Thursday, 2 November 2023
14:00 - 14:10
14:10 - 14:20
Ukrainian Startup Ecosystem: Achieving Growth and Resilience
1 speaker
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:30
15:00 - 15:45
A tool kit to test your business idea | Kick Foundation
1 speaker
From starting up to exit: corporate and tax law pitfalls| Prager Dreifuss
2 speakers
Run your business digitally and paperless. True to the motto: Less paperwork. More business! | Peax
2 speakers
15:30 - 16:00
From ownership to usership: Circular business models as a driver for sustainable consumption
1 speaker
16:00 - 16:30
How to R&D - how successful companies innovate and what startups can learn from them
Hosted by House of Winterthur
2 speakers
16:00 - 16:45
Strong and weak trade marks - the difference between Nike and iPhone | IGE¦IPI
1 speaker
16:00 - 17:45
Add your own data to ChatGPT | Noser
16:00 - 18:45
Smart Machines | Handelskammer Winterthur (HAW)
2 speakers
16:30 - 17:00
The Reality of the Entrepreneurship Rollercoaster: Managing the Highs and Lows
3 speakers
17:00 - 17:45
Pitch the Pitch| Farner x Dropbox
17:00 - 18:00
Pitching Session - Pre-Seed
18:00 - 18:30
18:00 - 18:45
From ZERO to 300 million. How to Grow Faster Ignoring the Likeability Brand Trap | GoBigname
2 speakers
18:30 - 19:00
How Liquidation Preference, Valuation and Anti-Dilution have an impact on your Exit
2 speakers
19:00 - 19:30
19:00 - 19:45
Benefits of collaborations with universities: How start-ups can leverage academic ecosystems | ZHAW Institut für Marketing Management
1 speaker
No vision is too great: Lifehacks for company formation and legal protection | AXA
Smart Start: Crafting Cost-Effective Software Prototypes | Kadasolutions
1 speaker
19:30 - 20:00
Scaling Success: Overcoming the Challenges of Fast Growth
4 speakers
20:00 - 20:30
Fireside Chat mit Marcel Dobler
This session will be held in GERMAN
1 speaker
20:00 - 20:45
Cologne; Your springboard into the German/European market | KölnBusiness – City of Cologne
3 speakers
You’ve got 99 problems, but to scale ain’t one | SAP
2 speakers
20:30 - 21:00
From Adversity to Triumph: Natascha Badmann's Unconventional Journey to Ironman Legend
1 speaker
21:00 - 21:30
21:00 - 21:45
The optimal composition of the Startup/ScaleUp Board | BlackRiver
1 speaker
21:30 - 22:00
Navigating Unconscious Bias: how unconcious biases can effect your entrepreneurial journey
4 speakers
22:00 - 22:15
Friday, 3 November 2023
14:00 - 14:30
Opening Speech by the Federal Council Guy Parmelin
1 speaker
14:30 - 14:55
Growth Hacking Tactics – creative & insipiring ideas for more customer growth | parknsleep AG & Adam Opuchlik
1 speaker
14:30 - 15:00
Virtual advertising in live sport – in future personalized by viewer?
1 speaker
15:00 - 15:30
Disrupt or Be Disrupted: How Innovation is Changing the Game
4 speakers
15:00 - 15:45
Migros’ Approach to Venture Capital & Building | Sparrow Ventures
2 speakers
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:15
Wirtschaftsbildung
16:00 - 16:45
Beyond Scores: A Scorecard Approach to Business Model Validation | Sparrow Ventures
2 speakers
Startup financing with Tokenized Shares| Aktionariat AG
1 speaker
Too late IP protection - missed opportunity | IGE¦IPI
1 speaker
16:15 - 16:30
Talentkick
16:30 - 17:00
17:00 - 17:45
How to Make a Compelling Pitch (a.o. with AI) | StoryUp & aiEndoscopic
2 speakers
Talent Kick Ceremony: Team Kick Winners 2023 | Talent Kick
Traction - How to generate rapid customer growth through agile market development? | FFHS
1 speaker
17:00 - 18:00
Pitching Session - Seed
18:00 - 18:30
Forging Synergy: The Tale of a Startup and Investor Partnership
2 speakers
18:00 - 18:45
Branding lessons for startups from 250+ brand launches | GoBigname
2 speakers
Building Information Modelling (BIM) and the Energy transition | Axpo
1 speaker
Unlocking Success: From the Idea to the Establishment of your own Company - overcoming Tax, Corporate, and IP Hurdles | MME
4 speakers
18:30 - 19:00
The Rise of AI: Opportunities and Challenges
3 speakers
19:00 - 19:30
Going big out of the Hinterland
This Keynote will be held in GERMAN
1 speaker
19:00 - 19:45
How to customer-test if your product idea is HOT or NOT…? | ZHAW
1 speaker
How to prepare for the perfect Exit? | BlackRiver
1 speaker
19:30 - 20:00
The Art of the Pitch: How to Attract Investors to Your Startup
3 speakers
20:00 - 20:30
20:00 - 20:45
How to get angel investors excited about your startup | SICTIC
2 speakers
20:30 - 21:30
What makes startup-ecosystems unstoppable?
This panel discussion lasts one hour
5 speakers
21:00 - 21:30
Collaboration with a large partner - opportunities and challenges
Panel discussion hosted by AXA
21:00 - 21:45
Energy markets: short term bidding with batteries | Axpo
1 speaker
21:30 - 22:00
Balancing Parenting and Founderhood: Navigating the Dual Journey
2 speakers
22:00 - 22:30
22:30 - 23:59