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Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 10:21:56 -0400
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Dear East-Coast Swiss Listers,
It is my pleasure to invite you to an event I am organizing at Swiss House.
Please let me know in advance if you plan to attend. (Sorry for those who
might already have received this invitation through another channel!). Best,
Pascal
INVITATION
"Come and meet players of the vibrant Swiss start-up community!"
On May 15 at 6.30 PM, Swiss House will welcome a Swiss "start-up" delegation
composed of several players of the high-tech scene in Switzerland.
The keynote speaker will be Maximilian von Zedtwitz, professor of Technology
Management at IMD, who will outline his research on high-tech incubators.
http://www.imd.ch/faculty/faculty.cfm?id=16772
A few members of the delegation will also speak about their activities:
- Alan Frei, Partner of Aventic AG (VC Arm of UBS) "Overview of the Swiss
Private Equity Market" (www.aventic.ch). Since 1999, Aventic has invested
more than CHF 200 mio in 30 portfolio companies active in internet
infrastructure, life sciences and microtechnology.
- Dr. Thomas von Waldkirch, director Technopark Zurich (www.technopark.ch).
Technopark offers incubation space, professional services and connections to
young entrepreneurs as well as antennas of established companies. More than
180 companies are located in the park.
- JM Ayer, CEO of DartFish (www.dartfish.com). Dartfish develops the latest
digital imaging applications primarily in the field of sports. Spun off from
EPFL, Dart Fish closed last year a second run of financing and recently
opened an US office in Atlanta.
Other delegates include:
- Prof. Jean-Claude Badoux, former President of EPFL
- Christophe Ruchti, director of Swiss Network of Innovation
- Urs Althaus, director of program CTI start-up
- Albert Waldvogel, VP for Research ETH
- Ruth Freitag, EPFL, Laboratory of Chemical Biotechnology
- Juerg Lindecker, Geneva Consulting
- Volker Gass, Communications Director, Mecanex
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Pascal Marmier at
pascal_at_sendyourstartup.com or (617) 331-3989.
Swiss House is located at 420 Broadway St (intersection with Ellery Street)
in Cambridge. Web site: www.creativeswitzerland.com. Closest T station:
Harvard Square (Red Line).
Pascal Marmier
Swiss Entrepreneurs Network Development
SEND
1477 Beacon St., Ste 28
Brookline, MA 02446
Cell: (617) 331-3989
Web: www.SendYourStartup.com
"Your One-Way to the US!"
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Received on Sun May 06 2001 - 07:10:11 PDT
