Events at the ETH Pavilion

Monday, 22 January 2018

Challenge Rumantsch
Monday, 22 January 2018 12.00 Challenge Rumantsch

Community members

Challenge
Rumantsch
Presentations

Project presentations and luncheon for invited members of the local government and community.

More information

International Press Event

RETHINKING INTELLIGENCE
Monday, 22 January 2018 17.00 Moderated discussion 18.30 Networking Reception

RETHINKING
Intelligence

World leaders in robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence meet up for an interactive discussion on "superintelligence" - possibly the last invention of humankind. How do we code to avoid self destruction? It is imperative, as creators, that we address the risks and use the potential as we build a future AI that will be useful to humankind.


external page John Fraher,Senior Executive Editor, Bloomberg News (Moderator)
external page Alessandro Curioni, IBM Research Zurich
Download Anna Ukhanova, Google Research Europe (PDF, 242 KB)
Thomas Hofmann, Data Analytics Lab, ETH Zurich
external page Markus Gross, ETH Zurich and Disney Research
external page Pascal Kaufmann, Starmind
external page Juergen Schmidhuber, Swiss AI Lab - IDSIA
external page Andra Keay, Silicon Valley Robotics

RoboRat
RoboRat debut, Monday, 22 January 2018, 18:30

International Press Debut

RoboRat

During the networking reception following the International Press Exclusive, ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich researchers debut a prototype of an autonomous robotic lab rat that uses built-in artificial neural networks to demonstrate intelligent animal behavior.

ETH Alumni
(Image: ETH Zurich /D-GESS) Tuesday, 23 January 2018 11.00 ETH Alumni Excursion

Alumni

ETH Alumni
Excursion to
Davos

ETH Alumni to visit the ETH Zurich interactive exhibition on RETHINKING INTELLIGENCE in Davos.

Request invite

Tuesday, 23 January 2018

 IDEASLAB
Tuesday, 23 January 2018 14.30 IdeasLab, Congress Centre

WEF Participants

IDEAS LAB
Supercharging Urban Energy Systems with ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich professors Gabriela Hug, Giovanni Sansavini, and Arno Schlüter present their research on optimizing the integration of green energy to the grid, resilient infrastructures, and decarbonization through city redesign.

This event takes place in the Congress Centre and is open only to official WEF participants.

Enlarged view: RETHINKING INTELLIGENCE networking with SBB & Google
(Image: SBB) Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18.00 - ETH Zurich & SBB

Industry Executives

SBB & ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich & SBB - Mobility of the Future.


Google UK
(Image: ETH Zurich, Ben van Ligten) Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20.00 - ETH Zurich & Google

Industry Executives & Academia

Google Switzerland & ETH Zurich

Connect with some of Europe's most exclusive execs at the ETH Zurich pavilion during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2018.


Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Times Higher Education
Wednesday, 24 January 2018 18.00 Times Higher Education & Elsevier 19:30 Networking with THE

Senior Leaders in Education

Davos Forum: Innovation & Impact

Phil Baty, Editorial Director of Times Higher Education present an exclusive launch of a new report examining the impact of university-industry collaboration. Find out how world-class universities and businesses work together to drive the knowledge economy. 

Exclusive invite - only.

Thursday, 25 January 2018

University of Zurich
Thursday, 25 January 2018 07.30 Breakfast event

Invited members of academia

University of Zurich Breakfast

Invited members of the University of Zurich community meet up for a breakfast event in Davos.

By invitation only.
 

ETH-Rat
Thursday, 25 January 2018 18.00 ETH Board Reception

Invited guests from academia, industry, and government.

ETH Board Reception

Guests of the ETH Board and members of academia, industry, and government meet to exchange ideas.

By invitation only.

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