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Thank you for being a part of our exclusive digitalswitzerland Village in Davos during the week of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum 2024. We hope you enjoyed three days filled with captivating presentations, insightful panel discussions, interactive exhibitions, engaging conversations, delightful raclette evenings, and countless networking opportunities. All in all, we are happy to look back on:
The event has concluded, and we sincerely appreciate your participation. Please take a moment to explore our gallery below, featuring highlights from some of the memorable moments.
The digitalswitzerland Village in Davos will be back in 2025. Stay tuned for updates.
| 11:00-12:00 | Shared responsibility & scaling the future value of nature Dr. Jan Wurzbacher – Director, Founder and Member of the Board – Climeworks Marion Leslie – Head of Financial Information & Member of Executive Board – Six Group Stefan Metzger – CEO – digitalswitzerland |
| 12:30-13:15 | Sustainable Value-Chains & Panel Discussion Helmut Ruhl – Group CEO – AMAG Group Eugenio Simioni – CEO – Nestlé Suisse S.A. |
| 14:00-15:45 | The Digital Shift for a Responsible Economy UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein Sanda Ojiambo – Assistant Secretary – General CEO – United Nations Global Compact Susanne Emonet – CEO – Farmer Connect Lisa Falco – Lead Consultant AI & Data – Zühlke Group Noemi Rom – Head of Sustainability Transformation – Zühlke Group Saskia Günther – Head of Sustainability – Swisscom Gina Obrecht – Business Development B2B – data-driven sustainability – Swisscom |
| 16:30-18:00 | Innovations to foster a more sustainable future Behshad Behzadi – Vice-President Engineering Google Cloud AI – Google Christian Haltiner – Managing Director Switzerland – Dassault Systems Kenneth Fredriksen – Senior Vice-President European Region – Huawei Martin Casaulta – Chief Technologist – Hewlett Packard Enterprise Catrin Hinkel – CEO – Microsoft Switzerland Anton Stadelmann – CEO – radicant bank |
| 18:00-21:00 | Sustainability Bites (Raclette Dinner) Amy Keller – Co-Founder & CEO – Climate Candy Toni Caradonna – Chairperson of the Board – Operal AG |
| 10:00-10:10 | Opening Beat Jans – Federal Councillor – Head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) Stefan Metzger – CEO – digitalswitzerland |
| 10:10-11:30 | Digital Wallets / Digital Identity Identity as cornerstone for a country’s digital public infrastructure and future economic growth Daniel Goldscheider – Founder – OpenWallet Foundation David Treat – Senior Managing Director – Accenture Gerd Niehage – CTIO – Swisscom Rolf Rauschenbach – Federal Office of Justice – Information Officer E-ID Kim Hamilton – Executive Director of the Decentralized Identity Foundation Joni Brennan – President – Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) Stephan Wolf – CEO – Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) Daniel Säuberli – Moderator – Digital Identity and Data Sovereignty Association (DIDAS) |
| 11:50-12:30 | Open Standards The role of open standards and digital public goods in shaping tomorrow’s society Ulrich Ahle – CEO – Gaia-x European Association for Data and Cloud AISBL Daniel Goldscheider – Founder and Executive Director – OpenWallet Catharina Maracke – Project Professor Cyber Civilization Research Center – Keio University Viky Manaila – President of Cloud Signature Consortium and Trust Services Director of INTESI GROUP Italy |
| 13:30-14:45 | Digital Sovereignty: Navigating today’s geopolitical landscape through the lens of digital sovereignty and self-determination Roger Dubach – Ambassador, Deputy Director – Directorate of International Law at EDA – DFAE – FDFA Casper Klynge – Senior Vice President, Ambassador of Denmark (ret.) – Danish Chamber of Commerce Stefaan Verhulst – Co-Founder, Chief Research and Development Officer | Director of the Data Program – The GovLab Christina Raab – Market Unit Lead for Accenture Austria, Switzerland and Germany |
| 15:15-16:30 | Cybersecurity Cyber-Savvy Switzerland, a culture of security and resilience Alexandra Arni – Vice President and Executive Officer Swiss FS-CSC | Head ICT Swiss Bankers Association – Swiss FS-CSC, Swiss Bankers Association Major General Simon Müller – Head of Cyber Command of the Swiss Armed Forces – Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS), Swiss Armed Forces Sandra Tobler – Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer Futurae |
| 16:45-18:00 | Digital Trust The urgency to uphold the integrity of information and prevent deceptive A.I. Meredith Whittaker – President – Signal Foundation Vincent Lenders – Director of Cyber-Defence Campus – armasuisse, Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport Leila Toplic – Member of the Expert Committee for the Swiss Digital Trust Label Petra Ehmann – Chief Innovation and A.I. Officer – Ringier |
| 18:00-21:00 | Raclette Dinner |
| 11:00-12:30 | Breaking Barriers Women in Tech as best-bet to tackle the skills-shortage. Anna Mattsson – President of Advance / Partner at McKinsey & Company, Lead Strategy & Corporate Finance Dr. Ines Hartmann – Co-Director Competence Centre for Diversity and Inclusion – University of St. Gallen (HSG) Nicole Niedermann – Competence Centre for Diversity and Inclusion – University of St. Gallen (HSG) |
| 14:00-15:30 | Shaping Learning Delve into the future of learning and find out how technology is shaping the way we obtain the skills to navigate and thrive in a digitally transformed economy. Anat Bar-Gera – Board Member at EDGE Empower, Serial Entrepreneur, Tech Investor and Board Director Jean-Marc Tassetto – Strategic Advisor EMEA – Go1 Prof. Dr. Joël Mesot – President – ETH Zurich Dr. Luciana Vaccaro – Rector – HES-SO / President – swissuniversities Prof. Dr. Misiek Piskorski – Dean Asia and Oceania – IMD |
| 16:30-18:00 | Re-Thinking Work Explore the power of human/tech collaborations with corporate foresight and a human centric approach. Catrin Hinkel – CEO – Microsoft Switzerland Jolanda Grob – Group Chief People Officer – Zurich Insurance Prof. Dr. Martin Vetterli – President – EPFL Martin Wezowski – Chief Futurist & Head of The Future Hub – SAP Prof. Dr. Misiek Piskorski – Dean Asia and Oceania – IMD |
| 18:00-21:00 | Raclette Dinner Nyasha Zimucha – International DEI Strategist, Entrepreneur and Artivist |
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