Events and news related to EPFLglobaLeaders programme

Information for EPFLglobaLeaders fellows

A summary of important information and resources for EPFLglobaLeaders fellows can be found here.

Information about EPFL events related to Innovation, Sustainability and Research Funding can be found hereunder. For any EPFLglobaLeaders specific events, fellows will be contacted directly by email.

Events related to Innovation

Pizzas & Startups and La Forge Demo Day

Join us for a unique celebration of innovation and entrepreneurial spirit at the EPFL Innovation Park! Two vibrant gatherings dedicated to spotlighting the brightest startups nurtured within our ecosystem. This day…

14-05-202414-05-2024

Place and room: EPFL Innovation Park
Category: Conferences – Seminars

SDSC-Connect 2024: AI for Precision Medicine

30-05-202430-05-2024

With: Prof. Martin Vetterli, President of EPFL Prof. Susan Gasser, Director of ISREC and Member of the ETH Board Prof. Andreas Wicki, USZ, Vice-Chairman of the Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology and Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Zurich (CCCZ) Dr. Jean-Philippe Vert, Chief R&D Officer, Owkin Antoine Maison, Head of Digital Innovation, Tigen Pharma Dr. Noushin Hadadi, Director of Data Science and Bioinformatics, Novigenix Dr. Daniel Stekhoven, ETH Zurich, Director of Nexus Personalized Health Technologies Dr. Kevin Vervier, Senior Data Scientist, Novartis Prof. Catherine Jutzeler, ETH Zurich, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science Department of Health Sciences and Technology Institute for Translational Medicine
Place and room: RLC E1 240
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Transition énergétique : quels scénarios pour la Suisse ?

30-05-202430-05-2024

With: Programme
Place and room: Polydôme
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Key Elements of a Business Plan for a Startup Company

13-06-202413-06-2024

With: Dr. Asad M. Madni – Distinguished Adjunct Professor and Distinguished Scientist at Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles
Place and room: EPFL Innovation Park, Buiding D, Room Uranus
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Managing Innovation in the Era of Data and AI

19-06-202421-06-2024

With: Dr. Andrea Dunbar, Prof. Pierre Vandergheynst
Category: Miscellaneous

Banner image promoting the TransformTech program. It contains a human and touching a robotic hand.

TransformTech: Drive innovation with new technologies

23-09-202427-09-2024

Category: Miscellaneous

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Events related to Sustainability

Gold Rush

Did you know that you certainly have some gold in your pocket? The value of gold lost in electronic waste is estimated at over 10 billion euros a year. In your smartphone, That may not sound like much, but a ton of iPhones…

22-04-202417-05-2024

Place and room: Rolex Learning Center
Category: Exhibitions

Symposium Research & Sustainability

16-05-202416-05-2024

Place and room: RLC E1 240
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Workshop "Beyond Academia: EPFL & UNIL Alumni Impacting Climate Change"

08-05-202408-05-2024

Place and room: Aula IDHEAP
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Beyond High Tech Low Tech / ARCHIZOOM

12-03-202413-05-2024

With: Sophie Dars (Accattone Magazine) 
Place and room: Archizoom Gallery
Category: Exhibitions

Call for projects: CROSS 2025 (Collaborative Research on Science and Society)

23-04-202427-06-2024

Category: Call for proposal

Climate insights: high-resolution forecasts and groundwater dynamics

13-05-202413-05-2024

With: Fatemeh Zakeri Emmanuel Dubois
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/61711340628
Category: Conferences – Seminars

The Wonder Way, a film by Emmanuelle Antille

13-05-202413-05-2024

With: Emmanuelle Antille, Didier Queloz
Place and room: Forum Rolex Learning Center
Category: Cultural events

Practice / ARCHIZOOM

13-05-202413-05-2024

With: Daniel Rosbottom
Place and room: Archizoom
Category: Conferences – Seminars

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Events related to Research Funding

Volkswagen Stiftung – Perspectives on Wealth: Repercussions of Wealth | Research Funding

Extremely unequal income and wealth conditions are a recurring source of conflict and an ongoing hindrance to human development. Scientific research into the phenomenon of wealth is therefore a central element in…

08-05-202408-05-2024

Category: Call for proposal

Call for projects: CROSS 2025 (Collaborative Research on Science and Society)

23-04-202427-06-2024

Category: Call for proposal

Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) | SWEET (SWiss Energy research for the Energy Transition) Call 1-2024

16-04-202403-07-2024

Category: Call for proposal

Novartis Foundation for Medical-Biological Research: Research Project, Fellowship Abroad & Young Investigator Grants in 2024

01-01-202401-10-2024

Category: Call for proposal

SNSF – COST projects in Switzerland 2024

08-03-202423-10-2024

Category: Call for proposal

HFSP | 2025 Postdoctoral Fellowships

14-05-202414-05-2024

Category: Call for proposal

U.S. CDMRP – Ovarian Cancer Research Program| Research Funding

14-05-202414-05-2024

Category: Call for proposal

U.S. CDMRP – Breast Cancer Research Program | Research Funding

14-05-202414-05-2024

Category: Call for proposal

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Funded by

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 945363.

Contact

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