Events

09/07/2026 09:00 — 12:30

Type of event : other

As cyberattacks become an increasing reality of armed conflict, the ICRC is developing a digital emblem enabling medical and humanitarian organizations to signal their protected status under international humanitarian law in the digital environment. This event marks the transition to the operational phase of the project, bringing together state representatives, technology leaders, and technical experts to present the initiative, demonstrate how it works, and define concrete steps toward international adoption.

24/03/2026 17:30 — 19:30

Type of event : EPFL

This roundtable will explore how generative AI systems, including large language models (LLM) and image-generation tools, increasingly shape representations of people, identities, and social groups. Through textual, visual, and multimodal outputs, these systems may reproduce or amplify racial stereotypes, discriminatory patterns and forms of exclusion.

23/03/2026 — 25/03/2026
12:15 — 14:00

Type of event : other

Human Rights Week is a 3-day congress exploring the dual impact of digital tools: empowering activism while enabling new forms of control. Participants examine how technology is transforming human rights and envision a more just digital future. Dr Olivier Crochat, C4DT's executive director, will join a panel on digital platforms' role in contemporary conflicts.

25/05/2023 09:30

Type of event : other

Data Science, including Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, has already sparked a lot of innovation and insights. But how can it create value for your domain of expertise and impact your bottom line? SDSC-CONNECT is a series of conferences organized by the Swiss Data Science Center. We address challenges and applications in the fields of data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence, in a broad range of areas.

30/03/2023 09:00 — 17:00

Type of event : C4DT

The past two years saw a new vulnerability make headlines: software supply chains. Events such as the SolarWinds and Kaseya cyberattacks or the discovery of the Log4j vulnerability forced organizations to reevaluate their cyber risk exposure. This one-day conference provides a platform for academia, government, business, NGOs and standard-setting bodies to shed light on software supply chain risks, outline persisting challenges, and discuss mitigation tactics, solutions, and best practices as well as emerging frameworks and standardization initiatives. For more information click here.

16/03/2023 17:00 — 19:00

Type of event : C4DT

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned authority on technology and security with a level-headed, must-hear message for any audience concerned about our digital security and privacy. Called a “security guru” by The Economist, Bruce is the author of sixteen books, including the New York Times bestseller Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World.

09/02/2023 09:30 — 15:00

Type of event : other

Blockchain, smart contracts, cryptocurrencies, platforms, big data - new technologies are challenging lawyers. They must grasp the main social, economic and technical challenges of digitalisation and find the right legal instruments to react to the upheavals caused by digital technology. This is the perspective of the "Digitalisation Week".

26/01/2023 14:45

Type of event : other

A l’occasion de la Journée de la protection des données, la Faculté de droit, des sciences criminelles et d’administration publique de l’Université de Lausanne organise une conférence publique en collaboration avec le Préposé fédéral à la protection des données et à la transparence, le Centre universitaire d’informatique de l’Université de Genève et ThinkServices.

09/11/2022 18:00 — 20:00

Type of event : EPFL

La CLIC et la Société des Officiers et Militaires du campus universitaire de Lausanne organisent ensemble une série de 4 talks sur le thème de la cybersécurité.

26/10/2022 09:00 — 18:00

Type of event : other

This year’s Cyber-Defence (CYD) Campus Conference will take place in the Kursaal in Bern on 26 October 2022. The key issue of the Conference will be ensuring future digital infrastructures. The CYD Campus is looking forward to welcoming experts and interested parties from the government, business and science at this Conference.

26/10/2022 09:30 — 17:00

Type of event : C4DT

Im Oktober 2022 veröffentlicht das Bundesamtes für Kommunikation (BAKOM) seinen Grundlagenbericht an den Bundesrat zu den wichtigsten Herausforderungen, denen sich der Service Public aufgrund der Digitalisierung gegenübersieht. Aus diesem Anlass bringt diese eintägige C4DT-Konferenz Experten und Expertinnen aus der Verwaltung, den Service Public Unternehmen, den Regulatoren, der Wissenschaft, der Politik und der Zivilgesellschaft zusammen, um sich kritisch damit auseinanderzusetzen, wie die Digitalisierung unser Verständnis und die Bereitstellung des Service Public verändert. Zudem werden mögliche Lösungsansätze für sich abzeichnenden Herausforderungen in vier interaktiven Panels diskutiert. Mit dieser Veranstaltung bieten wir die Möglichkeit verschiedene Blickwinkel auf dieses wichtige Thema kennenzulernen und sich…

25/10/2022 14:00 — 17:30

Type of event : other

On the Digital Cooperation Day, the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) will present the findings of the second edition of the Geneva Digital Atlas which maps overall digital developments in International Geneva. Based on this mapping, the discussion will be conducted with the UN Secretary-General’s envoy on technology (a key catalyst of the process towards the GDC) on priority policy questions for actors in Geneva. The discussion will include answers that the vibrant Geneva scene can provide to the global community.

03/10/2022 — 20/01/2023

Type of event : C4DT

Course given under the GymInf program of swissuniversities by Linus Gasser. Subjects for the course: - why your opinion is worth money - abusive data collection on personal devices - protecting internet connections using TLS - usefulness of blockchains for the decentralization of trust - homomorphic cryptography for secure data sharing - legislation on security and privacy in Switzerland, Europe, and elsewhere

29/09/2022 — 30/09/2022

Type of event : other

The Stanford Internet Observatory and the Trust and Safety Foundation will host a two-day conference focusing on cutting-edge research in trust and safety for those in academia, industry, civil society, and government.

23/09/2022 09:00 — 15:45

Type of event : C4DT

The Federal Council described cyberattacks as “a serious threat for Switzerland’s security and economy” and proposed a law for a reporting obligation for cyberattacks on critical infrastructures in its press release of January 12th 2022. This 1-day conference, organized by C4DT in collaboration with UNIL’s Faculty of Law, Criminal Sciences and Public Administration (FDCA) and Trust Valley, will bring together government, public and private sectors and academia to discuss the proposed reporting obligation. Through case studies of past cyberattacks in Switzerland and simulations of possible critical infrastructure attacks, we aim to raise awareness of the cyber-risks with communal, cantonal and…

21/09/2022 — 23/09/2022

Type of event : other

Public and private institutions around the world are facing imminent risk of cyber assault threatening national security, critical assets and business continuity. Now, more than ever, building cyber resilience is an urgent priority for leaders in business and government. The exclusive gathering will unite CEOs, board members, and government to discuss strategies for overcoming new cyber threats. The conversation around cyber risk and business resiliency will address cyber security as a strategic business issue as opposed to just an operational one.

13/09/2022

Type of event : other

La 8ème table ronde philanthropique, organisée par l’Etat de Genève en partenariat avec SwissFoundations et la Fondation Lombard Odier, aura lieu mardi 13 septembre 2022. Cet événement qui aura pour thème Philanthropie à l’ère du numérique : risques et opportunités s’inscrit dans le cycle de rencontres philanthropiques initiées en 2013, organisé conjointement par la direction générale du développement économique, de la recherche et de l’innovation de la République et canton de Genève (DDE), la Fondation Lombard Odier et SwissFoundations.

08/09/2022

Type of event : other

In 2022, the #MITCDOIQ will bring the globally renowned Chief Data Officer & Information Quality Symposium (CDOIQ) hosted at MIT to Europe for the first time, in cooperation with the Competence Center Corporate Data Quality (University of Lausanne – UNIL) and the Swiss Data Science Center (ETH Zurich & EPFL). The CDOIQ Symposium has established itself as one of the most important data events to exchange innovative ideas, best practices and to promote the adoption of the CDO role.

29/04/2022 — 08/07/2022

Type of event : C4DT

Course given under the GymInf program of swissuniversities by Linus Gasser. Subjects for the course: - why your opinion is worth money - abusive data collection on personal devices - protecting internet connections using TLS - usefulness of blockchains for the decentralization of trust - homomorphic cryptography for secure data sharing - legislation on security and privacy in Switzerland, Europe, and elsewhere

05/04/2022 — 06/04/2022

Type of event : other

By 2025 the total amount of data created, captured and consumed is predicted to reach 175 zettabytes. However, much of that data’s value is being wasted due to distrust, as there is fear that the data would be exposed when used, computed on or shared with collaborators, possibly leading to trade secrets being leaked or data protection legislation fines.

30/03/2022 11:00 — 17:00

Type of event : C4DT

By joining forces, C4DT and IMI aim to offer a track dedicated to societal issues related to information and technology, at the intersection between media and trust in the digital world.

29/03/2022 09:00 — 15:00

Type of event : C4DT

The track “AI & Healthcare” aims at bringing together researchers from academia, public health, start-ups and industry to share experiences and best practices, to jointly discuss the potential of AI in the transformation of healthcare towards a trustworthy system with improved patient and society outcomes.

28/03/2022 18:15 — 19:30

Type of event : C4DT

The Rule of Law, Democracy and the Future of Europe in the Age of Artificial Intelligence in collaboration with Fondation Jean Monet pour l'Europe and EPFL.

28/03/2022 13:30 — 17:30

Type of event : C4DT

In this track, we explore the role of AI for cybersecurity – its blessing and its curse – and how the private sector, government and academia should collaborate to reduce the threat landscape of AI systems as well as to isolate them with safeguard mechanisms that make it easy to shut down if things start to go wrong.