Report on Industry Connect "AI applied to SMEs
More than 50 participants joined us on May 20, 2021, both face-to-face and online, at theIndustry Connect on AI applied to SMEs, an event organized by alp ict in collaboration withOPI andHEPIA.
Through several company testimonials and a multi-disciplinary round table discussion, we discovered that AI is not just for large corporations, but also offers many opportunities for SMEs.
Thanks to the 9 experts and entrepreneurs who shared their experiences through concrete examples:
- Catherine Charbonnier, Founder of XpertIA
- Pierre Kauffmann, Industry Solution Architect & Blockchain Leader at IBM Switzerland
- Caroline Matteucci, Founder & CEO of CM Profiling and Cryfe
- Xavier Moles Lopez, Tech Lead & Senior Data Scientist at Qim info
- Céline Monneret, Recruitment Manager at Qim info
- Julien Ruey, Data Scientist at Qim info
- Guido Bologna, Senior Scientist and Lecturer atUNIGE
- Laura Tocmacov Venchiarutti, CEO and co-founder of the ImpactIA Foundation
- Axel Collet, HES-SO Assistant in the image processing laboratory at HEPIA
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Press article
The exchanges are superbly summarized in this article by Pierre Cormon, published in Entreprise Romande magazine on June 4, 2021.

Video replay
Next meeting
The next Industry Connect will take place on June 17 online, from 10am to 1pm: AI applied to industry.
What are the benefits of artificial intelligence in the industrial sector, and what are the challenges in terms of legislation and data protection? How can these technologies be implemented, and what strategy should be adopted?
alp ict, Microcity and CSEM invite you to explore the many industrial applications of AI through company testimonials, a multidisciplinary round table and live demonstrations.
The diverse profiles of the 10 speakers will give you an overview of the different aspects of the topic, and the questions that AI raises on several levels. Discussions will provide you with the keys to understanding and identifying the opportunities best suited to your organizational, financial and human resources.