The Swiss Startup Conference 2021 is our first annual conference for Swiss Startups, gathering founders, VCs, executives, seed fund partners, general partners, journalists and bloggers from diverse backgrounds and industries. Time is your most valuable resource, and it’s scarce - we want to give you the best selection of Startup Growth Practices in ninety minutes. This is a pitch-free, no-nonsense, practical event where you will get ideas you can implement in your Startup tomorrow.

Hosted by Startup Network Europe, this webinar will focus on Practical Steps to Scale your Startup. A large proportion of speakers and guests will be Swiss Startup Founders based in Silicon Valley and elsewhere in the United States.

Join us and get access to industry trends and innovative tools, keynote speakers and virtual discussions on everything related to the startups of tomorrow. Please note that this webinar is completely free to attend.

Agenda (Switzerland Time)

5.00pm-5.10pm: Webinar Opening

• Olivia Zollinger, CEO of Swiss Healthcare Startups
• Nicolas Bürer, Managing Director of digitalswitzerland
• Marcel Hofstetter, Scientific Offer at Innosuisse - Swiss Innovation Agency

5.10pm-5.50pm: Silicon Alps Rapid Fire Talks

• Trudi Schifter, Founder & Chairman Company of AquaSPE and TallyFox Social Technologies
• Victor Bergonzoli, Chief Executive Officer at SportsEdTV
• Patrik Marty, CEO/CMO & Founder of HEGIAS
• Jean-Luc Affaticati, Formerly Founder & CEO of DigitArena
• Dr. Nasser Hefiana, Founder & CEO of NANOGA
• Ian Rousseau, Founder at Hexisense
• Boris Paskalev, Head of Product, AI Code Analysis at Snyk
• 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
• Pascal Kaufmann, Founder & CEO of Mindfire
• Mehdi Cherif-Zahar, Co-Founder & CMO of Smartest Learning
• Rolf Luchsinger, CEO & Co-Founder of TwingTec
• 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
• Michael Chrisment, CEO of farmer connect
• Oriol Saludes, Co-Founder & COO of Kemiex
• Roy Bernheim, Co-Creator of TBô & Founding Partner of Com»On - Ecommerce Accelerator

5.50pm-6.10pm: 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
• Roger Cattaneo, Founder & Officer-in-Charge of Ambit Contra
• Alfredo Faubel, Co-Founder & CFO of Carbon BioCapture
• Nicola Staub, Co-Founder & CEO of CYBERA
• Karine Wittmer, CMO of Swiss Business Hub USA

6.10pm-6.30pm: 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

6.30pm-6.40pm: Fireside Chat

6.40pm-6.50pm: Fireside Chat

6.50pm-7.00pm: Fireside Chat

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Interested in being a sponsor of this event? Email Adam at adam {at} startupnetwork {dot} eu

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Please note that this event will be recorded and published on online video-sharing platforms such as YouTube. Registrants may be contacted by Startup Network Europe and event sponsors about future events and other opportunities.

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Registrants will receive an email with Zoom login information on the day of the event.