digitalswitzerland is pleased to be an active content partner at the third Digital Festival (September 13–16, 2018 in Zurich) and to make an active contribution to the leading meeting of the digital scene in Switzerland as a Content Partner. digitalswitzerland will also curate an Executive Talk with exciting personalities from the Swiss digital economy at the event.

The Digital Festival will bring together more than 3,000 people for the third time. Whether you are a hacker, manager, scientist, programmer or CEO – the Digital Festival puts people first and addresses those who want to actively engage with digital trends and topics.  By working together, we can expand the network and establish an exciting platform where communities can mix together. The festival sees itself as an incubation platform for the next steps and future ideas. And the multitude of exciting keynotes, workshops, labs, and parties provide a valuable impetus and plenty of opportunities for networking. For example, Vlad Yatsenko (Co-Founder & CTO of Revolut), Chris Slowe (Co-Founder & CTO of Reddit) or Margarita Quihuis (Founder of the Stanford Peace Innovation Lab) could be recruited to participate as speakers.

Executive Talk on Thursday – together with digitalswitzerland

The Executive Talk on Thursday, September 13, which will be held in cooperation with digitalswitzerland, will be devoted to the topic of “Hello Optimism.” Panelists will include such top personalities as Philomena Collatrella (CSS), Urs Schäppi (Swisscom), Marc Walder (Ringier), and Tom Hanan (WebRepublic). The audience will have the opportunity to interact live with the four panelists.

Also with the HackZurich as part of the Digital Festival

HackZurich is also part of the Digital Festival. HackZurich has quickly become the leading technology and talent platform with international appeal. Meanwhile, more than 550 international specialists, programmers, and engineers who were selected from about 5,000 applicants from 50 countries will come to Zurich to develop innovative product prototypes in teams over the course of 40 hours. digitalswitzerland is pleased to further expand and strengthen the international significance of the festival.

More information and tickets for the Digital Festival can be found at www.digitalfestival.ch

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