Past events

For a detailed Agenda of the workshop and registration please click here.

Since the beginning of 2017, Switzerland has had access to two financing instruments through the EU program «Horizon 2020»: the SME Instrument and the FTI. With those instruments up to 3 Mio EUR can be obtained, with or without the participation of academic partners. This year, the EU made some changes to the program allowing for equity co-investment up to 15 Mio EUR. Join us for our info-event to learn more about the changes in the program and other funding instruments available in the region.

Event Agenda

12:30 - 12:45 Registration
12:45 - 13:00 Funding support in PARK INNOVAARE & other non-dilutive instruments | Francesco Colonna, PARK INNOVAARE
13:00 - 13:15 How to find the right Business Angel | Florian Gautschi, Aargau Services
13:15 - 14:15 SME Instrument | Javier Calvet-Stoffel, M27 / Jorge Sotelo, Inspiralia
14:15 - 14:30 Coffee break
14:30 - 16:00 1-to-1 sessions (upon the registration)

Info flyer

The talent pool for artificial intelligence and robotics in Switzerland has piqued the interest of several leading global companies. From cutting edge start-ups to multinationals such as Amazon, Apple, Bosch, Disney, Google, GoPro, Facebook, Huawei, IBM, Magic Leap, Microsoft, Oracle and Samsung, companies are developing autonomous technologies in Switzerland, many of them in collaboration with Swiss universities and institutions. Google, for example, is developing its technology platform called Tango, which enables devices to navigate without the need for GPS.

By attending the AI and Robotics Event on July 5, you are also kindly invited to the Grand Reception of the Swiss Innovation Week on Friday, July 6 at the Swiss Embassy in Beijing. Invitation of the Grand Reception will follow after confirming your participation at the AI and Robotics Event.

The evening ends with a networking session where you will have the opportunity to discuss your interest with other c-level representatives and experts from the AI and robotics industry. This is a unique chance to channel a new collaboration or just to exchange ideas. Come for an illuminating panel discussion and stay for the great networking!

Speakers and Panelists

• Professor Karl Aberer, EPFL, Distributed Information Systems Laboratory (LSIR), Founder and CEO of EPFL spin-off “LinkAlong”
• Dr. Daniel Hao Zhuang, Founder, Swiss-Chinese start-up “HuaRui”
• Dr. Qianjin Liu, Chief Technology Officer, Director-China Corporate Research Center,ABB China Ltd
• Dr. Li Pu, VP of Robotics, Ninebot Inc
• Raymond Cron, CEO, Switzerland Innovation
• Liu Chenchen, Project Officer Science, Technology and Education Section, Swiss Embassy, Moderator

Program Rundown

15:00 – 16:00          Registration
16:00 – 17:00          Presentation Keynote Speakers
17:00 – 17:10          Kick-off ceremony of Sino-Swiss AI conference 2018
17:10 – 18:00          Panel discussion
18:00 – 19:00          Networking

About the Event:

Drug discovery has come a long way from guess work to a structural and targeted approach to finding new and better remedies. In order to see the big picture and to develop new drugs, companies need to stay up to date about the latest discoveries in genomics, proteomics, structural or quantitative biology. The industry must translate the scientific efforts into a new innovative product.

At SWITZERLAND INNOVATION, such interdisciplinary collaborations between science and industry can flourish, thus finding keys and  pathways to more precise medicine and bring drug discovery into a new era. Together with the Swiss Business Hub China, SWITZERLAND INNOVATION is committed to promote Switzerland as a location for R&D and innovation. International corporations such as Roche, Novartis, and Actelion (J&J), have their home base and global research centers in Switzerland. Other leading biotech and pharmaceutical companies — many of them from the US — including AC Immune, Alnylam, Amgen, Biogen, Bluebird, Fosun, Luye Pharma, Prothena, or Tesaro have chosen Switzerland as an R&D location. Together with Novartis and Roche as the incumbent players, they attract many highly skilled experts from all over the world.

 Program Rundown:
14.00 – 14.30   Registration
14.30 – 15.30   Key note speaches: Prof. Christoph Hock and Prof. Michael Hennig
15.30 – 16.30   Panel Discussion
16.30 – 18.00   Networking

Founded in March 2012 as a spin-off of the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Excelsus Structural Solution has been constantly proving its outstanding expertise in structural analysis of materials. Company’s main office is located in Brussels (Belgium), whereas it operates primarily at the PSI synchrotron facility. For that reason Excelsus Structural Solutions (Swiss) has been founded. In April 2016, Excelsus has joint PARK INNOVAARE located just a stone’s throw away from the Swiss Light Source (SLS).

This year Excelsus celebrates its 5th anniversary. To recapitulate these 5 years and to mark what was achieved, the team invites everyone interested in the company to join the celebration with its most loyal customers and supporters from industry and academia.

The event will be held in English.

Agenda

14:00                   Visit of large research facilities: SLS, SINQ, SwissFEL*

16:00                   Welcome word, Dr. Fabia Gozzo 

16:15                   A few words from the guests of Honour

16:45                   Testimonials from Excelsus pioneer customers

17:15                   Concluding remarks, Dr. Joël Mesot

17:30                   Standing Dinner Party

* Optional, prior registration requested.The visit of each facility takes ca. 45 minutes. Groups will be formed based on request.

Accreditation

The event is open to the public and the entrance is free, however registration is mandatory. Please confirm your presence and number of guests by July 31st, 2017 to ESS-5thAnniversary@excels.us.

The Heat and Energy Storage 5th Symposium of the SCCER covers the topic on energy storage in the context of start-ups and new business cases. We offer six invited talks from speakers with industrial and academic background on the topics of:

• Start-ups, developing innovative materials and technologies for renewable energies (Climeworks AG / novoMOV AG)
• Hydrogen from the perspective of an energy producer and service provider (Energiedienst)
• Batteries, a tight but growing market and the technological challenges (Leclanché SA / Bühler Group)
• Heat storage for room climatisation (Fafco Inc. / Hochschule Luzern)
• Start-up promotion (CTI/ PARK INNOVAARE)

At the 33rd PSI Electrochemistry Symposium that will take place next day (May 10), electrochemical based solutions for challenges related to energy storage will be discussed in the context of transferring of innovative ideas to the market. More information on the speakers and program here.

Accreditation

The participation at Heat and Electricity Storage 5th Symposium of the SCCER is free of charge, but the registration is mandatory until May 1, 2017.

The fee for the participation at 33rd PSI Electrochemistry Symposium is CHF 50.00 for students and CHF 100.00 for regular participants. Registration is mandatory till May 1, 2017.