Die digitale Welt nachhaltig gestalten 8. Mai 2020

Input Effizienz (auf Deutsch)

Prof. Andrea Vezzini promovierte 1996 an der ETH Zürich in Elektrotechnik und schloss 2002 das Programm für Mastering Technology Enterprises (MTE) am IMD Lausanne erfolgreich ab. Seit 1996 ist er Professor an der Berner Fachhochschule. Derzeit ist Prof. Dr. Andrea Vezzini Leiter des BFH-Zentrums Energiespeicherung und stellvertretender Leiter des Swiss Competence Center Mobility (SCCER). Seit 2015 ist er Mitglied der Eidgenössischen Energieforschungskommission (CORE).

Input Circular Economy (in English)

Laurène Descamps setzt sich für soziale Innovation ein, insbesondere in den Bereichen Politik und Nachhaltigkeit. Im Impact Hub Zürich koordiniert Laurène die Initiative Circular Economy Transition und ist vor Ort für den Circular Economy Incubator sowie den nationalen Aufbau einer lebendigen Gemeinschaft rund um dieses Thema verantwortlich. Als Design Thinking Coach ist es ihr Hauptziel, verschiedene Interessengruppen zusammenzubringen, um an aktuellen dringenden Problemen wie dem Klimawandel zu arbeiten.

Input Circular Economy (in English)

Dirk Hengevoss is an environmental technology engineer with a master degree. He worked over 15 years in the mechanical industry before he joined in 2004 the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW). There, at the School of Life Sciences, he works as senior research associate in teaching and research on sustainable resource management. In H2020, UNIDO, giz, Reffnet, and worldbank projects etc., he gained national and international expertise on cleaner production, industrial symbiosis, waste management and life cycle assessment. He coordinates the development of the CELERO to improve eco-efficiency of industrial networks (funded by BAFU) and is co-autor of the recently published international guidelines on pre- and co-processing of waste in cement production, elaborated by giz,Holcim-Lafarge and FHNW.

Input Transparency (in English)

Elizabeth Woyke is a Korean-American business and technology journalist, who has worked as a reporter and editor at Businessweek, Forbes, and MIT Technology Review. She began writing about smartphones in 2007 - the year the first iPhone was released - and published a book, The Smartphone: Anatomy of an Industry, in 2014. She lives near Boston and is researching her second book. She is a graduate of Yale University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. 

Yannic Bucher studies International Relations at the University of Geneva and is passionate about the intersection of sustainability, politics and social change. As part of the organization «Sustainability Week Switzerland», he contributes to the facilitation of 36 sustainability weeks in 15 Swiss cities. As a board member of the Swiss Association of Student Organizations for Sustainability, Yannic Bucher works closely with various stakeholders, promoting the integration of sustainability in all parts of higher education in Switzerland.

Moritz is currently managing foraus’ project on international digital health and joined the organisation in 2019. He has an academic background in International Relations (University of Geneva) and European Studies (Leiden University). Before joining foraus, Moritz had been working on different political topics from the perspective of international organisations (WTO), Swiss diplomacy (Swiss Mission to the EU) and industry advocacy.

Carmen Ferri ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut Public Sector Transformation der BFH Wirtschaft. Sie interessiert sich für soziale und ökologische Nachhaltigkeit, Smart City und Open-Innovation-Ansätze.

Karin Fink is working at the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), where she is responsible for the Swiss State of the Environment Report. Other activities focus on forward looking and transformation research. Karin Fink is also contributing to a variety of projects outside FOEN in the area of relational art, learning and community building – always creating intersections with sustainability topics.

Julia Gubler studiert im letzten Semester für den Bachelor in Internationalen Beziehungen, und ist seit einem Jahr für den Think Tank foraus – Forum Aussenpolitik in der Genfer Regio-Gruppe als Freiwillige aktiv. Fasziniert von verschiedenen Themen der Aussenpolitik, organisiert sie Konferenzen und Debatten, und war als letztes an der Organisation einer transnationalen Policy Kitchen zu Feminist Foreign Policy Kitchen beteiligt.

Oskar Jönsson ist bei foraus Co-Leiter des Programms Umwelt, Verkehr und Energie, studiert im Master Umweltnaturwissenschaften an der ETH Zürich und hat in Beijing und Hong Kong jeweils ein Austauschsemester absolviert. Oskar interessiert sich insbesondere für die Vereinbarkeit von Umwelt- und Wirtschaftspolitik sowie für klassische Umwelt-Themen wie Biodiversität und Klimaschutz. 

Lara Twerenbold is an undergraduate student from Zurich, currently studying International Relations at the University of Geneva. Working as a volunteer at the Swiss Think Tank foraus and the London-based organization Women in Foreign Policy, Lara is passionate about the intersection of gender and foreign policy, as well as digitalization and structural inequality.