46 upcoming tech events
DigiTreff – Der Digital-Wegweiser in der Bibliothek
Di., 17. März 2026 um 20:00
Kornhausbibliothek
Join DigiTreff at Kornhausbibliothek for an engaging evening on digital tools and services, with practical demonstrations, Q&A, and tips from librarians to boost your digital literacy.
Programmieren mit Bee Bots
Mi., 18. März 2026 um 20:00
Bibliothek Urtenen-Schönbühl
Join a hands-on workshop at Bibliothek Urtenen-Schönbühl where kids learn basic programming with Bee-Bots, practicing sequencing and problem solving in a friendly library setting.
Startup Days: Welcome Coffee
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Kick off Startup Days with a Welcome Coffee at Kursaal Bern—a casual networking session for founders, developers, and startup enthusiasts to connect over coffee in a modern Bern venue.
Startup Days: Two Startup Journeys – An Angel’s View
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Two seasoned angel investors present startup journey case studies in a peer-to-peer session at Kursaal Bern, hosted by SICTIC Switzerland. Insights into early-stage funding and startup trajectories.
Startup Days: Funding the Future of AI
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Explore turning cutting-edge AI into a venture-scale company at Kursaal Bern with a focused session on fundraising, positioning, and growth foundations, hosted by ETH AI Center during Startup Days.
Startup Days: Fundraising Negotiations in Challenging Times
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
A practical workshop where seasoned VC lawyers guide founders through fundraising negotiations in challenging times, sharing term-sheet insights, negotiation tactics, and real-world scenarios at Kursaal Bern's Panorama 2.
Startup Days: Scaling as a Swiss (and European) Startup – how to overcome the death valley?
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Insight-packed session at Kursaal Bern's Arena Main Stage as part of Startup Days, exploring how Swiss and European startups scale to cross the death valley, with three speakers sharing growth tactics and funding strategies.
Startup Days: 10 golden rules for pitching
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Join a Startup Days session at Kursaal Bern with two speakers on pitching mastery in tough markets. The Founders Know-How track delivers 10 practical rules to craft a compelling startup pitch, guided by Innosuisse experts.
Startup Days: 12 Startup Traps You Face After the Honeymoon
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Join two speakers at Kursaal Bern's Panorama 4 for Startup Days as they unpack 12 common startup traps after the honeymoon, offering practical founders know-how in a focused session on navigating early-stage challenges.
Startup Days: AI First or AI-Washed?
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
A Startup Days session at Kursaal Bern exploring whether AI startups are first-mover heroes or AI-washed, with ZKB-hosted experts discussing success criteria and how investors select ventures on the Unlock Switzerland track.
Startup Days: Angel or not? When is a Business Angel right for your startup.
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Join a practical Startup Days session in Kursaal Bern on when a business angel is right for your startup, featuring two speakers from Berner Kantonalbank AG. Get signals, terms, and timing for angel funding in a concise panel.
Startup Days: An IP-first mindset that enabled a business pivot
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Explore how an IP-first mindset enabled a startup pivot, with four speakers sharing the Myotest story at Kursaal Bern. A Startup Days session on founder strategy that pairs IP ownership with market pivots, offering practical insights for founders.
Startup Days: Better Together
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
At Kursaal Bern, this Startup Days session explores how startups and SMEs collaborate for success, featuring the launch of The Startup-SME Playbook and insights from three speakers in the Founders Know-How track.
Startup Days: Bioconvergence as a Driver of New Business
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
An English-language tech conference session at Kursaal Bern where CSEM and partners explore bioconvergence as a driver for new business, translating life-science research into scalable, market-ready solutions with real-world impact.
Startup Days: Bringing AI to the Bedside
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Tech panel at Kursaal Bern exploring how AI research translates into hospital-ready tools, from algorithm to approved clinical solutions, with researchers from the University of Bern and BFH and industry partners sharing deployment insights.
Startup Days: Building Europe’s Next Scaleups
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Join Startup Days at Kursaal Bern for a focused tech session on building Europe’s next scaleups, a candid conversation with a first cohort participant about turning European tech into globally competitive companies, hosted by ETH AI Center.
Startup Days: COFFEE BREAK
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Join Startup Days at Kursaal Bern for a COFFEE BREAK networking session. This tech meetup centers on casual conversations and professional connections, blending a coffee-break vibe with a focused networking track in Bern.
Startup Days: Corporate x Startup – Reality Check: What Really Works?
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Explore what really works in corporate-startup collaboration at Startup Days in Kursaal Bern. This Panorama 2 session, a peer-to-peer exchange hosted by Axpo, gathers real-world insights, practical tactics, and candid experiences to boost innovation.
Startup Days: Employee Participation Schemes for Start-ups
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Discover how startups use employee participation schemes—from equity to virtual options—to attract and retain talent, in this Startup Days session at Kursaal Bern. Two speakers share founder-focused strategies and practical takeaways.
Startup Days: Entrepreneurial Talk with Christian Fischer (Bcomp)
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Join Startup Days for an entrepreneurial talk featuring Christian Fischer of Bcomp at Kursaal Bern's Unplugged Stage. A focused session on sustainable tech, startup journeys, and practical insights from a leading innovator.
Startup Days: From Research to Market Reality: Making AI Create
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Tech-session on moving AI research into scalable market-ready solutions, featuring two speakers who discuss prototype-to-deployment hurdles, organizational barriers, and practical paths to scale, hosted at the AI Stage in Kursaal Bern.
Startup Days: Going Global: Real Stories from Swiss Startups
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
On May 21, 2026 at Kursaal Bern, four speakers share real-world international growth stories from Swiss startups. A tech conference session, backed by Swissnex and Switzerland Global Enterprise, offering practical tips for scaling globally.
EU funding for deep-tech startups
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Join Startup Days at Kursaal Bern for a focused session on securing EU funding for deep-tech startups, detailing Horizon Europe’s EIC Accelerator and STEP Scale Up with practical, investor-ready guidance.
Startup Days: Innovative Charging Technology for Cleaner Cities
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Startup Days presents a focused tech session on innovative contactless charging for e-mobility, featuring three speakers at Kursaal Bern (Panorama 4, 6th Floor) as part of the Startup Days program, highlighting cleaner cities and future infrastructure.
Startup Days: Investing at the Forefront of Science
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
An engaging tech session at Kursaal Bern during Startup Days: Investing at the Forefront of Science. Learn how investors evaluate science-driven startups, with ETH Entrepreneurship and Swiss partners, and discover Switzerland's early-stage funding landscape.
Startup Days: Learn to Launch at INSEL Campus Bern
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Learn how structured innovation accelerates medtech startups at Startup Days on the INSEL CAMPUS Bern. Four speakers share practical insights for founders—from idea to real-world execution—at Kursaal Bern, with a focus on entrepreneurship and collaboration.
Startup Days Lunch Networking
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Join Startup Days for Lunch Networking at Kursaal Bern, a tech-focused session where founders and professionals mingle over a midday networking lunch, exchanging ideas and forging valuable connections in a vibrant Bern venue.
Startup Days: Matchmaking #1
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Startup Days: Matchmaking #1 offers rapid 15-minute meetings at Kursaal Bern's AARE Forum, connecting startups with potential tech partners in Bern for quick, targeted networking.
Startup Days: Newcomers #1
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Join Startup Days: Newcomers #1 at Kursaal Bern on 2026-05-21 for a focused newcomer-pitching session. Experience a refreshing format, practical feedback, and peer networking as aspiring founders dive into early-stage tech.
Startup Days: Not Medtech Nor Biotech: Making Sense of Biotools
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Join a Startup Days panel at Kursaal Bern (Panorama 3) as founders and investors explore non-medical biotech tools, shaping a shared model and curated deal flow in the Unlock Switzerland track.
Startup Days: Opening Keynote with Julian Teicke
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Kick off Startup Days with the Opening Keynote from Julian Teicke at Kursaal Bern, Arena Main Stage (5th Floor). This professional tech conference session sets the tone with a high-energy keynote and a two-speaker lineup for startup innovation.
Startup Days: Open Source AI as a Strategic Advantage
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
ETH AI Center hosts a Startup Days session on how open-source AI can be a strategic edge for startups and Europe, presented on the AI Stage (5th Floor, Forum West) at Kursaal Bern.
Startup Days: Product-Market-Fit: Framework and Founder Story
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Tech session at Kursaal Bern's Panorama 7 presents a practical product-market-fit framework and a founder's real-world story, featuring two speakers from be-advanced AG. A concise, actionable track for founders and tech professionals.
Startup Days: Reverse Pitching #1 - Why I’m the investor you want
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Join Startup Days in Bern for Reverse Pitching #1, where top investors flip the script and present themselves, followed by a founder Q&A and audience discussion. A rare chance to hear investor perspectives live at Kursaal Bern.
Startup Days: SICTIC Investor Day: All Stars
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Investor-focused Startup Days session at Kursaal Bern featuring SICTIC All Stars—promising startups in active funding rounds presented to vetted investors, with Scenario 1 on the 5th floor, highlighting growth-ready ventures and strategic networking.
Startup Days: Smart money in action - how investors add value
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
A panel-style session at Kursaal Bern during Startup Days, exploring how venture investors add value beyond capital, with three speakers sharing real-world experiences on support, guidance, and the limits of investor involvement.
Startup Days 2026
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Join Startup Days 2026 at Kursaal Bern for a full-day tech conference focused on startups, networking, and collaboration. Meet founders, investors and engineers, explore sessions and demos, and connect with Switzerland's vibrant startup ecosystem in Bern.
Startup Days: Strategic Investments: Everything you need to know
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
An interactive Startup Days session at Kursaal Bern on strategic investments, featuring a mock term-sheet negotiation and expert guidance on essential terms and pitfalls for founders, hosted by Kellerhals Carrard.
Startup Days: The Art of Pivoting
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Startup Days at Kursaal Bern presents 'The art of pivoting: transforming with purpose'. In Panorama 2, leaders share real-world pivot stories, showing how to navigate uncertainty and turn disruption into momentum in this practical tech conference session hosted by PMI Switzerland
Startup Days: The ultimate quiz on intellectual property
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
An interactive IP quiz at Kursaal Bern as part of Startup Days, exploring trademarks, patents and Swissness. German-language session in Panorama 2 features two speakers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, blending learning with a playful competitive format.
Startup Days: PoC to Market Traction
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Tech conference session at Kursaal Bern during Startup Days, where three speakers reveal how early pilot projects with hospitals and partners turn into real market traction, featuring peer-to-peer exchanges and insights hosted by EPFL.
Startup Days: VC Financing Rounds: A Founder's Playbook
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Join a Startup Days session at Kursaal Bern for an insider guide to venture capital rounds—from seed to growth. Learn valuations, dilution, governance, and term structuring from a founder-focused perspective; practical, actionable insights to time a raise without losing control.
Startup Days: AI & DeepTech Panel
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Join Startup Days at Kursaal Bern for an AI & DeepTech conference session featuring Swisscom, DeepTech Nation and Swiss AI Weeks. A panel exploring real-use cases, learnings, and opportunities shaping Switzerland’s tech landscape.
Startup Days: FAREWELL-APÉRO
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Join Startup Days for a Farewell-Apéro at Kursaal Bern, a convivial networking session where tech founders and professionals mingle over drinks to celebrate the event’s journey and spark new ideas in a stylish Bern venue.
Startup Days: From Startup to Scale-up: The Hard Truth
Do., 21. Mai 2026
Kursaal Bern - Arena
Two serial entrepreneurs and a scale-up executive reveal the hard truths of growing a startup—from operations to mindset—during a peer-to-peer session at Startup Days in Kursaal Bern.
Startup Days 2026
Do., 21. Mai 2026 um 08:00
Kursaal Bern - Arena
This flagship tech gathering in Bern’s Kursaal brings the Swiss startup ecosystem together for networking, knowledge exchange, and discussions on topics shaping entrepreneurship and innovation.