ThinkSwiss
ThinkSwiss is a US wide program that highlights and showcases Switzerland as a global, knowledge-based country full of talent, high-tech opportunities and creativity. Its goal is to foster an even stronger network of long-term relations in education, research and innovation between the United Staates and Switzerland.
Please visit the website at thinkswiss.org.
Technology Transfer Fellowship Program at Boston University
SHARE Boston is very delighted to announce the opportunity for a senior tech transfer officer of a Swiss university (including Swiss universities of applied sciences) to spend a 3 months Technology Transfer Fellowship 2007 at the Office of Technology Development of Boston University.
For further information about the program please contact directly Remo Steinmetz, Senior Advisor Education and Academic Affairs, SHARE Boston.
Venture Leaders
SHARE is excited to partner with the Gebert Ruf Foundation and Venture Lab to organize the 7th edition of the Venture Leaders (formerly NETS) program. Like every previous edition, the 20 entrepreneurs selected this year will have a full program in Boston from June 12 to 22nd. They will visit local high tech companies, attend a course at Babson College, interact with experts and most importantly network with local entrepreneurs, investors and other members of the high-tech community. Ernst & Young joins the program as partner this year and will put together an afternoon session as well.
Time frame:
June 12 to 22, 2006
Partner:
World Knowledge Dialogue
The World Knowledge Dialogue (WKD), which will be held from September 14 to 16 in Crans Montana (Switzerland) is a symposium aiming at establishing a tighter dialogue between natural and human/social sciences. SHARE is assisting the organizers for the US part of the conference. Topics for this first edition: migration and complexity.
Time frame:
Status:
mid 2005 to September 2006
Program is now available: download... (Adobe Reader)
Partner:
WKD Foundation
Transplantation Fellowship Program
A transatlantic collaboration program between American and Swiss institutes involved in transplantation research. Regular videoconferences at SHARE with laboratories in Switzerland.
Time frame:
March 2005 - 2008
Partners & Sponsors:
Novartis, Swiss university hospitals, Massachussetts General Hospital
CTI-Start Up USA
Especially high tech SMEs have a great need to look beyond national borders early in order to grow and learn about their competitivity. The US market is of particular importance. A small support system will be developed at Swissnex in San Francisco and at SHARE in Boston.
Time frame:
Status:
First discussion summer 2003
Agreement signed
Partners & Sponsors:
CTI, Commission for Technology and Innovation
Transatlantic Initiative on Complexity and Social Networks (TAICON)
Joint Colloquium between Harvard (Kennedy School of Government) and the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zurich (ETHZ). Professors at both universities want to launch a joint course with regular videoconferencess, workshops and exchange of students/faculty with the assistance of SHARE. Starting with Duncan Watts, author of book “Small Worlds: The Dynamics of Networks between Order and Random”.
Time frame:
Started January 2005
Partners & Sponsors:
Harvard, Kennedy School of Government
ETH Zürich
Swiss - American Business Network Boston
The Greater Boston Area is home for a growing number of Swiss based high-tech companies. In collaboration with the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce, the Consulate, SHARE, organizes on a quarterly basis exclusive luncheons for business executives with key notes by distinguished Swiss managers, decision makers and opinion leaders.
Time frame:
Started in 2005
Disaster Prevention Symposium
Preparatory workshop with principal partners of Symposium 2006. The symposium in April 2006 will address 10 topics with key participants from all over the world including important Swiss players.
Time frame:
Started January 2005
Partners & Sponsors:
Harvard School of Public Health
Swiss Re
Holcim
Swiss Federal Office of Health
Internship EPFL
SHARE will assist the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) to find internship places in companies in the Boston area for students in Computer and Communication Sciences.
Time frame:
Started Fall 2004
Partners & Sponsors:
EPFL
Research proposal “Students as an element of the University wealth chain”
The vast experience of US Universities, how students become an important source in the wealth chain of a University, should be analyzed and transferred to Swiss institutions.
The study SzenaSelekt runs under this project.
Time frame:
Started Fall 2004
Partners & Sponsors:
Board, Swiss Federal Institures of Technology
Others