March 8th, 2023 – SwissTech Convention Center, Lausanne

12:00    Networking booths and light lunch

13:00    Welcome from the Dean of the EPFL School of Engineering Prof. Ali H. Sayed

13:10    Energy and Materials: for the high-performance, sustainable tech of tomorrow

• Prof. Giulia Tagliabue – Laboratory of Nanoscience and Energy Technologies
• Prof. Anirudh Raju Natarajan – Laboratory of Materials Design and Simulation
• Prof. Ileana-Cristina Benea-Chelmus – Laboratory of Hybrid Photonics
• Prof. Tiffany Abitbol – Sustainable Materials Laboratory
• Start-up : Remco Van Erp, CEO of Corintis
• Industrial Collaboration :  Dr. Damien Lachenal, Head of Meyer Burger Research & Prof. Christophe Ballif – PVLab

13:50    HealthTech: smart materials and systems for better health

• Prof. Selman Sakar – MicroBioRobotic Systems Laboratory
• Prof. Hatice Altug – BIOnanophotonic Systems laboratory
• Start-up : Prof. Li Tang – Co-Founder of Leman Biotech
• Start-up : Dr. Jérôme Thevenot – CTO of Sensemodi
• Start-up : Dr. Nicolas Vachicouras – CEO of NeuroSoft Bioelectronics

14:30    Manufacturing and Robotics: form and function for real-world needs

• Prof. Vivek Subramanian – Laboratory for Advanced Fabrication Technologies
• Prof. Josie Hughes – Computational Robot Design & Fabrication Lab
• Start-up : Prof. Jamie Paik – Co-Founder of Miros
• Industrial Collaboration : Dr. Martin Völcker, Innovation Program of Carl Zeiss & Prof. Yves Bellouard – Galatea Lab

15:10    Break and Networking Booths

15:50    Intelligent Systems: systems of the future

• Prof. Pierre Vandergheynst – Signal Processing Laboratory 2
• Prof. Volkan Cevher – Laboratory for Information and Inference Systems
• Prof. Maryam Kamgarpour – Systems Control and Multiagent Optimization Research
• Start-up : Dr. Hugo Flayac, CEO of ClearSky
• Industrial Collaboration : Dr. Matteo Feo, Associate R&D Specialist of Nespresso & prof. David Atienza – Embedded Systems Laboratory
• Industrial Collaboration : EPFLoop : Dr. Denis Tudor, CEO of SwissPod & Dr. Andreea Hossman Principal Product Manager for Data, Analytics & AI of SwissCom & Prof. Andreas Peter Burg – Telecommunications Circuits Lab

16:40    Innovation journey by EPFL Vice-President for Innovation Dr. Ursula Oesterle

16:50    Discussion thematic roundtables

• Energy crisis or energy (r)evolution?
• From Data to Watts: how Data Science can inform the Swiss energy transition
• Sustainable Computing 
• AI in Engineering
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Quantum Materials
• What are the obstacles to sustainability in an organization?
• Quantifying-self for well-being and performance
• Preparing the workforce of the future
  
• Open Innovation with Academia
• IP, Agreements and Licensing with EPFL

17:40    Closing

17:50    Apero and booths