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Explore the interconnectedness between Swiss and US innovation ecosystems.
How do ideas, technologies, and innovation spread across borders? Inspired by the REFRESH Exhibition: Algorithmic Entanglements currently on display at Swissnex, and the quantum physics concept at its heart, this year’s Swissnex Alumni Night explores the deep interconnections between Swiss and global innovation ecosystems.
Quantum physics tells us that entangled particles remain connected regardless of distance, their identities emerging not from themselves alone but from their relationship. What does that mean beyond the subatomic — for how we collaborate, create, and innovate across borders? Through cross-disciplinary talks and discussions, experts from quantum science, design thinking, architecture, and the arts will share how entanglement shows up in their own practice and experience — and what it means to build genuine connection within systems we cannot fully see, but are already inside.
Join us for an evening of exploration, exchange, and inspiration — where ideas, disciplines, and people become entangled, and something larger than any one of us begins to emerge.
Program
- 5:30pm – Doors Open
- 6:00pm – Opening Words and Alumni Chapter Presentations
- 6:20pm – Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
- 7:30pm – Networking Reception
- 8:30pm – Doors Close
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Event start time
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San Francisco
5:30PM
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Anaïs Roger
Co-Founder of AmioAnaïs Roger is the co-founder of Amio, a San Francisco-based hospitality and community concept creating curated experiences designed to foster meaningful human connection. Deeply experience-driven, she brings a strong background in hospitality and event design. Before Amio, she founded Anoma, a company specializing in exceptional dining experiences across France and Switzerland. Through Amio, she now channels her passion for creating thoughtful, memorable moments for a growing community in San Francisco and worldwide.
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Armand Niederberger
Executive Director of the SPRC at Stanford UniversityArmand Niederberger is the Executive Director of the Stanford Photonics Research Center and Founder & CEO of ExNada Inc. Originally from Switzerland, he studied Physics at EPFL, wrote his Master’s thesis on quantum cryptography at the University of Geneva, and completed his PhD on ultracold quantum systems at ICFO in Barcelona. After his PhD, he joined Stanford University as a scientist before spending ten years in industry at HP Labs and various startups, working on algorithms, AI, and software engineering. Throughout, his career in physics has brought him into direct contact with several Nobel laureates, including Alain Aspect, Roy Glauber, W.E. Moerner, and Steve Chu. He bridges academia and industry, and his perspective on physics is shaped as much by building real systems as by studying fundamental science.
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Emma von Tschammer
Co-Founder of AmioEmma von Tschammer is the co-founder of Amio, a community-driven hospitality concept based in San Francisco that brings people together through intimate dinners, creative workshops, and meaningful gatherings. With a background in hospitality and entrepreneurship, she studied at EHL Hospitality Business School and X-HEC Entrepreneurs. She is currently focused on developing Amio as a new model for fostering connection, community, and memorable offline experiences in San Francisco and beyond.
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Nelson Diallo
Head of Data Partnerships at HandshakeNelson is Head of Data Partnerships at Handshake, where he partners with leading AI labs to build the data foundations behind next-generation models.
Previously, he spent two years at Scale AI, helping scale the company through its $14.3B Meta-backed investment. Across his career, he has led strategic partnerships while building high-leverage networks of researchers and engineers across the Bay Area, London, and Zurich.
He spent his early years in Geneva and holds a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen.
