With a growing interest and more industry stakeholders evolving towards Tech for Impact, we are pleased to organize the first Tech for Impact Day in Switzerland on September 15th 2020 at Kulturpark Zürich, commissioned by Innosuisse.

This day will focus on how industry can play a key role in supporting and collaborating with Impact Tech start-ups and developing innovation to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The SDGs provide an excellent framework for new business opportunities. At this event, we will address these opportunities and show how important Tech for Impact innovations are and what potential they have - and most importantly, how industry can be a pioneer for the SDGs, with inspiring keynotes by speakers from ETH, EPFL, IBM, Buhler Group, Good Tech Lab and Katapult.

Be part of this event and celebrate Tech for Impact with us.

Comment on the current situation regarding COVID-19: in order to ensure the safety of all participants, we will follow the measures recommended by the BAG.

Program:

9:00 Registration

9:30 Welcome and Introduction: Potential of Tech for Impact with the Industry

Aimée van der Wolde - Managing partner at SEIF - Driving Impact Innovation

9:35 Potential of Tech for Impact from ETH Perspective

Prof. Dr. Lothar Thiele -Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory ETH Zürich

9:45 Potential of Tech for Impact from EPFL Perspective

Hilda Liswani - Tech4Impact business development manager, Vice Presidency for Innovation

9:55 Potential of Tech for Impact From a European Perspective

Manuella Cunha Brito - Co-founder At Good Tech Lab Paris/Barcelona

10:15 Accelerating Tech for Impact with Industry partners from a Norwegian Perspective

Haakon Brunell - Co-founder at Katapult Accelerator, Norway

10:35 Coffee Break

11:10 Best Practice Collaboration from IBM

Phillipp Späti - CTO IBM Switzerland

11:30 Best Practice collaboration in Switzerland from Bühler Group

Beatrice Conde-Petit - Food Science Officer Bühler Group

Katharina Hilker - Sustainability Specialist Bühler Group

11:50 Lunch Break

13:00 Startup Pitches

First hand experiences or needs from

- Bloom Biorenewables

- Kitro

- Techstyle Solutions

- Hemolytics

14:00 COLLABORATION BETWEEN STARTUPS AND CORPORATES: INITIATE INNOVATION PROCESSES

Michael Augsburger - Business Associate Spark Works

14:30 BOOST STARTUP COLLABORATION WITH CORPORATES

Innovation Sprints

16:00 RESULTS INNOVATION SPRINTS

Outcomes and Results of the Breakout Sessions

16:15 Network Apéro and Celebration of Tech for Impact and the Industry