Trustvalley Meets Silicon Valley

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

Together with our Swiss Business Hub USA, we are proud to co-organize this event along with Trust Valley, swissnex San Francisco, and the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco in favor of Swiss start-up companies active in the fields of fintech, cybersecurity and IT. Join us !

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.

10 Swiss start-up companies from Tech4Trust have been selected to pitch:

Strong.Network
CYSEC
Kimbocare
DuoKey
X80 Security
NYM Technology
Clearwater Dynamics
Decentriq
Inpher
PXL Vision

Join us on Wednesday, 24 March at 8am in San Francisco, and 4pm in Switzerland.

Information

Date
Target audience	Any interested person & Swiss start-up companies in the fields of fintech, cybersecurity and IT
Organizer	Trust Valley, swissnex San Francisco, the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, and Switzerland Global Enterprise/Swiss Business Hub USA
Event language	English
Cost of participating	Free of charge
Speakers	Keynote speaker: Mitchell Baker, CEO of Mozilla Corporation, Chairwoman Mozilla Foundation Panel speakers: Brandie Nonnecke, PhD is Founding Director of the CITRIS Policy Lab Heather Loomis, Partner and Managing Director of Fund Strategy at Glynn Capital Yves Daccord, Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Agenda

16:00 ǀ Welcome by the Swiss Consul of Switzerland in San Francisco - Benedikt Wechsler 16:05 ǀ A conversation with Mitchell Baker 16:25 ǀ 1st Round start ups – Questions from Gioia Deucher, CEO Swissnex in SF 16:40 ǀ Panel : Exploring Trust & the Future of Digital Privacy Solutions with Brandie Nonnecke, Heather Loomis and Yves Daccord 17:05 ǀ 2nd Round startups – Questions from Karine Wittmer, Trade Commissioner Switzerland Global Enterprise/SBH USA 17:20 ǀ Wrap Up & Next Steps by Lennig Pedron, Trust Valley Director & Yannick Heiniger, Deputy CEO, Swissnex in SF 17:30 ǀ Networking with the all the panel speakers