• Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI), University of Fribourg, Switzerland
• Chantal Robin, Director, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Fribourg, Switzerland
• Chantal Martin Sölch, Vice-Rector for Teaching, Continuing Education and Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Nano for Medtech Applications
Chairs: Alexandra Kaempfer-Homsy (He-Arc), Pierangelo Gröning (EMPA)

KEYNOTE
Andrew Demellow, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Microfluidics for Diagnostics in the Developed and Developing World

• Maurizio Gullo, 3D Biofabrication Group Leader, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz Hochschule für Life Sciences, Institute for Medical Engineering & Medical Informatics, Switzerland
  • 3D Bioprinting of Cardiomyocytes Laden Nanocomposite Hydrogels Towards a Nano-Structured Origami Heart Model
• Jérôme Charmet, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland (HE-Arc), Switzerland
  • Multiscale Liquid Biopsy
• Laura Suter-Dick, School of Life Sciences, FHNW, Switzerland
  • Electrospun extracellular matrix scaffolds for neural regeneration

Photonics Technologies
Chair: Michel Despont (CSEM)

KEYNOTE
Sergio Nicoletti, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
PIC platform for Sensing and Telecom application

• Nicholas Güsken, Polariton Technologies, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
  • Enhancing Silicon Photonics: Plasmonic Terabit Modulation on the Micrometer Scale
• Stefan Abel, Lumiphase AG, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
  • BTO PIC and its integration to CMOS
• Amir Ghadimi, CSEM SA, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • Advanced LNOI PIC platform
• Other speakers to be confirmed

• Begoña Abad, Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Ultrafast coherent beams illuminate understanding of phonon transport
• Géraldine Guex, AO Foundation, Davos, Switzerland
  • Sound and Electricity to Steer Cell Fate Decision
• Kuljeet Kaur, Polymer laboratory, Institute of Materials, School of Engineering, (LP-IMX-STI) EPFL, Switzerland
  • Understanding interfacial properties of surface-grafted polymer assemblies
• Nako Nakatsuka, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
  • Nanoscale DNA-gated biosensors to monitor chemical flux

• Gioele Balestra, iPrint, HEIA-FR, HES-SO, Switzerland
  • Inkjet-based additive manufacturing of high-density ceramic parts
• Simon MacKenzie, REGENHU, Switzerland
  • Revolutionizing Drug Discovery – microfluidics, organoids and 3D Bioprinting
• Daniel Steitz, novoMOF AG, Switzerland
  • Process integration of the super-adsorbent of the 21st century: metal-organic frameworks for market-driven prototyping success.
• Rolando Ferrini, FEMTOprint SA, Switzerland
  • Laser-based 3D printing: the new frontier of precision manufacturing for glass micro-devices.

Bio-inspired Materials
Chairs: Ullrich Steiner (Adolphe Merkle Institut, University Fribourg), Ester Amstad (EPFL)

KEYNOTE
Eric R. Dufresne, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Living Droplets Get to Work

• Jessica Clough, Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Mechano-Imaging in Polymeric Materials: Molecular Mechanophores and Photonic Elastomers
• Alessandro Ianiro, Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Liquid-liquid phase separation during amphiphilic self-assembly
• Ahmet Faik Demirörs, Complex Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • 3D Printing of Photonic Colloidal Glasses into Objects with Isotropic Structural Color

Biotech at Nanoscale
Chairs: Yasin Ekinci (PSI), Nako Nakatsuka (ETH Zürich)

KEYNOTE
Roderick Lim, Biozentrum and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland
Nanomachines guard the cell nucleus

• Simone Schuerle, Dep. of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • Engineering micro-and nanorobots for drug delivery and local detection of pathological signals
• Mahsa Shoaran , Integrated Neurotechnologies Laboratory, EPFL, Switzerland
  • Title to be confirmed
• Ardemis A. Boghossian, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
  • A NanoBioengineering Frontier for Next-Generation Optical Devices

• Swiss Plastic Policy
• Solutions for Sustainable Use

Topic Introductory Lecture
Thomas Gude, Swiss Quality Testing Services (SQTS)

Confirmed Panelists:

• Thomas Bucheli (Agroscope)

• Christoph Hueglin (Empa)

• Christine Wiederkehr-Luther (Migros-Gruppe)

• Matthias Egger (The Ocean Cleanup)

• Maud Vinet, CEA LETI, Grenoble
  • Quantum Silicon
• Andrea Hofmann, University of Basel
  • A sub-millitesla hole spin qubit in planar Ge
• Nico Hendrickx, IBM Research Zurich
  • Quantum computing with spins in germanium
• Pasquale Scarlino, EPFL
  • Hybrid Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics with Semiconductor QDs and Superconducting Resonators