Scaling impact through AI expertise

The symposium kicked off in New York with one of the largest showcase programs in the series, featuring 27 AI use case booths alongside discussions on becoming an AI-enabled institution, building an AI-first workforce, and scaling agentic AI solutions. The value of the technical workshops was reflected in participant feedback, with 80% of survey respondents reporting improved proficiency across AI topics. Bringing together business leaders, engineers, and innovators, the event set the tone for the global tour by showing how practical AI applications are already delivering impact across UBS.

London demonstrated how AI adoption gains momentum when successful ideas can be reused across functions and regions. Through expert panels, lightning talks, technical workshops, and more than 35 sessions, participants exchanged practical lessons on interoperability, trust, and moving promising ideas from concept to enterprise adoption. The event reinforced the importance of collaboration at scale, showing how reusable approaches, shared expertise, and cross-functional networks can help accelerate AI adoption and turn local innovation into broader enterprise value across UBS.

The Zurich symposium combined deep technical learning with open discussions on AI governance, the future of work, and responsible innovation. Its practical focus resonated with participants, with 82% of survey respondents indicating they will or are likely to explore and implement an idea from the event. More than 40 use cases, agentic AI workshops, applied experimentation sessions, and lively debates showed how innovation thrives when expertise, experience, and strong networks come together.

Raleigh showcased a distinctly hands-on approach to AI, with participants moving quickly from strategy into experimentation. From coding demonstrations and agentic AI workshops to rapid-fire use case sessions, the event highlighted how practical skills, reusable platforms, and shared success stories can help accelerate AI adoption. The program showed how teams can translate technical learning into applied solutions, while reinforcing the role of experimentation, collaboration, and scalable tools in delivering measurable impact across the firm.

Delivered simultaneously across Krakow and Wroclaw, the Poland symposium reflected the scale and energy of one of UBS's largest technology communities. The technical program received strong and positive participant feedback across ten workshops in the two locations. Packed AI showcases, highly attended workshops, and discussions from responsible AI to multi-agent systems demonstrated a strong appetite for innovation and highlighted the collaborative atmosphere throughout the day.

Pune highlighted the depth of AI expertise across UBS India through a carefully curated program that emphasized quality, innovation, and practical impact. With ten carefully shortlisted AI use cases selected for the showcase, alongside discussions on agentic AI, deep learning, and the future of AI-first organizations, participants explored cutting-edge ideas while learning from some of the region's most compelling AI solutions. The event reinforced how focused curation and strong technical capability can help translate emerging AI opportunities into practical business value.

Singapore focused on one of the defining questions facing AI adoption today: how to scale innovation while maintaining trust. Bringing together UBS leaders alongside voices from industry and academia, the event explored responsible AI in financial services, practical Copilot adoption, and real-world use cases. Sessions highlighted how governance, technical capability, and collaboration can help transform AI into sustainable enterprise solutions, while reinforcing the importance of applying innovation responsibly in a highly regulated and rapidly evolving financial services environment.

Hong Kong explored the journey from AI adoption to agentic banking, bringing together leaders, practitioners, and industry experts to discuss the next phase of transformation in financial services. Strategic panels, practical use case showcases, and hands-on workshops highlighted how AI and automation are increasingly becoming part of everyday workflows. The event showed how emerging technologies can be translated into business value when strategic ambition, practitioner experience, and applied learning come together around shared opportunities for innovation.

As the final stop in the symposium series, Shanghai provided an opportunity to reflect on key lessons from across the global journey while focusing on the opportunities ahead. Participant feedback reinforced the event's impact, with Shanghai receiving the highest overall satisfaction rating across the series. The event reinforced a consistent theme: when expertise, practical experience, and successful approaches are shared, innovation can travel further across UBS.