16 billion Swiss francs for Research and Development
Switzerland belongs to the economies, where research and development are highest allocations of the GDP. The private sector contributes about two-thirds of the expenditure, which currently represents nearly 3% of GDP or about 16 billion Swiss francs.
Innovation, Creativity, Design
The Swiss Innovation Forum 2013 focuses the knowledge of the world’s leading institutions from the fields of research and innovation. It is an event to experiencing firsthand the newest findings of research and teaching. The Forum let the participants be inspired by new technologies and offer them the opportunity to discuss with the various opinion leaders about future trends and new markets.
The Swiss Innovation Forum brings the global benchmarks into Switzerland!
In order to successfully exist in today’s global competition five important success factors must be adapted to each other and their resulting demands fulfilled. The Swiss Innovation Forum shows how one can recognize, at the right moment, the demands of the market and how one can successfully convert clever, innovative ideas into products and services. In today’s competitive climate, good ideas for marketable products are only successfully and rapidly implemented if commerce, politics, science and management in Switzerland work closely and efficiently together. The Swiss Innovation Forum forms an active national platform for interdisciplinary dialogue and focuses all available strengths within Switzerland towards a common goal: Growth through innovation.
Besides about 900 CEOs and decision-makers from the Swiss KMU, the event expects representatives of national and internationally leading organisations and institutions from research, science and politics to attend the meeting of the Swiss Innovation Forum. The target audience will be entrepreneurs and those whose decisions carry responsibility who specifically want to be informed about the most recent developments in the fields of innovation, creativity und design. Current trends and future markets will be presented and the most recent information imparted in practice-oriented workshops.
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