TECH FOR IMPACT - The Industry as Game Changer
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About this event
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
- Kitro
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
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Organiser SEIF - Driving Impact Innovation
Organiser of TECH FOR IMPACT - The Industry as Game Changer
At SEIF, we provide non-financial and financial support to impact driven social startups in the growth and scaling phase, helping them create the future we want to see for the generations to come.
By offering coaching, investment opportunities, consulting, courses and general support, we help social entrepreneurs from all sectors to grow and improve their business performance and scale their impact. Social enterprises across Europe also have the opportunity to participate in our annual SEIF Awards, emphasizing the role of Tech for Impact solutions in reaching the UN SDGs.
To contribute to the professionalism of the social entrepreneurship community and build up the capacity of social enterprises, SEIF acts as a bridge between stakeholders by connecting actors from the financial sector, corporate world, universities, foundations, NGOs and others to foster the strongest impact possible.
