Advatera knowledge sharing groups
Meet colleagues from other organizations and discuss your current challenges face-to-face. Of course, all meetings are confidential: agencies, consultants and vendors are not allowed to take part. This setting allows for a down-to-earth knowledge-sharing environment.
You access a network of digital managers from national and international organizations. A broad variety of organizations is participating such as: ABB, Airbus, Caritas, L’Oréal, Swarovski, Swiss Post, Swisscom, …
All meetings are professionally moderated by Advatera. The meetings are not sponsored by the industry. They are completely advertisement free and neutral. This environment makes open and honest knowledge-sharing possible.
- There are at least three on-site meetings per expert group per year.
- And we have on a regular basis online sessions where all members throughout the whole Advatera community are invited. This enables a multinational dialogue on the topics.
- In addition there are recorded online sessions for members. New recorded sessions are added on a regular basis.
- In addition, one specific benchmarking call for your organization is included. You specify your current challenge and we set up a call with organizations from the network that are facing the same challenge or have just solved it.
- As member you have also access to the virtual edition of the Digital Leadership Forum.
Due to the regularity of the meetings, we can address long-term projects, for example, the development of a toolbox for informal benchmarking with other participating organizations. This helps you drive your project.
Share your current challenges and get feedback from the group. Definitely at least one of the participating organizations already faced a similar challenge.
English speaking groups:
- Communications, Employer Branding, Crisis, Corporate - Paris
- Digital Communications Belgium
- Digital Innovation & Marketing Managers Benelux
- Digital Leadership, Innovation & Marketing Managers Geneva
- European Social Intranet & Digital Workplace Group
- Social Intranet, Digital Workplace, Employee Experience Geneva
- Social Intranet, Digital Workplace, Employee Experience and Internal Comms London
- Social Intranet, Digital Workplace, Employee Experience Netherlands
- Social Intranet, Digital Workplace, Employee Experience Paris
- Social Media Managers Switzerland
Some of our upcoming English speaking meetings:
Click here for a list including German speaking events.
Shapers of AI: Copilot Cowork - When AI Automation Becomes Billable Work
Volker GrünauerModerator, Advatera
Microsoft is rapidly expanding the ways people can automate work with AI: prompts, scheduled prompts, workflows, agents and now Copilot Cowork.
But the more important question is not only what these tools can do. It is what they really cost, where they create value, and where token- or credit-based automation can become expensive very quickly.
In this independent Shapers of AI session, we take a critical look at Copilot Cowork: what it is, how it differs from the regular Copilot experience, where it fits among Microsoft’s other automation options, and what communication teams should realistically use it for.
We will look at practical examples, discuss limitations and cost drivers, and explore when Cowork may be useful and when a simple prompt, workflow, or agent is the better, safer, or more cost-effective choice.
Sign-up nowShapers of AI: Building a Copilot Studio Agent
Volker GrünauerModerator, Advatera
In this practical Shapers of AI session, we will build a Copilot Studio agent together. The focus is not on theory, but on understanding the basic building blocks: what the agent should do, which knowledge or data it needs, where the boundaries are, and how we can test whether it gives useful answers.
We will use a simple communication-related use case and go through the process step by step. The goal is not to create a perfect production-ready agent, but to make the concept tangible and discuss what communication teams need to consider before building agents themselves.
Sign-up nowSwiss Digital Leadership Forum 2026
FHNW Olten, Olten, Switzerland
Adrian AeschbacherVideo Editor, Screenwriter & Director
Aldo GnocchiDigital Marketing, FHNW
Andreas MolletManaging Director, INOLUTION Innovative Solution AG
Bettina SchneiderFHNW
Swiss Digital Leadership Forum 2026 is a one-day international conference in Olten, Switzerland (31 August 2026) for decision-makers and practitioners seeking practical insights on digital leadership, transformation, and the future of work. The event brings together leaders from business, HR, communications, marketing, IT, and security to share real-world case studies, proven strategies, and actionable tools across six tracks: Digital Leadership, New Work/Digital Workplace, Digital Marketing, Cybersecurity, IT Management, and HR Management, with a clear focus on what works in practice in Swiss and European organizations.
Sign-up nowOnline Session: From SharePoint to Haiilo: How ease of use leads to actual use
International
Mari BieriLead of Internal Communications, KWS Group
Sebastian FreiExpert Digital Projects, KWS Group
While KWS already had a decentralised editor network, their communication remained quite HQ‑centric. Their main objective was to connect more colleagues to the intranet and increase overall activity and participation by creating a clearly structured, central space for user‑centric news and information. The session includes an intranet demo.
Sign-up nowDigital Workplace Conference Brussels 2026
Sparks, Brussels, Belgium
Alessandra NonnweilerSpokesperson, CFL
Alex ErnonDigital Workplace Success Manager, National Bank of Belgium
Alfiya KarimovaMarketing & Communication Manager, SMT Africa
Arnaud MatagneHead of Corporate Content & Consistency | Communication, Ethias
Digital Workplace Brussels 2026 is the conference for people searching for real-world guidance on how to build a better intranet, improve employee experience, and make digital/hybrid work actually work. Join internal communications, HR, IT and workplace teams in Brussels for practical case studies, expert sessions, and hands-on takeaways on modern intranets, employee portals, collaboration tools, AI at work, and the future of work in Europe.
Sign-up nowDigital Managers, Marketing & Social Media Switzerland
Babilou Family, Saint-Prex / near Morges, Switzerland
Anne-Laure JaquinetMarketing, Sales & Digital Manager, Babilou Family Switzerland
Julie BertolusModerator, Advatera
Sanjay SanghaniDirector Global Marketing, Protein Metrics
A focused knowledge-sharing meeting for digital managers, marketing leaders, and social media experts in Switzerland. Designed for open exchange among peers, this session creates space to discuss challenges, share experiences, and learn from each other — practical, honest, and to the point.
- Digital transformation in a multilingual, multi-location service business
Anne-Laure Jaquinet, Marketing, Sales & Digital Manager and Executive Committee Member at Babilou Family Switzerland, shares insights into digital projects in a complex Swiss environment: multiple brands, several languages, distributed locations, parent-facing services, internal teams, and operational change. The session will also touch on customer experience, internal adoption, and the realities of implementing change across teams, brands, and regions. - Show & Tell: A Year of Practical AI in a Marketing Team of One
Sanjay Sanghani from Protein Metrics gives a hands-on look at how AI has supported day-to-day marketing work over the past year — with practical examples, lessons learned, and realistic takeaways for small teams. - AI agents in digital marketing and social media: where do we really stand?
A practical update on the current status of AI agents: what is already useful, what is still overhyped, and how digital and social media teams can start evaluating real opportunities. Members will also share their own AI, marketing, digital, and social media use cases — including experiments, successes, challenges, and open questions. - What’s changing in the industry right now
Compact input on current developments in AI, digital marketing, social media, automation, and content workflows — with a focus on what matters for corporate digital teams. - Open discussion around your current challenges
As always, there will be plenty of time for honest peer exchange, practical questions, and discussion of the topics currently on your desk.
Internal Comms & Digital Workplace Geneva & Vaud Regions
Givaudan, Geneva, Switzerland
Viridiana JoynerGlobal Digital Communications Director, Givaudan
Join a knowledge-sharing meeting tailored for internal communications and digital workplaces managers of the Geneva & Vaud regions.
Sign-up nowDigital Workplace & Internal Communication London
Accor, London, United Kingdom
Maria IvashchenkoCommunications Manager UKI, Benelux & the Nordics, Accor
Internal Comms, Intranet & Employee Experience - Paris
Paris, France
Join a knowledge-sharing meeting tailored for communications managers of the Paris region.
Sign-up opens soonDigital Leadership Forum 2026
House of Engineers, Vienna, Austria
Anja Höbarth-FurnissChief Strategy Officer (CSO), SlopeLift
Anna JuenAI Product Owner | Marketing Technology, Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Antonina ShelepovaGlobal Communications manager Global Supply Chain, Europe, Schneider Electriс
Bartosz FilipczakProduct Owner Digital Workplace, The HEINEKEN Company
Digital Leadership Forum Vienna 2026 is the european conference for anyone looking for practical answers on digital leadership, AI, organizational transformation, digital marketing, digital transformation, corporate culture and the future of work. On 16–17 November 2026 in Vienna, Austria, leaders and practitioners from marketing, digital and communications come together to share real-world case studies, proven tools, and actionable frameworks for leading digital and hybrid organizations, focused on implementation, not hype.
Sign-up nowDigital Comms, Digital Workplace, Social Intranet Switzerland (Zurich, Basel and Bern)
Alpiq, Olten, Switzerland
Antuan PaceHead Digital Communications, Alpiq
Join a knowledge-sharing meeting tailored for internal communications and digital workplaces managers.
Sign-up nowInternal Comms & Digital Workplace Geneva & Vaud Regions
Vaudoise Assurances, Lausanne, Switzerland
Sarah VogelCommunication Expert, Vaudoise Assurances
Digital Workplace & Internal Comms Belgium - English
KBC Insurance, Leuven, Belgium
Viviane HuybrechtGeneral Manager Internal Communication, KBC Bank & Verzekerin
The Digital Workplace Belgium group is an open, advertisement-free knowledge-sharing community for communication and digital workplace professionals. We meet in an informal, English-speaking setting to exchange real experiences, challenges, and practical ideas. This is an on-site meeting in Brussels at Proximus. There is an hybrid/online stream too, if you like to join online instead.
Sign-up for online participation now