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Preparatory Seminar Blog 2018

Friday, 23 February 2018

Friday

Inspiring presentation of Blaser Swisslube

Blaser Swiss Lube is the Sponsor for all four projects. Last Friday morning, the CEO Marc Blaser, held an inspiring presentation about the company in front of all the participants of the prep seminars. Global Competitiveness Logical and rational thinking will make a difference! Marc Blaser was telling us how people came to him and […]

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Friday

Panel Discussion & Key Notes

Christa Markwalder, Swiss National Councillor, Cyrille Wetter, a Student from the FHNW, André Wolke, CEO & Co-Founder Validity Labs, Sven Mentl from the company Accenture and Prof. Dr. Knut Hinkelmann from the FHNW and Daniel Meier, from the company Huawei, were discussion and exchanging different examples and potential outcomes of the blockchain development and from […]

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Thursday, 22 February 2018

Thursday

Influence of Digitalization on Innovation and Business

As our last presentation in the theme of technological innovation, the delegation could welcome Valentin Naegeli and Michael Schranz from Apps with love. This was a special honor, as Michael Schranz is one of the founding members of the connectUS project. When Michael was a student himself, he felt that he kept hearing how important […]

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Thursday

Innovation in the Diagnostics

On Thursday, Dr. Dirk Schneider, the president of the Förderverein swissbiolabs, introduced us to the “Innovations in Diagnostics”. One of his main topics covered the personalized healthcare, which is stimulated by the possibilities arising from the use of diagnostics. By tailoring healthcare to patients’ needs, they are allowing the right treatment to reach the right […]

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Wednesday, 21 February 2018

Wednesday

Embassy of Mexico Visit

Today we visited the Mexican Embassy in Bern. For the first time the project connectUS will visit Mexico on the On-Site Seminar. For the Mexican Embassy it was also the first time a group from an university visited their embassy in Bern. The presentation was hold by the representative of the Mexican Embassy and the […]

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Wednesday

Swisscom Visit

The first company visit with our delegation led us to the headquarter of Swisscom in Ittigen. After a quick introduction by a former FHNW student to some important figures regarding Swisscom’s business environment, a data security specialist presented us the main challenges in data security. Whereas trust is a positive feeling in personal relationships, it […]

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Wednesday

U.S. Embassy Visit

The US Embassy manages the official relationship between the United States and the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein. They represent the interests of the United States. One of the main commission is to issues passport, birth certificate and other documents for US citizen and visas for non- US citizen. Another important commission is […]

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Tuesday, 20 February 2018

Tuesday

Culture USA

The purpose of the lecture ‘Culture USA’ from Kathy Hartmann-Campbell was to ensure that delegation members are able to make the best possible experience in the United States of America. Furthermore, to ensure that participants understand how culture is impacting people and how small talk is practically working in the appropriate way when it comes […]

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Tuesday

Genome Editing

The Genome Editing conference was given by Dr. Daniela Suter, a biologist that talked about the human genome, what CRISPR is and what it is used on, new technology regarding genomes, the definition of epigenetics, the importance of data science in medicine, breakthroughs on cloning, genetic testing and of course, the ethics that are involved […]

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Tuesday

Driving Innovation

Mario Schmuziger from company Zühlke hold a refreshing presentation on the topic “driving innovation – how organization discover, select and execute on innovation.” But what is innovation and what’s not? One definition of innovation says that it is “the process of translating an idea or invention a good or service that creates value of for […]

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Monday, 19 February 2018

Monday

Blockchain Technology

Kevin Leuthard and Mirco Klaus introduced us to the processes of the blockchain. It was a complex but an interesting topic. Blockchain is a distributed ledger. It works in a decentralized network and guarantees security through broadcasting all new information to all participants. Therefore, each transaction adds to the ledger. In order to get the […]

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Monday

Digital Health – From Hype to Impact

Christine K. Jacob gave us a thrilling lecture about the digital health sector and told us what it is about, and what the advantages and challenges are. Two main factors differentiate between digital disruption and traditional competitive dynamics: the speed of change and the high stakes involved. Some industries face greater risks than others. Industries […]

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Monday

The Impact of Positive Appearance

What is your first impression? What are influencing factors? Corinne Staub was introducing us to the impact of a positive appearance in a very lively and personal way. The image that others have of you, is not controllable. But some factors you can impact. Self-branding is the key because you can control who you are, […]

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