The Swiss Startup Conference 2021

Agenda

5.00pm-5.15pm: Webinar Opening

Adam Patrick Fulham, Founder of Startup Network Europe
Raphael Tobler, President of The Swiss Startup Association
Olivia Zollinger, CEO of Swiss Healthcare Startups
Nicolas Bürer, Managing Director of digitalswitzerland
Marcel Hofstetter, Scientific Officer at Innosuisse – Swiss Innovation Agency

5.10pm-5.25pm: Silicon Alps Rapid Fire Talks

Trudi Schifter, Founder & Chairman of AquaSPE and TallyFox Social Technologies
Michael Chrisment, CEO of farmer connect
Victor Bergonzoli, Chief Executive Officer at SportsEdTV
Patrik Marty, CEO/CMO & Founder of HEGIAS
Jean-Luc Affaticati, Founder of DigitArena
Dr. Nasser Hefiana, Founder & CEO of NANOGA
Ian Rousseau, Founder of Hexisense
Boris Paskalev, Head of Product, AI Code Analysis at Snyk

5.25pm-5.35pm: “How to Engage and Retain Your Customers” Fireside Chat

Frank Yaw-Owusu, Ecosystem Developer, EMEA & Global Emerging Markets at Twilio Startups

5.35pm-5.50pm: Silicon Alps Rapid Fire Talks

Serban Mogos, Co-Founder & COO of Eyeware
Katrin Siebenbuerger Hacki, Director at Medows Sàrl and Scale-up Coach at Innosuisse
John Klepper, Founder & CEO of PIPRA
Valerij Stepanov, Co-Founder of WatchAdvisor
Diego Gladig, Founder of Gossik
Mehdi Cherif-Zahar, Co-Founder & CMO of Smartest Learning
Rolf Luchsinger, CEO & Co-Founder of TwingTec

5.50pm-6.00pm: “How to Outsource Effectively” Fireside Chat

David Miltner, Head of Growth Marketing International Expansion at Fiverr

6.00pm-6.15pm: Silicon Alps Rapid Fire Talks

Sylvain Massot, Co-Founder of Impaakt and Fondation ReBin
Cindia Luest, Chief Executive and Creative Director at Spice Journeys
Mathias Nöbauer, Chief Executive Officer of Exoscale
Dave Hengartner, Co-Founder & CEO of rready
Romain Kirchhoff, CEO of Uzufly
Oriol Saludes, Co-Founder & COO of Kemiex
Roy Bernheim, Co-Creator of TBô & Founding Partner of Com»On – Ecommerce Accelerator

6.15pm-6.25pm: “How to Recruit for Startups” Fireside Chat

Kálmán Györy, Senior Technical Talent Acquisition Manager at Personio

6.25pm-6.40pm: Silicon Valley Panel Discussion (U.S.-based speakers, or speakers with experience in the U.S.)

Franziska Steiner, Head of Entrepreneurship at swissnex San Francisco
Allison Fromm, Executive Vice President at CYBERA
Roger Cattaneo, Founder & Officer-in-Charge of Ambit Contra
Alfredo Faubel, Co-Founder & CFO of Carbon BioCapture
Karine Wittmer, CMO of Swiss Business Hub USA
Mershad Javan, Founder & Chairman of Octiive and CEO of Mictic
Ralf Hirt, Founder & CEO of 8W8 Global Business Builders

6.40pm-7.00pm: Silicon Nation Presentation (this section will focus on the Swiss Tech Startup investment landscape, with data covering early-stage investment rounds throughout Switzerland and a breakdown by sector)

Tanya Fröhlich, Chief Operations Officer of Swiss ICT Investor Club

WhatsApp Group

Click here to join the “Startups in Switzerland” WhatsApp Group

As WhatsApp Groups are limited to 257 members, we have also made these other groups:

Meetup in Zurich

We have decided to host an informal meetup of Startups, in Zurich on November 9th! Register for free at the links below: