On January 29, 2025, from 1 to 5 p.m., HEIG-VD will be hosting Research and Innovation Day 2025 on the theme: Levers of economic competitiveness: Innovate to perform.
This event is a must for economic players, researchers, entrepreneurs and students who want to understand how innovation becomes a lever for sustainable competitiveness. It's also an opportunity to discover concrete research projects from HEIG-VD, and to delve deeper into the solutions that can transform and energize the local, national and international economic fabric.
Conferences, workshops and meetings with players from the world of innovation and business will enable us to profile solutions to the following questions:
- How can innovation, applied research and new technologies become key drivers for boosting the competitiveness of organizations?
- What strategic levers need to be activated to stimulate growth and meet the economic challenges of tomorrow?
Practical information:
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 from 1pm to 5pm
Aula HEIG-VD (Site de Cheseaux), Yverdon-les-Bains
Free event, registration required.
PROGRAM
1:00 - 1:30 pm
Coffee reception
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Welcome
Martha Liley, Director, Ra&D Center
Ana Maria Nogareda, General Manager, HEIG-VD
Presentation of collaborative projects - pitches
Bertrand Hochet, HEIG-VD
Andres Perez Uribe, HEIG-VD
Alexandre Mäusli, CEO AdhereUp
Alain Schorderet, HEIG-VD
Frédéric Wehrli, Founder and CEO Reed Dental
Sébastien Guillaume, HEIG-VD
Fabio Santaniello, HEIG-VD
Giuseppe Costanzo, HEIG-VD
Julien Ropp, HEIG-VD
Xenia Christadoulou, HEIG-VD
15h00 - 16h00
Coffee break
Visits to laboratories & institutes, meetings with researchers
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Round table: "Competitiveness and new IT tools
Moderator: Thierry Vial, Editor-in-Chief, PME Magazine
Andrei Popescu-Belis, HEIG-VD
Mehdi Cherif, HEIG-VD
Sylvain Favre, Co-founder and co-director of La Petite Épicerie
Céline Desmarais, HEIG-VD
from 5:00 pm
Aperitif and networking