Katrin J. Yuan is the CEO of the Swiss Future Institute with a background in technology transformation and a Science Edutainer, combining groundbreaking science with knowledge and practical execution.
Katrin is a Board Member, Chair of the AI Future Council, and a lecturer at four universities on AI, such as the University of Applied Sciences Zürich. Katrin is an influential AI Community Builder (60.000 Followers), an Executive, Investor, and a passionate Speaker and Moderator. Her expertise comprises AI Tech Future Boards, AI in Finance and Entrepreneurship, and enforcing AI and a diverse data-driven approach.
She was featured as one of the Top 100 Future Women Leaders of the New Era, AI Future Council Member, and Top 100 Digital Shapers by Bilanz, Handelszeitung Schweiz, Handelsblatt Deutschland, Female Leadership, F10, BlueNews, OeTV24, World Woman WEF, and Newsweek International. Katrin is honoured to be one of the highly recognized female AI Keynote Speakers, such as for the United Nations.
Her book “KI-Wissen für Führungskräfte” combines diverse perspectives on AI with a focus on real-world application.
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Robotics is moving beyond the factory floor into hospitals, logistics networks, and everyday life — forcing a new tension between automation and human accountability. This session looks ahead to 2050 and the next stage of human–AI evolution, drawing on global use cases where humanoid and hybrid systems are already reshaping industries. Katrin J. Yuan, CEO of Swiss Future Institute and Chair of the AI Future Council, and Dr. André Scholz, Head of AI Innovation and Autonomous Factory at Siemens, explore what embodied AI means for industries at scale — and how enterprises, including SMEs, can build trust while pairing human expertise with autonomous systems to move from experimentation to real operational value.
