AI Summit 2027: A Conversation Before Geneva

A conversation with Irene Solaiman, Chief Policy Officer and SVP at Hugging Face, with her perspective on the opportunities, risks, and choices ahead as the world prepares for the AI Summit in Geneva in June 2027. 

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Join us on Thursday, November 19 for a conversation ahead of the Geneva AI Summit 2027.

Your voice, on the road to the next global AI Summit 2027.

The evening opens with a talk by Irene Solaiman, Chief Policy Officer and SVP of Strategy at Hugging Face. She’ll share her perspective on the opportunities, risks, and choices ahead as the world prepares for the AI Summit in Geneva next year.

​After Irene’s talk, event attendees have the opportunity to join one of six roundtables together with the cohort of Geneva Loading… a program by Swissnex in San Francisco that brings together a group of Swiss AI experts from research, policy, business, and civil society to prepare for the Geneva AI Summit 2027.

Pick your table
The following roundtables can be selected:

AI governance and sovereignty
AI safety and frontier risk
AI, democracy, and media
AI in high-stakes settings
​AI oversight and human judgment
AI for science and innovation

​Roundtable participation offers a unique chance to shape the Geneva AI Summit 2027 since the cohort of Geneva Loading… will take inputs from the roundtable discussions and use them to prepare for the AI Summit.

What is Geneva Loading…? Geneva Loading… is a program that brings together a group of Swiss AI experts from research, policy, business, and civil society to prepare for the summit.

This November, the cohort is spending a week (Nov 16-20) in the Bay Area meeting the people who build, fund, regulate, and challenge AI. They want to hear what Silicon Valley gets right, what should change, and what the world should be talking about in Geneva.

About the Geneva AI Summit 2027
Every year world leaders, tech companies, researchers, and civil society gather at a global AI Summit to decide how humanity should handle the most powerful technology of our time. In 2027, Geneva will host the next global AI Summit, following Bletchley Park, Seoul, Paris, and New Delhi. What gets discussed there will shape the rules, priorities, and safeguards around AI for years. Most people never get a say in it. This evening, you can.

Why Join?
– Hear a frontline perspective. Irene Solaiman of Hugging Face opens the evening with a view from the heart of the AI ecosystem.
– Meet people you wouldn’t otherwise meet. Swiss policymakers, researchers, and leaders alongside Bay Area founders, engineers, investors, and thinkers, all in one room.
– Be heard where it counts. This isn’t a panel you watch from your seat. You’ll take part in small group discussions with the people heading to Geneva, and what you contribute will directly support their preparation for the AI Summit.
– Stay for networking and drinks. The conversation keeps going in a more casual setting.

Seats are limited to 60 people

The Geneva Loading… Cohort 2026

  • Nadine Bienefeld, Senior Researcher & Lecturer, ETH Zurich & University of Lucerne
  • Arnout Devos, Lecturer, ETH AI Center
  • Ruth Fulterer, Tech Journalist, NZZ
  • Armin Galliker, Senior Software Architect, Siemens
  • Angela Müller, Executive Director, AlgorithmWatch CH
  • Balz Oertli, Journalist & Co-founder, WAV Recherchekollektiv
  • Niniane Paeffgen, Lead Citizens Engagement & Public Affairs, GESDA
  • Blaise Robert, Global AI Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
  • Kevin Schawinski, CEO & Co-founder, Modulos
  • Patrick Stadler, Executive Lead & Co-founder, Pour Demain

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Program

  • 6:00pm – Doors open
  • 6:30pm – Opening remarks: Geneva Loading… and the road to the AI Summit 2027
  • 6:40pm – Featured talk and Q&A: Irene Solaiman, Chief Policy Officer and SVP of Strategy, Hugging Face
  • 7:00pm – Cohort presentation and roundtable introductions
  • 7:15pm – Roundtable clinics
  • 7:45pm – Table report-backs
  • 8:15pm – Closing reflections
  • 8:20pm – Drinks and conversation
  • 9:00pm – Doors close

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Geneva Loading… is a collaboration between Swissnex in San Francisco and Mercator Foundation Switzerland.

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