Priyanka Kute | Sustainability Manager
Confidential

Tag 2 / Day 2 @ 11:10

Switzerland as an innovation hub: How do we maintain the country's position and scale innovation in solar and storage?

• Analyze the unique competitive advantages of the Swiss ecosystem, from world-class research institutions to a high-density tech industry, to identify the key drivers for maintaining a leading global position in energy technology.
• Explore effective frameworks for bridging the gap between laboratory breakthroughs and industrial-scale deployment, focusing on how to accelerate the commercialization of next-generation solar and storage solutions.
• Identify the strategic policy instruments and investment climates necessary to foster a thriving domestic market that serves as a lighthouse for international energy innovation and sustainable economic growth.

Peter Morf, Grad Energy and Resource Efficiency, Hightech Zentrum Aargau

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Peter Morf / Switzerland as an innovation hub: How do we maintain the country's position and scale innovation in solar and storage?

Peter Morf, Grad Energy and Resource Efficiency,
Hightech Zentrum Aargau

Dr. Peter Morf is Head of Energy Technologies and Resource Efficiency at Hightech Zentrum Aargau, a Swiss innovation center that supports SMEs in developing new technologies. He holds a PhD in surface and nanotechnology from the Paul Scherrer Institute and has worked across the sensor and...

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Rudolf Rechsteiner, Senior Expert Energy Policy & Renewables, Independet

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Rudolf Rechsteiner / Switzerland as an innovation hub: How do we maintain the country's position and scale innovation in solar and storage?

Rudolf Rechsteiner, Senior Expert Energy Policy & Renewables,
Independet

Dr. Rudolf Rechsteiner is an independent Senior Expert in Energy Policy & Renewables, an economist and consultant through his firm re-solution.ch. He served as a member of the Swiss National Council from 1995 to 2010, where he championed Switzerland's introduction of feed-in tariffs for...

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Antonin Faes, Team Leader at EPFL PV-Lab + Focus Area & Technology Transfer Manager at CSEM, EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)

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Antonin Faes / Switzerland as an innovation hub: How do we maintain the country's position and scale innovation in solar and storage?

Antonin Faes, Team Leader at EPFL PV-Lab + Focus Area & Technology Transfer Manager at CSEM,
EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)

Dr. Antonin Faes leads the PV Modules and Reliability team at EPFL's PV-Lab and manages photovoltaics focus areas and technology transfer at the CSEM Sustainable Energy Center in Neuchâtel. A materials science engineer by training, he graduated from EPFL and earned his PhD there in 2010, and...

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Moderator: Priyanka Kute, Sustainability Manager, Confidential

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Priyanka Kute / Switzerland as an innovation hub: How do we maintain the country's position and scale innovation in solar and storage?

Priyanka Kute, Sustainability Manager,
Confidential

Priyanka Kute is a Sustainability Manager, with over a decade of global experience at the intersection of digital transformation and sustainability. She specialises in ESG reporting, decarbonization, and circular economy initiatives, having managed multi-million-dollar projects across six countries ...

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