7th Swiss Green Economy Symposium 2019 | Thomas Oehrli | 3 September 2019 | Theater, Theaterstrasse 6, 8402 Winterthur, Switzerland

About 800 decision-makers, implementers and innovators from business, politics, science and society will meet for the seventh time under the motto: "Working together innovatively and with relish: smart solutions for a sustainable future".

The afternoon afternoon's Innovation Forums (fondays) deepen key issues of sustainable development, including: autonomous driving, construction, digitization, digitization and the world of work, energy, investing and financing, global value chains, health, circular economy, logistics, multi-stakeholder partnerships, food, Smart Cities, Social Responsibility and Tourism.

Throughout the day, organizations in the Innovation and Start-Up Exhibition will discuss their products and services with top-class visitors.

2019 Speakers

Dr. Philipp Aerni
Director CCRS, University of Zurich

Amar Ali
CEO, Africa Improved Foods

Dr. Dörte Bachmann
Sustainability Manager, SV (Switzerland) AG

Zafer Bakir
Head of Digitization, Swiss Master Builders Association

Enrico Baumann
CEO and Member of the Board of Directors, ELEKTRON AG

Markus Baumann
Project Manager Geoinformatics, Department of Construction, City of Winterthur

Dr. Jörg Beckmann
Director of the Mobility

Dr. Alfred Beerli
CEO, Workfashion

Judith Bellaiche Cantor
ZH GLP and Managing Director Swico

Dr. Claudio Beretta
Ecological Systems Design, Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich

Vikram Bhatnagar
CEO, Hivemind

Karin Bingesser
Head of Naturalization, City

Constance Von Briskorn
Senior Manager Global Sustainability, Firmenich

Pascal Brunner
CEO & Co-Founder, Vatorex

Thomas Buchli
Mayor, Safiental

Dr. René Buholzer
Managing Director, Interpharma

Thomas Camenzind
Founder & Owner, foodroots

Prof. Vicente Carabias
Head, Smart City Winterthur

Marc Chardonnens
Director, Federal Office for the Environment FOEN

Michael Cooke
Senior Vice President of HSE and Sustainability, ABB

Paola De Coppi
Expert in Resource Efficiency

Nigel Davis
Country General Manager, Coca-Cola HBC, Switzerland

Kathrine Decorzant
Marketing Director, JTI Main

Dr. Andrea Del Duce
Researcher INE Institute for Sustainable Development, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Daniel Dubas
Delegate of the Federal Council for the Agenda 2030, ARE

Marcel Eichmüller
Corporate Account Executive, Swiss Post Ltd

Dr. Andrea Engeler
Deputy Head of Office, Office for Business and Labor Kt. Zürich

Christian Ewert
Director General, Amfori

Susanna Fieber
Division Cooperation and Dialogue, FOEN Federal Office for the Environment

Stefan Forster
Head of the Research Unit Tourism and Sustainable Development, ZHAW

Susanne Frasnelli
Consultant, Intep

Sabine Frei
Research Group Life Cycle Assessment, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Rafael Freuler
Youth Information, Project Manager Engage Winterthur, City of Winterthur

Karsten Fuelster
Country Manager and Head of Business Development for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, IFC - World Bank Group, Frankfurt / Main

Bernhard Gerster
Head of Automotive Engineering, Bern University of Applied Sciences

Markus Gilgen
Vice Director House of Winterthur, Head Visitors & Residents

Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Gnach
Professor, ZHAW Applied Linguistics Media Linguistics

Elmar Grosse Ruse
Project Manager Climate and Energy, WWF

Dr. Niklaus Haller
Deputy Managing Director, BS2 AG

Andrea Heinzer
CIO, Obviam

Hansjörg Herren
Head of Corporate Development , GZO Spital Wetzikon

Josef Hunkeler
Head of Environmental, Protection and Health Protection, City of Winterthur

Stefan Huonder
Head of Traffic Regulations, Federal Roads

Dr. Christian Jäger
Lecturer in Mathematics, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Jäschke Brülhart
Owner, Evenion

Amina Joubli
Researcher, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO

Dr. Josef Känzig
Head of Consumption and Products Section, FOEN Federal Office for the Environment

Thomas Kraft
Asset Manager, PSP, Member Group of Fifteen

Prof. Em. Dr. Wolfgang Kröger
ETH Zurich; Head, SATW

Thomas Küchler
Chief Executive Officer, Schweizerische Südostbahn AG

Michael Künzle
Mayor, Winterthur

Lauren Landis
Director of Nutrition, UN World Food

Kurt Lanz
Member of the Executive Board, Head of Infrastructure, Energy & Environment, economiesuisse

Meta Lehmann
Senior Project Manager, econcept AG

Adrian Lobsiger
Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner

Andreas Mächler
Energy Moves Winterthur

Katrin Mark
Head of Real Estate and Facility Management, Intep

Stefan Metzger
Head of Smart City, Swisscom (Switzerland) AG

Dr. Jürg Michel
Product Development "Automated Driving", PostBus

Christoph Müller
Managing Director, Schaffhausen Regional Nature Park

Philipp Müller
Head of Investment Solutions, BlueOrchard Finance SA

Dr. Gunthard Niederbäumer
Head of Property and Reinsurance, SIA

Karin Oertli
COO Region Switzerland, UBS Switzerland AG

Stefan Pabst
Senior Project Manager and Head of Early Detection System Navigator, WIRE

Fabienne Perret
Member of GL and Head of Transport Division, EBP

Dominik Pfoster
Head Responsible Investment, Swiss Life Asset Managers

Stephan Pfuhl
Head of Group Supply Chain Management, SBB AG

Prof. Dr. Jean-Marc Piveteau
Rector, ZHAW

Lucie Rein
Country Manager, Too Good To Go

Andreas Renggli
Management, Polarstern

Philippe Rey
Sales Manager Cement

Simone Riedel Riley
Head of Technology Fund Office, Emerald Technology Ventures

Anja Riedle
Head of Smart City, SBB CFF FFS

Tony Rinaudo
World Vision Australia, Alternative Nobel Prize 2018

Dr. Christine Roth
Head of Department Environment, Swissmem

Cornelia Rutishauser
Corporate Partnerships Manager, MyClimate

Kai Säger
Business Development IoT, Leicom-ITEC AG

Saskia Sanders
Researcher, FOEN Federal Office for the Environment

Achim Schefer
Head of Department Siedlungsgrün, Stadtgrün Winterthur, City of Winterthur

Dr. Walter Schenkel
Director, Verein Metropolitanraum Zürich

Dr. Victor Schmid
Senior Partner, Hirzel.Neef.Schmid.Konsulenten

Dr. Christian Schmid
Divisional Head of Socioeconomics, Intep

Deborah Schmidiger
Head of Program, Better Work

Thomas Seiz
Managing Director, Kulturpark

Judith Smit
Global Market Development Manager - Nutrition Improvement Program, DSM

Matthias Speich
Researcher System Dynamics, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Jürg Staudenmann
Senior Climate & Development Policy Advisor, Alliance Sud

Mireille Stauffer
Child and Youth Officer, Department of Social Affairs, City of Winterthur

Benjamin Szemkus
Program MANAGER, Smart City Switzerland

Adèle Thorens Goumaz
National Councilor

Sarah Thury
Senior Consultant, Intep

Georges-Simon Ulrich
Director, Federal Statistical Office

Marc Vogt
Managing Director, In-Finitude AG

Mirjam West
Research Assistant, Institute for Sustainable Development ZHAW

Manja Van Wezemael
Managing Director, Stiftung Natur & Wirtschaft

Heinz Wiher
Head of Energy + Technology, City of Winterthur

Onur Yildirim
Deputy Head of Smart City Department, City of Winterthur

Daniel Zürcher
Deputy Head of Department Economics and Innovation, Federal Office for the Environment

2019 Partners

SILVER PARTNER:
• SchellenbergDruck

BRONZE PARTNER:
• LibraCore

PARTNER AUTHORITY:
• FOEN

OFFICIAL CONGRESS HOTEL:
• Park Hotel Winterthur

BUSINESS PARTNERS:
• AWA
• EconomieSuisse
• Amfori
• Winterthur
• OBU
• Swiss Employers Association

SCIENCE PARTNERS:
• ZHAW
• Empa
• SATW

STRATEGY PARTNER:
• Hirzel Neef Schmid Konsulenten

BRANDING PARTNER:
• Hej

WEB PARTNER:
• Thomas Oehrli

PARTNER FOR PAPER:
• Lenzing Papier

SUSTAINABLE CARD SOLUTIONS:
• Oscards

PARTNER FOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATION:
• Pro Sales GmbH

OFFICE PARTNER:
• Gustello

DIGITAL COLLABORATION & INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNER:
• Itigo

PRINTING AND COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS PARTNER:
• Rohner Spiller

AIR PARTNER:
• MyClimate

GREEN ECONOMY START-UP PARTNER:
• TechnoPark

GREEN BEYOND LIMITS:
• A777

SOCIAL MEDIA PARTNER:
• Polarstern

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS PARTNER:
• ARE

CONSULTING FOR SUSTAINABLE IDEAS:
• Student Impact

NETWORK PARTNER:
• JTI

CULTURE AND JAZZ PARTNER:
• Weekly Jazz

DIGITAL MARKETING PARTNER:
• Net Pulse

EVENT PARTNER:
• Buro Fur Erignisse

YOUR PARTNERS:
• Theater Winterthur
• Winterthur
• TechnoPark
• ZHAW

PATRONAGES:
• FOEN SFE Deza
• Stadt Winterthur
• Global Compact Network Switzerland
• International Chamber of Commerce Switzerland