Swissnex in San Francisco

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Official Fall Startup Bootcamp kick-off with a welcome lunch today!

We are very excited to have all the Swiss entrepreneurs at Pier 17 in the next two weeks.

Please join us and the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco next week for an event on :

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/swiss-climate-scores-transparency-for-climate-friendly-investing-tickets-419319655377

Swiss Climate Scores: Transparency for Climate Friendly Investing Panel discussion introducing the Swiss Climate Scores and discussing transparency for climate frendly investing.

Swissnex in San Francisco and the Swiss Arts Council , under the label , jointly announce the three selected design studios for the third edition of the Swiss Design Accelerator in San Francisco.

Following a one-month online preparation program, the design studios will travel to San Francisco from November 7–13, 2022. The Swiss Design Accelerator will introduce the selected Swiss-based designers to the US market with a focus on the Bay Area and its design industry.

The goal of the program is to build meaningful connections with relevant industry players and create business opportunities while acquiring skills to better operate in this specific ecosystem.

The Swiss Design Accelerator presents an eclectic selection of studios who bring innovative processes to design meaningful products:

develops an intelligent coffee roasting machine

oleon works on sustainable and circular projects related to plant-based wellbeing and skincare

creates leather statement pieces

More information via the link in bio.

In collaboration with (École cantonale d’art de Lausanne), we are launching the Media & Interaction Design Residency Award, offering a graduating student from ECAL the opportunity for a residency in San Francisco.

The residency allows the student to take their (diploma) project in the fields of interaction design and digital innovation to the next level with a four week stay in San Francisco.

The students awarded with this residency have proven that their project has a strong entrepreneurial and innovative potential. Swissnex in San Francisco will equip the students with the relevant mindset, skill sets, and networks during their residency to allow them to develop their project.

The project by alumna is the first project chosen for the Media & Interaction Design Residency Award and she is currently in San Francisco to work on her project around identity and how it is expressed digitally.

📣 Practicing public speaking is an essential part of being able to tell a story, feel empowered and get the attention of the audience.

Public speaking coach is part of our Camp today, giving our students the tools needed to shine on stage.

The ten-day educational storytelling program for students selected by the Swiss Study Foundation () empowers next-gen innovators with storytelling skills for leadership.

Do you want to join the Swissnex team in San Francisco?

We are looking for a Creative Industry Program Manager to manage and scale our bootcamps, fair presence, and to be our in-house expert on all things related to the creative industry.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about technology, design and innovation, forward-thinking, impact-oriented, entrepreneurial and a solid networker, having experience working for/with the creative industry and the Swiss and SF Bay Area ecosystem.

The Program Manager will be responsible for the successful implementation of programs such as Swiss Games at GDC and the Swiss Design Accelerator and support in designing and building new programs related to the creative and gaming industries.

As a key member of the program team, the Program Manager will also have the opportunity to actively shape and contribute to other Swissnex programs.

Deadline to apply is April 24, 2022: https://swissnex.org/sanfrancisco/careers/

Raphael Gielgen, Trend Scout at , hard at work for tomorrow‘s event with Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin.

The evening event is exploring the intersection between the future of work and technology, and what it means for the economy and society at large. Besides Raphael Gielgen from Vitra and Federal Councilor Guy Parmelin, we are excited to welcome a panel of experts for an insightful discussion:

Julie Owono
Executive Director Internet Sans Frontières (Internet Without Borders). Executive Director Content Policy & Society Lab at Stanford. Inaugural member Facebook Oversight Board.

Rachel Poonsiriwong
Product Designer at Scale AI, Independent Art Curator, Global Shaper at World Economic Forum.

Johannes Moenius
Professor, William R. and S. Sue Johnson Endowed Chair of Spatial Economic Analysis and Regional Planning School of Business & Society, University of Redlands.

During Guy Parmelin’s visit to Silicon Valley, organized by Swissnex in San Francisco, he will exchange views on cooperation between universities and technology companies in the field of future technologies and sustainability with representatives from Stanford University.

👉🏻 Sign up for the event https://bit.ly/3LR7mBc

This week we are welcoming the Swiss startups from venturelab's Technology selection 2022 at Pier 17.

Tonight they are pitching at the Venture Leaders Pitch Night and we are excited to welcome three Swissnex Startup Bootcamp Alumni back in the space: Tyxit, Lattice Flow and Sensoryx.

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Photo by Stefan Steiner

Huge congrats to Tabea Iseli from Stardust! She pitched her game Grimoire Groves at GDC Pitch today and won Best Pitch.

Three of the 8 game studios selected to pitch at this year’s GDC are coming from Switzerland and are part of our official delegation to .

also pitched today with their game Pocket Oasis, and tomorrow our fingers are crossed for Diditopia Games with Plank Builders.

Officially opening our booth at with a Business Breakfast showcasing the 10 Swiss game studios in the delegation.

If you are at GDC, please stop by and discover the Swiss games. We are in Hall F, booth N2903.

🔥Several of our games have made it into the official GDC pitch event as well as GDC Best in Play