Leadership

LEAD27 Zurich 2026

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LEAD27 Zurich 2026 runs on Nov 19, 2026 at The Circle in Zurich, Switzerland. It is a Leadership conference expecting about 500 attendees. It starts in 14 days. ConferenceGrid lists 111 speakers, 13 sponsors and 28 sessions so far.

Lineup updated Nov 2, 2026 · dates verified May 6, 2026

LEAD27 is a leadership conference bringing together over 500 senior leaders at The Circle in Zurich, Switzerland on November 19, 2026. The event focuses on helping leaders navigate the complex tensions in modern organizations, exploring themes such as innovation versus control, transformation versus fatigue, and human versus machine. With international speak…

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111Speakers
13Sponsors
28Sessions
85Companies · in total

Agenda

Selected from 28 sessions.

  • 08:20 - 08:50

    Business Collaboration Points For PI Objectives

    Morning Session
  • 08:20 - 08:50

    CERN talk - soon to be revealed!

    Morning Session
  • 08:20 - 08:50

    Culture Club in Action- They Said, We Did

    Morning Session
  • 09:15 - 09:30

    Leading a Nation Through Transformation: Digitalization and the IT Sector in Kosova

  • 09:30 - 10:15

    Keynote - Transforming Tomorrow: The Ripple Effect of Generative AI

    Opening Keynote
  • 10:45 - 11:15

    Beyond The Books: The End of Agile at JTI

    Session 1
  • 10:45 - 11:15

    “Fail @agile – Fail @AI”

    Session 1
  • 10:45 - 11:15

    Failing Fast: A Strategic Tool for Building a Resilient Value Chain Organization

    Session 1
  • 10:45 - 11:15

    Pioneers in a Corporate World - New Leadership at MAN Energy Solutions Switzerland

    Session 1

Speakers

Programmed at LEAD27, in alphabetical order.

Albin Kurti
Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosova
Alessandro de Giulii
Head of AI & Cloud Enablement · Sunrise
Alexander Senn
Head of People & Organization · Siemens
Anabel Fall
Group Chief People Officer · Haniel
Anand Sahay
CEO and co-founder · Xebia
Andrea Nardone
Customer Engineer · Google Cloud
Andreas Biehl
Head of MBUX Virtual Assistant · Mercedes-Benz
Andreas Giesa
Business Unit Head Digital Business Consulting · Xebia
Andre Helfenstein
Chairman of the Board · SIX Group
André Scholz
Head AI Innovation and Autonomous Factory Siemens | AI Future Council Swiss Future Institute · Siemens / Swiss Future Institute
Anja Hauser
Head Culture & Talent · Xebia
Ariane Previtali
Head Global IT Excellence, Siemens · Siemens
Aslam Cader
Head of Enterprise Strategy and Planning Practice, EMEA · Valiantys
Barbara Agoba
Chief Human Resources Officer and member of the Executive Board · la Mobilière
Benjamin Durieux
CIO · ICRC
Ben Torben-Nielsen
Strategy & Portfolio Leader - Data, analytics and insights · Roche
Bobby Leu
Managing Director and Board Chairman · Xebia
Boris Scholl
General Manager and Architect in Cloud & AI Engineering · Microsoft
Bruno Schenk
Senior Director Platforms and Delivery Hubs · Sunrise
Carsten Stolz
Group CFO · Baloise
Charles Doiron
Agile Unit Leader · ABB
Christian Nobs
Director, Agile COE · Julius Bär

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

SolutionsIQPlatinum
UBSPlatinum
ValiantysPlatinum
XebiaPlatinum
CX GoalkeeperCommunity Partner
eighty20Community Partner
FinewsMedia Partner
HandelszeitungMedia Partner
persoenlichMedia Partner
rreadyStart-up Partner
SwissCognitiveCommunity Partner
SwissDevJobsCommunity Partner
weltwocheMedia Partner

Quick answers

When is LEAD27 Zurich 2026?
LEAD27 Zurich 2026 runs on Nov 19, 2026 at The Circle in Zurich, Switzerland.
Where is LEAD27 Zurich 2026 held?
LEAD27 Zurich 2026 is held at The Circle in Zurich, Switzerland.
Who is speaking at LEAD27 Zurich 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 111 speakers, including Albin Kurti (Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosova), Alessandro de Giulii (Head of AI & Cloud Enablement, Sunrise) and Alexander Senn (Head of People & Organization, Siemens).
Who sponsors LEAD27 Zurich 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 13 sponsors, including SolutionsIQ, UBS, Valiantys, Xebia and CX Goalkeeper.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 85 companies show up, and 4 bet on three roles at once?

85 companies. four are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
4All threespeak · spons · exh
9Sponsoringsponsor only
72Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Xebia·UBS·Valiantys·SwissCognitive

Speakers by seniority

49% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1917%
  • Founder / Owner76%
  • VP-level33%
  • Director / Head of2523%
  • Manager / Lead1110%
  • Engineer · IC55%
  • Marketing / Brand11%
  • Advisor / Investor44%
  • Other roles3632%

Of 111 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1XebiaSponsor · Platinum6
2UBSSponsor · Platinum4
3ValiantysSponsor · Platinum2
4Julius Bär4
5Sunrise4
6SwissCognitiveSponsor · Community Partner1
7CX GoalkeeperSponsor · Community Partner-
8eighty20Sponsor · Community Partner-
9finewsSponsor · Media Partner-
10HandelszeitungSponsor · Media Partner-
11persoenlichSponsor · Media Partner-
12rreadySponsor · Start-up Partner-
13Siemens3
14SolutionsIQSponsor · Platinum-
Sponsors by tier
platinum4
31% of 13
community partner4
31% of 13
media partner4
31% of 13
start-up partner1
8% of 13
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