5th Uphill Conf - April 24 & 25, 2025

What speakers said about Uphill Conf

"This is the best AI conference ever. Not too big in size, but huge in terms of the quality of the speakers! And getting to talk with them all, one-on-one, was priceless. Truly a TRIPLE BAM!!!"

Joshua Starmer | Founder & CEO at StatQuest and Lead AI Educator at Lighting AI

"I was just telling my mom about the trip on the phone and told her it was my favorite conference I've been to in ages."

Elle O'Brien | Lecturer and Research Investigator at University of Michigan

"This was possibly the best organized event I've ever been to. Thank you for all your hard work. "

Chanel Greco | Technology content creator

Our focus: Applied AI for Software Developers

We will explore the profound and lasting impact of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning on software engineering. Specifically tailored for software developers, Uphill Conf places a strong emphasis on real-world, practical applications.

Following a holistic introduction, we provide a variety of concrete and hands-on examples that demonstrate how the latest developments in AI can enhance traditional software engineering and problem-solving strategies.

Data visualization, Privacy, Low code, Transfer Learning, Exploratory Data Analysis, LLM, Data Annotation, Ethics, NLP, Dev Tools, Explainable AI, Chat GPT, Open Source, NLP

Speakers

We were proud to have these speakers who inspired us at Uphill Conf 2024.

Joshua Starmer

Founder and CEO at StatQuest and Lead AI Educator at Lightning AI

Elle O'Brien

Lecturer and Research Investigator at University of Michigan

Chanel Greco

Technology content creator, MC Uphill Conf

Lewis Tunstall

Machine Learning Engineer at Hugging Face

Miquel Farré

Entrepreneur, prev. Google/YouTube and Disney

Leandro von Werra

Machine Learning Engineer at Hugging Face

Dave Berenbaum

Technical Product Manager at Iterative.ai

Lisa Carpenter

Lead Data Science & AI Instructor at Digital Futures

Gerard Sans

Generative AI GDE

Michael Gygli

Principal Applied Scientist at Zalando

Dominic Rampas

Machine Learning Research in StabilityAI

Pablo Pernías

Machine Learning Research in StabilityAI

pngwn (Pete)

Software Engineer at Hugging Face

Nico Martin

Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies

Dmytro Liubarskyi

Creator and Lead developer, LangChain4j

Dimitris Andreadis

Engineering Director at Red Hat, Quarkus Team, Cloud Native Runtimes

Lize Raes

Team Lead & Software Engineer in Bioinformatics and Generative AI

Kyra Goud

Specialist Solution Architect, Red Hat

Tobias Kluge

Mr. AI at Nexplore

Josephine Pfeiffer

Cloud Native Consultant, Red Hat

Marc Herren

Founder of remmen.io

Talks

On Friday, May 17, 2024, our speakers shared valuable insights in their talks at the conference. We have released all talks on .

Neural Networks: Where they are now, where they came from, and where they might go

Joshua Starmer | Friday, May 17, 2024 | Gurten Pavillon

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Unlocking the Potential of Large Language Models: RAG - Augment LLMs With Your Specific Data and Knowledge

Lisa Carpenter | Friday, May 17, 2024 | Gurten Pavillon

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Build the new generation of AI Agents with Google Gemini and Angular

Gerard Sans | Friday, May 17, 2024 | Gurten Pavillon

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Building Machine Learning Applications using Hugging Face

Lewis Tunstall | Friday, May 17, 2024 | Gurten Pavillon

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Training Large Language Models in the Open

Leandro von Werra | Friday, May 17, 2024 | Gurten Pavillon

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ML Lifecycle: Annotation to Deployment, and Pragmatic Decision-Making

Miquel Farré | Friday, May 17, 2024 | Gurten Pavillon

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Efficient Pretraining of Text-to-Image Models

Pablo Pernías, Dominic Rampas | Friday, May 17, 2024 | Gurten Pavillon

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Would you like fries with that? How we added AI-powered recommendations to Developer Hub

Kyra Goud, Josephine Pfeiffer | Friday, May 17, 2024 | Gurten Pavillon

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From ML to LLM: On-Device AI in the Browser

Nico Martin | Friday, May 17, 2024 | Gurten Pavillon

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Building AI Applications: Successes and Lessons from Real World Projects

Tobias Kluge | Friday, May 17, 2024 | Gurten Pavillon

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Transforming Your Knowledge Ecosystem: Strategies for Enhanced Personal Knowledge Management with LLMs and Second Brain Techniques

Marc Herren | Friday, May 17, 2024 | Gurten Pavillon

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Workshops

The workshops were hosted by recognized experts and gave participants the chance for an immersive learning experience, featuring practical, hands-on activities.

Google’s latest Generative AI Masterclass using Google AI Studio, Gemini & Angular

Hosted by Gerard Sans | Thursday, May 16, 2024 | Gurten

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Coding Transformers, the framework that ChatGPT is built on, from Scratch

Hosted by Joshua Starmer | Thursday, May 16, 2024 | Gurten

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AI Unleashed: Integrating Hugging Face into Next-Gen Applications

Hosted by pngwn (Pete) | Thursday, May 16, 2024 | Gurten

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MLOps for LLMs: How To Build, Tune, and Test a Chatbot Without Hating Your Life

Hosted by Dave Berenbaum & Elle O'Brien | Thursday, May 16, 2024 | Gurten

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Crafting Intelligent Applications with Quarkus/Langchain4j

Hosted by Dimitris Andreadis | Thursday, May 16, 2024 | Gurten

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Impressions from this year

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Meet the Uphill Conf team

Organizing Uphill Conf is a lot of work. We are proud to introduce the people behind Uphill Conf.

Eric Postler

Sponsoring

Franziska Ackermann

Communication & Marketing

Matthias Junker

Event Manager

Samuel Lörtscher

Event Manager

Stéphanie Rotzetter

Design

Uphill Conf is proudly supported by

Become a sponsor

Uphill Conf is an established and well-known brand in Switzerland. The conference is organized by a strongly motivated team and supported by Lambda IT, Software Catering, substring and iterativ. We are a non-profit oriented organization.

Interested to become a sponsor?

Why attend Uphill Conf

Get inspired by world-renowned speakers

Uphill Conf is pleased to feature speakers from around the globe who represent well-known companies such as Netflix, Google and Microsoft. These experts will share valuable insights you won't find anywhere else!

Expand your skills through our workshops

The day before the conference is dedicated to in-depth workshops, hosted by recognized experts. These sessions give attendees the chance for an immersive learning experience, featuring practical, hands-on activities.

Engage with speakers during lounge sessions

Uphill Conf offers more than just presentations - it's an opportunity to actively interact with our esteemed speakers. Our lounge is the perfect place to relax between sessions, providing an intimate space for engaging conversations with the speakers. Don't miss our fireside chats and 'Ask Me Anything'- sessions held in the lounge, where insightful discussions await you.

Relive Uphill Conf 2024

What speakers said about Uphill Conf

Our focus: Applied AI for Software Developers

Speakers

Talks

Neural Networks: Where they are now, where they came from, and where they might go

Unlocking the Potential of Large Language Models: RAG - Augment LLMs With Your Specific Data and Knowledge

Build the new generation of AI Agents with Google Gemini and Angular

Building Machine Learning Applications using Hugging Face

Training Large Language Models in the Open

ML Lifecycle: Annotation to Deployment, and Pragmatic Decision-Making

Efficient Pretraining of Text-to-Image Models

Would you like fries with that? How we added AI-powered recommendations to Developer Hub

From ML to LLM: On-Device AI in the Browser

Building AI Applications: Successes and Lessons from Real World Projects

Transforming Your Knowledge Ecosystem: Strategies for Enhanced Personal Knowledge Management with LLMs and Second Brain Techniques

Workshops

Google’s latest Generative AI Masterclass using Google AI Studio, Gemini & Angular

Coding Transformers, the framework that ChatGPT is built on, from Scratch

AI Unleashed: Integrating Hugging Face into Next-Gen Applications

MLOps for LLMs: How To Build, Tune, and Test a Chatbot Without Hating Your Life

Crafting Intelligent Applications with Quarkus/Langchain4j

Impressions from this year

Meet the Uphill Conf team

Become a sponsor

Sponsors

Why attend Uphill Conf

Get inspired by world-renowned speakers

Expand your skills through our workshops

Engage with speakers during lounge sessions