Program

Founder of BusinessConscient and Energie de Vie, co-founder of Crea'Spark, Business and Mindset coach for ambitious women, Kundalini Yoga teacher.

Historian. Curious. Media Professional. Social Media enthusiast. Volunteer at the Croix Rouge Vaudoise. In startup mode. #cbsbrito

Senior Consultant at S-GE, official Swiss export promotion agency with Swiss Business Hubs around the world.

Previously several senior positions in sales and business development with SME’s and large corporations.

Deputy Vice-President for Innovation (EPFL), Vice-President (EPFL Innovation Park), co-sponsor of Social Impact Initiative at EPFL.

Previously: Executive Director of Transportation Center (EPFL), various Board positions within innovative startups, Nestlé R&D.

CEO of Hextransforma Healthcare, Digital Entrepreneur; Cofounder S.A.M.E (Society for the Advancement of Minorities and the Economically underprivileged). Diversity Evangelist.

Founder of the NPO Water Inception. Committed to bring innovative technologies to help vulnerable people facing water scarcity getting the water their need.

Product & Project manager blockchain for gaming and for digital collectibles by EverdreamSoft.

Startups trainer & coach by EPFL Inovation Park, Fintech Fusion, Masschallenge, EPFL Alumni, Seedstars.

Creator of the “The Servicizer™ Mindset”, Founder of R.M.B. Group, Assistant Dean at César Ritz Colleges, and Culinary Arts Academy Switzerland.

Exceptional Women of Excellence 2017 Award by Women Economic Forum, Nominated Most Inspiring Female Entrepreneur 2017 by Swiss Entrepreneur Magazine, Competent Communicator Toastmaster, Leadership & Cultural Training Specialist.

Author, Les Fruits et Légumes de Saison, C’est Parti! | Vice-Chairman of Services industriels de Genève (SIG).

Previously: Mayor of the City of Onex, Député au Grand Conseil Geneva, Conseiller National, delegation Rio 1992.

As lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Manager of the UNIL HEC Accelerator she helps Startups, NGO and SME’s to optimize their offers, based on customer’s needs.

30 years of experience in IT Audit and Consulting. Partner of PwC and leading the Risk Assurance business for 8 years.

Acting as a leader with a special focus to make people happy and so providing better client service.

President of Care4Kiz association, management positions in C3 Lausanne, previously founder and manager of small local support programs focussing on women, commercial background in global trade.

CEO & Co-Founder of the Agripreneurship Alliance, working to promote and stimulate youth driven entrepreneurship in agriculture and agribusiness within Africa. 

Co-founder of Capacity, an entrepreneurship incubator for people with refugee and migrant backgrounds, and founder of Elsner Research and Consulting.

Advisor on Business and Human Rights & Education. University Guidance counsellor for Champittet.

President of CLAFV an organisation representing 35 associations in the canton of Vaud.

ArboLife pioneer, cofounder of hub neuchatel, a collaborative and engaged co-working space.

Started a drying tomato plant in Kenya, and now cofounder of hiLyte, a company that aims at bringing energy to off-grid areas.

Co-founder of Atelier Brasier, COO & Time Management Expert at PassionZ Entrepreneurs.

Passionate to help people improve themselves in order to achieve their full potential.

Student exchanges, hosting exchanges, home exchanges, petsitting exchanges: with social solidarity platforms emerging on the internet, those growing communities show how solidarity improves our quality of life and society itself.

In 2015, I founded EMAUA organization, that started as a food self-sufficiency project in a school of 250 children. Last year, we taught 17,000 youth on techniques of organic farming that can change their lives and that of their homestead.

Founder of Flow In Action. Building resilience, hope and wellbeing in kids, youth and young people by empowering them as eco-social innovators in their communities.

Valentina S. Velandia is a social entrepreneur with a high dose of global experiences and perspectives. She works at the intersection of Gender Policy, Migration and Entrepreneurship and is one of the proud co-founders of Capacity Zurich.

Director of Operations at &Wider, direct worker reporting for ethical supply chains. Founder and trustee, The Zoe Sarojini Education Trust, enabling a better education

Together creating positive change. Social entrepreneur, Founder PagaBags, an ethical eco-fashion company, women empowerment advocate.

Innovation and Futures Communications for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

Previously: Marketing Consultant at Uhma, Mexican Wellness Centre, Mexico City.

'Free lancer-free thinker' - Involve in various projects to support and promote Eco-Social Design & Eco luxury. Director of the FIFEL since 2016

As a nomadic and humanitarian journalist, campaigning for 25 years for positive information, Isabelle Alexandrine Bourgeois is traveling around the world, looking to reap the joy that can be shared and to offer a platform to inspiring and enthusiastic men and women, who often work in the shadow of the media."

Waterpreneurs LLC, President Managing Director, Investment Manager - Gestion actions US et Europe, BCV - Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Marc is an award-winning producer, writer and public speaker. He's worked with some of the world's top broadcasters and brands and uses his passion for storytelling to help entrepreneurs develop their own story effectively.