swiss innovation forum 2014

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9th Swiss Innovation Forum Innovation | Design | Creativity

20 November 2014 Congress Center | BASEL

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Innovation, design and creativity

worldwide. For many decades, Swiss companies have demonstrated that they possess this quality, be it in the watch-making or the engineering in-dustry, on international financial mar-kets or in Swiss products, from coffee capsules to chocolate. „Nous“ is the result of an outstanding education system, curiosity, open-mindedness and a sense of quality. However this unique competitive advantage needs to be nurtured.

The Swiss Innovation Forum on 20 No-vember 2014 at the Congress Centre Basel will provide a unique innovation platform. It will feature international keynote speakers, lateral thinkers, ex-citing workshops and information on the latest achievements in the sector. This is an opportunity to network with around 1000 leading businessmen, scientists, educators and politicians. So come along and be inspired.

We look forward to seeing you there! Kind regards

Stefan Linder Peter Stähli

Entrepreneurs and CEOsSwiss Innovation Forum

Dear Participants,

The race to come up with new ideas is unrelenting, fast-paced and glob-al in scale. A competitive advantage gained over decades can be squan-dered in only a few years, as the ex-amples of BlackBerry, Nokia and Kodak clearly demonstrate. To be suc-cessful over the long term, it is essen-tial to keep coming up with new ideas, which in turn can be used to develop innovative products and services. As entrepreneurs, we have to be ahead of our time and make sure we don‘t miss the boat.

In Switzerland in particular, a small country without mineral deposits, gold mines or sources of crude oil, innovation is a decisive advantage. It takes „nous“ to create a product or service that meets a need on the mar-ket, is successful internationally and can stand out against its competitors


9th Swiss Innovation Forum 2014

On 20 November 2014, Switzerland’s leading innovation conference will take place for the ninth time at the Congress Centre in Basel. The Swiss Innovation Forum is a nationwide in-itiative which aims to promote inno-vation, creativity and design and is initiated and supported by the Swiss Economic Forum in Thun.

This unique event sees some 1000 vi-sionary personalities from the worlds of business, science and research coming together and exchanging their ideas and experiences with ex-perts from Switzerland and abroad who operate in a variety of different sectors. The event is aimed at innova-tive entrepreneurs, in particular from SMEs, but also appeals to start-ups and decision-makers from the fields of science, research, education and politics.

The day’s programme offers a variety of inspirational contributions looking at success factors and trends that will have a significant impact on both the present and the future.

1000 participants Take advantage of this unique

networking opportunity

Register today! Secure your place:

registration.swiss-innovation.com

Targeted training First-class workshops and

practical best-case sessions

Major benefits Profit from new ideas and

the expertise of top speakers

Target groups & networkingNew contacts, a top-class network, major know-how transfer

The participants in the Swiss Innova-tion Forum are decision-makers from Swiss SMEs and start-ups as well as representatives from the world’s lead-ing organisations and institutions in the fields of science, research, educa-tion and politics.

The event is aimed at visionary indi-viduals with managerial and special-ist responsibilities who would like to find out more about the latest findings and trends in the areas of innovation, creativity and design and are seeking new impetus for their daily business

activities. The Swiss Innovation Fo-rum is a unique networking platform, facilitating targeted networking and the nurturing of existing links as well as enabling participants to meet new discussion partners. The target group is diverse, comprising personalities from various areas, and provides the basis for dialogue across different sectors.

The transfer of knowledge and net-working between participants are key objectives of the Swiss Innovation Forum.

Participant profile

● CEOs, owners & managing directors

● Middle managers● Senior managers● Politicians & public

administrators● Researchers, developers &

educational establishments● Start-ups● Students

The top-class field of partici-pants offers a unique network-ing opportunity.

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The SIF 2014 programme High-calibre content, significant added value, new impetus

The programme of the Swiss Innovation Forum offers varied and interesting content: in addition to exciting keynote speakers from around the world, practical workshops and best case sessions will also be available. Inspiring ideas can also be expected from the “Movers & Shakers” and “Innovation@Work” sessions. The whole event will take place against the backdrop of the Future Expo innovation exhibition, which will be integrated into the networking zone and provide a great opportunity for networking.

Wherever technically possible, we bring equipment into the main hall to illustrate the newest and most in-novative research projects. Our speakers succeed time and again in amazing their audiences and captivating them with their talks.

Innovation@Work

Keynote speakers from Switzerland and abroad will present the latest findings and share their expertise on the issues of innovation, creativity and design. Gain first-hand insight into the latest findings on the trends and the markets of tomorrow and find out in a practical way about the success factors and potentials of the future.

Keynote speeches

Lateral thinkers will give brief presentations to show how they are setting new standards and shaking up the markets with ground-breaking ideas and innova-tions. In the subsequent Q&A session chaired by Kurt Aeschbacher, we’ll identify and illustrate the key fac-tors that can help your company be more successful than its competitors.

Movers & shakers


Decisive dos & don’ts will be discussed in two best-case sessions featuring successful entrepreneurs from different sectors, providing valuable insight and knowl-edge. Discussions between participants, speakers and experts are both possible and encouraged.

Best-case sessions

The Swiss Technology Award is the leading technol-ogy prize in Switzerland. For 26 years, it has been an opportunity to promote and reward technology-based innovations from businesses, universities, technical in-stitutions and federal institutes of technology. The award ceremony is held as part of the main programme in front of about 1000 invited guests.

Swiss Technology Award

High-calibre experts host interactive workshops. Participants can gain new ideas for their own daily business activities, while illustrative examples indi-cate how best to implement this new knowledge in practice.

Workshops

Promising prototypes and projects, the latest devel-opments in medicine, technology, nanotechnology, materials technology and pioneering products will be presented at the Future Expo. About 40 exhibi-tors from Switzerland and abroad will provide par-ticipants with insight into the world of tomorrow. The Future Expo will be integrated within the networking zone and open an interesting window to the future.

Future Expo & networking



Johann N. Schneider-AmmannFederal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education & Research (WBF)

Future innovation policy “Innovation” is the buzzword of the mod-ern business world. But it’s a concept that’s hard to pin down. Especially for the state. However everyone agrees that innovation isn’t created by officials, but by individu-als. The state’s primary role is to create the best possible conditions. Neverthe-less its remit goes beyond supporting research and CTI projects. Other key fac-tors in generating an innovation-friendly climate include location promotion in the widest possible sense, fiscal policy, infra-structure planning and securing an open economy. What does such a comprehen-sive innovation policy look like today and what will it look like in the future? Where does the state’s role begin and end? Eco-nomic Affairs, Education & Research Min-ister Johann N. Schneider- Ammann will address these issues.

About Johann N. Schneider-AmmannJohann N. Schneider-Ammann studied electrical engineering at the Swiss Fed-eral Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zu-rich. In the course of his professional ca-reer he has been, amongst other things, the president and delegate of the Am-mann Group. After spending 11 years in the Swiss National Council he was elect-ed to the Federal Council.

Keywords:#innovation, #conditions

Comparative innovativeness Why is our country so successful?

FundingDoes Switzerland of all places lack money for innovation?

RisksWhat are the greatest challenges?

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Dr David Bosshart CEO Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute

The new coolHow will the ecosystem of products and services change in the years ahead? What will be “cool” in a world in which insecu-rity and conflicts are rapidly increasing? During the boom years of the Cold War and right up until the 1970s, the concept of “Vorsprung durch Technik” (advantag-es through technology) predominated. Innovation was a positive side-effect of a powerful industry determined to outma-noeuvre its “ideological enemy”. Then things changed. Innovation was sought by expanding the welfare state, through consumption and in the financial markets. And now through digitisation. However, its business models have shown us one thing: more and more of what is developing has less and less to do with what came before. Futurologist David Bosshart’s speech ad-dresses this issue and asks what kind of innovation we will need in order to meet the challenges that lie ahead.

About David BosshartDavid Bosshart has been the CEO of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, a think-tank, since 1999. His research focusses on me-ga-trends in the economy and society, the future of consumerism, globalisation and political philosophy as well as man-agement and change.

Keywords:#innovation, #society

The futureWhere do we really need innovation?

ChangeWe‘re running ever faster, but where to? We‘re networking more and more, but for whom?

„Cold War“How do the worlds of business and politics relate today?


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Dr Sean Gourley Entrepreneur, big-data specialist



10.45am EN Main Hall

Mathematical advantagesSean Gurley studies the nature of innova-tion. He explores how people use a vari-ety of data every day to make decisions and solve problems. In his speech, the New Zealand-born US resident will show how large data-volumes have shaped the global technological landscape in recent years. He will also look at tactics that en-able complex data volumes to be used in corporate decision-making. The analysis of “big data” is also playing an increas-ingly important role in resolving the con-flicts associated with modern-day wars. But what does this predictability mean? What happens to free will if even the way in which someone is killed in war can be calculated using a mathematical formula?

About Sean GourleyGraduate physicist Sean Gourley founded Quid, one of the most innovative and fast-est-growing companies in Silicon Valley, in 2010. The start-up develops software that can be used to provide answers to and the behavioural patterns associated with customers, political protest, high-fre-quency trading and wars.

Keywords:#bigdata, #analytics, #software

Data intelligenceHow can intelligent data be used to solve problems?

The mathematics of warHow, when and why do people and countries enter into conflict?

InnovationHow can big data help with business decisions?



Pablos HolmanVisionary | Inventor| Top hacker | Bad-ass

ZukunftsmusikWhich inventions will dominate our everyday lives in the future? How and using which innovations can we fight malaria, solve the energy crisis and re-verse global warming? The Intellectual Ventures Laboratory conducts in-depth research into our planet’s biggest prob-lems. It is developing a hurricane-sup-pression machine and a novel fission reactor that can supply the world with cheap electricity for the next 1000 years using spent nuclear fuel. This innovative lab in the US has also developed a mos-quito laser canon that can identity these disease-carrying insects and blast them out of the sky with a well-aimed laser beam.

About Pablos HolmanPablos Holman is a successful inventor and considered one of the world’s best hackers. He has developed innovative 3D food printers, was involved in the devel-opment of the world’s smallest PC and builds spaceships. This busy visionary has inspired companies and agencies worldwide, including the CIA, the United Nations, TEDx and the World Economic Forum.

Keywords:#creativity, #technologyy

Not a coincidenceBrilliant ideas don‘t happen by chance. How can you turn your company into a think-tank?

PerspectivesHow does a hacker view everyday life and help improve the common good?

Radical innovationHow do inventions solve our everyday problems?



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Professor Patrick AebischerPresident EPFL

Building on traditionsThe terms “innovation” and “tradition” are often treated as polar opposites. Pat-rick Aebischer thinks otherwise. He be-lieves that typical Swiss activities and the associated know-how are fertile ground on which to grow true innovation for our society. The important thing is to antici-pate change, he says. As such, the EPFL founded a life sciences faculty back in 2003 to study what it is known as “bio-engineering”. This enabled important biological and technological research to be carried out early on and qualified ex-perts to be trained. At the SIF 2014, Pat-rick Aebischer will explain how univer-sities can use typical Swiss know-how to promote innovation and technology. About Patrick AebischerFor the past 14 years, Patrick Aebischer has been the president of the EPFL, where he also conducts research at the Brain Mind Institute. Before that he was a university lecturer in the United States and at the Centre Hospitalier Universi-taire Vaudois. Aebischer has also found-ed three biotech start-ups.

Keywords:#multidisciplinarity, #EPFL

The power of knowledge How can change be anticipated?

Interdisciplinarity How and where can we benefit from other areas?

EducationHow can we improve Switzerland‘s position from an international perspective?



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Professor Eddie ObengFounder and director or Pentacle

Innovation through changeWhen Eddie Obeng switched from a fixed-line telephone to a wireless one, he sat down on the sofa to make his first mobile phone call. Rather than walking to and fro around his apartment, he did the same thing he had done for dec-ades. “When the time came to be inno-vative, I missed my opportunity to do things differently,” the renowned business strategist explains. Because the world is changing at a faster rate than we can learn, Obeng says we should use practi-cal and simple-to-use tools coupled with “smart failure”. But how can we break out of our accustomed behavioural patterns? How can leaders and decision-makers ensure they don’t miss out on innovation? In answering these and other questions, the Englishman will give SIF 2014 partic-ipants pointers for how they can success-fully surf the innovation wave.

About Eddie ObengGhanaian-born Eddie Obeng is a British educator and author. He is a professor at the School of Entrepreneurship and In-novation and the founder of Pentacle, an online business school.

Keywords:#innovation, #Pentacle, #newworld

EntrepreneurshipWhat will entrepreneurship be like in five years‘ time?

InnovationInnovation requires change When is it time to change ourselves?

ChangeWHow can we grasp and take advantage of the cons-tant change around us?



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Dr Richard FloridaLeading creativity expert | Best-selling author

The culture of creativityFor many years, creativity and innovation have often been mentioned together. So too does Richard Florida, who equates innovative ideas with creative output, de-veloping the theory of the “creative class” several decades back. According to this, creative people in our society and the innovative ideas they come up with are decisive factors in our economic growth. Florida says everyone has a creative po-tential. To tap that potential we must also live in a system that promotes creativity and provides the means to develop new ideas. He says members of the “creative class” can be found wherever people work. At the SIF 2014, he will show par-ticipants how entrepreneurs and leaders can guide creativity within their teams. This will focus on strategies and initiatives that motivate and inspire creative people.

About Richard FloridaRichard Florida is an economist and the developer of the theory of the “creative class”. He teaches at the Universities of Toronto and New York. He is an urban studies theorist and the author of several best-selling books.

Keywords:#creativity, #competitiveness

CreativityHow can creativity be promoted

CompetitivenessHow can we differentiate our-selves from our competitors?

InnovationWWhat role does creativity play in innovative output?




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Network-ing Network withinternationalpower start- ups.

Ideas Get new ideas foryour company.

Further trainingThe SIF is an excellent platform for further training in the areas of innova-tion, design and creativity. Learn from the best minds and take advantage of the bundled knowledge at thisone-day event.

Added value The top-class pro-gramme guarantees to provide significant added value andbenefits.

Albrecht KresseMr Summariser | Founder Edutrainment Company GmbH

To end the day, listen to the pithy words of our “Mr Summariser”. Albrecht Kresse will present the most important findings and take-aways of the SIF 2014. An unconventional thinker, innovator and visionary, Kresse is the founder and CEO of Edutrainment Compa-ny. He is considered an expert in the field of learning design and the future of learning and has more than 20 years’ experience as a trainer, speaker and moderator. Albrecht Kresse has written books on psychology and personal development.


Check-in, coffee & networking08.00 – 08.45am


Overview of morning programmeSIF: Switzerland’s leading innovation conference

Kurt Aeschbacher Moderator/host/chair

Kurt Aeschbacher studied economics and has a wealth of experi-ence as a moderator and presenter. Today he is setting new stan-dards with his talk show „Aeschbacher“. This will be the ninth time he is moderating the SIF.

SIF 2014 welcome addressKurt Aeschbacher, SIF Moderator

08.45 - 08.55am

Opening speechJohann N. Schneider-Ammann, Federal Councillor

Innovation@WorkBionicKangaroo

Keynote speech Dr David Bosshart, CEO GDI

Coffee & networkingVisit the Future Expo

Global perspectives:creativity & design Elevator pitches by start-ups from four continents

Big dataDr Sean Gourley

SecurityPablos Holman

Break

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10.00 – 10.45am

10.45 – 11.05am

11.05 – 11.25am

11.25 – 11.40am

Keynote speech Professor Patrick Aebischer, President EPFL

11.40 – 12.00am

Keynote speech Professor Eddie Obeng, Innovator and Educator

Lunch & networkingVisit the Future Expo

12.00 – 12.30pm

12.30 – 13.45pm


Coffee & networkingVisit the Future Expo

Parallel programme

Swiss Technology AwardAward ceremony

14.45 – 15.30pm

13.45 – 14.45 Uhr

15.30 – 16.00pm

Overview of afternoon programmeSIF: Switzerland’s leading innovation conference

Workshop 1

Eddie Obeng

Innovation

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Workshop 2

Albrecht Kresse

Visualisation

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Workshop 3

Pablos Holman

Security

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Best case 1

Innovation and entre-preneurship

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Best case 2

∙ Additively ∙ tibits

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Movers & shakersFour companies setting new standards

Keynote speechDr Richard Florida, Leading creativity expert

Take-awaysConclusion with Albrecht Kresse

Refreshments/Future Expo/Farewell

16.00 – 16.45pm

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17.15 – 17.30pm

17.30 – 19.00pm




Innovation@WorkExclusively on the main stage, directly from the lab

BionicKangarooEnergy-efficient jump kinematics based on a natural model

A team of developers from Festo‘s Bionic Learning Network spent the best part of two years reproducing the way real kangaroos hop and learning from the experi-ence. The BionicKangaroo now accurately mimics what makes actual kangaroos so unique. Just like the real-life animal that it is modelled on, the BionicKangaroo can recover energy while jumping, store and then re-utilise it for the next hop. Pneu-matic and electrical propulsion technologies are combined in intelligent fashion to produce a highly dynamic system. A consistently light structure helps the BionicK-angaroo perform this unique jump. The entire system is controlled using gestures. Particular attention was paid to the mobile power pack for this artificial kangaroo. This enables the 7kg, almost 1m tall BionicKangaroo to leap up to 40cm high and 80cm forwards.

Dr Heinrich FrontzekFesto AG & Co. KG


Global PerspectivesCreativity and design



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Comparing innovationThe conditions for creating a start-up aren‘t the same the world over. The same applies to the challenges that en-trepreneurs and their innovations face in different countries. At the SIF 2014, four start-ups from Brazil, the US, China and Switzerland will be giving elevator pitches of their ideas and innovations in the field of „creativity and design“. Their short presentations will show how they are innovating and using in-novation in their countries and what support they got from official sources when founding their companies.

Keywords:#startup, #success, #global

Starting outWhat are the challenges when starting a company?

Start-upsHow do start-ups compare internationally?

CultureHow do corporate cultures differ?



Movers & shakers Shaking up the market with creative ideas

David AllemannCo-founder On

Recently founded company On developed a new kind of running shoe using a sym-biosis between engineering and the practice of running. The globally-patented tech-nology uses a series of hollow sole elements that expand backwards and close when the foot strikes the ground, thus cushioning the landing, before interlocking into a hard surface for a powerful push-off. On-brand running shoes are on sale at more than 1300 retail outlets in more than 25 countries and have already won international prizes for innovation and design.

Sven BeichlerCo-founder and CEOmySwissChocolate AG

The smartphone app Chocogreets can be used to send personalised greetings set in choc-olate – including a photo and a message – around the globe by post. The production and sale process is controlled by a specially-developed cloud-based IT solution. This enables the Chocogreets to be produced geo-independently at different Chocogreets stations. In just six months, the app was downloaded 550,000 times and generated more than 80,000 orders from 43 countries.



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Rasoul Jalali General ManagerUBER

Uber is revolutionising the way people travel around the world’s cities. The service uses an app to connect demanding passengers to professional drivers, thus increasing trans-portation choice for everyone. At the same time, it opens up new business models for chauffeurs. Uber helps bring people to their destination in comfort, style and security. Since its foundation in San Francisco in 2010, Uber has expanded worldwide and now operates successfully in 150 cities in 41 countries. In Switzerland, an Uber service was launched in Zurich in July 2013.


Peter OhnemusCEODacadoo

The lifestyle platform www.dacadoo.com gives users a playful way to gauge their health. It uses body data as well as information about a person’s lifestyle, well-being and sporting activity to calculate a personal health score. Dacadoo employs tech-niques from online gaming and group dynamics from social networks to motivate its users. Dacadoo won the public award at the 2013 Swiss ICT Awards and in 2014 was one of the winners of the Red Herring Top 100 Europe Awards.


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SIF 2014 parallel programmePut together your own individual programme

During the afternoon, you can structure the first part of your programme individually and according to your needs. We’re offering five parallel programme sessions focus-sing on different areas. Detailed information on the individual contents can be found on the following pages.

You can sign up for one of the five sessions when registering online. Places for the workshops and best-case sessions are limited and registrations for these will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.




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Eddie ObengEducator | Entrepreneur | Author

Everyone loves innovation. But there’s relatively little innovation in many companies and organisations around the world. British management guru Eddie Obeng doesn’t think that’s because of a lack of creativity by employees. Rather he believes that even the smallest sparks of new ideas are immediately extinguished. Who’s to blame for that? And why does it happen? In an interac-tive workshop, Eddie Obeng will look at the different innovation risks that can occur in companies. In practical and simple fash-ion, he will then show what entrepreneurs can do to encourage these sparks of innovation to reignite.

Workshop 1Innovation risks

How can you create an innovation-friendly environment in your company?

What risks can stifle innovation?

How does your company react to innovative ideas?


Albrecht KresseFounder Edutrainment Company GmbH

Pen-and-paper visualisation has become a global trend. More and more companies use live visualisation in internal meetings, workshops and presentations. Often enough, the first step in putting an idea into practice is to sketch it out. Albrecht Kresse’s workshop is a hands-on affair. The Swiss Innovation Forum’s “Mr Summariser” and CEO of an innovative SME for training and learning design will show you as entrepreneurs and managers how to explain complex connections with just a few lines and thus improve your communication with your counterparts.

Workshop 2Visualisation for innovation and management

What methods and tools can be used for visualisation?

How can visualisation techniques help improve communication with employees, customers and investors?

How does visual thinking work and what are thepractical applications?



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Pablos HolmanHacker, inventor, futurist, bad-ass

Pablos Holman and his team fight Internet crime, investigating hacker attacks on Internet users, companies and state institutions and protecting them against digital attacks. But he doesn’t only fight online criminals. Holman also lets others benefit from his ex-perience. For years he has been fascinating audiences with hu-morous, informative and ever-changing lectures. In seconds he turns a harmless smartphone into a bugging device, a notebook webcam into a spy or shuts down a company’s production. Seem-ingly secure firewalls and antivirus software are no obstacle for this skilled hacker.

Workshop 3Cyber-security & hacking

How do online criminals capitalise on security loopholes?

How can you protect your computer systems against hacker attacks?

What will cyber-security be like in the future?



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Best-case session 1Innovation & entrepreneurship

Neil Goldsmith CEO and Co-founder Evolva SA, Reinach

For the past 25 years, Neil Goldsmith has been extremely success-ful building up biotechnology companies like TopoTarget A/S and Personal Chemistry AB. He was also the CEO of Auda Pharmaceu-ticals, GX Biosystems and PNA Diagnostics. Goldsmith holds a first-class degree in zoology from Balliol College, Oxford and is a grad-uate of the New Enterprise Programme at the University of Stirling’s Scottish Enterprise Foundation.

Urs MatterCEO Nanosurf AG, Liestal

Urs Matter has more than 20 years’ international experience as a manager, executive and director at companies including Siemens, Comet AG, Hy-Tech AG and TOFWERK AG. After completing a physics degree, he gained a PhD in the field of semiconductor la-ser technology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. In 2009 he became the CEO of Nanosurf with the aim of turning the company into a global technology firm.

The best-case session on innovation and entrepreneurship will focus on five suc-cessful companies from different technological fields: nanotechnology, life sciences, clean-tech, medical engineering and ICT. We will look at their most important mile-stones, their greatest challenges and the key factors in their success. The subsequent podium debate will involve the audience and focus on exchanging experiences and knowledge. The debate will also look into the future and address the question of what should be done to promote entrepreneurship.




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Moderator: Thomas BrenzikoferDeputy Managing Director, Head of Communication andManager ICT Practice i-Net Innovation Networks, Basel

Thomas Brenzikofer is the co-editor and author of the industry compendium ‘Swiss Made Software – The Book’ and the founder and editor-in-chief of the trade magazine Netzwoche. He studied philosophy at the University of Basel, majoring in communication and media studies.

Roland HaslerCEO Bien-Air Surgery SA, Le Noirmont

Having graduated with a master’s degree in electrical engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Roland Hassler began his professional career in the US. He then held vari-ous managerial positions in Switzerland before entering the medi-cal sector in 1990 as the CEO of Datascan SA. Following a series of executive positions, he joined Bien-Air Surgery SA in October 2007.

Yves DudalManaging Director INOFEA, Basel

Yves Dudal holds a PhD in biochemical engineering. He spent eight years in France conducting academic research and devel-opment before founding Envolure, a start-up marketing innovative environmental diagnostic kits. He is currently the president of this company and actively involved in the corporate development of INOFEA.

Boris KraftChief Visionary Officer and Co-founder Magnolia, Basel

Boris Kraft has been focussing on developing Magnolia CMS since 2002. The stations in his IT career include object-orient-ed software development for NeXTSTEP, active involvement in a leading internet-security firm over several years, as well as pro-gramming the first intranet solution for Roche Vitamins AG.


Best-case session 2Two companies, two success stories

Additively AG

From 2015 onwards, 3D-printed injection nozzles will be built into the airplane engines made by General Electric. This is one of many examples that shows how 3D printing has become a production technology, thus changing manufacturing fundamentally.

In future it is hoped that instead of relying on mass-produced goods from Asia, manu-facturers will be able to make individualised products on demand at on-site 3D print-ing plants. The ETH spin-off Additively is developing a platform that coordinates these new, decentralised production networks.

In the first part of this best-case session, you’ll discover what changes 3D printing is heralding and how it can help make your company stand out.

Matthias BaldingerCo-founder and CEO Additively AG

In his PhD thesis for the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Matthias Baldinger explored how companies successfully use 3D printers. The spin-off Additively grew out of his research. Before moving to the ETH, the business studies graduate was a management consultant for Accenture, special-ising in operations management.


tibits ag

With a name derived from the English term “titbit”, meaning “tasty morsel”, Tibits pro-vides delicious, fresh and health food and drink. The idea first arose in 1998 within the framework of a business-plan competition in which brothers Christian, Daniel and Reto Frei won two awards for their business plan for vegetarian fast-food restaurants. Restau-rateur Rolf Holtl heard about the project in the media and contacted the Frei brothers. Shortly thereafter they founded Tibits together.

The success story that began as a start-up in Seefeld, Zurich back in the year 2000 now employs some 350 people at eight restaurants in Berne, Basel, Lucerne, Zurich, Winter-thur and for the last few years also in London.

In the second part of this best-case session you’ll find out more about the history of the Frei brother’s success.

Daniel FreiCEO tibits ag

Daniel Frei was born in Barcelona and grew up in eastern Swit-zerland. He studied business at the University of St. Gallen, ma-joring in the management of social processes. In the year 2000, he founded the start-up Tibits together with his brothers and restaurateur Rolf Hiltl.





Future Expo 2014A look into the future. A source of inspiration and innovation

Top networking The Future Expo provides an excellent networking platform

Impetus & innovation The latest scientific and research

news, exclusively at the SIF.

The power of knowledge Be inspired by numerous

innovations

40+ exhibitors More than 40 exhibitors

from Switzerland and abroad

The Future Expo at the Swiss In-novation Forum provides a unique networking environment. At the ap-proximately 40 exhibition stands, participants can get a complete pic-ture of the latest technologies and current trends and also establish di-rect contact with proven experts in the field of innovation.

Multidisciplinary networking and the exchange of experiences and ide-as between the worlds of business, science and research are important objectives of the Future Expo. The diverse mix of exhibitors facilitates ease of access to universities, ETH institutions, start-ups, SMEs and inno-vation experts.

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„The STA offers us an outstanding platform for marketing our project successfully“

Urs Stalder, CEO SANITIZED AG

26th Swiss Technology AwardThe leading technology prize in Switzerland

The coveted trophy

For 26 years now, the Swiss Technology Award has honoured outstanding inno-vative projects that have an above-av-erage market potential and have shown a great potential for growth. The Swiss Technology Award is the leading tech-nology prize in Switzerland.

Established in 1987 by Nicolas Hayek and Branco Weiss, amongst others, the award is instrumental in helping bring the most innovative ideas onto the market. The prize has been award-ed as part of the Swiss Innovation Fo-rum since 2008 in three categories: inventors, start-ups and sustainability leaders. The winners are awarded an appearance at an international trade fair and a wide-ranging package of services, including in-depth expert feedback, marketing support, a profes-sional video portrait, access to the SIF network and easier entry to the SEF4K-MU growth initiative

More information can be found at: www.swiss-innovation.com/award


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Information & directions20 November 2013 at the Congress Center in Basel

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Conference ticketIncludes refreshments during breaks, lunch and admission to the Future Expo and all programme items:

CHF 590

Student ticketWith a valid student ID. Includes re-freshments during breaks, lunch and admission to the Future Expo and all programme items:

CHF 250

Hotel accommodationPlease contact us should you require hotel accommodation. We would be happy to help you in booking a hotel.

By public transportTake tram number 1 or 2 from the Basel SBB main station and get off at „Messeplatz“.

By carPlease use the multi-storey car park: Parkhaus Messe Basel, Riehenstrasse 101,4058 Basel

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ContactWe would be happy to answer any questions you may have:+41 (0)33 334 2324 [email protected]


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