Swiss Digital Initiative

The Swiss Digital Initiative is a Swiss non-profit foundation based in Geneva. Created under the patronage of former Federal Councillors Ueli Maurer and Doris Leuthard, the organization initiates and manages projects to tackle the ethical challenges of digitization, in particular the question of digital trust.

History & Mission
Initiated by digitalswitzerland the first Swiss Global Digital Summit took place in Geneva in September 2019 to provide a platform to promote in-depth discussions on “Ethics and Fairness in the Age of Digital Transformation”. The Summit also represented the starting point of the “Swiss Digital Initiative” (SDI).

The SDI defines itself as a long-term, process to safeguard ethical standards in the digital world through concrete projects. It brings together academia, government, civil society and business to find solutions to strengthen trust in digital technologies and in the actors involved in ongoing digital transformation.