2024 Schedule
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| Lecture (6h) | Workshop (17h) | Panel (4h) | Social (17h) |
Mon 29 April 2024 (Day 1/5)
| Time | Content · 📍location: ODY -1 0020 | Speakers |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Welcome & registration, get to know each other | Jaques Schmidt, Maximilian Krödel |
| 9:30 -10:30 | Introduction to Sciencepreneurship | Daniel Naeff |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | ☕ break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Science, society, and diversity | Prof. Nettra Pan |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | 🥪 Lunch ·📍location "L'Ornithorynque" | |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Opportunity identification & team formation, & core skill workshop |
Anil Sethi, Maximilian Krödel, Gregor von Dulong |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | ☕ break | |
| 16:00 - 17:45 |
Team matchmaking session |
Maximilian Krödel, Gregor von Dulong |
| 17:45 - 18:30 | City tour | |
| 18:30 - ... | 🍕 Dinner 📍 Luigia pizza restaurant | |
Tue 30 April 2024 (Day 2/5)
| Time | Content · 📍location: CH B3 30 | Speakers |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Trends panel: AI, Climate Tech, Sustainability | Dr. Sébastien Le Fouest, Dr. William Cockayne, Dr. Julia Wagner, Maximilian Krödel, Roman Schweizer |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | ☕ break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Business Models / Canvas | Gregor von Dulong |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | 🥪 Lunch ·📍location "L'Ornithorynque" | |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Market Identification & Validation & Mom test | Dr. William Cockayne, Gregor von Dulong |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | ☕ break | |
| 16:00 - 17:15 | Team building/working session | |
| 17:15 - ... | 🥂 Apero | |
Wed 1 May 2024 (Day 3/5)
| Time | Content ·📍location: ODY -1 0020 | Speakers |
| 09:30 - 10:45 | Go-to-market strategies | Dr. William Cockayne |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | ☕ Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Selling your product to customers | Luis Huber |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | 🥪 Lunch ·📍location "L'Ornithorynque" | |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Pitch design | Jaques Schmidt |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | ☕ Break | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | Teambuilding session: Walk to Lausanne from EPFL | |
| 18:00 - ... | 🌮 Dinner 📍 Lucha Libre Mexican restaurant | |
Thu 2 May 2024 (Day 4/5)
| Time | Content ·📍location: CM 1 3 | Speakers |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Check-in | |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Funding panel | Michelle Tschumi, Max-André Haas, Luis Huber, Eva Lüthi |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | ☕ Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Engaging with VCs, Incubators, Accelerators, etc. | Jaques Schmidt |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | 🥪 Lunch ·📍location "L'Ornithorynque" | |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Pitch fine-tuning 2 |
Michelle Tschumi, |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | ☕ Break | |
| 16:00 - 17:15 | Working session | |
| 17:15 - 18:00 | Pitch Practice | |
| 18:00 - ... | 🥂 Apero at 📍 La Forge | |
Fri 3 May 2024 (Day 5/5)
| Time | Content ·📍location ODY -1 0020 | Speakers |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Check-in | |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Panel: you are not alone: early-stage startups | Patrick Hertzog, Patrizio Bonzani, Dr. Orly Tarun, Dr. Til Schlotter |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | ☕ Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Legal lecture | Alexandre Gachet |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | 🥪 Lunch ·📍location "L'Ornithorynque" | |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Fine-tuning pitches 2 |
Jaques Schmidt |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | ☕ Break | |
| 16:00 - 17:15 | Final Pitches & Prizes | Prof. Christophe Moser, Prof. Paul Dyson, Dr. Til Schlotter |
| 17:15 - ... | 🥂 Apero | |