Programme

December 02, 2025
08:00 - 21:00
International Conference Center - CICG Geneva
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
5 minutes Innovation

Innovation Track - Welcome Remarks

 Flaminia  Giuncato
Flaminia Giuncato

Speakers

 Flaminia  Giuncato

Flaminia Giuncato

Operations and Startup Manager

Trust Valley

14:10
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

14:25
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

14:55
15 minutes Innovation

Start Up Pitch

 Flaminia  Giuncato
Flaminia Giuncato

Speakers

 Flaminia  Giuncato

Flaminia Giuncato

Operations and Startup Manager

Trust Valley

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

15:35
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

16:30
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

17:00
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

17:30
5 minutes Keynote Main stage Innovation

Closing Remarks

 Lennig Pedron
Lennig Pedron

Speakers

 Lennig Pedron

Lennig Pedron

CEO

Trust Valley

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