SwissText is an annual conference that brings together text analytics experts from industry and academia. It is organised by the Swiss Association for Natural Language Processing (SwissNLP) in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), the Data Innovation Alliance as well as the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW).
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The NTN Innovation Booster is an Innosuisse-founded initiative which brings together the most important players from science/research, society and industry. Its main mission is to develop innovation ideas carried out by interdisciplinary teams.
The NTN Innovation Booster is composed of 18 programs, out of them 6 will start in 2022. Each NTN Innovation Booster program targets a specific domain. One of these programs is NTN Databooster which supports innovation around data-based value creation. Databooster focuses on the design of data-based services for the industrial and service sectors. Its goal is to combine new methods and technologies in the field of data science with new business models and service concepts.
Nowadays, companies collect vast amounts of data to extract information/knowledge. This information is usefull to optimise their process, develop new services and/or products.
The main mission of the NTN Databooster is to support SMEs to:
According to the current COVID guidelines, wearing masks is mandatory. Only holders of a valid COVID certificate (vaccinated, cured or tested negative) will be allowed to participate in the event.
We ask you to provide your COVID certificate and your identity card on site.
HR analytics is studying all people’s processes, functions, challenges, and opportunities at work to elevate these systems and achieve sustainable business success. The active use of advanced analytics can improve the way organisations identify, attract, develop, and retain talent dramatically. On the other hand decisions supported by data and algorithms may be hiding risks for employees as well as employers that most companies do not even consider.
On November 4, 2021, this question and topics were examined from different perspectives – by renowned speakers from both the academic and business environment.
With the event generously hosted by the Digital Society Initiative at the University of Zurich, Markus Christen (UZH) and Karin Lange (die Mobiliar) opened the event – both on the leadership team of the Data Ethics Expert Group of the data innovation alliance.
Dr. Simon Schafheitle from the Institute for Work and Employment Research at the University of St. Gallen showed that people analytics are only effective if they can be enacted in a trust-enabling way. The conclusion was very clear:
“If your PA makes your employees visible:
Let them participate in the design and use and explicitly forego automation.
If your PA bears automation potential:
Allow your employees to withdraw OR explain and justify its “raison d’être” comprehensively!”
Nadia Fischer of witty works – a company that uses its product to help companies formulate job ads in such a way that the open positions can appeal to all types of talent – proved to the audience that we all have cultivated a language bias. With the help of artificial intelligence, this can be made visible and corrected.
Finally, the Mobiliar Lab for Analytics, represented by Mara Nägelin and Jasmine Kerr, used a research project on digital stress intervention to demonstrate on the one hand the great benefits for health management within companies – but also the great potential ethical dangers. In an exemplary manner, the scientists had clarified and cleared up all ethical implications in advance before the project started and repeatedly checked whether privacy and informational self- determination were guaranteed.
Three examples of how digital responsibilities can and must be assumed in order to continue to make our world worth living – and working – in in the future and not generate black boxes!
The panel discussion with the speakers continued in a lively manner during the subsequent aperitif. The audience agreed: A successful event with valuable insights on an important topic.
⇒ Zu obigen und weiteren Webinaren werden auf www.geosummit.ch schrittweise zusätzliche Angaben zu Inhalten und Referent*Innen aufgeschaltet. Es werden auch noch weitere Webinare dazukommen.
Eine Registrierung ist erforderlich, damit der Zutritt ins Webinar gewährt wird.
⇒ Registrierung
Dank der Unterstützung von Innosuisse und den Gold-, Silber- und Bronzepartnern sowie Kongresspartner können die Webinare im 2021 kostenlos angeboten werden. Möchten Sie die Leistungen des Vereins GEOSummit anerkennen, so können Sie einen Ihnen beliebigen Betrag überweisen. Die Bankangaben finden Sie auf der Buchungsbestätigung. Die freiwilligen Beiträge werden für die Organisation des nächsten GEOSummit – hoffentlich wieder «analog» durchgeführt – eingesetzt.
Unterstützer: Innosuisse – Schweizer Agentur für Innovationsförderung
Die Goldpartner sind: Hexagon Schweiz AG, ESRI SCHWEIZ AG, GEOCOM by VERTIGIS, EXOLABS
Die Silberpartner sind: DeltaOffice, Schutz vor Naturgefahren, BENNETBILL, CENTRE PATRONAL, INSER, viadiversa
Die Bronzepartner sind: iNovitas und digitalswitzerland
Die Kongresspartner sind: SOGI, GEOSUISSE, IGS, KGK, GKG, FGS, SGK, SGPF und FHNW.
Einen herzlichen Dank an alle Partner.
⇒ Partner GEOSummit
Registrieren Sie sich für die Webinare! Ohne Registrierung gibt es keinen Zutritt zu den Webinaren. Das Organisationskomitee freut sich, Sie im digitalen Raum begrüssen zu dürfen.
Freundliche Grüsse und beste Gesundheit wünscht
Verein GEOSummit
Pol Budmiger, Präsident
Thomas Meyer, Geschäftsführer.
By Nicolas Lenz, Litix Applied Data Science
Spatial Data was a workshop topic at the #wetechtogether conference which took place on October 2. The data innovation alliance, its member Litix and WiMLDS Zurich sponsored and organized two workshops entitled “Jump into Geodata”. The participants learned how to access Swiss geoservices with Python and how to use them for the presentation and analysis of geodata. We would like to thank the participants for their attendance and the lively discussions in the workshops. We hope that this will lead to new innovative geospatial projects in the future!
Innovative ideas around geodata are indeed welcome, since Spatial Data Analytics is one of four focus topics in the Databooster initiative. Project ideas related to geospatial data have increased chances of receiving Databooster support!
Being part of the #wetechtogether conference was a great experience for data innovation alliance and Litix. We support the main goal of the conference to empower people to bring more diversity into tech. We are already looking forward to the 2022 edition!
Save the date! UZH Digital Forum and data innovation alliance invite to the event at the University of Zurich.
Program:
Welcome Note
Karin Lange and Markus Christen
Dear employees, drop your pants?!
The time is ripe for HR heroes amidst People Analytics
Dr. Simon Schafheitle, Institute for Work and Employment Research, HSG
Unlearning Language Bias – How words affect your existent and future employees
Nadia Fischer, Witty Works
Digital Stress Management Interventions at the Workplace: Benefits and Ethical Concerns
Mara Nägelin & Jasmin Kerr, Mobiliar Lab für Analytics, ETH
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Apéro
Take a look at the FLYER for more information.
The event is limited to 80 people. Participation requires a valid Corona certificate.
At this webinar experts from Switzerland’s IT sector and representatives of Russia’s largest association of software developers RUSSOFT, the Russian Innovation Center Skolkovo and eight top Russian IT companies will discuss cooperation options in the digitalization area. Participants will receive in-depth information about the Russian software industry and cutting-edge digital solutions for business services, industry, public sector, education and healthcare.
You can find the detailed program HERE (download)
Participation is free but registration is mandatory. You will receive the zoom link on the day of the event.
