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Activities
- Annual IFL conference: facilitating the interaction of EPFL talents with representatives from industry, policy making and the startup ecosystem, to encourage them to think out of the box and dream together, thus allowing them to come up with interdisciplinary innovations for a sustainable future. The conference is usually held in spring of each year at Forum Rolex at EPFL and focuses on a globally relevant topic of innovation.
- IMAGINE IF! accelerator: forwarding and promoting EPFL-born startup projects towards industry, investors and policy makers within the entire Innovation Forum network, thereby accelerating the appearance of Lausanne’s disruptive technologies on the global scene. IMAGINE IF! teams compete on the global level for a non-dilutive cash prize of $30'000.
- Innovation Leaders Conference (ILC): exposing EPFL talents to the global innovation stage, giving them the opportunity to network with key opinion leaders from innovation, industry, investment (business angels and venture capitalists), policy making and non-governmental organizations. ILC is usually held in fall of each year at Cambridge University, UK.
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Email contact
Entire committee
Presidents only
Postal address
IFL (Innovation Forum Lausanne)
c/o EPFL VPAA-DAF
Centre Est - CE1 530
Station 1
CH - 1015 Lausanne
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Mission
The Innovation Forum seeks to promote scientific innovation by building bridges between academia, industry and government and linking innovative minds across disciplines. The Innovation Forum is a global network of innovative companies, entrepreneurs, investors, researchers and policy makers with branches in Europe, Asia and North America. This gives us the unique ability to think and act in an international, cross-cultural context and enable global synergies for our members and partners.
