The Board of Trustees of the “Green Meadow” Foundation is delighted to present the official Award Ceremony of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize 2019 that will be conferred to the AI platform Watson.
The award will be accepted by Dr. John E. Kelly III, Executive Vice President, IBM, on 7 May 2019, at 6 pm at the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute in Rüschlikon. The laudatory speech will be held by former world chess champion, grandmaster and chess legend Garry Kasparov who has played several chess matches against computers.
Participation in this event is by invitation only.
Programme
From 5 pm
Arrival of the guests
6 pm
Welcoming address
Dr. David Bosshart
CEO of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute
Introductory speeches
Sarah Kreienbühl
Chairwoman of the “Green Meadow” Foundation,
Member of the Executive Board of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives
Fabrice Zumbrunnen
President of the Executive Board of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives
Walter Thurnherr
Chancellor, Federal Chancellery of Switzerland
Laudatory speech
Garry Kasparov
Chess Grandmaster, former World Chess Champion
Presentation of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize 2019
Introduction
Dr. Alessandro Curioni
IBM Fellow, Vice President, Europe & Director
IBM Research – Zurich
Acceptance speech
Dr. John E. Kelly III
Executive Vice President, IBM
7.30 pm
Apéritif dînatoire
10 pm
Close of ceremony
Presenter: Christine Maier
