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Zürich AI Meetup presents

Secure Orchestration

When September 29, 2026 · 17:30–20:30 CEST
Where Kulturareal Mühle Tiefenbrunnen
The lineup

Who is talking about what

Steffen Hausmann headshot

Steffen Hausmann

LangChain

Talk

How We Built it: LangSmith Engine

Abstract

Steffen will walk through LangSmith Engine—an agent that analyzes traces, identifies recurring failure patterns, and suggests concrete next steps. He’ll cover its architecture and how teams operationalize the agent-improvement loop.

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Yixuan Xu

ETH AI Center

Talk

From Open Model to Open Multimodal: Building Apertus 1.5

Abstract

Apertus 1.5 extends the open language-model initiative into a fully open multimodal foundation model spanning vision and audio. Its multimodal understanding comes directly from the LLM backbone, trained on discrete multimodal tokens rather than external encoders. The talk covers the team, journey, key ideas, and lessons learned.

Edgar Kussberg headshot

Edgar Kussberg

Sonar

Talk

Now We Keep Agents Honest

Abstract

Rebuilding a 15-year-old code-analysis company for the agentic era—and the three things that bit the team along the way.

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Max Rumpf

SID

Talk

How to Train a Frontier LLM with RL

Abstract

RL has driven many recent LLM intelligence gains, but its techniques remain poorly understood. Based on training SID-1, an agentic search model, this talk explores the infrastructure, challenges, data, and practical limits of reinforcement learning for frontier LLMs.

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Roman Ackermann

Auth0

Talk

Securing AI Agents — Workshop

Abstract

AI agents can call APIs, execute workflows, and act on behalf of users. But who controls what those agents are actually allowed to do? Join Roman for a hands-on workshop exploring how Auth0 secures AI-powered systems and automated workflows.

WITH SUPPORT FROM

  • Auth0
  • LangChain
  • SID

Agenda

  • 17:30–17:45 — Welcome.
  • 17:45–18:15 — Steffen Hausmann (LangChain): How We Built it: LangSmith Engine.
  • 18:15–18:45 — Yixuan Xu (ETH AI Center): From Open Model to Open Multimodal: Building Apertus 1.5.
  • 18:45–19:15 — Edgar Kussberg (Sonar): Now We Keep Agents Honest.
  • 19:15–19:45 — Max Rumpf (SID): How to Train a Frontier LLM with RL.
  • Roman Ackermann (Auth0): Securing AI Agents — Workshop.

Details

AI agents increasingly call APIs, execute workflows, and act on behalf of users. This meetup brings together practical lessons from building agent-improvement systems, open multimodal models, agentic code analysis, reinforcement learning, and secure agent workflows.

  • Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 17:30–20:30 CEST
  • Venue: Kulturareal Mühle Tiefenbrunnen