The 6th edition of the Industry Day was held on Thursday March 14th, 2024 at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne.
The 2024 edition featured engaging roundtable discussions and plenary presentations from both academia and industry, with topics aligned to the School of Engineering’s four core research themes:
– Materials & Processes
– Energy & Sustainability
– Health & MedTech
– Robotics & Intelligent Systems
Program
12:00 Registration, networking booths and light lunch
13:00 Opening
13:10 Dean of the EPFL School of Engineering Prof. Ali H. Sayed : Engineering in the AI Age
- Prof. Aude Billard – Learning algorithms and systems Laboratory and Innovation Booster Robotics
- Prof. Andrea Cavallaro – IDIAP
- Dr. Roberto Castello – Swiss Data Science Center
- Start-up: Dr. Harry Vourtsis, CEO and Founder of Elythor
- An Innosuisse project: Cortexia and EPFL, with Julien Dupont, Lead Data Scientist at Cortexia, prof. Jean-Philippe Thiran, Head of Signal Processing Laboratory and Dr. Robert Van Kommer, Innovation Mentor from Innosuisse.
- Prof. Christoph Merten – Laboratory of Biomedical Microfluidics
- Prof. Mahsa Shoaran – Integrated Neurotechnologies Laboratory
- Prof. Bruno Correia – Laboratory of Protein Design and Immunoengineering
- Start-up: Dr. Lucio Pancaldi, Co-Founder of Navintis
- Industrial Collaboration: Prof. Vivek Subramanian of the Institute of Electrical and Micro Engineering, with Dr. Daniel Rosenfeld, Senior Innovation Manager of Melexis
14:45 Break and Networking Booths
- Prof. Daryl Yee – Laboratory for the Chemistry of Materials and Manufacturing
- Prof. Francesco Stellacci – Supramolecular Nano-Materials and Interfaces Laboratory
- Prof. Karen Scrivener – Laboratory of Construction Materials
- Start-up: Dr. Andrada Muntean, Co-Founder of NovoViz
- Industrial Collaboration: Audrey Ventura Swiss Solar Boat and Dr. Gerritt Schatte Project Manager of Kistler Innovation Lab
- Prof. Drazen Dujic – Power Electronics Laboratory
- Prof. Elison Matioli – POWERLab
- Prof. Francois Maréchal – Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering
- Prof. Kirsten Moselund – Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Technologies (LNQ) – EPFL/PSI
- Start-up: Dr. Steven Schenk, Co-Founder REMA
- Industrial Collaboration: Prof. Mario Paolone – Distributed Electrical Systems Laboratory and Dr. Asja Derviskadic – Head of Network modelling and analysis of SwissGrid
16:45 EPFL Vice-President for Innovation Dr. Ursula Oesterle
- Quantum Technologies in Space: deep-tech for new applications by Quantum Science and Engineering Center (QSE), eSpace, European Space Agency (ESA)
- Exploring Trends in Robotics: From Robotic Manipulation to Edible, Soft, and Assistive Robotic by EPFL Robotics Cluster
- When to 3D print and when not to by Micromanufacturing Science and Engineering Center (M2C)
- Open Innovation with Academia by Vice-Presidency for Innovation
- How Mentoring Enhances Your Innovation Journey by Alliance – Innovation coaching program
- Navigating the Intersection of Decarbonization, Material Consumption, and Circular Economy Strategies by Enterprise for Society (E4S)
- Skillscapes: Mapping the Skills for the Future Engineers by Transversal Skills and Career Center (CCTC)
- Empowering the Energy Transition: the Role of Education in Building Sustainable Energy Systems by Extension School and Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering Laboratory
17:50 Closing
18:00 Apero and Networking Booths
Exhibitors
Start-ups:
Labs:
- Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics – REHAssist
- Microsystems Laboratory – LMIS1
- Signal Processing Laboratory 5 – LTS5
- Learning Algorithms and Systemas Laboratory – LASA
- Laboratory of Astrophysics – LASTRO
- Reconfigurable Robotics Lab – RRL
- Computational Robot Design & Fabrication Lab – CREATE
Centers & platforms:
- EPFL Robotics
- Center of MicroNanoTechnology – CMi
- Micromanufacturing Science & Engineering Center
- Quantum Science and Engineering Center
- Space Center
- Swiss Data Science Center
- Enterprise 4 Society
- EcoCloud
- AI Center
- Imaging Center
- Integrative Food and Nutrition Center
- SporTech
EPFL Internal Services
- Vice-Presidency for Innovation
- Technology Transfer Office
- Extension School
- Transversal Skills and Career Center
- EPFL Alumni
Institutional Partners:
Partners:
Student association: