Young innovators in Vaud will once again be given the chance to kindle their entrepreneurial spirit at the Silicon Valley Startup Camp (SVSC), which will take place from 10 to 17 September 2017. The application deadline for this fifth edition of the Startup Camp is 30 April, via the Camp’s Facebook page.
The idea behind the Silicon Valley Startup Camp is to give local high-potential students interested in setting up their own business the chance to gain first-hand exposure to the entrepreneurial mindset that is so pervasive in Silicon Valley. As in the past, Startup Camp attendees will have a packed schedule with customized workshops, visits to universities, hands-on innovation workshops, meetings with venture capitalists, and insider tours of companies such as AirBnB, Facebook, and Twitter.
The Startup Camp is being organized in collaboration with Swissnex San Francisco, a Swiss organization created to strengthen ties between Switzerland and North America in the areas of science, education, art and innovation. The project is being promoted on Facebook and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), the University of Lausanne (UNIL), and the School of Business and Engineering-Vaud (HEIG-VD). Students are invited to apply by 30 April via the Silicon Valley Startup Camp Facebook page (in English, one page maximum).
Up to ten budding entrepreneurs will be selected by a jury made up of representatives from each project partner. The 2017 edition of the Camp will take place from 10 to 17 September.
The Silicon Valley Startup Camp is being financed and run by BCV, which initiated the project, in collaboration with UNIL, EPFL, HEIG-VD, the Vaud Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CVCI), the Fondation pour l’Innovation Technologique, Swissnex, and the Journal des arts et métiers.
A press conference will be held at 10:00 am today at the Lausanne Palace & Spa Hotel to kick off this fifth edition of the SVSC, describe the innovation ecosystem in French-speaking Switzerland, and showcase some of the startups created by SVSC alumni.
Lausanne, Switzerland, 28 March 2017
Contact information
Christian Jacot-Descombes, Press Officer
Tel.: + 41 21 212 28 61
Email: christian.jacot-descombes@bcv.ch
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