Marcel Egger

SICTIC

Board of Directors

Beatrice Schaffner

Schaffner Smart Solutions AG

CEO

Raphaël Conz

Canton de Vaud

Head of the Business Unit, Service for the Promotion of the Economy and Innovation (SPEI)

Responsabile della Business Unit, Service for the Promotion of the Economy and Innovation (SPEI)

Barbara Pin

AGIRE Foundation

Startup analyst & Coaching manager

Andrea Rizzoli

IDSIA USI-SUPSI

Director

Jessica Hofmann

GreenFuelHub & Innosuisse

Founder and Expert for Alternative Marine Fuels

Sarah-Lena Klink

Swiss Climate - Sustainable Business

Head Sustainability

Tobias Peltenburg

TRUST SQUARE

Chief Executive Officer

Rolf Wüstenhagen

University of St. Gallen

Academic Director, Renewable Energy Management & Managing Climate Solutions

Dr. Rolf Wüstenhagen, Full Professor for Management of Renewable Energies at the
University of St. Gallen, left one of the leading European energy venture capital funds in
2003 to embark on his academic career. Visiting faculty positions at UBC Vancouver, CBS
Copenhagen, NUS Singapore and Tel Aviv University. 2008-2011 lead author of IPCC
special report on renewable energy and climate change. 2011-2015 member of Federal
government’s advisory board for Swiss Energy Strategy 2050. He is the Academic Director of
the University of St. Gallen’s certificate programme Managing Climate Solutions ( MaCS-
HSG ), Co-Founder of the CEMS Model UNFCCC and the Executive Education Programme
Renewable Energy Management ( REM-HSG ).

Naomi Mackenzie

KITRO & Venturelab

Co-Chief Executive Officer and Trainer and Startup Coach

Naomi MacKenzie is a half American half Swiss, born in Texas. Homeschooled, a recreational van and entrepreneurial parents lead to a childhood that was anything but conventional. Learning by doing and immersing yourself into the environment with curiosity was the foundation of her education. Food was one of her biggest curiosities from an early age as she aspired to one
day own a restaurant.

As of 15, Naomi started working in kitchens and set out as an apprentice in a kitchen. However, it quickly became clear that being a chef would lack the business interest she had. This set the path that eventually led her to study at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne. An education that would allow the passion for food and business to thrive.

Along the way Naomi worked in various kitchens, during these work experiences (in Switzerland, Italy and Miami) and her studies she witnessed daily the enormous amount of food that is being thrown away. That’s why when the idea was sparked during the studies with Anastasia to combat food waste it was clear that this was the solution and impact she wanted to commit herself to. Having worked with Anastasia during an internship and the final bachelor project there was no doubt that this would be the right person to build a company with.

The environmental impact that KITRO is the main driver for Naomi as she strives to ensure that all food is appreciated. Fascinated by the world of technology, in another life she would’ve been a coder.

KITRO harmoniously combines her love for food, her fascination for technology and drive for sustainable impact. Within KITRO she has learnt mounds with a focus leading the following departments: Sales & Marketing, Partnerships and Product development.

In the entrepreneurial space and thanks to the learnings and success of KITRO, Naomi was rewarded: Switzerland digital shaper 2020 & 2021 and has been a Venturelab startup coach for the past 3 years.

Annina Winkler

Emerald Technology Ventures

Investment Manager – Food, Agriculture & Sustainability

Katrin Leuenberger

Kanton Schwyz

Leiterin Klimafachstelle

Katrin Leuenberger is advancing energy and climate issues in the region and is leading projects related to the energy transition, climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Thomas Gfeller

Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne

Co-founder and Chairman of the Board

Daphné Rüfenacht

City of Biel

Head of the Environment Department

Isabelle Siegrist

Sandborn

CEO & Founder

Isabelle Siegrist has been helping to build up companies across Switzerland since 2014, first for 2 years at Startups.ch as CIO and then with her own company builder Sandborn. She supports entrepreneurs and corporates from various industries in scaling (from idea validation, product/service development, market entry to growth financing), builds companies of her own and invests in Startups. She was recognized as one of the TOP 100 Businesswomen in Switzerland 2018, 2019 and 2020 and is a Forbes 30 under 30 Alumna (2019), studied Business Innovation at HSG and majored in Social Entrepreneurship at ESCP Europe. She is a coach at Innosuisse and regularly teaches at various colleges and universities on entrepreneurship topics.
 

Reto Eggimann

Hightech Zentrum Aargau AG

Technology and Innovation Expert

Florian Gautschi

Aargau Services Standortförderung und Hightech Aargau

Projektleiter Start-up- und Innovationsförderung

Florian Gautschi ist seit vielen Jahren als Projektleiter bei der kantonalen Standortförderung Aargau Services tätig. Seine Schwerpunkte liegen dabei auf der Innovations- und Start-up-Förderung, sowie dem Förderprogramm "Hightech Aargau". Der Betriebsökonom ist in diversen Start-up-Gremien engagiert. So leitet er die Geschäfte des Business Angels Club Aargau und ist Mitglied im Selektionskomitee von genisuisse Aargau. Er verfügt über vielseitige und hilfreiche Kontakte in Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Verwaltung. Seine Expertise bringt er in verschiedenen Jurys ein, unter anderem an der Swiss Innovation Challenge und der Swiss Startup Challenge.

Isabelle Tschugmall

CMO, Global Green Xchange

Ralph Mogicato

SICTIC

Vice President & Director Investors German-Speaking Switzerland

Attila Steinegger

WWF

Leading Tech4Sustainability

Vicente Carabias

Stadt Winterthur

Deputy Head ZHAW Institute of Sustainable Development, Head of Smart City Unit

Kewin-J. Asal

CSS

Generalagent

Fan of Future Visions, Predictive Sales and more

Ina Maria Walthert-Kaufmann

AMAG GROUP

Lead Group Sustainability

Thomas Dübendorfer

Internet Entrepreneur and Business Angel, President at Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC), Information Security Expert

Thomas Dübendorfer is the president of the Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC), business angel, information security expert and entrepreneur. He is a member of the board of directors at several companies. His areas of expertise include software engineering, Internet technologies, information security, IT and business strategy consulting, and seed investments.

He has served in a variety of tech lead, research, development, teaching, board member and consulting roles. He has more than seven years of practical experience in software engineering and technical leadership from working at Google. He has earned a Ph.D. and a M.S. degree in Computer Science with honours with distinction from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland. He also did minor degrees in economics and in didactics.

Tobias Peltenburg

TRUST SQUARE

Chief Executive Officer

Christoph Falk

Innosuisse

Manager and Deputy of the Head of Division Start-ups and Next Generation Innovators

Christoph has been supporting and promoting the creation and development of science-based startups for over a decade. In various roles, he designs, develops and manages initiatives and programs to bring innovative ideas to market. Currently, he is the deputy head of the start-up division at Innosuisse and supervises the start-up coaching programs. In parallel, he is member of a research group at the University of Bergen working on causal data analysis.

Hilda N. Liswani

WeBloom

Founder & CEO

Sustainable & Inclusive Innovation | Forbes 30 Under 30 | Swiss Digital Shaper '21 | GreenBiz 30 Under 30

Michael Baier

Wenger Vieli

Start-up-, VC- & M&A-Lawyer / Partner

Michael Baier is Partner at Wenger Vieli Ltd. and a passionate venture capital and start-up lawyer. He leads the Start-up Desk and supports tech-based start-ups through all of their growth stages, in particular in relation to spin-offs, financing rounds, exit transactions, and the structuring of employee incentive programs. Michael Baier also advises investors on equity investments in Swiss start-ups and has extensive experience with M&A transactions.