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Industry Day 2024

March 14, 2024 - march 14, 2024

SwissTech Convention Center - Lausanne

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EPFL's Faculty of Engineering Sciences and the Vice Presidency for Innovation are pleased to announce the 6th edition of Engineering Industry Day on Thursday March 14, 2024. This event aims to bring together academia and industry. It offers a targeted platform for PhD students, researchers, professors and SMEs to engage in in-depth discussions and explore synergies.

Details & online registration.

Engineering Industry Day: research & entrepreneurship at the heart of technological innovation

The event program includes round tables and plenary presentations, and will delve into themes aligned with the School of Engineering's areas of research, namely:

Materials and processes
Energy and sustainable development
Robotics and intelligent systems
Health and medical technologies.

The focus will also be on Artificial Intelligence, with an introduction by Dean Ali H. Sayed on the subject of engineering in the AI era. In parallel, a series of stands will present innovative research projects from EPFL, and numerous networking opportunities will enable researchers and members of industry to discuss possible synergies and technology transfers between the academic and entrepreneurial worlds.

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Program

12:00 Networking & snacks
13:00 Opening
13:10 Dean of EPFL School of Engineering - Prof. Ali H. Sayed: Engineering in the AI Age
13:25 Keynote Speaker: Christophe Hartmann, Head of Academic Alliance of Nestlé
13:40 Robotics and intelligent systems: intelligent applications for intelligent systems

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: Harry Vourtsis, CEO and Founder of Elythor
An Innosuisse project: Cortexia and EPFL, with Andreas von Kaenel, CEO of Cortexia, prof. Jean-Philippe Thiran, head of Signal Processing Laboratory and Dr. Robert Van Kommer, Innovation Mentor from Innosuisse.

14:15 Health & MedTech: personalization and precision, from diagnosis to therapy

Prof. Christophe Merten - Laboratory of Biomedical Microfluidic
Prof. Masha Shoaran - Integrated Neurotechnologies Laboratory
Prof. Bruno Correia - Laboratory of Protein Design and Immunoengineering
Start-up: 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 & networking

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15:30 Materials & processes: technical improvements at every scale

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: NovoViz
Industrial Collaboration: Audrey Ventura Swiss Solar Boat and Dr. Gerritt Schatte Project Manager of Kistler Innovation Lab

16:00 Energy and sustainable development: the power of forward thinking

Prof. Drazen Dujic - Power Electronics Laboratory
Prof. Elison Matioli - POWERLab
Prof. Francois Maréchal - Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering
Prof. Kristen Moselund - Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Technologies (LNQ) - EPFL/PSI
Start-up: 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
16:50 Discussion Roundtable

Quantum technologies in space with the Quantum Science and Engineering Center (QSE ) and eSpace
Robotics trends today with Robotics Cluster
Fostering the energy transition: the role of education in building sustainable energy systems with theExtension School and theIndustrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering Laboratory.
Open innovation in the academic world with the Vice Presidency for Innovation
When to 3D print and when not to with the Micromanufacturing Science and Engineering Center (M2C).
Navigating the intersection of decarbonization, materials consumption and circular economy strategies with Enterprise for Society (E4S)
Skillscapes: mapping the skills of future engineers with the Transversal Skills and Career Center (CCTC)
How mentoring enhances your innovation journey with Alliance - Innovation coaching program