach financial institutions about the future of trust
The art market has spent four hundred years building trust out of reputation, relationships and paperwork — and is now watching AI test that system to its limits. Dr. Carina Popovici of Art Recognition, a company that authenticates artworks using AI, examines what happens when opinions stop being sufficient and institutions are forced to shift from “Do we have a story?” to “Do we have evidence?” A perspective on verification as infrastructure, and what banking can learn from a market where authenticity decides everything.
Panel discussion: The future of banking in Switzerland in the age of AI
Expert Talk & Panel Discussion
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