RhinoSpark Roundtable

How AI Can Test and Transform Your Business Model

An exclusive roundtable for SME leaders and mid-market executives in French-speaking Switzerland. Exchange with peers, benefit from RhinoSpark expertise and leave with concrete strategies to secure your strategic decisions.

May 7, 2026
11:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Lausanne, Switzerland
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Why attend?

A format designed for decision-makers who want to act, not just listen.

  • Intimate format

    Small group of executives for quality exchanges, not a mass event.

  • Field expertise

    Led by practitioners who support companies daily, not theorists.

  • Free & no commitment

    Come discover our approach and leave with concrete ideas. Lunch included.

RhinoSpark workshop - Collaborative working session on the Value Proposition Canvas with professionals in French-speaking Switzerland

Our workshops in action: interactive, concrete and results-oriented sessions.

What you'll discover

Secure your strategic decisions with AI

Is your business model ready for upcoming disruptions? Come explore concrete approaches to test it, strengthen it and accelerate it with artificial intelligence.

Test before you invest

Discover how business model crash testing lets you validate your strategic hypotheses in days, not months.

AI at the service of your strategy

Explore concrete use cases for integrating AI to accelerate your innovation processes while respecting the Swiss regulatory framework (FADP/GDPR).

Exchange with peers

Share your challenges with other SME leaders and mid-market executives in French-speaking Switzerland. Gain fresh perspectives and real-world experience.

Leave with actionable ideas

No abstract theory. Every exchange is action-oriented, with proven methods you can apply the very next day.

Program

A morning to get ahead

A compact and efficient format: exchanges between executives, RhinoSpark expertise and a lunch to continue discussions in a convivial setting.

We will organise several events per year. This first edition focuses on a key topic: how to leverage AI to test and dramatically improve your business model, at record speed.

01

11:00 – 11:05

Welcome and introduction

02

11:05 – 11:15

Participants round of introductions

03

11:15 – 12:00

Discussion: digital transformation, AI & Business Model optimization

04

12:15 – 13:30

Lunch & networking

Who is it for?

Leaders and executives ready to take action

This roundtable is designed for SME directors and mid-market executives in French-speaking Switzerland facing concrete challenges: transforming their business model, integrating AI responsibly, or simply validating a strategic intuition before investing.

No endless slides or corporate speeches. A direct exchange between peers, facilitated by our team of experts, so you leave with ideas you can implement the very next day.

SME Directors

Mid-market executives

Innovation managers

Strategy directors

Organizers

Your roundtable, led by field experts

A multidisciplinary team combining methodological rigor and pragmatism to bring you concrete answers.

Etienne Dione

CEO & Founder – Innovation Coach

Entrepreneur, business development expert and innovation trainer (HEIG-VD, CREA, SAWI, CadSchool, Canton of Vaud) with over 10 years of experience in sales, marketing and customer success across various sectors.

Expertise

Business Development Innovation Training Customer Success

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Etienne Dione

Etienne Dione

CEO & Founder – Innovation Coach

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Coralie Schalekamp

Organization Structuring Specialist

Consultant with rich professional experience, backed by numerous continuing education programs in management. Expertise in structuring, finance and change management.

Expertise

Structuring Finance Change Management

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Coralie Schalekamp

Coralie Schalekamp

Organization Structuring Specialist

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Anthony Fauchère

AI Consultant & Developer

Partner at futurdigital.ch SA, he supports business management in designing ethical and high-performing AI architectures, then trains teams to move from hype to measurable value creation.

Expertise

AI Architecture AI Training AI Governance

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Anthony Fauchère

Anthony Fauchère

AI Consultant & Developer

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Jacques Panchard

Innovation Management Consultant

Serial entrepreneur and design thinking facilitator, Jacques leads ideation, rapid prototyping and user testing workshops. Certified Strategyzer coach.

Expertise

Design Thinking Rapid Prototyping User Testing

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Jacques Panchard

Jacques Panchard

Innovation Management Consultant

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Karolina Niżnik

Brand & Content Expert

Creative strategist bringing her experience as marketing director and distribution manager within international groups to organizations of all sizes.

Expertise

Marketing Strategy Go-to-Market Distribution

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Karolina Niżnik

Karolina Niżnik

Brand & Content Expert

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Basile Walder

Business & Tech Lawyer

Managing Associate – VISCHER

External partner of RhinoSpark and attorney at VISCHER. Expert in data protection (Swiss FADP / LPD and GDPR) and AI governance.

Expertise

Data Protection AI Governance Compliance Audit

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Basile Walder

Basile Walder

Business & Tech Lawyer

Managing Associate – VISCHER

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May 7, 2026 · 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM · Lausanne

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