Dalith Steiger receives Empowering Women Award 2025

Dalith Steiger-Gabler was honored with the Empowering Women Award at the League of Leading Ladies Conference 2025 in Interlaken. The co-founder of the AI hub SwissCognitive was recognized for her long-standing commitment to promoting women in technology-related professions.

Steiger is regarded as one of the leading voices in the field of artificial intelligence and pursues a socially minded approach. A graduate in mathematics and business informatics from the University of Zurich, she repeatedly emphasizes the role of AI as a tool for social progress and equality.

The jury - consisting of Charlotte Parnack (The time), Ulrich Rotzinger (View) and Sandra-Stella Triebl (Ladies Drive Magazine) - justified her decision by saying that Steiger "embodies the zeitgeist like no other". "She stands for empowerment in an area where women urgently need more visibility and a voice." For example, through her support of initiatives such as Women in AI, Girls Can Code or TechFace or as a mentor.

Steiger's aim is to motivate women worldwide to get involved in male-dominated professional fields: "I want to inspire women worldwide and show them that technology is not just a male domain - it belongs to (and helps) all of us," she said at the award ceremony.

Since 2022, the Empowering Women Award has been presented at the annual League of Leading Ladies Conference, which brings together international leaders from business, science and society. The conference was held for the twelfth time.

The long-standing partner of the event, Porsche Switzerland, emphasized the importance of visionary thinking: "Real innovation is created when we have the courage to imagine something new," said CEO Holger Gerrmann. The award is an expression of this aspiration.