Sovereign-Sessions
Video Library
Episode 3
Digital Sovereignty:
The Balance Between
Isolation and Dependency
Jürg Stuker on Digital Sovereignty
Our Guest
Jürg Stuker, entrepreneur, Partner at Kickstart Innovation and co-initiator of Swiss {ai} Weeks. He works on advancing Swiss AI, digital sovereignty and practical innovation.
What to Expect
Why digital sovereignty is about more than where your data is stored
How to balance independence without cutting yourself off
Why companies need to understand their technology dependencies before acting
How AI is changing the stakes for businesses and Europe
Episode 2
Alexander Rosenthal on Open Source
Our Guest
Alexander Rosenthal, project manager at DigitalHub.SH, helped drive Schleswig-Holstein’s transition to open source. He shares what it takes to turn digital sovereignty from a political ambition into a practical transformation across public administration.
What to Expect
Why Schleswig-Holstein decided to reduce its dependence on proprietary technology
What the open-source transition actually means for people, processes, and everyday operations
How to identify challenges early and what other organizations can learn from Schleswig-Holstein’s experience
Episode 1
Who's Really Accessing Your Data?
Our Guest
Pascal Kaufmann, neuroscientist and co-founder of SwissGPT and AlpineAI. He develops sovereign AI for hospitals and public institutions that are legally prohibited from using Copilot or ChatGPT.
What to Expect
Why what matters isn't the physical location of your data, but who can legally access it when it counts
When a tailored AI model delivers more value than the most powerful one on the market
Why the false sense of security created by "sovereign cloud" promises becomes the real risk
