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Trust Valley Meets Silicon Valley

Trust Valley Meets Silicon Valley

Exploring the relationship between trust and digital transformation to address the digital challenges society is faced with today.

Trust Valley Meets Silicon Valley

We live in complex times where exploring the most pressing questions at the crossroads of technology and humanity is imperative for the future of our society. At the heart of this process, we find trust. Trust emerges as the backbone of a digital transformation that is needed to address the digital challenges society is faced with today.

How do we build trust in complex times? How do we approach trust as we design digital technologies? These are some of the pressing questions we will explore on Wednesday 24 March in the first edition of “Trust Valley meets Silicon Valley”. “Trust Valley meets Silicon Valley” is an initiative bringing together the brightest minds and subject-matter experts from two leading global hubs in technology leadership and cybersecurity: Switzerland and the Bay Area in the United States. What can Switzerland and the Bay Area learn from each other when trust is the key link between technology and society?
As the world’s humanitarian and internet governance capital, Switzerland hosts a rich digital trust and cybersecurity ecosystem such as the Trust Valley–an alliance supported by multiple public, private and academic players based in Switzerland. This event will offer a chance to introduce several startups going through Trust Valley’s Tech4Trust acceleration program and showcase concrete applications that are the link between trust and technology. Join us on Wednesday, 24 March at 8am in San Francisco, and 4pm in Switzerland.

Program

  • 8:00am – Welcome by the Consul of Switzerland in San Francisco, Benedikt Wechsler
  • 8:05am – In conversation with Mitchell Baker
  • 8:25am – 1st round startups – Questions from Gioia Deucher, CEO swissnex SF
  • 8:40am – Panel: Exploring trust and the future of digital privacy solutions with Brandie Nonnecke, Heather Loomis and Yves Daccord
  • 9:05am – 2nd round startups – Questions from Karine Wittmer, Trade Commissioner Swiss Global Enterprise/SBH USA
  • 9:20am – Wrap up and next steps by Lennig Pedron, Trust Valley Director and Yannick Heiniger, Deputy CEO swissnex SF
  • 9:30am – Networking with all the panel speakers
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Event start time

  • Switzerland + San Francisco

    8:00AM

  • California

    8:00AM

  • USA

    10:00AM

  • Boston and New York

    11:00AM

  • Brazil

    12:00PM

  • China

    11:00PM

  • India

    8:30PM

  • Switzerland

    4:00PM

  • Boston

    11:00AM

  • San Francisco

    8:00AM

Keynote

Mitchell Baker
Mitchell Baker

CEO, Mozilla Corporation

Mitchell Baker co-founded the Mozilla Project to support the open, innovative web and ensure it continues offering opportunities for everyone. As CEO of Mozilla Corporation, Mitchell is focused on accelerating the growth levers for the core Firefox browser product and platform, while investing in innovative solutions to mitigate the biggest challenges facing the internet. As Chairwoman of Mozilla for the last two decades, Mitchell Baker has been responsible for organizing and motivating a massive, worldwide, collective of employees and volunteers who are building the internet as a global public resource, open and accessible to all. Mitchell is deeply engaged in developing product offerings that promote the mission of empowering individuals. She also guides the overall scope and direction of Mozilla’s mission.

Panelist Bios

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    Bio

    Brandie Nonnecke

    Founding Director, CITRIS Policy Lab

    Brandie has expertise in information and communication technology (ICT) policy and internet governance. She studies human rights at the intersection of law, policy, and emerging technologies with her current work focusing on fairness, accountability, and appropriate governance mechanisms for AI. She is a Technology and Human Rights Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.

  • Bio

    Heather Loomis

    Partner and Managing Director of Fund Strategy, Glynn Capital

    Heather is responsible for creating and addressing opportunities within the market to ensure the firm remains at the forefront of technology investing. Heather has been a spokesperson for sustainable investing and an advocate for women’s empowerment and financial education throughout her career. Outside of work, Heather sits on the Advisory Board of Tompkins Conservation.

  • Bio

    Yves Daccord

    Humanist

    Yves is a renowned humanitarian leader, international strategist, influencer and changemaker. His current focus is on the theme of security, social contract and the role of cities at the age of digital surveillance and pandemics, which is the subject of a special initiative he is leading at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and society. From 2010 – March 2020 Yves was Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

Partners

This event is co-organized by swissnex San Francisco, Trust Valley, the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, Switzerland Global Enterprise/Swiss Business Hub USA, and the Greater Geneva Bern Area.

  • Trust Valley Meets Silicon Valley

    Trust Valley Meets Silicon Valley

    We live in complex times where exploring the most pressing questions at the crossroads of technology and humanity is imperative for the future of our society. At the heart of this process, we find trust. Trust emerges as the backbone of a digital transformation that is needed to address the digital challenges society is faced with today. How do we build trust in complex times? How do we approach trust as we design digital technologies? These are some of the pressing questions we will explore on Wednesday 24 March in the first edition of “Trust Valley meets Silicon Valley”.