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Next Stop: Hyperloop

Next Stop: How to Build Hyperloop

Making the future of sustainable mobility tangible and showcase leading efforts and projects towards a zero-emission future of transportation.

Next Stop: The Future of Boring

How will people travel in 20 years? Hyperloop is a proposed mode of transportation which consists of pods transported at high speed through the length of low-pressure tubes. These tubes are elevated off the ground due to a lack of air resistance or friction. The concept of using low-pressure or vacuum tubes as part of a transportation system has a long heritage.

Join the conversation with thought-leaders and experts from Silicon Valley and Europe to learn more about the future of transportation and how these new services will be integrated into the urban mobility landscape. We will discuss this with the Swiss Railways, which bring in expertise in tunnel construction and infrastructure, and with Eurotube, a Swiss Startup developing the infrastructure for hyperloop. During the panel, we will discuss how rail and hyperloop can learn from each other and thrive together. Topics like infrastructure heavy project management as well as innovation in mobility will be covered in the live panel as well.
This is the second panel of the second conversation of the four part series Next Stop: Approaching the Future of Mobility that surfaces ideas and insights from mobility experts in four main areas: micromobility, simulation of mobility, hyperloop, and autonomous vehicles. This series is a collaboration between the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), and swissnex San Francisco, and will feature a mix of panels and presentations with thought-leaders, presentations from leading startups, insights into the most cutting-edge new vehicles, networking opportunities, and more.

Program

  • 9:00am – Introduction by Gioia Deucher, CEO swissnex SF
  • 9:05am – Overview with all panelists (moderated by Andreas Jossen)
  • 9:45am – Q&A
  • 9:55am – Conclusion
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Event start time

  • Switzerland + San Francisco

    9:00AM

  • California

    9:00AM

  • USA

    11:00AM

  • Boston and New York

    12:00PM

  • Brazil

    2:00PM

  • China

    1:00AM

  • India

    10:30PM

  • Switzerland

    6:00PM

  • Boston

    12:00PM

  • San Francisco

    9:00AM

Host

Andreas Jossen
Andreas Jossen

Andreas represents Switzerland’s largest mobility provider SBB CFF FFS in Silicon Valley, as Head of Technology & Innovation Outpost in San Francisco. His mission is to find and connect the best startups to the railway business and to open new business opportunities.Andreas is an Innovation and Business Development professional with experience in the Mobility and Telecommunications industry. He is passionate about startups and engaging with technology and innovation leaders to discover business opportunities.

Bios

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    Bio

    Diana Zhou

    Senior Director of Global Alliances and Policy, Virgin Hyperloop

    Diana is the Senior Director of Global Alliances and Policy on Virgin Hyperloop’s Projects team and leads strategic company initiatives related to project and regional opportunities, analyzing critical decisions on project development to achieve commercialization goals and identifying key risks. She is also a member of the Global Shapers community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum.

  • Bio

    Fabio Dubois

    Director, EuroTube Foundation

    Fabio designs cross-technology subsystems for the world’s first test track for high-speed vacuum transport at Eurotube. He strives to shape the future of mobility by developing environmentally sustainable, smart and automated infrastructure solutions. He coordinates applied research projects to demonstrate a zero-emission transport mode on the open research platform AlphaTube and is the initiator of the Vacuum Transport Research Seminar at ETH Zurich.

  • Bio

    Jo Haller

    Senior Innovation Consultant, SBB

    Jo is responsible for innovation projects at SBB’s infrastructure division. Jo knows the railway business like few others, having experience in fleet management, supply chain management, purchasing and infrastructure management. Before the railway industry, Jo Haller worked for SR Technics and Swissair in the aviation industry where he gained lots of technical capabilities and an understanding for complex transportation systems.

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    Bio

    Mark van Heijningen

    Chief Digital Officer, cablex AG

    cablex AG specializes in the construction, maintenance and operation of high-performance ICT and network infrastructure solutions, as well as the planning and implementation of forward-looking “Smart Infrastructure” projects. Mark is responsible for the transformation of cablex to embrace the opportunities driven by digitalization. Before his current position, Mark was Head of Smart City at Swisscom B2B and held various positions in strategy, partner management and business IT consulting.

Partner

This event is presented in partnership with the Swiss Federal Railways SBB CFF FFS.

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  • Next Stop Micromobility

    Next Stop: Micromobility

    Explore how public spaces can be turned into micromobility hubs and what key elements have to be considered.

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