Innovation Tours

Gain exclusive access to leading Swiss companies and innovation labs at the Innovation Tours, where participants will have the unique opportunity to experience cutting-edge projects and developments. These visits offer a deep dive into the latest trends and technologies driving innovation, providing invaluable insights.

2025 Innovation Tour Partners

The Innovation Tours at Point Zero Forum are organised in collaboration with the Swiss Financial Innovation Desk (FIND).

BIS Innovation Hub

Charting New Horizons in Central Banking

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BX Digital

Bridging Chains to Unlock Liquidity for Digital Assets

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CV Labs

Point Zero Forum Meets Crypto Valley: The World-Renowned Hub of Blockchain Innovation Company

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Digital Realty

Data Center VIP Tour: Inside the Backbone of the Digital Infrastructure of Every Sustainable Financial Institution.

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ETH FinsureTech Hub at ETH Zurich

Digital Identity As the Future Cornerstone of Digital Trust and Digital Security

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Home of Blockchain.swiss & Blockchain Center University of Zürich

Alpine Tech Forum: Disruption and Resilience. Your Tech, Your Future, Your Resilience.

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IBM and Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust

Moving Regulated Digital Assets from Conception to Reality

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Swisscom and e.foresight

How Swisscom Is Fostering Innovation in the Swiss Banking Sector

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Tenity Fintech Innovation Hub

AI-Driven Disruption in Fintech: From Experimentation to Scalable Innovation Company

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Quantum Center at ETH Zurich

Experiencing State-of-the-Art Quantum Technologies at ETH Zurich

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BIS Innovation Hub

Charting New Horizons in Central Banking

Details:
Date: 5 May 2025
Time: 1.30 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Gleisarena FFHS Campus Zürich, Zollstrasse 17, CH-8005 Zürich

Synopsis:

This tour uncovers how the BIS Innovation Hub is pushing the technological boundaries of central banking and shaping the future of the financial system together with partners around the globe. Attendees have the opportunity to gain first-hand insight into BIS projects covering topics such as advanced data analytics, CBDC and tokenization of financial instruments and learn more about central bank innovation in interactive ways.

Agenda:
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM: Registration & Beverages
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Panel “Beyond the Hype: Innovating With AI & Data to Empower Decisions and Create Value”
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Networking Drinks and Display of BIS Innovation Hub Projects
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM: Bridging Innovation and Impact: The Future of Climate Risk Work
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM: Interlinking Compliance, FX and Cross-Border Payments Demonstration

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BX Digital

Bridging Chains to Unlock Liquidity for Digital Assets

Details:
Date: 5 May 2025
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Talacker 50, 8001 Zürich (BX Digital Office)

Synopsis:

Discover on this innovation tour how blockchain technology is revolutionizing the capital market landscape. Get to know BX Digital and it's unique decentralised, interoperable settlement mechanism on public blockchain with a bridge to the Swiss national bank fiat system.

Witness live demonstrations of multi-chain asset trading and settlement. In an interactive workshop, we are looking into how one can create liquidity on secondary markets for tokenized assets. Cap off the journey with a sandwich lunch and embrace the future of finance with us.

Agenda:

11:00 AM
- Introduction to BX Digital
- (Multi-Chain) Settlement Mechanism in Action
- Workshop: How to Create Liquidity on Secondary Markets for Tokenized Assets
12:00 PM: Sandwich Lunch

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CV Labs

Point Zero Forum Meets Crypto Valley: The World-Renowned Hub of Blockchain Innovation

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Date: 5 May 2025
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: CV Labs Zug

Synopsis:

Explore the heart of Zug's Crypto Valley, and experience the world-renowned hub of blockchain innovation at CV Labs.

Our blockchain program offers two dynamic program blocks featuring presentations from pioneering companies, each followed by engaging Q&A sessions. Immerse yourself in networking opportunities before, during, and after the tour, connecting with industry leaders and fellow enthusiasts.

Explore the cutting-edge developments shaping the future of decentralized technology in this unique and vibrant ecosystem.

Note: Admittance to this event requires approval. Registering for the event does not guarantee attendance.

Agenda:

8:30 AM: Doors Open
9:00 AM: Intro & Welcome
9:05 AM -10:05 AM: Company Presentations
- Nicolai Reinbold, CV Pad
- Julian La Picque, Chiliz
- Lucas Bruggemann, BX Digital
- Pavel Jakolev, AMINA Bank
- Anke Hsu, Chain4Travel
- Lukas Etter, CV VC
- Marcos Viriato, Parfin
- Sebastian Pfeiffer, Impossible Cloud Network
11:55 AM: Wrap Up
12:30 PM: End

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Digital Realty

Data Center VIP Tour: Inside the Backbone of the Digital Infrastructure of Every Sustainable Financial Institution.

Details:
Date: 5 May 2025
Time: 5:15 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: DIGITAL REALTY Data Center in Glattbrugg (2 tram stops far from The Circle Convention Center)

Synopsis:

Discover the vital role of data centers in powering the digital infrastructure behind every modern financial business. This VIP tour of Digital Realty’s first SDEA (SWISS DATACENTER EFFICIENCY ASSOCIATION) Gold-Plus certified data center in Switzerland offers an exclusive look at how financial institutions can scale globally, ensure data sovereignty, and drive sustainability through their infrastructure.

Also, connect with and gain insights from industry leaders, sustainability experts, and Digital Realty executives during our networking session!

Agenda:
5:15 PM: Registration and Welcome Drink
6:00 PM - 6:45 PM: ZUR2/ZUR3 DC Tour*
*For security reasons, do note that photography is not allowed here.
6:45 PM - 8:30 PM: Apéro Special Presentations and Networking

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ETH FinsureTech Hub at ETH Zurich

Digital Identity As the Future Cornerstone of Digital Trust and Digital Security

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Date: 5 May 2025
Time: 4:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: ETH Zurich Main Building, Room F5

Synopsis:

Digital identity is increasingly becoming the cornerstone of digital trust and digital security in our increasingly complex world. This workshop explores the critical role of digital identities in shaping the future of technology, looking at two key paradigms.

First, it will show how decentralized digital identity solutions, including advances in electronic identification (E-ID), give users more privacy and control over their personal data, which is critical for secure interactions in decentralised environments.

Second, it discusses how digital identities are becoming the new security parameter in enterprise centralized environments, enabling robust access control, authentication and authorisation mechanisms.

Although the boundaries between these two paradigms are very fluid in reality, the contribution emphasizes the importance of digital identity for the technologies of the coming years.

Agenda:

4:15 PM: Welcome, Bastian Bergmann, ETH Zurich & Michael Bisig, Zürcher Kantonalbank and MAS MTEC Alumnus

4:30 PM: Protecting Your Digital Identity – What Does Security Even Mean and How Do We Achieve It? Xenia Hofmeier, Information Security Group, ETH Zurich

5:00 PM: e-ID and Trust Infrastructure: Current Status and Outlook, Rolf Rauschenbacher, Deputy Head e-ID and Communication Officer e-ID, Federal Office of Justice, Switzerland

5:45 PM: 8 Applications of Zero-Knowledge Proofs in Identity Systems: Insights from PrivadoID, Evin McMullen, CEO PrivadoID, Antoni Martin, Co-Founder PrivadoID

6:30 PM: Digital Identity As the New Perimeter for Enterprise Security, Michael Bisig;Team Lead Identity & Access Management, Cyber Security, Zür cher Kantonalbank

7:00 PM: Closing & Apéro

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Home of Blockchain.swiss & Blockchain Center University of Zürich

Alpine Tech Forum: Disruption and Resilience. Your Tech, Your Future, Your Resilience.

Details:
Date: 5 May 2025
Time: 1.00 PM - 6:30 PM
Location: The Artistic, Stockerstrasse 33, 8002 Zürich, Switzerland

Synopsis:

This is a critical moment for Europe’s technological future. As global tensions rise and digital dependency becomes a growing vulnerability, Europe must take decisive steps toward building resilient, homegrown technological capabilities. Our innovation tour brings together top leaders from business, government, and tech to address the urgent need for digital sovereignty. Through showcases, panels and networking, we'll explore the following themes:

Digital Assets
Web3, Stablecoins & Wallets
Capital Infrastructure & Innovation Funding
Agentic Workflow & Generative AI
Decentralized Data Infrastructure, Data Centers, Data Sovereignty & Privacy
Scaling Quantum Computing
Autonomous Robots & Drones

Agenda:
1:00 PM: Registration
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM: Panels, Showcases, Keynotes
3:15 PM - 3:50 PM: Networking Break
3:50 PM - 5:30 PM: Panels, Showcases, Keynotes, Closing Remarks
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Networking Drinks

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IBM and Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust

Moving Regulated Digital Assets from Conception to Reality

Details:
Date: 5 May 2025
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Zunfthaus zur Schmiden, Zurich

Synopsis:

In this tour, you will have the opportunity to explore the cutting-edge technologies for digital assets, bringing together Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust projects and IBM products.

In particular, this tour uncovers IBM’s full-stack offerings for Central Bank Digital Currencies (retail
and wholesale), Tokenized Deposits and Securities, that spotlights first of a kind requirements of these systems around transparency, privacy and regulation compliance in an unprecedented scale - allowing wholesale or retail incarnations of these systems at once. And this is done considering quantum-readiness throughout the full stack.

Demos will be offered throughout the tour, giving insights to Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust - based IBM’s technology stack in the space.

Agenda:
1:00 PM: Registration
1:30 PM: Moving Regulated Digital Assets from Conception to Reality: IBM's Technology and Plans
2:00 PM: Technology Demonstration

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Swisscom and e.foresight

How Swisscom Is Fostering Innovation in the Swiss Banking Sector

Details:
Date: 5 May 2025
Location: Swisscom Hub, Konradstrasse 12, 8005 Zürich

Synopsis:

Join us to explore how Swisscom, the number one telecom and IT facilitator in Switzerland, drives innovation within the Swiss banking sector. Discover how we identify emerging market trends with the help of e.foresight, the leading banking trend scout for Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and how these are incorporated into Swisscom's banking innovation lab.

During the 1.5-hour tour, you will have the opportunity to learn about e.foresight's trend scouting approach and how trends are impacting the banking industry. You will also gain an inside look into Swisscom's banking innovation lab and see how trends are distilled and ideas are turned into innovative banking products.

Agenda:
- Welcome and Intro By Cédric Früh, Trendscout e.foresight & Denise Gubser, Head Swisscom Innovation Board

- e.foresight's Banking Trend Scouting Approach and Trends Impacting Banking By Cédric Früh, Trendscout, e.foresight

- Q&A

-Inside Look Into Swisscom Banking Innovation Lab By Denise Gubser, Head Swisscom Innovation Board

- Q&A

- Open Discussion

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Tenity Fintech Innovation Hub

AI-Driven Disruption in Fintech: From Experimentation to Scalable Innovation

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Details:
Date: 5 May 2025
Time: 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Tenity Office: Pfingstweidstrasse 110 / 1st Floor, 8021 Zürich

Synopsis:

AI is revolutionising fintech—but how do we move from bold experiments to real, scalable innovation? Join us at Tenity’s Innovation Tour @ Point Zero Forum 2025 to explore cutting-edge AI use cases, insights from top fintech founders, and corporate strategies for AI adoption. Engage, learn, and connect with the key players shaping the AI-powered future of finance!

Agenda:

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM: Introduction: Strengthening the EU Fintech Ecosystem - Tenity x Copenhagen Fintech: How We Collaborate to Drive Fintech Innovation Across Europe
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM: Founders’ Vision: AI-Powered Fintech in Action - Swiss & Danish Startup Founders Showcase Cutting-Edge AI Applications in Fintech
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM: Panel Discussion: “From AI Experimentation to Scalable & Secure Innovation” - Experts Explore AI Adoption, Scalability, and Cybersecurity Risks in Financial Services
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Networking Apéro - Connect With AI Innovators, Investors & Fintech Leaders

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Quantum Center at ETH Zurich

Experiencing State-of-the-Art Quantum Technologies at ETH Zurich

Details:
Date: 5 May 2025
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg Campus

Synopsis:

ETH Zurich is one of the world’s leading universities in the field of quantum science and technology. With the ongoing second quantum revolution, where unique properties of quantum physics are exploited to create new technologies for computing and sensing as well as novel materials, researchers in the Quantum Center at ETH Zurich have continued their leading role in research and education. Join this visit to learn more about the current developments in quantum science and technology.

Agenda:

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM: Introduction and Input Talks about Quantum Science and Technology in Switzerland and at ETH Zurich
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM: Lab Tours