On May 11th, 2026, Nextcloud will host the first edition of the Nextcloud Enterprise Day in Switzerland. This event is designed for IT professionals from the public sector and large enterprises, focusing on the unique challenges they face. The day will feature insightful discussions on leveraging Nextcloud’s collaborative platform to address evolving needs, particularly in the Swiss market.
Event schedule
The event will be held on Monday, May 11, 2026 in Bern, Switzerland.
We will start the day with a networking breakfast and registration at 9:15am.
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Event schedule
Why you can’t miss
Nextcloud Enterprise Day Bern
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 09:15 - 10:00 | 🇬🇧🇨🇭 Registration and welcome breakfast | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | keynote 🇬🇧🇨🇭 Opening keynote: The future of sovereign collaboration |  Frank Karlitschek CEO of Nextcloud |
| 10:30 - 10:40 | 🇨🇭 Digital sovereignty update from a Swiss perspective |  Matthias Stürmer Professor at BFH and President of CH Open |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | 🇬🇧 Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter |  Oliver Blind-Galties Vice President Sales at Nextcloud |
| 11:00 - 11:40 | 🇬🇧🇨🇭 Coffee break and networking | |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | 🇬🇧🇨🇭 Customer success story |  Gianluca Caratsch Service Owner & DevOps Engineer at Switch |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | keynote 🇨🇭 Regulatory barriers on the path to digital sovereignty |  Jacqueline Badran Member of the National Council (Switzerland) |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | 🇬🇧🇨🇭 Lunch break and networking | |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Breakout sessions Track 1 Breakout track 1 Session 1.1 OpenProject & XWiki Session 1.2 🇨🇭 Nextcloud Workspace: Technischer Deep Dive IONOS Session 1.3 audriga Track 2 Breakout track 2 Session 2.1 🇬🇧 Rethinking the Microsoft Workspace: A strategic approach to digital sovereignty with Nextcloud and Sendent Ilayda Siner, Marketing Manager at Sendent Session 2.2 🇬🇧 Beautiful documents, native in Nextcloud Michael Meeks, CEO of Collabora Productivity | |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | 🇬🇧🇨🇭 Coffee break and networking | |
| 15:45 - 16:05 | 🇬🇧🇨🇭 Customer success story |  Dr. Tilo Steiger Business Continuity Manager at ETH Zürich |
| 16:05 - 16:30 | keynote 🇨🇭Keynote speaker | |
| 16:30 - 17:15 | panel session 🇬🇧🇨🇭 Panel discussion | |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | 🇬🇧🇨🇭 Closing remarks | |
| 17:30 - 19:30 | 🇬🇧🇨🇭 Networking reception 🥂 | |
Stay tuned for upcoming details on success stories and other subjects.
Benefits of joining Nextcloud Enterprise Day Bern
At Nextcloud Enterprise Day, you get the opportunity to discuss changing demands in business and their impact on IT security. Our experts will help you get ahead of the curve, and benefit from the opportunities while avoiding the downsides of the cloud.
- Gain strategic perspective: Understand the broader political, regulatory, and technological context of digital sovereignty in Europe and why it matters now more than ever.
- Learn from real-world deployments: Hear directly from organizations using Nextcloud at scale, including public-sector and enterprise environments.
- Evaluate enterprise readiness: Get insights into security architecture, compliance, scalability, governance, and long-term sustainability.
- Connect with the right people: Enterprise Days are built around networking, with peers, customers, partners, and the Nextcloud leadership team.
- Speed up decision making, deployment, integration & development.
- Find out what’s on the Nextcloud road map and influence it.
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Secure your spot
Register today, secure your spot and step into a world of collaboration, growth, and success!
This event is free for public sector professionals who register with their professional email address.
Core topics
Every Nextcloud Enterprise Day is structured around four key pillars:
Digital sovereignty
Data control, vendor independence, jurisdiction, and European compliance.
Security & compliance
Architecture, certifications, governance models, and trust frameworks.
Enterprise readiness
Scalability, reliability, support models, and roadmap transparency.
Real-world use cases
Customer stories from public administrations and large organizations.
What to expect on the day
Strategic opening keynote
Enterprise roadmap & architecture sessions
Customer and public-sector use cases
Partner contributions and panels
Open Q&A and discussion
Dedicated networking time
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Event location
Eventforum Bern
We will meet in Bern, a strategic center of the European and global economy. This modern and spacious venue is an ideal space for our discussions of digital sovereignity and data security. Its central location and excellent transport links also make it a great starting point to explore Bern.
Address: Fabrikstrasse 12, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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