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Event Date |
Thu May 30 EEST (about 1 year ago)
In your timezone (EDT): Wed May 29 5:00pm - Wed May 29 5:00pm |
Location |
Kursaal Bern
Kornhausstrasse 3, 3013 Bern, Switzerland |
Region | EMEA |
This event are the nationwide business and networking platform for startups, investors, enablers, SMEs and corporates in Switzerland. Every year, the Swiss startup ecosystem meets to network, exchange know-how and discuss relevant topics of the startup ecosystem. It’s a vibrant family reunion, where you’ll meet all key players in one day.
2024 Speakers
Alessandra Agnello
Principal, ACE & Company
Maddy Agrawal
Revenue Engineer | Sales Scientist, Innosuisse
Thomas Baumgartner
Co-Founder & CTO, PRiOT AG
Herbert Bay
Co-Founder and CEO, Earkick
Tatiana Benavides
Swissnex Project Manager, Swissnex / Switzerland Global Enterprise
Timon Binder
CTO, Almer Technologies AG
Regula Bleuler
Managing Director, Swiss Startup Association
Jacques Bonvin
Partner, NKF - Niederer Kraft Frey
Oender Boyman
Investor Expert & Relations, Kickstart Innovation
Andreas Brenner
Co-Founder and CEO, Jua.ai
Iohannès Bry
Head of Innovation & Business Intelligence, State of Vaud (SPEI)
Philip Bucher
Founder & CEO, Chopfab Boxer AG
Esther Cahn
CEO, Signifikant Solutions AG
Isabel Casado Harrington
Head of Startup Incubation Program, EPFL
Azzurra Casali
Junior Data Scientist, Axpo Group
Charlotte Chenu
Science and Innovation Project Manager, Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom
Anne CHEVRIER
Marketing Manager Switzerland, Dassault Systèmes
Bryan Cornelius
Head of Innovation, QoQa Services SA
Martina David
Trade Officer, Swiss Business Hub Spain
Leandro Davies
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, OOMNIUM AG
Alisée de Tonnac
Founder, Seedstars
Laurent Decrue
Co-CEO, Holycode AG
Sibilla Delorenzi
Patent Expert, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Marie Didier
CEO, MATIS
Severino Döbeli
Investment Analyst, Zürcher Kantonalbank
Yann Donon
Director of Communication & Intelligence, RUAG AG
Thomas Dübendorfer
President, SICTIC
Patric Eggler
Tax Expert, Wenger Vieli AG
Désirée Egli
Attorney, Law at Wenger Vieli AG
Simon Enderli
CEO, Swiss Entrepreneurs Foundation
Lucas Fiévet
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, ParetoLabs
Hugo Flayac
Co-Founder & CEO, csky.ai
Frank Floessel
Head of ETH Entrepreneurship, ETH Zurich
Michael Friedrich
COO, Distalmotio
Felicitas Gartmann
Consultant for Internationalization Starters, Swissnex / Switzerland Global Enterprise
Jonathan Gäumann
Deputy Head of Venture Unit & Senior Innovation Manager, RUAG AG
Tobias Giger
Co-CEO, evenito AG
Guy Giuffredi
General Partner, StealthVC AG
Andreas Göldi
Partner, b2venture
Ulf Grawunder
Co-Founder & CEO, T-Crux
Urs Gredig
Anchor, Swiss National Television
Patrick Griss
Member of the Foundation Board, DeepTech Switzerland Foundation
Marc Gruber
Professor of Entrepreneurship & Tech Commercialization, EPFL
Dominique Gruhl
CEO, Serpentine Ventures
Ronan Guirey
Managing Director, P&TS SA - Intellectual Property
Cornelia Gut
Managing Director Stiftung Startfeld, Switzerland Innovation Park Ost AG
Mahmoud Hadad
CEO, INERGIO Technologies SA
Julien Halnaut
Business Development Manager, Taurus SA
Thomas Heimann
Head VC Chapter & General Deputy Secretary, SECA (Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association)
Ruben Herrendorff
CEO, NXI Therapeutics
Stefan Heuss
Inventor, Stefan Heuss
Sebastien Hug
Head Innovation Office, Universität Bern
Christoph Inauen
Co-Founder, Choba Choba AG
Dominik Isler
Co-Founder,Startup Days
Damian Janzi
Investment Manager, Swisscom Ventures
Rajesh Jayachandran
Co-Founder & CSO, NXI Therapeutics
Wendy Jordan
Angel Investor | Entrepreneur | Board Member, Fyiar Ventures GmbH | EO Accelerator
Kurt Kaltenegger
Head of ABB Technology Ventures, ABB
Pauline Koelbl
Founder & Managing Partner, ShEquity
Pascal Koenig
Co-Founder, Malaica AG
Silvan Krähenbühl
Host, Swisspreneur
Jens Krauss
VP, CSEM
Dr. Milan Kumar
Chief Information Officer (CIO), ZF Commercial Vehicles
Michael Kündig
Attorney, Law, Walder Wyss AG
Simon Kurmann
Team Section Lead Data Analytics, Helbling Technik
Stefan Kyora
Editor in Chief, Startupticker.ch
Barbara Lax
Founder & CEO, Little Green House
Victoria Lietha
Investment Director, Swisscom Ventures
Carin Lightner
Co-Founder & CEO, ENANTIOS
Carlo Loderer
Founder & CEO, Zippsafe AG
Christian Lundsgaard-Hansen
Head Startup Program, be-advanced AG
Gianluca Mancini
Portfolio Manager, Axpo Group
Adrien Marcone
Patent Engineer, P&TS SA - Intellectual Property
Pascal Mathis
Partner, Founderful
Dominique Mattmann
Associate, Wenger Vieli AG
Jeremias Meier
Entrepreneur & Investor, session.vc
Serge Morisod
Chief Digital & Information Officer, CSEM
Dr. Nicolas Mosimann
Partner, Kellerhals Carrard
Kudah Mushambi
Co-Founder & CEO, Adaire
Lennig Pedron
CEO, Trust Valley
Brad Peppard
Special Coach for Fundraising, Innosuisse - Swiss Innovation Agency
Matthias Pfister
Head of Optical Data Science, Helbling Technik
Dr. Mariusz Platek
Head of Investments, Pensionskasse Stadt Winterthur
Andrew Reid
Director Commercial Partner Switzerland, Microsoft
Lucie Rein
COO, Cultivated Biosciences
Christina Reitenbach
Education Partner Sales Manager Central Europe, Dassault Systèmes
Rebecca Ribi
Financial Advisor, Finpact Solutions
Lena Robra
Head of Academic Engagement, Swissnex in India
Bahaa Roustom
Vice President Marketing & Business Development, CSEM
Jacqueline Ruedin Rüsch
Founding General Partner, Privilège Ventures
Eric Rufer
Partner, Substring AG & Aare Ventures
Stuart Russell
Director | Professor, Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence | UC Berkeley
Laura Santos Carreras
Team Section Lead Active Implants, Helbling Technik
Luca Saporita
Trade and Investment Advisor, Swiss Business Hub Japan
Michael Sauter
Head of Entrepreneurship, ZID Bernapark AG
Janina Schäfer
Product & Platform Strategy, IPAI - Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence
Kevin Schmid
Founder & CEO, bakerybakery AG
Christoph Schneeberger
Executive Lead & Co-founder, Antefil Composite Tech AG
Dominic Senn
Co-Founder & CEO, machineMD
Dario Silberschmidt
Startup & VC Lawyer / Partner, Kellerhals Carrard Startup & VC Desk
Anna Spitznagel
Co-Founder, trail GmbH
Manuel Stagars
Founder & Filmdirector, 8GR8 Films
Cyril Stoller
Principal Engineer, Helbling Technik
David Studer
Founder & CEO, Vengrow AG
Peter Studer
Head of Communication, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Celine Udriot
COO, Largo Films SA
Thuy-Linh Uong
Senior Investment Associate, Lightbird Ventures
Virginie Verdon
Managing Director, Startup Board Academy
Lea von Bidder
Founder, Expeerly
Alice Vorburger
Attorney at Law, Walder Wyss AG
Lucian Wagner
General Partner, Privilège Ventures
Maximilian Werner
Associate Director and Research Fellow, IMD Business School
Michelle Wiki
Attorney at Law Wenger Vieli / Co-Founder of FEM'UP Switzerland, Wenger Vieli AG
Anselma Wörner
Founder & COO Exnaton, Exnaton
Ramona Wyss
MLaw, LL.M. Attorney at Law, Walder Wyss Ltd.
Katrin J. Yuan
Chair, AI Future Council
Simon Zimmermann
Head Innovation Hub, RUAG AG
Aileen Zumstein
Member, EO Zürich
Merle Zur
Program Manager Diversity & Entrepreneurship, Impact Hub Zürich
2024 Partners
MAIN PARTNERS:
• Bekb|BCBE
• Innosuisse-Swiss Innovation Agency
• IGE|IPI
PRESENTING PARTNERS:
• Wissenschaft.Bewegen
• swisscom
NETWORK PARTNERS:
• Ace & Company
• axpo
• be advance
• FH
• csem
• Dassault Systemes
• Empa
• EPFL
• ETH zurich
• esa
• Fon Git
• helbling
• Vaud
• Ipai
• lc
• Microsoft for Starups
• Switzerland Global Enterprise
• sitemStartupsClub
• Swiss Enterpreneurs Foundation
• swissnex
• TD
• ub
• ViPartners
• walderwyss
• wenger vieli
• Wyss Zurich
• Zurcher Kantonalbank
COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
• Fem
• holycode
• IMD
• impactHUB Switzerland
• In Ar Ti S Foundation Inartis
• S2S Ventures
• Tech4Eva
EVENT PARTNERS:
• Bern
• Films For Reel
• Form
• Kilchenmann
• novu office
• familizy
• siradis