Programme

December 02, 2025
08:00 - 21:00
International Conference Center - CICG Geneva
07:30
60 minutes Break

Welcome Coffee

08:30
15 minutes Panel Main stage

Morning Welcome

 Isabelle Moret  Delphine Bachmann
Isabelle Moret +1

Speakers

 Delphine Bachmann

Delphine Bachmann

Conseillère d'État, Cheffe du Département de l’Economie et de l’Emploi

République et du Canton de Genève

 Isabelle Moret

Isabelle Moret

Conseillère d'État, Cheffe du Département de l'économie, de l'innovation, de l'emploi et du patrimoine

Canton de Vaud

08:45
5 minutes Main stage

Welcome: Trust Valley

 Lennig Pedron
Lennig Pedron

Speakers

 Lennig Pedron

Lennig Pedron

CEO

Trust Valley

08:50
5 minutes Main stage

Interview: Decision-making Amidst Hyper Geo-Political and Geo-Economic Uncertainty

 Ambassador Thomas Greminger
Ambassador Thomas Greminger

Speakers

 Ambassador Thomas Greminger

Ambassador Thomas Greminger

Executive Director

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

09:00
15 minutes Keynote Main stage

Impact of polarized geopolitical environment on business and cybersecurity

 Andy Yen
Andy Yen

Speakers

 Andy Yen

Andy Yen

CEO

Proton

09:15
45 minutes Panel Main stage

The impact of a growing polarised geopolitical environment on business and cyber security

 Juliane Schröter  Jean-Marc Rickli  Simon Evenett  Martin Schaffer
+3
Juliane Schröter +6

Speakers

 Simon Evenett

Simon Evenett

Professor of Geopolitics

IMD Business School

 Christophe Gerber

Christophe Gerber

General Manager

ELCASecurity

 Raymond Loretan

Raymond Loretan

President

Club Diplomatique de Genève

 Jean-Marc Rickli

Jean-Marc Rickli

Head of Global and Emerging Risks

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

 Martin Schaffer

Martin Schaffer

Global Head of Digital Ventures & Innovation

SGS

 Juliane Schröter

Juliane Schröter

Vice-rectrice à l'Université de Genève - Dicastère Numérique et Intelligence Artificielle

UNIGE

 Tero Silvola

Tero Silvola

CEO

Modirum

10:00
10 minutes Main stage

Opening Talk - Digital Trust: Investment Flows, Risks, Opportunities and Impact

 Patrick Hertzog
Patrick Hertzog

Speakers

 Patrick Hertzog

Patrick Hertzog

Co-founder User Experience Officer

Nexthink

10:10
30 minutes Break

Coffee break

10:40
55 minutes Panel Main stage

Digital Trust: Investment Flows, Risks, Opportunities and Impact

 Maël Azokly  Jérome Berger  Frederic Wohlwend  Joanna  Świątkowska
+3
Maël Azokly +6

Speakers

 Maël Azokly

Maël Azokly

Attorney at Law

Walder Wyss

 Jérome Berger

Jérome Berger

President & Managing Partner

Orange Ventures

 Olivier Eyries

Olivier Eyries

CEO

Saporo

 Philippe Ryser

Philippe Ryser

Partnership Director

SICPA

 Joanna  Świątkowska

Joanna Świątkowska

Secretary-General

European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO)

 Joël Wintereg

Joël Wintereg

CEO

Vyntra

 Frederic Wohlwend

Frederic Wohlwend

Founding and Managing Partner

Forestay Capital

11:35
10 minutes Keynote Main stage

Tech4Trust Season 7

 Raphaël Conz
Raphaël Conz

Speakers

 Raphaël Conz

Raphaël Conz

Managing Director, Office for Economic Affairs and Innovation

State of Vaud

11:45
30 minutes Panel Main stage

CSEM Digital Journey Award

 Laurence Julliard  Alexandre Pauchard
Laurence Julliard +1

Speakers

 Laurence Julliard

Laurence Julliard

Global Head of Client Solutions

MCI

 Alexandre Pauchard

Alexandre Pauchard

CEO

CSEM

12:20
100 minutes Break Innovation

Lunch break

14:00
5 minutes Keynote Main stage Innovation

Opening Remarks (VIDEO)

 Guy Parmelin (Video message)
Guy Parmelin (Video message)

Video message

Speakers

 Guy Parmelin (Video message)

Guy Parmelin (Video message)

Conseiller fédéral

Chef du DEFR

14:05
3 parallel sessions
5 minutes Entreprise

PME Track - Mot de Bienvenue

 Alexandre Epalle
Alexandre Epalle

Speakers

 Alexandre Epalle

Alexandre Epalle

Directeur général, Développement économique, recherche et innovation

Etat de Genève

5 minutes Innovation

Innovation Track - Welcome Remarks

 Flaminia  Giuncato
Flaminia Giuncato

Speakers

 Flaminia  Giuncato

Flaminia Giuncato

Operations and Startup Manager

Trust Valley

5 minutes Keynote Main stage

GovTech Innovation Challenge - Welcome Remarks

 Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez
Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez

Speakers

 Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez

Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez

Global Director

World Bank

14:10
2 parallel sessions
15 minutes Panel Innovation

Lighting Talk: Quantum Case Study

 Robert Thew  Nicolas Brunner
Robert Thew +1

Speakers

 Nicolas Brunner

Nicolas Brunner

Professeur Ordinaire, Département de Physique Appliquée

UNIGE

 Robert Thew

Robert Thew

Group Leader: Quantum Technologies Group

UNIGE

10 minutes Panel Main stage

GovTech and Innovation

 Daniel Ortega Nieto  Lennig Pedron  Carlos Orjales
Daniel Ortega Nieto +2

Speakers

 Carlos Orjales

Carlos Orjales

Economic Cooperation and Development

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs - SECO

 Daniel Ortega Nieto

Daniel Ortega Nieto

Lead specialist or Program Manager for Govtech

World Bank

 Lennig Pedron

Lennig Pedron

CEO

Trust Valley

14:20
45 minutes Panel Main stage

Government & Startup Collaboration: The Relevance of Public-Private Partnership

 Ambassador Pietro Lazzeri  Anthony Kwasi Sarpong  Roby Senderowitsch  Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez
+3
Ambassador Pietro Lazzeri +6

Speakers

 Nicolas Cudre-Mauroux

Nicolas Cudre-Mauroux

Chief Research & Innovation Officer

SICPA

 Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez

Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez

Global Director

World Bank

 Anthony Kwasi Sarpong

Anthony Kwasi Sarpong

Commissioner-General

Ghana Revenue Authority

 Ambassador Pietro Lazzeri

Ambassador Pietro Lazzeri

Head of the Economic Cooperation and Development Division at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs

SECO

 Shiho Nagaki

Shiho Nagaki

Senior Public Sector Specialist

The World Bank

 Pierre Pâris

Pierre Pâris

Executive Vice Chairman

Rothschild & Co Bank AG

 Roby Senderowitsch

Roby Senderowitsch

Manager Governance Global Unit

The World Bank

14:25
2 parallel sessions
10 minutes Keynote Entreprise

Accompagner les PME dans la confiance numérique et la cybersécurité

 Emmanuelle Simon
Emmanuelle Simon

Speakers

 Emmanuelle Simon

Emmanuelle Simon

Program Manager

Trust Valley

30 minutes Panel Innovation

Beyond AI, how to prepare for quantum computing?

 Philippe Caroff  Philipp Kammerlander  Grégoire Ribordy  Silvan Schellenberg
+1
Philippe Caroff +4

Speakers

 Philippe Caroff

Philippe Caroff

Executive Director

EPFL Center for Quantum Science and Engineering

 Marieke Hood

Marieke Hood

Executive Director Impact Translator

GESDA

 Philipp Kammerlander

Philipp Kammerlander

Advisor

Open Quantum Institute (OQI)

 Grégoire Ribordy

Grégoire Ribordy

CEO

ID Quantique

 Silvan Schellenberg

Silvan Schellenberg

Chief Information Security Officer Switzerland

UBS

14:35
55 minutes Panel Entreprise

Protéger les supply chain face aux menaces et dépendances critiques

 Emmanuelle Simon  Bertrand Wendling  Fabrice Guye  Edouard Duverger
+6
Emmanuelle Simon +9

Speakers

 Patrick Blanc

Patrick Blanc

CISO

Nexthink

 Edouard Duverger

Edouard Duverger

CIO

MCI Group

 Fabrice Guye

Fabrice Guye

Vice President

ELCA Security

 Emilio Lado

Emilio Lado

Secrétaire général

GIM

 Serge Miéville

Serge Miéville

Responsable Sécurité SI

tl - Transports publics lausannois

 Patrice Perche

Patrice Perche

CEO & Board member

Turini & Mimecast

 Delphine Seitiée

Delphine Seitiée

Secretary general

Alp ICT

 Emmanuelle Simon

Emmanuelle Simon

Program Manager

Trust Valley

 Samuel Vuadens

Samuel Vuadens

SwissMicroMachining Leader, President & Member of the board

GIM.swiss & Swissmechanic

 Bertrand Wendling

Bertrand Wendling

Project Director

TPG

14:55
15 minutes Innovation

Start Up Pitch

 Flaminia  Giuncato
Flaminia Giuncato

Speakers

 Flaminia  Giuncato

Flaminia Giuncato

Operations and Startup Manager

Trust Valley

15:05
10 minutes Panel Main stage

GovTech Innovation Challenge

 Anthony Kwasi Sarpong  Shiho Nagaki
Anthony Kwasi Sarpong +1

Speakers

 Anthony Kwasi Sarpong

Anthony Kwasi Sarpong

Commissioner-General

Ghana Revenue Authority

 Shiho Nagaki

Shiho Nagaki

Senior Public Sector Specialist

The World Bank

15:10
30 minutes Panel Innovation

Connecting Digital Trust & Cybersecurity Startups with Strategic Capital

 Steffen Ehrhardt  Axel Nitsch  Brendan Marry  Marc Greuter
Steffen Ehrhardt +3

Speakers

 Steffen Ehrhardt

Steffen Ehrhardt

Vice President Investor Community, Partnerships & Sustainability

SICTIC

 Marc Greuter

Marc Greuter

General Partner

Planven

 Brendan Marry

Brendan Marry

CAIO (Chief AI Officer)

Stealth AI Startup

 Axel Nitsch

Axel Nitsch

Principal

High-Tech Gründerfonds

15:15
15 minutes Panel Main stage

Presentation of Proof of Concepts by Finalists - Informal Sector Income Tax Identification and Registration

 Louisa Venter  Malcolm Moodley  Gordon Fiifi Donkoh  Elizabeth Andiko
+2
Louisa Venter +5

Chat Nation Tech, The Digicoast, Mezzanine

Speakers

 Elizabeth Andiko

Elizabeth Andiko

COO

Chat Nation Tech

 Carlos Ankora

Carlos Ankora

Chief Technology Officer

The Digicoast

 Gordon Fiifi Donkoh

Gordon Fiifi Donkoh

Founder & CEO

The Digicoast

 Malcolm Moodley

Malcolm Moodley

Lead Software Engineer

Mezzanine

 Louisa Venter

Louisa Venter

Product Manager

Mezzanine

 Stan Wepundi

Stan Wepundi

CEO

Chat Nation Tech

15:30
2 parallel sessions
30 minutes Panel Entreprise

AI & Talents

 Pascal  Marmier  Ana Maria Nogareda  Prof. Christophe Champod  Fabien Jacquier
+3
Pascal Marmier +6

Speakers

 Yan Borboën

Yan Borboën

Leader Digital Assurance & Trust Switzerland

PwC Switzerland

 Prof. Christophe Champod

Prof. Christophe Champod

Professor of forensic science

UNIL

 Stephane Dufour

Stephane Dufour

Managing Director

Fondation EPFL Innovation Park

 Fabien Jacquier

Fabien Jacquier

Managing Director

Kyos

 Pascal  Marmier

Pascal Marmier

Unlimitrust Campus Director

SICPA

 Ana Maria Nogareda

Ana Maria Nogareda

Managing director

HEIG-VD

 Silvan Schellenberg

Silvan Schellenberg

Chief Information Security Officer Switzerland

UBS

15 minutes Keynote Main stage

Presentation of Proof of Concepts by Finalists - E-Commerce Taxpayer Identification and VAT Compliance

 Dr. Josh Kettlewell  Jonathan Ane  Chuma Ukeagu
Dr. Josh Kettlewell +2

Kulana, Staple AI, Snapnet

Speakers

 Jonathan Ane

Jonathan Ane

Founder & CEO

Kulana

 Dr. Josh Kettlewell

Dr. Josh Kettlewell

Chief Technology Officer

Staple AI

 Chuma Ukeagu

Chuma Ukeagu

CEO

Solutions

15:35
15 minutes Panel Innovation

From Research to Reality: Face Authentication in the Age of Deepfakes

 Prof Sébastien Marcel  Scott Francis
Prof Sébastien Marcel +1

Speakers

 Scott Francis

Scott Francis

Chief Technology Officer

Trust Stamp

 Prof Sébastien Marcel

Prof Sébastien Marcel

Professor and senior researcher in biometrics security and privacy

Idiap Research Institute & UNIL

15:45
5 minutes Panel Main stage

Award Giving

 Ambassador Pietro Lazzeri  Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez
Ambassador Pietro Lazzeri +1

Speakers

 Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez

Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez

Global Director

World Bank

 Ambassador Pietro Lazzeri

Ambassador Pietro Lazzeri

Head of the Economic Cooperation and Development Division at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs

SECO

15:50
5 minutes Main stage

Interview: 2 questions about the Swiss economy

 Laurence Julliard  Vincent Subilia
Laurence Julliard +1

Speakers

 Laurence Julliard

Laurence Julliard

Global Head of Client Solutions

MCI

 Vincent Subilia

Vincent Subilia

General Director

Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (CCIG)

16:00
30 minutes Break

Coffee break

16:30
4 parallel sessions
30 minutes Panel Main stage

Building Inclusive GovTech: Key Success Factors for Digital Government Transformation

 Kelly Ommundsen  Alexander Barclay  Olivier Crochat  Daniel Ortega Nieto
+2
Kelly Ommundsen +5

Speakers

 Alexander Barclay

Alexander Barclay

Digital delegate

Republic and State of Geneva

 Olivier Crochat

Olivier Crochat

Executive Director, C4DT

EPFL

 Pascal Metral

Pascal Metral

Vice President of Legal Affairs & Head of Anti-Piracy Intelligence, Investigations and Litigation

NAGRA - Kudelski Group

 Kelly Ommundsen

Kelly Ommundsen

Head of Digital Inclusion

World Economic Forum

 Daniel Ortega Nieto

Daniel Ortega Nieto

Lead specialist or Program Manager for Govtech

World Bank

 Franziska Spörri

Franziska Spörri

Co-Head Macroeconomic Support Division, Economic Cooperation and Development

SECO

5 minutes Keynote

Master of ceremony

30 minutes Panel Innovation

Buyer's Table: What Innovation Managers need today

 Gilles Burnier  Flaminia  Giuncato  Jerome Michaud  Clément Minault
+2
Gilles Burnier +5

Chatman House Session

Speakers

 Gilles Burnier

Gilles Burnier

Senior Innovation Expert

Groupe Mutuel

 Flaminia  Giuncato

Flaminia Giuncato

Operations and Startup Manager

Trust Valley

 Michel Lapiccirella

Michel Lapiccirella

Stream Lead - Signing, Group Strategy & Business Development

Swisscom

 Jerome Michaud

Jerome Michaud

Innovation Manager

Genève Aéroport

 Clément Minault

Clément Minault

Digital technologies Manager Research & Innovation

Richemont

 Dani Syed

Dani Syed

CEO

Kidan

5 minutes Keynote Entreprise

SwissCyber Initiative : Mapping the Swiss Cybersecurity Landscape

 Dr. Loïc Maréchal
Dr. Loïc Maréchal

Speakers

 Dr. Loïc Maréchal

Dr. Loïc Maréchal

Scientific Collaborator

HES-SO Valais

16:35
30 minutes Panel Entreprise

The future of autonomous mobility: What is at stake?

 Mélanie Kolbe-Guyot  Nagib  Aouini  Anastasija Collen  Jerome Michaud
+1
Mélanie Kolbe-Guyot +4

Speakers

 Nagib  Aouini

Nagib Aouini

CEO

DuoKey

 Joseph Biondino

Joseph Biondino

Chief Business Officer

Blue Edge Networks

 Anastasija Collen

Anastasija Collen

Associate Professor in Cybersecurity

HES-SO Genève

 Mélanie Kolbe-Guyot

Mélanie Kolbe-Guyot

Head of Data Governance and Compliance

Statistical Office of the Canton of Basel City

 Jerome Michaud

Jerome Michaud

Innovation Manager

Genève Aéroport

17:00
2 parallel sessions
30 minutes Panel Innovation

Digital Trust in infrastructure: Balancing Compliance, Security, and Competitiveness

 Evelina Georgieva  Anees Qureshi  Mathias Nöbauer  Kumar Palaniappan
+1
Evelina Georgieva +4

Speakers

 Achim Freyer

Achim Freyer

Country Manager

Fortinet

 Evelina Georgieva

Evelina Georgieva

Chief Growth Officer

Modirum Platforms

 Mathias Nöbauer

Mathias Nöbauer

CEO

Exoscale

 Kumar Palaniappan

Kumar Palaniappan

Chief Security Officer

Cloud Software Group

 Anees Qureshi

Anees Qureshi

Board Member

Swiss Expert Group

30 minutes Panel Main stage

AI Promises

 Francesca Bosco  Patrick Ghion  Jean-Christophe Makuch  Beat Fluri
+2
Francesca Bosco +5

Speakers

 Francesca Bosco

Francesca Bosco

Chief of Strategy

Cyber Peace Institute

 Beat Fluri

Beat Fluri

CTO

Adnovum

 Patrick Ghion

Patrick Ghion

Head of the Regional Cyber Competence Centres for Western Switzerland

Republic and State of Geneva

 Ryan Houdrouge

Ryan Houdrouge

Partner

Walder Wyss

 Ilia Kolochenko

Ilia Kolochenko

Chief Architect & CEO, Attorney-at-Law

ImmuniWeb

 Jean-Christophe Makuch

Jean-Christophe Makuch

Head of Digital Research and Innovation

SICPA

17:30
5 minutes Keynote Main stage Innovation

Closing Remarks

 Lennig Pedron
Lennig Pedron

Speakers

 Lennig Pedron

Lennig Pedron

CEO

Trust Valley

17:35
205 minutes

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