Silvia Quarteroni

“From promise to impact: AI in Switzerland”

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

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

Nicolas Cudré-Mauroux

“Innovation Portfolio Management”

Nicolas Cudré-Mauroux, Chief Technology Officer at SICPA SA

Conference held on February 22nd, 2024

Madiha Derouazi

“From Scientist to Entrepreneur: Bridging the Gap to Bring Vaccines to the Clinic”

Madiha Derouazi, CEO of Speransa Therapeutics, Founder and former CEO of Amal Therapeutics, Alumni Award 2023 and EPFL alumna

Conference held on November 27th, 2023

Ghita Mezzour

“Unlocking Morocco’s Digital Potential: Towards an Innovative and Inclusive Growth”

Ghita Mezzour, Morocco’s Minister Delegate in Charge of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform, Alumni Award 2023 and EPFL alumna

Conference held on October 6th, 2023

Christoph Aeschlimann

“Ensuring Swiss Tech Leadership”

Chritsoph Aeschlimann, CEO of Swisscom, Alumni Award 2022

Conference held on May 22nd, 2023

John Doerr and Ryan Panchadsaram

“Speed & Scale: A Plan for Confronting Climate Change Now”

John Doerr, chairman of Kleiner Perkins
Ryan Panchadsaram, advisor to the Chairman

Conference held on April 21st, 2022

Mariana Mazzucato

“Digital Competitiveness”

Mariana Mazzucato, economist at University College London (UCL), Founder/Director of UCL’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, and author

Conference held on October 1st, 2020

Klaus Hommels

“Digital Competitiveness”

Klaus Kommel, venture capitalist and founder of the Lakestar fund in Zürich

Conference held on October 1st, 2020

George Church and Christian Frei

“Conversation with George Church et Christian Frei”

Harvard synthetic biologist and Swiss movie director

Conference held on the 18th of september 2020

Yuval Noah Harari

Conversation with Yuval Noah Hariri

Historian, philosopher and bestselling author 

Conference held on July 10th, 2019

Stephen Quake

“A cell is a bag of RNA“

Stephen Quake, Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University

Conference held on July 3rd, 2019