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Circle – Convention Center – Flughafen Zürich

Register for the 5th
Growing Together Conference:

21.11.2025

The Growing Together Conference is a conference gem that attracts
decision-makers from the business world.
It is a focused exchange platform where leading voices from the field of data-driven value creation
in major companies share their data strategies and experiences: direct, open, and valuable.

These topics will take center stage:
Impact of data on business __ Navigating innovation with AI __ Shaping data strategy __ Strategic outlook on data

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Program Preview

Inspiring Keynote with Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen

Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen
Leader of ETH Zürich | Space.
Head of Science at NASA from 2016 to 2022.

Previously Professor of Space Science and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan. Also founder of the largest Entrepreneurship programme at American Universities - the Michigan Center for Entrepreneurship - and a member of the International Academy of Astronautics.

Speakers
Leaders in Data Driven Value Creation

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Lukasz Lewandowski
Director Palantir Foundry CoE

SwissRe

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Sotirios Dimopoulos
Senior Manager, Data Science & AI

Hewlett Packard

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Sofia Kyriakopoulou
Group Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Scor

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Prof. Dr. med. Katrin Hoffmann, MBA
Chief Medical Officer

Luzerner Kantonsspital

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Viton Vitanis
Machine Learning & Data Engineer

Rivero

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Sherryl Manalo
Global Head of GPS Software Solutions

Julius Bär

Thomas Geier
CFO

Aveniq

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Martin Weber Nisslé
Vice President Global IT

Ricola

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Dr. Markus Beck
Head of Data & AI

Renovero / Local Seach

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More speakers will be announced in the coming days.

… and the SwissViz Award Ceremony!

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… and a Keynote with Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic

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Four-time best selling author and CEO of storytelling with data, Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic helps people and organizations all over the world create graphs that tell compelling stories and influence change.

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Tech-Talks (40min)


The best for interested parties and practitioners – compact, to the point, and without sales jargon.

Designing Scalable Data Platforms:
Principles, Patterns, and Pitfalls

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Dr. Bernhard Vennemann 
Senior Consultant
D ONE

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Nino Weingart
Senior Consultant
D ONE

Streaming Meets Analytics:
Real-Time Data Processing with Apache Flink and Kafka


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Samuel von Baussnern
Senior Consultant
D ONE

Marianna Arvaniti
Manager
D ONE

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Diana Mitache
Senior Consultant
D ONE

Metadata-Driven Data Engineering:
Orchestration, Contracts, and Observability

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Marcel Zemp
Principal
D ONE

Ali Ander
Consultant
D ONE

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Noe Fischer
Senior Consultant
D ONE

AI Safety in Practice:
Red Teaming, Guardrails, and Monitoring for LLM Systems

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George Verouchis
Consultant
D ONE

Shyam Chikatamarla
Managing Consultant
D ONE

Designing for Impact:
Don’t just show it, ship it!

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Charlotte Cabane
Managing Consultant
D ONE

Inna Grijnevitch
Senior Consultant
D ONE

Synthetic Data at Scale:
Generation, Evaluation, and Use Cases Across Industries

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Andrei Dmitrenko
Senior Consultant
D ONE

Patrick Leonardy
Consultant
D ONE

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Felix Kuchelmeister
Consultant
D ONE

Inside the Analytical Engine:
Faster-than-Blink Performance for AI and Data Applications

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Alex Hall
Engineer
Firebolt

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Deep Dive Workshops (90min)

For anyone who wants to acquire new knowledge in a hands-on, uncomplicated way.

Power BI Mastery:
Building Modular, Scalable Reporting Solutions with Fabric

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Elena Pateraki
Senior Consultant
D ONE

Clara Diederichsen
Consultant
D ONE

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Alexandra Studer
Senior Consultant
D ONE

Designing and Orchestrating Operational Digital Twins in Palantir Foundry

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Panos Michelakis
Associate Consultant
D ONE

George Skaros
Consultant
D ONE

End-to-End Machine Learning Pipelines in Databricks

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Panagiotis Langaris
Consultant
D ONE

Michalis Kalligas
Consultant
D ONE

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