11.09.2025 SWISS AUTOMATION in Rapperswil

Program «AI and AUTOMATION»
| 9.15 a.m. | Opening of the exhibition / Registration for guests |
| 10.00 a.m. | Welcome Prof. Dr.-Ing. Knut Siercks, Head of Technology Department Prof. Dr. Agathe Koller, Head of ILT, Head of Robotics and Automation |
| Moderation of the symposia: Prof. Dr. Agathe Koller (Head of ILT) and Prof. Dr. Daniel Aggeler (Head of ILT Industrial Automation) | |
| 10.15 a.m. | Advancing AI-Guided Robotic, the Role of Synthetic Data Dr. David Hemmi, CSEM, Head of Research and Business Development |
| 10.45 a.m. | An automated 3D organ model framework as basis for robust AI data sets replicating human diversity Dr. Olivier Frey, InSphero, Vice President and Head of Technology & Platforms |
| 11.15 a.m. | B&R integrate AI for developer in the daily usage Martin Buchmann, B&R Industrie-Automation AG - A member of the ABB Group, Application Manager |
| 11.45 - 13.15 | * Visit to the exhibition during standing lunch * |
| 13.15 p.m. | Keynote SWISS AUTOMATION - A Technical Introduction to AI Prof. Dr. Guido Schuster, OST-ICAI Interdisciplinary Center for Artificial Intelligence, Direktor ICAI |
| 14.00 p.m. | High Speed Automation meets Sustainability – how AI impacts the future of automation Dr.-Ing. Jan R. Seyler, FESTO, Director of Advanced Development Analytics and Control |
| 14.30 p.m. | Lab of the future Davide Spoldi, Givaudan International SA, S&T Product Line Manager Business Development DS |
| 15.00 - 15.45 | * Visit to the exhibition during coffee break * |
| 15.45 p.m. | Lightweight Neural Networks in the field: Smart Cameras learn to monitor product quality Dr. Jens Kubacki, QualiVision AG, Computer Vision & Machine Learning, Application and Sales Engineer |
| 16.15 p.m. | AI in Industrial Automation: Why the models are the easy part Josef Waltl, Software Defined Automation Inc., CEO & Founder |
| 16.45 p.m. | Lab Sciences Award, Verein Toolpoint for Lab Science |
| 17.00 p.m. | Final Symposium on Lab Automation & Symposium on Robotics and Industrial Automation Prof. Dr. Daniel Aggeler, Head of ILT Industrial Automation |
| from 17.05 | Networking with apéro riche |



