On April 29, 2021 took place the 10 year anniversary edition of the Startup Champions Seed Night, the annual event that brings together the best of innovation from EPFL and beyond. The event has been discovering many talents since the first edition in 2012 and this year was no exception. 20 startups gathered for a… Read more »
On April 17, 2021, when spring is blooming, EPFL and ETH Alumni Shanghai together with SORSA Swiss Alumni Shanghai organised a Spring outing in Suzhou. At the same time, the alumni were able to enjoy the spring breeze and deepen the relationships between the graduates of the different schools.
On Monday, March 8, 2021, EPFL was organising a big day of conferences, discussions and online debates around International Women’s Day. As part of it, EPFL Alumni and the Equality Office organized the “Women EPFL Alumni” session. During this session, was presented the results of the career survey carried out among 800 women graduates of… Read more »
EPFL, like the rest of the world, has had to face this crisis and find solutions to pursue its missions of education, research and innovation. On December 8th, 2020, Martin Vetterli, President of EPFL, shared with alumni during an online conference the challenges and opportunities encountered in 2020, the lessons learned and his vision for… Read more »
Usually presented during the Magistrale, the 2020’s Alumni Awards were presented during an online conference on November 13th, due to the situation, to: – Ms. Leila Schwery Bou Diab (CGC ’98), VP Value Chain Management at Janssen, Johnson & Johnson – Mr. Robert Mardini (GC ’96), Director General of the International Committee of the Red… Read more »
On October 16, 2020, swissnex China held its annual evening for graduates of Swiss public universities in China, which was attended by 227 participants. Twenty alumni from EPFL Alumni Shanghai chapter participated in the event. The gathering took place on board a cruise ship in Shanghai and the guests were particularly honoured by the presence… Read more »
(This visit took place in French) L’antenne EPFL Alumni VD-VS a organisé une visite exclusive pour deux petits groupes du site de la Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre au village du Sentier jeudi 15 octobre 2020. Chaque atelier a été présenté par les spécialistes horlogers dont la passion se ressent dans chaque explication et dans chaque détail de… Read more »
Together with the EPFL Architecture studio in Basel, the “Laboratoire Bâle” (LABA), we organised a guided tour of the city’s architectural highlights. Led by Sarah Barth, architect and researcher at LABA under Prof. Harry Gugger, the visit was tailored exclusively for our alumni, taking them throughout the city and ending at the bar of the new SILO… Read more »
On September 28, 2020 took place the Startup Champions Seed Night, the annual event that brings together the best of innovation from EPFL and beyond. 18 startups were gathered for a pitch competition and participants, who attended the event online due to the sanitary situation, were able to vote for their favorite projects. A great… Read more »
The EPFL Alumni Shanghai chapter was pleased to organise an autumn gathering on September 19, 2020 to visit the beautiful Temple of Heaven.