Guido Palazzo

“The Dark Pattern: The Hidden Dynamics of Corporate Scandals”

Guido Palazzo
Lecturer at EPFL and Professor of Business Ethics at HEC, University of Lausanne

Marc Ph. Stoecklin

“Quantum Readiness at Global Scale: Securing Billions of Systems for the Quantum Era”

Marc Ph. Stoecklin
Head of Security Research, IBM Research Europe

Alumni Award 2024

Ignacio Cirac

“A Simple Introduction to Quantum Computing and its Applications”

Ignacio Cirac
Director at Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

Rafael Mariano Grossi

“Une diplomatie nucléaire active pour un monde plus sûr”

Rafael Mariano Grossi
IAEA Director General

Doctor Honoris Causa 2025

Hadi Barkat

“From EPFL to the Award-Winning Game As d’Or”

Hadi Barkat
CEO & Founder, Helvetiq
Alumni Award 2024

Silvia Quarteroni

“From promise to impact: AI in Switzerland”

Chief Transformation Officer & Head of Innovation at Swiss Data Science Center
Alumni Award 2024

Maria Van Kerkhove

«Is the World Ready for Another Pandemic?»

Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Director (a.i.) of Epidemic and Pandemic Threat Management, WHO

Samantha Anderson

«From the Bench to a Startup: Growth and Challenges of Scaling Chem Tech»

Samantha Anderson, Co-Founder and CEO of DePoly and Alumni Award 2024

Hiroaki Kitano

“Creating the Engine for Scientific Discovery with AI“

Hiroaki Kitano, Executive Deputy President and Chief Technology Officer of Sony
Group Corporation

Conference held on January 24th, 2025