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# 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**

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