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Pre-Sale Open-i 2025
Open-i 2025 will take place from 27–28 November 2025. Benefit from the 50% pre-sale discount until the end of December 2024 and pay CHF 445 instead of CHF 890.
Bringing Swiss Innovation to Life - how?
We are Switzerland‘s leading Innovation Enabler, building bridges between Science and Business.
We are the pioneering Swiss innovation community and the dialogue platform for the economy and the science sector. We show how the latest findings from research can be transformed into entrepreneurship.
Our goal is to bring together leading Swiss SMEs, start-ups & investors, large corporations, innovative minds from the world of science and top talents of the next generation, in order to pave the way for cooperation and secure Switzerland’s leading role as an innovative and successful market.
Open-i 2024 is sold out.
Speaker highlights
All speakerProf. Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen
Professor and Director, ETH Zurich | Space
Verena Pausder
Chairwoman, Startup Association Germany
Søren Mose
Chairman, TWINT AG
Urs Hölzle
Google Fellow, Google
Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (DEAER)
Bringing Swiss Innovation to Life!
We're sold out!
Unfortunately we are no longer able to offer tickets for Open-i 2024. However, ticket sales for Open-i 2025 will start soon and we will keep you informed!
From the creators of the Swiss Economic Forum and the Swiss Innovation Forum
Who is behind all this? NZZ Connect is committed to promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in Switzerland. It has supported the Swiss Economic Forum for 26 years and the Swiss Innovation Forum for 17 years. With Open-i, we bring together science and the economy, as well as successful executives and the next generation of entrepreneurs.