Programme

Please Note: 1st day is the invitation only CEO day; Forum registrants are welcome to join for the dinner & Day 2. During the CEO workshops there will be a separate session for investors from 14:00 - 17:00 pm.

Thursday 19 March 2015

12:00 CEO only Registration & Networking Lunch at Pictet
13:00 Welcome by Remy Best of Pictet
13:05 Welcome Opening Remarks by Peter Weed of McKinsey
13:45 5 Concurrent CEO only Workshops Moderated by McKinsey
14:00 Registration & Investor Roundtable at Pictet *Open to investor registrants of Forum
14:45 Networking Coffee Break
15:15 5 Concurrent CEO only Workshops Moderated by McKinsey
16:30 Investor Roundtable Networking Coffee Break *Open to investor registrants of Forum
16:45 CEO only Wine Tasting Hosted by Pictet
18:15 CEO only bus transfer to Lausanne
19:00 Forum Welcome Cocktail at Beau Rivage Palace Lausanne *Open to all registrants of Forum
20:00 Forum Networking Dinner & Awards Ceremony *Open to all registrants of Forum
20:00 Welcome by Sven Lingjaerde, Co-President & Founder of Tech Tour
20:05 Welcome by Philippe Leuba, Member of Vaud Cantonal Government
20:10 Keynote Speech "State of European Technology" by Paul Harvey, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
20:30 Dinner continued
21:00 Keynote Speech by Ken Roth, Human Rights Watch
21:30 Dinner continued
22:10 Tech Tour Growth 50 Launch & Growth Awards Ceremony

Friday 20 March 2015

07:15 Breakfast at Hotels
08:30 Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:00 Welcome by Sven Lingjaerde, Endeavour Vision and George Coelho, Good Energies
09:10 Intro Raphael Conz of Canton Vaud & Testimonial by Massimo Lucchina of Cisco
09:25 Keynote Speech by Christophe Donay of Pictet Wealth Management
09:45 CEO Workshops Summary Day 1 by Peter Weed of McKinsey
10:00 Opening Keynote Mike Lynch
10:15 Panel Resetting Ambition for European Entrepreneurs
10:45 Networking Coffee Break
11:15 Challenges of Scaling (ICT/Web/Mobility) Panel with CEOs
12:00 Digital Health Panel with CEOs
12:45 Networking Lunch
13:45 Keynote on Macro Trends by Charles Louis Moreau, Sales Director of Dow Jones
14:00 Speech by Adam Kostyal of Nasdaq Private Market
14:10 Financial Services in the Digital Age Panel with CEOs
14:55 Innovation in Connected Objects & Information Panel with CEOs
15:40 Speech by Albert Ganyushin of Euronext
15:50 Closing Session by William Stevens, Tech Tour
16:00 Closing Cocktail
17:00 End of Programme