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🌟Galventa AG Shares Their #Startup Camp Experience in Korea!! 🌟 As part of the Start-up Camp, powered by Innosuisse and managed by Swissnex, GALVENTA has been exploring Korea’s vibrant #startup ecosystem and meeting inspiring founders. We hope these experiences have brought fresh perspectives and exciting ideas to fuel their vision! Here’s what İdil Banoğlu, Key Account Manager at GALVENTA, shared: "We have successfully completed the Market Validation Camp in Seoul, supported by Innosuisse. The camp provided valuable insights into the Korean market through meetings with industry experts, local hospitals and service providers, where we introduced our nutraceutical brand B・SYNC®. It was also an opportunity to reconnect with existing partners, paving the way for new growth opportunities. Special thanks to NaEun Kim, Minyong Lee and Laura Acosta for their outstanding support throughout this journey". We look forward to seeing GALVENTA’s continuous growth and success in Korea and beyond! Alessandra Apicella Laura Acosta Minyong Lee NaEun Kim Ji Yeon (Ellen) Lee Hongwon Baik

📢Swiss Carbon Removal Pioneer Climeworks Featured in Korean Media 🌍 Chris Wei, Head of Strategic Partnerships for Asia Pacific spoke with The The Korea Economic Daily about the crucial role of the Asia-Pacific region in tackling climate change during his recent visit to Korea. In the article in emphasized that: 🗣️ "The Asia-Pacific region is an emerging area of significance. It has the largest population and high carbon emissions, but it is also a hub of innovation. While the region faces significant challenges, there is strong determination to address them through innovative solutions. Korea, China, and Japan are global leaders in climate innovation. Decarbonization in the Asia-Pacific will contribute substantially to global efforts. We are already actively engaging with many Korean companies and look forward to deepening partnerships in this market." Look forward to Climeworks’ potential collaborations in Korea and the region, driving decarbonization efforts and fostering impactful solutions and innovation! Read in ENG: https://lnkd.in/gusiKb_7 #Decarbonization #AsiaPacific #Climeworks #Sustainability #ESG Alessandra Apicella Minyong Lee Laura Acosta NaEun Kim Andrea Clementi Sun Chung Soyeon Gwon Okjeong Monica Baik

Welcome to Korea to our VET delegation promoting the NextStep program in the very first day of a (too) early Korean winter 🥶They are ready to warm up with a full week of exchanges with Korean and foreign organizations. *NextStep is a program promoted by Canton Vaud and Canton Zurich, and sponsored by Movetia – Echanges et mobilité. It offers 3 to 6 months working experience in a foreign country to young graduates from baccalauraete Swiss Vocational Education and Training (VET) system. VET covers about 240 professions and it is chosen by about 65% of Swiss students. The NextStep program is already in its pilot phase in Brazil, India, Japan and the US supported by our Swissnex collegues. It is now taking its NextStep in Korea! Pierre Fantys Ramon Leemann Jérôme Pittet Tatiana Benavides Damm Ji Yeon (Ellen) Lee Alessandra Apicella Minyong Lee Laura Acosta NaEun Kim Hongwon Baik Suna Kim Miguel La Plante-Perez Régis Nyffeler Roman Kern Swissnex in Brazil Swissnex in India, Consulate General of Switzerland Olivia Gachoud Consulate of Switzerland, Swissnex in Japan

Today, we visited the Sangju Smart Farm Innovation Valley, one of four centers established by South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture and managed by regional provinces and cities. Each center focuses on distinct technologies, allowing Korean companies to test and refine their agritech solutions. The data collected from these smart greenhouses are utilized by the Rural Development Administration to inform policies and initiatives. Every year, 50 young farmers enroll in education programs at the center, gaining access to greenhouse leases to kickstart their agricultural ventures. Local farming communities also benefit from the innovation center by utilizing its advanced facilities. So why were Alessandra and Ji Yeon (Ellen) Lee there? Stay tuned for our upcoming “Soil Stories” this spring, part of the Swissnex for the Planet Campaign! Tatiana Benavides Damm Roman Kern Régis Nyffeler Hongwon Baik Minyong Lee Laura Acosta NaEun Kim Miguel La Plante-Perez Swissnex in Boston and New York

What would you answer to the question “Can a relationship with a chatbot really work?” Experts from China, India, Japan and Korea joined the producers of Einstein TV to discuss this theme following the screening of the documentary “AI: can a relationship with a chatbot really work?” in occasion of the 6th Global Science Film Festival. Audience participated locally from all the Swissnex locations in East Asia and India. We would like to thank all the Korea based guests and visitors who joined us at the Embassy in Seoul on a Friday afternoon and continued discussing about the leading question also during the aperitif. We had FULL HOUSE and happy people :) Thanks to Prof. @dasom lee, our expert from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology for her contribution in the discussion! It was a great cooperation Samer Angelone Swissnex in India, Consulate General of Switzerland Swissnex in China Consulate of Switzerland, Swissnex in Japan Science & Technology Office Tokyo Minyong Lee Hongwon Baik Ji Yeon (Ellen) Lee Régis Nyffeler Roman Kern Tatiana Benavides Damm Miguel La Plante-Perez Alessandra Apicella

In the framework of her visit to Korea, the President of the Council of States Eva Herzog visited Ewha Womans University, groundbreaking institution founded in 1886 as the first educational institution for women in Korea at a time when education for women was not common or widely accepted in Korean society. Over the years, Ewha has grown significantly, continuing to prioritize female empowerment and education, topics still sadly of actuality in Korea and beyond. The visit continued to the Center for Quantum Nanoscience based in the campus. The President and delegation could learn about the cutting edge research in a presentation and lab tour guided by Prof. Fabio Donati and QNS scientists. In addition, the role of QNS and efforts in creating a cultural and gender diverse research environment have been highlighted by Caroline Hommel in the introduction to the #WomenInScience initiative. At QNS 50% of researchers are international and 57% are women! The President and the delegation enjoyed the vibrant exchanges with enthusiast scientists also over lunch. Thanks to the President and International Team of Ewha Womans University and QNS team for their preparation and welcome. Dagmar Schmidt Tartagli Alessandra Apicella Miguel La Plante-Perez Régis Nyffeler Roman Kern Tatiana Benavides Damm Ji Yeon (Ellen) Lee Hongwon Baik Min Jihee Minyong Lee @seokyong choi

🎉 Last Friday we concluded our intensive 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀-𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 with an introduction to Basel Area Business & Innovation, its history and rich Life Science Ecosystem and the offerings and facilities of Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area 💡Basel is not only known for its Life Science cluster but also for its tradition in Arts, Culture and Architecture, so during the tour we also enjoyed the beautiful complex designed by renowned Swiss architects 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝘇𝗼𝗴 & 𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗻 🙏 Thank you Paul Eschmann and Franziska Dornblut for the comprehensive presentation and interesting tour! Special thanks also to Felix K. for the introduction of CSEM 🔍   Some of us enjoyed lunch with our friends from Innovation Office University of Basel 🍕 Thanks for hosting us at your cool office Christian Elias Schneider Alessandro Mazzetti and Hailey Kim 👋

[ 🎉 Day 4 of the 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀-𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 ] ✨ Last Thursday was our big public event - the 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀-𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 titled "𝙐𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨: 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝" hosted at beautiful Novartis Campus. This is a yearly event but it was the first time in 5 years to take place in Switzerland: Including the delegation from Korea, the event brought together about 110 participants from all over Switzerland. 👀 🎊 We were honored to welcome Matthias Leuenberger, Conradin Cramer, @Chang-rok Keum, Jacques Ducrest, @Yongwoong Jeon opening the symposium and sharing about the cooperation between Switzerland and Korea. 🤝 🤖The morning session explored developments of 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲. Following keynotes by Ann Aerts and Marc Cikes, we enjoyed contributions from In Seok Moon, Raphael Guzman, Jay (Jaehyun) Lee, Michael Krauthammer and a discussion masterfully moderated by Phil Norris 💡 🚀 Before lunch Sophie Cerny also introduced us to Switzerland Innovation 🧠 The afternoon session was about 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: After great contributions by Azad Bonni, Kyuhwa Lee, Jake Junkil Been, Olaf Blanke , Daesoo Kim and Minee-Liane Choi, Christian Elias Schneider shined moderating a discussion mainly focused on international collaborations. 🌱 The event was followed by "𝙀𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝘾𝙡𝙪𝙗 32" organized by Innovation Office University of Basel 🙌 Big thanks to everyone helping behind the scenes!! Josias Planta, Rahel Schneider, Piotr Chawraj Tatiana Benavides Damm, Jose L. Ocana-Pujol 📷 Special thanks to our photographer Irina Mayer 🙏 Thank you 👏 Co-organizers Swissnex and @KHIDI 👏 Sponsors State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI , Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Novartis, Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific, Roche, Switzerland Innovation 👏 Partner City Kanton Basel-Stadt Novartis Foundation, Debiopharm, 뉴로핏 (Neurophet), JNPMEDI Youngchan Park @Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Swiss Confederation @Hana Oh @Daeun Lee

🌟조선비즈 CHOSUNBIZ featured one of the 🇰🇷 delegation’s top stops during the 🇨🇭🇰🇷 Life Science Week: Universitätsklinik Balgrist We’re thrilled to share this first in a series of articles covering the Swiss-Korean Life Science Week and the Symposium. In this piece, journalist Lee Byung-chul highlights Balgrist University Hospital as a center of medical education and tech innovation. From AR-based surgical training to robotics and 3D printing, Balgrist is pioneering cutting-edge healthcare advances, all under one roof. 🩺💡 Their OR-X operating room, powered by NVIDIA’s high-performance computing, captures every movement digitally, driving research and education forward. 🤖💻 With partnerships at the University of Zurich and ETH Zürich, the hospital is helping shape the future of medicine! As Thomas Huggler, Managing Director at Balgrist University Hospital, shares, “Every doctor at Balgrist is also a scientist, pushing the boundaries of current treatments to shape the future of medicine.” A big thank you to journalist Lee Byung-chul for this insightful feature and to everyone involved in showcasing Swiss excellence in healthcare! 🙏 Stay tuned—more articles will come! Sebastiano Caprara Didier Surdez Fabio Carrillo Flora Vajda Balgrist Campus AG Alessandra Apicella Laura Acosta Minyong Lee Hongwon Baik NaEun Kim Ji Yeon (Ellen) Lee

🎉 Day 3 of the 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀-𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 ✨ Our third day started with a beautiful view over Lausanne from CHUV | Lausanne university hospital where we learned about The Sense and its 3 research axes on human senses (𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗖𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 & 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮) and funding mechanisms between Switzerland and South Korea. 💬 We warmed up with 𝟯𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 where all attendees shared areas of potential collaboration before moving into breakout groups to discuss further. 🤝 🙌 Thank you for your contributions In Seok Moon, Lukas Anschuetz, @DongHyeon Kim, Jaime Barranco Hernández, Hyun Jin Ryu, Jean-Paul Calbimonte, Yun-Jae Won, Noah Richert, Minee-Liane Choi, Matthew Vowels, Soobin Lee, Ruxandra I. Tivadar, Jay (Jaehyun) Lee, @Maelan Menetrey, Chai-Youn Kim Si Young Song 👏 Big thank you to Micah M. Murray for the wonderful organization and Dafflon Denis for introducing us to University of Lausanne - UNIL and encouraging more exchanges to foster cooperation! ✈️ 🚌 Heading to Basel (passing lots of cows on the way 🐄) we had the honor of a reception by Conradin Cramer, mayor of Kanton Basel-Stadt at spacious Biozentrum, University of Basel where our delegation met Hailey Kim and currently visiting Korean startup cohort from 𝗦𝗲𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺. 🥂