BSL AI Academy
Continuous learning at Business School Lausanne

Dr. Dominique Bourqui
Chief Academic Officer, BSL
BSL’s First Micro-Credentials Certificate
BSL proudly introduces the BSL AI academy course, a new blended-learning format designed to provide maximal flexibility, as well as personal interaction and touching points with Prof. Sandro Saitta.
The AI Literacy course enables participants to work at their own pace and reflect upon the micro-learning sessions prior to joining a Q&A session during which they will be able to receive personal answers to their questions from Prof. Sandro Saitta, before presenting their AI related business project and discuss its feasibility.
The BSL AI academy can also be adapted and proposed to a specific company only, to enable its employees to learn together at the same pace and to reflect and work together on an AI project for their company. A specific pricing offer will apply to companies depending on the number of participants.
At the end of the course, participants will receive a continuous learning certificate equivalent to 1 ECTS from Business school Lausanne.
Audience
Prof. Sandro Saitta’s AI Literacy Academy course is for non-technical business professionals across all fields of Business administration who want to:
- Understand swiftly essential key topics related to AI in business, such as: Data Visualization; Machine Learning; AI in Business; Data Science Process; Starting a data Initiative; Generative AI and ChatGPT; Limits & Trends in AI; Data-Driven Transformation Challenges
- Reflect upon how to apply AI to their personal business context or previously identified business problem
- Receive feedback and learn about best practices regarding the use of AI in their organization
Faculty
Prof. Sandro Saitta
Benefits
At the end of their learning journey, participants will have understood basics concepts related to:
- Reading and creating impactful data visualization
- Understanding key concepts behind machine learning
- Being exposed to real AI use cases
- Learning the data science process
- Getting tools to start your own data initiative
- Understanding Generative AI and ChatGPT
- Foreseeing limits and trends in AI
- Discovering the key challenges of any data-driven transformation (and how to overcome them)
Course Structure
Online Micro Learning
8 efficient short micro-learning modules including each a video presented by Prof. Sandro Saitta; a quiz at the end of each module to ensure you understand the concepts explained in the video (duration of the learning format is of 3 hours’ time).
Personal work
A personal exercise after each short module (2 hours per exercise. 16 hours cumulated time for the 8 micro-learning modules).
Q&A 1
A first synchronous Q&A online session led by Prof. Sandro Saitta, to answer any questions about the taught content (duration of the learning format: 3 hours).
Q&A 2
A second synchronous session led by Prof. Sandro Saitta during which your individual business problem and context can be discussed based on a short presentation of your business context (duration of the learning format: 3 hours).
Recommended Readings
A list of recommended readings for each of the micro-learning online modules, to allow you to dive deeper into each topic.
Practical Information
Class-size
5 to 15 participants (a minimum of 5 participants is required to open the class)
Dates
Registration : February 4th to March 7th
Course start : March 14th
First synchronous session : April 9th 2025 – 6pm – 9pm CET
Second sychronsous session : April 22nd, 2025 – 6pm – 9pm CET
Admission requirements
A University Bachelor’s degree in any subject area
English proficiency – professional level
Price
CHF 1’300.- (including registration fees)
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