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Discover the Food Protein Challenge
2 August 2022FoodTech HUB Latam and EIT Food, sponsored by BRF Hub, Bühler, and Givaudan, and supported by ABIA, launched the FOOD PROTEIN CHALLENGE - now open for registration
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Registrations Open for II Food Loss Challenge
27 July 2022Food Tech Hub Latam Br and Bayer’s Life Hub launched the II FOOD LOSS CHALLENGE for startups with initiatives in the food loss and waste chain aligned with Sustainable Development Goals
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Urban Stories: The city as inspiration, motif and imagination
6 July 2022The programme, which premiered in Zurich in early 2020, offers wide-ranging insights into current and traditional Swiss video art in dialogue with Brazilian artists.
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Cyber Startup Challenge 2022
30 June 2022Are you a startup with an innovative solution in the field of network discovery or the security of IoT devices? Apply by August 31, 2022.
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Exhibition City as Forest
14 June 2022What can the city learn from the forest? What urban politics can we practice from the perspective of the forest? To answer these questions and stimulate new reflections around the theme, under the view of arts and science, Swissnex in Brazil, Goethe-Institut, Museum of Tomorrow, and Pro Helvetia South America organized the Residency Program in Art-Science: City as Forest.
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MapTiler: Swiss-Made Maps
19 May 2022Pablo Balbuena explains MapTiler’s technology and business plans during the market entry camp in Brazil
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9th Academia-Industry Training Open for applications
6 May 2022Experience a unique accelerator program and build your network across Brazil and Switzerland. Applications are open until 10 June 2022.
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Re-ignite
22 April 2022On 5 April 2022, we reopened our rooftop in Rio de Janeiro to reconnect with partners and friends of Swissnex in Brazil and exchange on our projects and network. A special night to re-ignite collaborations!
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Residents City as Forest
18 April 2022The participants of the City as Forest residency program have been selected. The program will held between 16 May and 4 June 2022, in its first edition, by the Goethe-Institut in Rio de Janeiro, the Museum of Tomorrow, Swissnex in Brazil and Pro Helvetia South America.
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Paper release: Shift to healthy and sustainable consumption patterns
6 April 2022On 3 June 2021 Swissnex in Brazil and the Science and Technology Office of the Swiss Embassy in Seoul, organized an Independent Dialogue within the United Nations Food Systems Summit to discuss sustainable food systems and share experiences on how to tackle some of its challenges. The article is now available for download.
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The City as Forest Residency Program
24 February 2022The program offers an immersion for research and experimentation, meant for artists scientists interested in developing their work in the urban environment of Rio de Janeiro. The program will held between 16 May and 4 June 2022, in its first edition, by the Goethe-Institut in Rio de Janeiro, the Museum of Tomorrow, Swissnex in Brazil and Pro Helvetia South America.
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Interview with Malin Borg
12 January 2022After spending five years in Switzerland, Malin Borg has returned to Rio de Janeiro as the CEO of Swissnex in Brazil. Read her interview to learn more about her experience and perspectives for the future.
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Ambassador Lazzeri’s visit to Fiocruz
10 December 2021Pietro Lazzari, Swiss Ambassador to Brazil, visited Fiocruz in Rio de Janeiro on 7 December 2021. His delegation included Pedro Capra, Academic Relations Manager at Swissnex in Brazil and Bernhard Furger, Swiss Consul in Rio de Janeiro.
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Connecting artists and scientists: impressions from the “Resilience: Artist in Residence” program
24 September 2021Learn more about this initiative connecting arts and sciences with the residency organized by Silo between 22 August and 12 September 2021. The "Resilience: Artist in Residence" program brought together artists and scientists in a rural setting in the Serrinha do Alambari.
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AIT participants 2021-2022
13 July 2021These are the Brazilian and Swiss scientrepreneurs who will participate in the 8th edition of the AIT. Learn more about them and their innovative projects!
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Urban living, mobility and health: the future of our cities
15 July 2021On 4 March 2021, Swissnex in Brazil hosted a webinar discussing the importance of urban planning and architecture in health and mobility with experts and researchers from EPFL, WHO and USP. Read the article written by our speakers or watch the webinar again here.
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The Swissnex Network rebrands for the future of international collaboration
20 May 2021Switzerland’s global education, research and innovation network rebrands and launches a global website in collaboration with long standing partner Yves Béhar, Founder and Principal Designer, and his team at Fuseproject to reflect the future of international collaboration in an age of digital acceleration.
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AIT Open for Applications
26 March 2021Created to bring innovative products to the market, our Academia-Industry Training (AIT) is open for admission.
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Brazil – Swiss bilateral Call 2021 for R&D proposals
4 March 2021Aproveite este financiamento da EMBRAPII / Innosuisse e agregue valor de cooperação internacional ao seu potencial de mercado
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nex20: #ConnectingTomorrow
15 January 2021The Swissnex Network celebrates its 20th anniversary!
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FoodTech: How will we eat in the future?
3 February 2021A "tell" format collaborative debate between experts
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Watch the interviews of the NexGenLead program
23 February 2021A program created to inspire the world's next generation of leaders
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Post-epidemic or post-capitalism: Reflexions on Covid-19 from Rio de Janeiro
20 November 2020Article written by Tainá de Paula, architect and urban planner, urban struggles activist, specialist in Cultural Heritage. Tainá was a panelist on the “Urban Living and Covid-19: Impacts on Architecture and the Future of Cities” webinar and shares below further insights about the topic with the swissnex community. Enjoy the reading!
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