Forum Days
FFHS Zurich
Community meets community!
Join us for an exciting new event that brings together our communities for a day of connection, collaboration, and inspiration. Held twice a year, Forum Days offers a unique platform for various groups to meet, share information, engage in dynamic discussions, and listen to enlightening keynotes.
Agenda
09:45 - 10:30
Welcome coffee
Corridor (Langbau Zollstrasse 17 (3. OG))
10:30 - 11:15
PROC WG
G17.311 (Langbau Zollstrasse 17 (3. OG))
Procurement Update (the working group will be held in English)
In the first part, we will give an update on the contract portfolio, focusing on Microsoft, Adobe, and OCRE. In the second part, we will dive into public procurement law together with the WG ICT Law. Federal Administrative Judge Marc Steiner will give a lecture on the topic. Afterwards, we will have time to deepen the burning questions in a Q&A session.
Kaspar Scheller
10:30 - 11:15
ICT Law WG 1 (intro session)
G27.318 (Langbau Zollstrasse 27 (3. OG))
The legally compliant and responsible use of AI @ universities (the working group will be held in German)
The rapid rise of the chat bot ChatGPT has also caused a stir in university teaching. Despite the challenges of assessing individual academic performance and handling undeclared use in transcripts, ChatGPT offers great potential to improve the learning environment for students. Lic.iur. Jacqueline Gasser-Beck EMBA HSG explains how chatbots are changing the higher education landscape for students, lecturers, and staff. We will be inspired by various application scenarios and discuss the legally compliant and responsible use of AI at universities.
In the morning, the ICT Law WG takes part in the session about the new public procurement Law.
Jacqueline Gasser-Beck, Nora Zinsli
10:30 - 12:15
Security Awareness WG
G17.314 (Langbau Zollstrasse 17 (3. OG))
Building a community for cybersecurity communications and learning (the working group will be held in English)
How can we empower and increase resilience of our community in the age of digital transformation? Digital security skills are core to academic freedom, research integrity, and informed digital citizenship. In this meeting we want to discuss and find ways to share knowledge, exchange on best practices and pool resources for security communications and learning. We propose establishing a dedicated community (collaborating with existing networks) of professionals from cybersecurity, communications, and learning. The aim is to foster a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to enhance cybersecurity awareness and digital security skills.
Cornelia Puhze
10:30 - 12:15
CommunitySOC Meeting 1 (only for members of the SOCcommunity)
G17.312 (Langbau Zollstrasse 17 (3. OG))
Community SOC Technical Meeting (meeting will be held in English)
Presentations by the "Security Architecture" and "SOC Basis" working groups.
Jens-Christian Fischer
10:30 - 12:15
Video WG
G27.317 (Langbau Zollstrasse 27 (3. OG))
New Features and updates for Cast and Tube (the working group will be held in English)
All administrators and interested parties are shown the latest developments in Switch's two video services (cast and tube). New use cases and requirements are discussed, analyzed and prioritized together. (the working group will be held in English)
Markus Buerer
11:20 - 12:15
New procurement law
Korridor (Langbau Zollstrasse 17 (2. OG))
A paradigm shift in the new procurement law (the speech will be held in German)
Marc Steiner, Federal Administrative Judge will speak on the revised procurement law. How can the paradigm shift be achieved? What role does the judiciary have in interpreting the will of the legislator? How can the challenges of the new law be overcome? Are we stronger together?
Moderated by Kaspar Scheller & Nora Zinsli
Marc Steiner
12:15 - 13:30
Lunch all together
Corridor Langbau Zollstrasse 17 3. OG
13:15 - 14:45
CommunitySOC Meeting 2 (only for members of the SOCcommunity)
G27.218 (Langbau Zollstrasse 17 (2. OG))
Community SOC Management Meeting (meeting will be held in English)
Focus on:
- Status of the CommunitySOC
- Treatment of current control topics
- Prioritisation and roadmap 2024/2025
Jens-Christian Fischer
13:25 - 14:35
ICT Law WG 2 (deep dive session)
The legally compliant and responsible use of AI @ universities (the working group will be held in German)
G17.211 (Langbau Zollstrasse 17 (2. OG))
The rapid rise of the chat bot ChatGPT has also caused a stir in university teaching. Despite the challenges of assessing individual academic performance and handling undeclared use in transcripts, ChatGPT offers great potential to improve the learning environment for students. Lic.iur. Jacqueline Gasser-Beck EMBA HSG explains how chatbots are changing the higher education landscape for students, lecturers, and staff. We will be inspired by various application scenarios and discuss the legally compliant and responsible use of AI at universities.
Jacqueline Gasser-Beck, Nora Zinsli
13:25 - 14:35
Security awareness e-learning
One year security awareness e-learning with SoSafe – The good, the bad and the ugly? (the speech will be held in English)
Korridor Langbau Zollstrasse 17 2. OG
It is a bit more than one year since the frame agreement for SoSafe was put in place as a security and phishing awareness tool for the community. A good moment to reflect together on what went well, what went badly, and what can be improved in the future. Let's sit together and discuss “SoSafe: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.”
Fabio Greiner, Stefan Arnet
14:35 - 15:45
Farewell coffee
Corridor Langbau Zollstrasse 17 2. OG
Registration
Your registration
If you forward your invitation to interested parties, we look forward to their registration via events@switch.ch.
Speakers
Cornelia Puhze
Security Awareness & Communications Expert, Switch
Cornelia Puhze is a Security Awareness and Communications Expert at Switch. As a part of Switch-CERT she supports the Swiss education, research and innovation community to effectively address the "human factor" in information security. Equipped with an MA in Political Communications, she learnt her trade in the private and public sectors and NGOs in Zurich and London.
Fabio Greiner
Security Awareness Specialist, Switch
Fabio Greiner studied sociology and theology before doing his master's degree in strategic communications. His interest in how communication constitutes and influences our society accompanied him throughout his studies and brought him to the field of security awareness. He is fascinated by the complex interrelations of security and human behaviour in an increasingly digitalized world. As a security awareness professional he enjoys bridging the demands of IT security professionals with the needs of end users.
Jacqueline Gasser-Beck
Innovation and Learning - for life
After studying law at the University of Zurich, she worked as a researcher at the University of St.Gallen and at Harvard Law School before working as executive director for the Programs in Law at the HSG for four years. In 2008 she joined "Swissnex Boston", developing events and projects in the field of science communication for Swiss universities. After this second period abroad, she returned to Switzerland to become the executive director of the "Institute for Law and Legal Practice". While working in the field of continuing education for lawyers she developed her passion for exploring new ways of teaching, finally leading to establish the Teaching Innovation Lab at the University of St.Gallen.
Jens-Christian Fischer
Team Leader Community Shared SOC, Switch
Jens-Christian has been working at Switch for over 9 years. He was responsible for the design and implementation of the SWITCHengines Community IaaS offering. In 2022 he switched to the Securty department and is building the CommunitySOC service as “Head of CommunitySOC”. He holds a MSc in Information Technology. Previously he was a software developer and involved in several startups.
Marc Steiner
Federal administrative court judge
Marc Steiner is a lawyer and has been a judge at the Federal Administrative Court since January 2007. The division to which he belongs deals in particular with cases in the area of public procurement law. He was consulted as an expert at the hearing of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection on the subject of "Modernising public procurement" on 24 May 2011 (strategy for directive reform).
Markus Buerer
Product Manager Video, Switch
Markus Buerer has been working at Switch for more than 10 years and and works in the video services division of Switch. He mainly manages projects and helps customers to realize their ambitions in the field of video. Specialized in creative concept development, efficient project coordination and technical innovation.
Nora Zinsli
General Counsel, Switch
Nora Zinsli has been working with Switch for over five years and is the team leader of the legal team.
Thanks to her extensive expertise in the areas of IT law/digital law, data protection/data security, telecommunications law, intellectual property and copyright law, she is well equipped to advise on complex legal issues. She sees herself as an enabler and wants to ensure that the opportunities of digitalization can be used optimally and in compliance with the law. Nora Zinsli has an excellent national and international network. Before joining Switch, she worked in various Zurich law firms specializing in commercial law and IP/IT law as well as at the District Court of the Canton of Zurich.
Stefan Arnet
Senior Procurement Specialist, Switch
Stefan Arnet is a Procurement Specialist at Switch. As a part of Switch Procure he supports the Swiss Higher Education, Research and Innovation community with his expertise on license agreements and public procurement. He has several years of experience as a buyer in the ICT domain and as a software asset manager within Higher Education.
