Theme: Digital Deep Dive

13 speakers and free coffee during extensive spaces for discussion and exchange take you on a journey to unfold the unexpected manifestations of digitalisation. How does it influence every aspect of human life?

University of St. Gallen
Dufourstrasse 50
St. Gallen, Sankt Gallen (de), 9000
Switzerland

Christina Senn-Jakobsen

Managing Director of Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley

As Managing Director of Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley, Christina brings the Swiss food ecosystem together to co-create innovations that shape the future of food. Because transformation is a team sport.

Eva-Lotta Sjöstedt

Global Senior Executive, Board Member and Advisor

Passionate and dedicated to deliver to the movement of trust for the next generation - where business and leadership combine to deliver to all stakeholders for a sustainable future with love. Responsible for 1 billion Euro digital transformation strategy and project. Founder of KUNO Leadership Community, a philosophy that delivers to four dimensional learning and sitting as a Board Member for companies in the UK, Tritax Eurobox, Germany, Metro Ag and Finland, Elisa Oy. Previous international CEO with extensive leadership experience in growth and turn-around, delivering high performing results in privately owned, private equity and publicly listed companies. Happy mother and grandmother living as a global citizen.

Jenestin Anthonipillai

Master's student in Computer Science

Jenestin is a Master's student in Computer Science and a research assistant at the Institute of Computer Science. As the Co-Founder of triffmi, which is an app that connects people through activities, he wants to strengthen diversity and foster new ideas.

Karen Jones

CEO, Editor, Citywealth. Founder, Citywealth media business

Karen Jones, CEO, Editor, Citywealth. Founder, Citywealth media business which has been established for 15 years. Attended The Courtauld Institute of Art summer school studying topics such as Chinese art to Pop art and the Theory of Art History. Crypto and NFT enthusiast.

Kuno Schedler

Professor of Public Management

Kuno is a professor at the University of St. Gallen. He has been involved in government innovation for nearly 30 years. He is a part-time musician who loves to contribute to smarter governments.

Lukas Sitar

Chief Commercial Officer at TIGNUM

Lukas is a data-driven human performance enthusiast turned gut-feeling advocate. He currently serves as the Chief Commercial Officer at TIGNUM, the world's leading human performance company for business professionals. Long Bio: Having spent his entire career in professional services and consulting, Lukas never took decisions without a sufficient data basis to prove a point. Yet, his personal life taught him, that more data is oftentimes less. Today, as a data-enthusiast turned gut-feeling advocate, he sees that many things that can be measured, should not always be measured - especially in the context of human performance. In fact, in his talk, Lukas will elaborate on how “Data ruins Experience” and he will tell stories from our everyday life to explain his view. Currently, he serves as the Chief Commercial Officer at TIGNUM, the world’s leading human performance company for business professionals.

Maximilian Quast

Bachelor's Student

After studying business psychology in Germany, Max transferred to the University of St. Gallen to study business administration. His passion for animals inspired him to co-found an animal welfare organization last year which has already gained momentum through an initiative in Romania where they implemented a project to provide medical care to street dogs and cats with the help of donated funds. In addition to his studies, Max is passionate about theatre and cinematography. In his talk, Max will share a personal experience he experienced with digitalisation in health care.

Michel Bielecki

Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Testasy

Michel is a University of Zurich and Harvard HSPH-trained Medical Doctor who has worked in public health since 2019 and published multiple high impact articles. During the pandemic, he cofounded GobiX, a medtech company producing 3D-printed IVD material for the Swiss Armed Forces. In 2020, he was commissioned Chief Medical Officer at a Balkan NATO base and worked as postdoctoral researcher at the University Hospital Zurich. In 2021 he Co-founded Testasy, a venture aiming to make lab-home-testing more accessible where he serves as the Chief Innovation Officer. He is a regular speaker on AI in Medicine and passionate about digital efforts in Medicine.

Peter Rupp

Head of sustainability at Hilti

Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of St. Gallen and Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences. For almost 12 years with Hilti. Led two Business Units Installation Systems and Construction Services. Since July 2020 head of Corporate Sustainability reporting in this role directly to the CEO Christoph Loos.Before joining Hilti: 18 years with ABB in various management positions from finance and supply management to marketing and sales. My favorite quote: “Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.” Living in Liechtenstein, married and three teenagers. Hobbies: spending time in nature, preferably in the mountains, either hiking, skiing or cycling.

Pierre Dupont

Managing Partner at WIZE

Since 2020, Pierre co-leads a Swiss FinTech which he joined after 9 years of Banking Operations expertise acquired in a Private Bank and 10 years of IT experience at IBM.

Priscilla Rossi

Deputy Head of Strategy at Publicis Communications Lausanne

Priscilla connects brands with consumers through creative narratives by day. Runs a lifestyle, beauty and fashion blog when time allows.

Quentin Reyes

Managing Director at Alpha Praetorian Capital

Quentin has been leading projects and investments in Web 3.0 since early 2016 in Shanghai, China. In 2018, Quentin was one of Swisscom Blockchain youngest manager and was leading all blockchain operations in China. Later on in late 2018, Quentin was a thriving entrepreneur and co-founding a venture backed decentralised trading protocol for digital assets. In December 2021, Quentin co-founded Alpha Praetorian Capital, an early and growth stage Web 3.0 focused private venture capital firm. He is now based between Geneva and Dubai managing investments and advising web3.0 companies.

Weza Bombo

Co-founder of BOMBO Goldsmith

Co-Founder of Bombo Goldsmith. Weza is currently building a goldsmith company in Switzerland with a strong focus on sustainability and blockchain technology – “the future is circular and decentralized”. He is completing a Double Master’s Degree in M.Sc. International Management + M.A. International Law and the Managing Climate Solution program (MaCS) at the University of St. Gallen (HSG), where he also founded the Africa Association. Weza is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers Community and was most recently elected as the Youth Ambassador for Climate Change at EC 22’ – leading with the purpose generation in mind. During his TEDx speech, he will share with us his personal entrepreneurial journey on how blockchain technology can enable justice within the jewelry industry.