🎂 Swissnex Singapore was launched on 6 July 2004 🎂
Have you done an internship or worked at #Swissnex #Singapore?
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary, the Swissnex network invites all Singapore alumni to join the global group and meet (again)!
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Discover photos https://lnkd.in/e-yYez62 and videos https://lnkd.in/eFaRjsJP of the Swissnex Singapore journey.
A journey which was made possible thanks to creative, pioneering, and entrepreneurial minds who conceived, initiated and implemented a unique of its kind #network connecting the dots in #science #education #research #innovation and #arts between #Switzerland and innovation hotsposts worldwide.
Thierry LOMBARD, Charles Kleiber, Pascal Couchepin, Xavier Comtesse (Digital Shapers)
Raymond Loretan & Daniel Woker
Thanks to ...great supportive colleagues Christian Simm Christoph von Arb
and generous individuals who took the time to advise me on how to set up the first swissnex in Asia.
Paul Hobcraft Jean-Marc Baumgartner Charles Taillens and more!
The strong collaboration with all the Swissnex CEOs over the years was truly enriching!
...a dynamic ever evolving team
Siyin Lim, Simona Cereghetti, Lisa Kobel, Rebecca Zay Bontemps, Nurul Huda Izyan, Sébastien Monier, Fabiana Pizzali, Anna Waibel... and the more than 80 interns who were instrumental in the smooth running of our lean, startup-like structure. Thank you Laura Meyer for being the first intern who supported me in ensuring a memorable opening ceremony and launch!
...last but not least the Singapore partners who were keen to support this initiative by welcoming us in a state-of-the-art hub and opening the doors for our entrepreneurs, researchers and policy makers in a conducive environment, which quickly became a valuable exchange platform for both parties.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) JTC Corporation Ministry of Education, Singapore (MOE) and many more!
We were proud to support, together with other Swiss players in Singapore such as the SwissCham Singapore the set up and growth of antennas by major Swiss players including the Future Cities Laboratory Global ETH Zürich, St.Gallen Institute of Management in Asia (SGI-HSG), EHL.
Dr. Matthias Schaub Gerhard Schmitt Michel Rochat
...and to collaborate with numerous sponsors, partners and speakers such as Nico de Rooij, Yves Pigneur, Jean-Pierre GREFF, Claude Nicollier, to cite just a few.
The journey goes on in Singapore with ambassador Frank Grütter and science counsellor Joël Henri Brunner, actively engaged in the new overarching theme of "Swissnex for the Planet".
Next year will mark the 25th anniversary of the global network, long live Swissnex!
Swissnex in Boston and New York
Swissnex in India, Consulate General of Switzerland
Swissnex in San Francisco
Consulate of Switzerland, Swissnex in Japan
Swissnex in China
Swissnex in Brazil
#connectingthedots