Global event series
DATA FOR
BREAKFAST
Making AI Real for Business
Lausanne
18 March 2026
Hôtel Alpha-Palmiers
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ABOUT THE EVENT
Bring agentic intelligence to everyone in your organization
An event series for data and AI professionals
Join us for breakfast and leave the day full of actionable insights and learnings ready to lead your organization in this new era of data and agentic intelligence.
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DATA FOR BREAKFAST AGENDA
8:30 AM
REGISTRATION, NETWORKING & BREAKFAST
Check in, grab some breakfast, talk with your peers, and chat with Snowflake experts and partners.
9:30 AM
KEYNOTE & DEMO
Hear from Snowflake leaders on how to champion your organization into this next era of enterprise intelligence. See Snowflake in action with a live demo.
10:00 AM
CUSTOMER STORY: BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS (BIS)
From Data to Policy – How BIS Innovation Hub Project Neo Leverages Snowflake for AI-Driven Economic Nowcasting
Official macroeconomic statistics often suffer from aggregation and reporting delays, hindering timely policymaking. This session will unveil Project Neo, an initiative by the BIS Innovation Hub that tackles this challenge by harnessing novel and real-time data from diverse sources. Discover how the project leverages the robust data warehousing and compute capabilities of Snowflake to develop granular, AI-driven economic indicators and nowcasts. Learn how this integrated technical stack helps policymakers with timely insights, transforming raw data into actionable intelligence for more informed economic decisions.

10:50 AM
PANEL DISCUSSION
Hear from your peers why they chose Snowflake in the first place and see real-world examples from:


11:20 AM
MAKE YOUR DATA AI READY
Session covers connecting and transforming your data to get ready for AI and agents, regardless of architecture. Presented by Snowflake experts.
12:00 PM
SNOWFLAKE GENIUS BAR & NETWORKING
Talk with your peers, learn about partner offerings, and see more data and AI in action with live demos at the Snowflake genius bar.
HUNGRY FOR MORE? ADDITIONAL SESSIONS:
1:00 PM
DEEP DIVE: Snowflake & SAP: Unlock the Power of your Data to unleash Enterprise Ready AI (Demo)
Unify SAP and non-SAP data to create a trusted enterprise data foundation. Preserve business context with governance using a semantically rich foundation built for AI and analytics.
Watch a live demo of zero-copy data sharing between SAP Business Data Cloud and Snowflake.
Presenter: Benedikt Engel, Solution Engineer & SAP specialist, Snowflake
1:30 PM
DEEP DIVE FIVETRAN: One platform moving the world's SAP data
SAP systems run the world’s most critical business processes but turning that data into real-time insight requires seamless integration with modern cloud platforms. Fivetran provides one fully managed platform to reliably replicate and centralize SAP data directly into Snowflake, enabling organizations to unlock trusted, analytics-ready data at scale. With automated pipelines, continuous updates, and minimal maintenance, companies can accelerate reporting, advanced analytics, and AI initiatives in Snowflake — powered by a single platform purpose-built to move the world’s SAP data
Presenter: Richard Brouwer – Principal Sales Engineering Specialist – SAP
2:00 PM
DEEP DIVE ARGUSA: Best Practice Use Case – Combining Snowflake, Fivetran & Sigma
Presenter: Cédric Pompeï, CEO, Argusa SA
2:30 PM
NETWORKING & SNACKS
Samuel Ganem
Host & Moderator, Snowflake
Sandra Greiss
Data Engineer, IATA
Marko Nanut Petric
Innovation Portfolio Manager, BIS Innovation Hub
Gael Charriere
Senior Solution Engineer, Snowflake
Benedikt Engel
Solution Engineer & SAP specialist, Snowflake
Giuseppe Del Grosso
Panel Host, Snowflake
Cédric Pompeï
CEO, Argusa SA
Discover
See the latest innovations from Snowflake and hear how data and AI leaders are bringing enterprise intelligence to everyone in their organizations.
Activate
Learn about Snowflake’s latest innovations and practical strategies for implementing secure, trusted and governed AI.
Connect
Meet local leaders, data professionals and Snowflake experts to discuss innovative approaches and champion impact through data and AI.
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Dive into data, agents and AI on Snowflake
Whether you’re looking for a blueprint of how to get started with Snowflake or you’re exploring new use cases, this seminar-style day will be filled with in-depth insights on Snowflake’s foundational and most advanced features.
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Who should attend
- Data and AI professionals who want to get their data estate in a place to get started with Snowflake
- Data and AI professionals who are already using Snowflake and want to expand their use cases
Session topics
- Data agents, AI & Snowflake Intelligence
- Migrating to Snowflake
- Open, interoperable architectures
- Data engineering and pipelines
- Best practices for effective governance and ongoing optimizations
- And more