Agenda

    8 March 2024, Hotel Five, Zurich, Switzerland

    08:15 - 08:40 Arrival and check-in

    08:45 – 09:00  Welcome & Introduction: Screening for Applied Innovation 

    • Evelyne Pflugi (CEO, The Singularity Group)

    09:00 - 09:50 Industry Executive Notes

    • Lukas Hartmann (Chief Innovation Officer, Hochdorf Swiss Nutrition AG) / Ralph P. Siegl (CEO, Hochdorf Swiss Nutrition AG)

    • Thomas P. Meier (CEO, Ricola Group)

    10:00 - 10:50 Session I: Sustainability and Innovation

    • James Khedari (Commercial Director, Green Water & Power)

    • David Balsar (General Manager of Innovation and Ventures, Mekorot)

    • Tyson Soutter (Director Global Business Development, Clockworks Analytics)

    10:50 – 11:15 Coffee Break

    11:15 – 12:00 Session II: Reindustrialization and Automation

    • Philipp Schmid (Head Research and Business Development for Industry 4.0 & Machine Learning, CSEM)

    • Yulia Sandamirskaya, PhD (Head of Cognitive Computing in Life Sciences at ICLS/ZHAW)

    • Matthieu Despeisse, PhD (Group Leader Solar Modules, CSEM)

    12:00 – 13:00 Session III: Hype vs Applied Innovation– a Reality Check

    Promise and Perils of AI 

    • Alexander Stumpfegger (Head of Consulting, CID)

    • Simone Lionetti, PhD (Senior Research Associate, Algorithmic Business Lab, HSLU Hochschule Luzern)

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    The Power of Microorganisms

    • Jürgen Eck, PhD (Biotechnology pioneer and entrepreneur)

    13:00 – 14:00 Networking Lunch