Events and news related to EPFLglobaLeaders programme

Upcoming public defenses by fellows

Please find below information about public defenses of EPFLglobaLeaders fellows:

Nana Obayashi – 10 November 2025. Further information here.
Amit Sawant – 11 November 2025. Further information here.
Beatrice Vaienti – 5 December 2025. Further information here.
Cristobal Miguel GARCIA JAIMES – 17 December 2025. Further information here.
Mostafa Rabie Shlaly Bahr OTHMAN – 28 January 2026. Further information here.
Deniz TÜRKAY – 24 February 2026. Further information here.
Ilia IGASHOV – 6 March 2026. Further information here.
Roberto BOGHETTI – 27 March 2026. Further information here.
Marie JONES – 12 June 2026. Further information to follow via EPFL Memento (Thesis defense).

Information for EPFLglobaLeaders fellows

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

Finally, 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

OpenClaw Workshop: Build with Your Agentic Employee

Artificial intelligence agents are transforming how startups and individuals build, automate, and scale their work. This workshop introduces OpenClaw and agentic coding, with a focus on how tools like Claude can be used to…

30.03.2026 18:3021:00

Location: The Station
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Ig Nobel Award Tour Show 2026

23.04.2026 18:0020:00

Speaker: Marc Abraham, Mariska Kret, Marcin Zajenkowski, and Chris McManus
Location: Forum Rolex
Category: Public Science Events
Target audience: General public

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Events related to Sustainability

Un mois de détox (jeûne) de consommation

Expérimente la transformation de tes modes de consommation du 10 mars au 2 avril 2026! Observe, diminue, transforme ta consommation (numérique, et ou alimentaire, de transport, de biens, de logement) durant ces quatre…

10.03.202602.04.2026 12:1513:00

Location: CM 1 258
Category: Miscellaneous
Target audience: General public

Call for projects CROSS 2027

18.03.202615.06.2026 00:0023:59

Category: Call for proposal
Target audience: Expert

EPFL Space Center – Seminar series: Exploring the Uncommon for the Common Good – Space Biology, Medicine and Technology

31.03.2026 13:0014:15

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dr. Oliver Ullrich Prof. Dr. Marcel Egli Dr. Cora Thiel Dr. Lorenz Herrmann
Location: BC 420 & Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

EML Seminar: Geological storage of dihydrogen in deep aquifers

01.04.2026 15:0016:00

Speaker: Dr. Anthony Ranchou-Peyruse (webpage) University of Pau, France
Location: GC B1 10 & Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

Repair coffee @SPOT – Fix N'replace

02.04.2026 13:0018:00

Speaker: Fix N’replace, la fripperie
Location: DLLEL 0 28
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Sustainable Buildings & Construction Summit announcement

Sustainable Buildings and Construction Summit

20.04.202622.04.2026

Location: SwissTech Convention Centre
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Climate Robotics Summit 2026

21.04.202623.04.2026

Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Camp Océan – Sailowtech

25.04.2026 13:3015:30

Speaker: Sailowtech (EPFL association) – Jérome Chappellaz (EPFL, Laboratoire SENSE) – Lucas Paoli (EPFL, Laboratoire Microbiome Immunity and Ecology) – Anders Meibom (EPFL, Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry) – Lili Lesimple (Geneva Ocean Academy)
Location: DLLEL 0 28
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

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Events related to Research Funding

Call for projects CROSS 2027

The 2027 edition of the CROSS program calls upon researchers at EPFL and the University of Lausanne to submit proposals for joint projects that bring the natural sciences and engineering together with the social sciences and…

18.03.202615.06.2026 00:0023:59

Category: Call for proposal
Target audience: Expert

Bridge Discovery Information session 2026

30.03.2026 12:0013:30

Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public