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Dive into the World of Partnerships
Date: Thursday, September 12
Location: Rolex Forum, EPFL
Welcome to the immersive world of partnerships. This conference brings together innovators, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, venture funds, and academic researchers from all sectors to explore the crucial role of partnerships in scaling and innovating businesses.
Through captivating pair presentations by start-ups and corporates, gain valuable insights into company strategies, different forms of partnerships, challenges encountered, and successful approaches to implementing win-win alliances.
Why attend?
Learn and collaborate: exchange experiences and ideas, gain valuable insights about various strategies and forms of partnership, get practical suggestions to design win-win approaches for a successful implementation.
Connect with the most relevant attendees through our 1:1 meeting platform (accessible upon registration), powered by advanced AI matchmaking. Maximize your networking opportunities and forge valuable connections.
Discover new opportunities: Identify fresh perspectives, explore potential alliances, and unlock new avenues for innovation.
Don’t miss this opportunity to forge meaningful connections, gain insights, and unlock the potential for innovation and growth. Secure your spot at the EPFL Innovation Park 2023 Tech4Growth Partnering and Matchmaking Conference:
“A must-attend event for anyone interested in learning more about the critical role of partnerships in scaling and innovating businesses. I was impressed by the quality of the speakers, the diversity of the audience, and the effectiveness of the matchmaking platform. ”
“The event was an absolute standout! It seamlessly blended innovation and collaboration. Kudos to the team for their remarkable organization. Partnerships between corporates, academia and technology innovation centers are the keys to future success.”
“Thank you for hosting and organising the very interesting Tech4Growth Conference. I thought it was a big success and I hope that there will be further conferences like this. 😊 “
TESTIMONIALS
“Tech4Growth Conference offers a concise agenda to connect the local venture ecosystem with corporates. It was a great introduction to the supportive environment in Vaud and provided me the opportunity to meet some very interesting start-up companies.”
“Thanks a lot for the great organization: since first events, #Tech4Growth is getting a tremendous traction!”
“It was amazing to see how working in partnership with corporations can drive innovation and start-ups ahead as well as learn about the real challenges these partnerships need to overcome. 🚀”
“It was a pleasure to be there. I had the opportunity to connect with a lot of people at the event and was approached by many after our session.”
“Strong and sustainable partnerships are a key success factor for innovation in Switzerland. In that context, the Tech4Growth event is an important platform as it provides practical insights from case studies as well as excellent networking opportunities to foster collaborations across different sectors.”
“I particularly enjoyed the frank and open discussions about what works in partnerships between corporates and start-ups – as well as what does not work. The Tech4Growth Conference is an ideal platform to share experience and best practices.”
“I was there and it was great to get2know 4 really interesting startups worth to go ahead evaluating potential fields of cooperation. Many more startups were arround .. worth to understand their USPs too.”
SPEAKERS
Alexander Schlaepfer
Partner, Swisscom Ventures
Brent Milliken
CEO, Imverse
Christian Mähr
Head Ecosystem, Partnerships & Corporate Hybrid Bank, UBS
Clotilde Aubertin
External Innovation Direction, Haleon – GSK Consumer Healthcare
David Baur
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, AELER
Dominique Rey
CEO & Co-Founder, Numarics
Javier Bello Ruiz
Ex CEO & Co-Founder, Imverse
Hamidul Huq
Innovation Coach & Innovation Project Manager, Geneva Airport
Lajla Aganovic
Head of Venture Engagement (CTO office), Logitech
Lan Zuo Gillet
Tech4Growth Founder & Program Chair, EPFL Innovation Park
Luiggino Torrigiani
Head of Marketing & Partnerships, Insolight
Nicolas Loeillot
Expert, Innosuisse
Olivier Chappuis
Innovation Lab Manager, Maxon
Patrick Thévoz
CEO & Co-Founder, Flyability
Raphaël Conz
Managing Director (SPEI), State of Vaud
Raphael Rollier
Head of Innovation & Product Management, Swisstopo
Torsten Butz
Head Corporate Development, CSS
Uliana Shchelgacheva
Co-Founder, Longevity Hub
Veronica Lange
Head, UBS Next Connect
Yin Yan
Executive Director, UBS Next
AGENDA
| Dive into the World of Partnership | Speakers | ||
|---|---|---|---|
09:00 – 09:10 |
Welcome Remarks | Lan Zuo Gillet, Deputy Managing Director, EPFL Innovation Park | |
09:10 – 09:20 |
Welcome Canton Vaud | Raphaël Conz, Managing Director, Office of Economic Affairs & Innovation (SPEI) | |
09:20 – 10:00 |
Logitech - Imverse: Technology partnership | Lajla Aganovic, Head of Venture Engagement, Logitech, Brent Milliken, CEO, Imverse and Javier Bello Ruiz, Ex CEO & Co-Founder, Imverse | Moderator: Nicolas Loeillot, Expert, Innosuisse | |
10:00 – 10:30 |
Swisscom Ventures-Flyability: Corporate Venture Capital Investment | Alexander Schlaepfer, Partner, Swisscom Ventures and Patrick Thevoz, CEO & Co-Founder, Flyability | Moderator: Raphael Rollier, Head of Innovation & Product Management, Swisstopo | |
10:30 – 11:00 |
Networking Coffee Break and 121 meetings | / | |
11:00 – 11:30 |
UBS - Numarics: Commercial partnership for better service to customers | Veronica Lange, Head of UBS Next Connect, Yin Yan, Executive Director, UBS Next, Christian Mähr, Transformation Manager and Head Ecosystems & Partnerships, UBS and Dominique Rey, CEO & Co-Founder, Numarics | Moderator: Lan Zuo Gillet, Deputy Managing Director, EPFL Innovation Park | |
11:30 – 12:00 |
Insolight’s multiple partnerships with Corporates | Luiggino Torrigiani, Head of Marketing & Partnerships, Insolight | Moderator: Nicolas Loeillot, Expert, Innosuisse | |
12:00 – 12:30 |
CSS - Longevity Hub: A corporate accelerator for individual partnerships | Torsten Butz, CSS and Uliana Shchelgacheva, Co-Founder, Longevity Hub | Moderator: Raphael Rollier, Head of Innovation & Product Management, Swisstopo | |
12:30 – 13:30 |
Networking lunch | Supported by Cleantech Alps | |
13:30 – 14:15 |
Roundtable discussion with alumni of Tech4Growth workshop series: implementation of partnerships in Geneva Airport, Maxon, GSK/Haleon and AELER | Clotilde Aubertin, External Innovation Direction, Haleon – GSK Consumer Healthcare, Hamidul Huq, Innovation Coach & Innovation Project Manager, Geneva Airport, David Baur, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, AELER and Olivier Chappuis, Innovation Lab Manager, Maxon | Moderator: Lan Zuo Gillet, Deputy Managing Director, EPFL Innovation Park | |
14:15 – 16:30 |
Networking Coffee & Drinks and 121 meetings | / |
PARTNERS
Host & Economic Development Partner
Ecosystem Partners
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Lan Zuo Gillet
Deputy managing Director EPFL Innovation Park
Program Chair
Simone Theiss
EPFL Innovation Park
Program Manager
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