Intensive cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence with Switzerland

Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann and Swiss President Guy Parmelin have signed an agreement to intensify the cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence. This strengthening of neighborhood relationships should help to exist as an innovation location worldwide.

"Switzerland and Baden-Württemberg are connected in a variety of ways. For example between the Federal Council and the state government, our country and the individual cantons and last but not least at local and bourgeois level," said Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann on October 6, 2021 in Stuttgart on the occasion of the visit of the Swiss Federal President Guy Parmelin.

"Germany is the most important trading partner in Switzerland. More than a third of all Swiss exports go to Baden-Württemberg. Over a quarter of Swiss imports from Germany come from this country. In 2020, Switzerland's trading volume was 30.4 billion," said Parmelin. "But we don't want our neighborhood Relations to Baden-Württemberg in the areas of business, science, politics and culture further. ”

Strengthening the innovation relationships between countries

in the context of the "Future Forum Baden-Württemberg-Switzerland" Stuttgart Pop-up-House of Switzerland discussed President Kretschmann and Federal President Parmelin together with the director of the Max-Planck-Institut for intelligent systems Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schölkopf, Managing Director of Baden-Württemberg International Dr. Christian Herzog, Chairman of the Microsoft Germany Dr. Marianne Janik and the board of Roche Pharma AG Prof. Dr. Hagen Pfundner about the innovation relationships between Baden-Württemberg and Switzerland in business and science. "The question arises whether we can keep up with economies such as China or the USA as individuals. I am convinced that this can succeed if we work together - within the European Union (EU) and of course with Switzerland," says Kretschmann. That failure of the framework agreement He very much regrets Switzerland and the EU. "But as direct neighbors in this country, we also see ourselves in the role of the bridge builders. Thanks to the cross-border cooperation on Lake Constance, Oberrhein and Basel Rheinknie, Baden-Württemberg and Switzerland have the best conditions to network even better. To exist globally as an innovation location and become even more successful."

in Stuttgarter new castle signed Baden-Württemberg International (bw_i) and Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE) , The official Swiss organization for export funding and location development, a declaration Noopener "Target =" _ Blank "href =" https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.de//de/bw- design/themen-az/themensite-digitalization/kuenliche-intelligenz/ "Class =" internal-link "> Artificial intelligence (ki) . The goal is a close cooperation between companies on this topic. Artificial intelligence is to be further developed on both sides and the competitiveness of Baden-Württemberg and Switzerland in this area should be strengthened. Common activities in location marketing should ensure more international visibility and existing collaborations in the ACI area should be expanded.

structure of a Ki alliance

"Switzerland and Baden-Württemberg traditionally maintain close economic relationships that we will deepen with this AI cooperation. Together with our partner Switzerland Global Enterprise, we give the green light with other innovation regions in the Netherlands, Canada and Dubai. Position relevant AI hubs, ”says BW_I Managing Director Dr. Christian Herzog.

"Baden-Württemberg and Switzerland are very similar; both are excellence clusters in the field of AI," says Britta Thiele-Klapproth, head of the Swiss Business Hub Germany, the branch of Switzerland Global Enterprise in Germany. "We support successful AI projects from Switzerland to Germany and Baden-Württemberg to Switzerland. I am all the more looking forward to expanding this well-established cooperation in the future."

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