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Trust Valley meets Silicon Valley

march 24, 2021 - march 24, 2021
online from San Francisco
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Co-organized by swissnex in San Francisco and Tech4Trust by Trust Valley

Trust appears to be the backbone of the digital transformation needed to meet the digital challenges facing society today. How can trust be established in complex times? How should trust be addressed when designing digital technologies? These are just some of the pressing questions that will be explored at this first edition of "Trust Valley meets Silicon Valley".

Keynote speaker :

Mitchell Baker, CEO of Mozilla Corporation, Chairman of the Mozilla Foundation.

Panelists : 

  • Brandie Nonnecke, PhD, Founding Director of CITRIS Policy Lab
  • Heather Loomis, Partner and Managing Director of Fund Strategy at Glynn Capital
  • Yves Daccord, Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society

10 selected start-ups from Tech4Trust : 

  • Strong.Network
  • CYSEC
  • Kimbocare
  • DuoKey
  • X80 Security
  • NYM Technology
  • Clearwater Dynamics
  • Decentriq
  • Inpher
  • PXL Vision

Course :

16:00 Welcome by the Swiss Consul in San Francisco - Benedikt Wechsler

16:05 A conversation with Mitchell Baker

16:25 1st round of startups - Questions from Gioia Deucher, CEO of Swissnex in SF

16:40 Panel: Exploring trust and the future of digital privacy solutions with Brandie Nonnecke, Heather Loomis and Yves Daccord

17:05 2nd round of startups - Questions from Karine Wittner, Trade Delegate, Swiss Global Entreprise

17:20 Wrap-up and next steps by Lennig Pedron, Director of Trust Valley and Yannick Heiniger, Deputy General Manager of Swissnex in SF

17:30 Networking with all panelists

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