Technological entrepreneurship in Switzerland and Spain

Date

14.09.2023 16:00 - 20:00

Location

EPFL Faculté des Sciences de la Vie, Conference room SV 1717, 1015 Lausanne

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Both Switzerland and Spain rank higher in cross-country comparisons in terms of number of scientific publications than in terms of GDP. Both have the common challenge of growing up to become deeptech nations. This conference aims to explore what both countries can learn from each other and where there is scope for mutual collaboration in terms of technological entrepreneurship.

Programme

16:00-16:15: Opening remarks

  • Martin Vetterli, President of EPFL
  • Celsa Nuño, Spanish Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein

16:15-17:00: Roundtable discussion – PUBLIC POLICIES IN SUPPORT OF TECHNOLOGICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Moderator: Fernando Jiménez Cabello de los Cobos, Cultural and Scientific Counsellor of the Spanish Embassy in Bern

  • Isabel Casado Harrington, Head of Startup Funding Program, Vice Presidency of Innovation, EPFL
  • Maria Anselmi, Head of Start-ups and Next-Generation Innovators Division, Innosuisse
  • Yuliya Blaser, Head of Invest, Innovaud
  • Claudio Feijoo, Rector’s Delegate for Entrepreneurship, Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
  • Pilar Carrato, Head of the Economic-Financial Department, CDTI
  • José María Blasco, Director of Infrastructure, Health and ICT, ICEX

17:00-17:45: Roundtable discussion – TECHNOLOGICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN PRACTICE

Moderator: Juan Díez Gibson, Economic and Trade Counsellor of the Spanish Embassy in Bern

  • Martina Löfqvist, Senior Business Development Manager, Destinus
  • Alen Arslaganic, CEO, Visium
  • Juan Troncoso Pastoriza, co-founder and CEO, Tune Insight
  • Francisco Rincón, CTO, SmartCardia
  • Ion Padilla, CEO and chairman, Wegaw
  • Álvaro Lisón, Chief Operating Officer, Geosatis
  • Daniel Bermejo, Managing Director, Noddes LLC Y/O, and co-founder & CSO, Trusty AG
  • Dani Bach, partner, +ND Capital

17:45-18:00: Final remarks

Martina Hirayama, State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation

18:00-20:00: Apéro

 

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