2024 Sportech Industry Forum : Program

For this fourth edition, the theme of possible collaboration formats will be developed.

Projects involving students and instrumented infrastructures will be presented by the team from the Vice Presidency for Innovation, and experience will be shared with numerous companies.

We look forward to seeing you on Friday, October 4, 2024 at the Rolex Learning Center (EPFL, Lausanne).

Agenda :

8:30   Welcome coffee

9:00  Welcome and introduction by Emilie Michel and Pascal Vuilliomenet

What formats for innovation projects in the field of sport?

9:15 – 10:45 Opportunities for student projects

• Student internship: Fabien Duc – Innovation and R&D Manager POMOCA
• Prototyping course : Benedikt Fasel – Founder and CEO Archinisis
• Bachelor’s or Master’s project : Amaël Cohades – Co-founder and CEO CompPair
• Interdisciplinary project – MAKE projects – Swiss Solar Boat & SP80 (table ronde 30 min)
  • Julien Delisle – MAKE project coordinator
  • Robin Amacher – Swiss Solar Boat & SP80 coordinator
  • Olivier Chappuis – Innovation Lab Manager Maxon
  • Ludovic Chichignoud – CEO NTPT (North Thin Ply Technology)

• Extra-curricular projects : Marco Versari – Head of Swiss Sailing National Performance Center

10:45 – 11:00  Coffee break

11:00 – 11:30  Sports infrastructure as a place for innovation: the Vaudoise Arena

• Dartfish : Jean-Sébastien Mérieux, CEO           
• Bearmind : Mathieu Falbriard, Co-founder

11:30 – 11:45 Q&A

11:45 – 12:00  Wrap-up and presentation of “KNOVA EPFL Open Innovation Platform”, Emilie Michel and Pascal Vuilliomenet

12:00 – 14:00  Networking lunch

14:00 – 15:00  Roundtables (discussion of constraints, opportunities and suggestions)

• Collaboration project with infrastructures
• Collaboration project with students
  

15:00 – 16:00  Visit of the SPOT

16:00   Closing and next steps

Please note that presentations will be given in English, although questions can be answered in either French or English.

If you work in the sports industry or on a related scientific project and would like to attend this event, please contact us directly: [email protected]