Employability through Entrepreneurship
6:00 pm – Doors open
6:30 – 6:35 pm – Welcome
Romain Duriez, Deputy Director, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Geneva
6:35– 6:50pm – Keynote I : Samantha Tan, Deputy Director, SG Innovate Talents
6:50- 6:55pm – Testimony I : Maaz Sheikh, Founder and CEO, Ageospatial
6:55 – 7:15 pm – Panel I : “Employability through Entrepreneurship”
Samantha Tan, Deputy Director, SG Innovate Talents
Maaz Sheikh, Founder and CEO, Ageospatial
Lilia Benkara, 4eu+ EIPM alumna
Nicholas Niggli, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, Oⁿ – The Symbiotic Venture Studio
7:15 – 7:20 pm – Testimony II: Thiziri Aissaoui, Co-founder, quantum4purpose
7:20 - 7:40pm - Panel II : Quantum technologies: the next frontier in entrepreneurship education
Martin Gastal, Partnership and Engagement Lead, Open Quantum Institute
Willem Rischau, Co-Founder, Speqqle
Roberto Perez, Director, Laboratory of Advanced Technologies, UNIGE
Moderated by Thiziri Aissaoui , Co-founder, quantum4purpose
19:45 – Closing remarks
Mihoko Kumamoto, Director Division of Prosperity, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Fiona Thonier, Head of the local 4eu+ office, University of Geneva
19:55 – Cocktail & networking
Who Will Attend
70+ postgraduate students and alumni (PhDs & postdocs) from six leading European universities
Representatives from academic and industrial partners across Europe
Members of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (CCIG)
The broader public participating in Global Entrepreneurship Week
Organised by:
University of Geneva – Geneva Responsible Entrepreneurship Center (GREC)
In collaboration with:
• Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (CCIG)
• 4EU+ European University Alliance
• Campus Biotech
• Trust Valley
• Ageospatial
• SGInnovate
• Global Entrepreneurship Week Geneva