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THE SWISSTECH CONVENTION CENTER
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- Mr. Béat Kunz, managing director
1 THE SWISSTECH CONVENTION CENTER MEETING DIFFERENTLY Mr. Bat Kunz, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
1 THE SWISSTECH CONVENTION CENTER MEETING DIFFERENTLY Mr. Bat Kunz, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
ICCA MEDITERRANEAN CHAPTER SUMMIT 2014 THE SWISSTECH CONVENTION CENTER 1 THE SWISSTECH CONVENTION CENTER MEETING DIFFERENTLY Mr. Bat Kunz, managing director ICCA Mediterranean Chapter, Summit February 2014 2 ICCA MEDITERRANEAN CHAPTER
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ICCA MEDITERRANEAN CHAPTER SUMMIT 2014
TO FISH YOU NEED A NET, A BOAT AND A HARBOR…
Content Time I. Reflections about the theme
2 min
II. Fiching
6 min
- III. Building a boat at EPFL
10 min
A. Ideas move people, things and means 4 min B. To fish you need a net, a boat and a harbor 6 min
- IV. Concluding remarks
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ICCA MEDITERRANEAN CHAPTER SUMMIT 2014
FISHING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
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I Reflections about the theme
TO FISH YOU NEED A NET, A BOAT AND A HARBOR…
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WHAT ABOUT FISHING IN SWITZERLAND ?
ICCA MEDITERRANEAN CHAPTER SUMMIT 2014
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- Swiss demographic, economic and geophysical conditions
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I Reflections about the theme
TO FISH YOU NEED A NET, A BOAT AND A HARBOR…
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8 IDEAS MOVE PEOPLE, THINGS AND MEANS
II FICHING
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EPFL Education – Research - Innovation
- ur harbor
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- ur boat
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- ur net
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- ur net
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III BUILDING A BOAT AT EPFL
A IDEAS MOVE PEOPLE, THING AND MEANS
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III BUILDING A BOAT A IDEAS MOVE PEOPLE, THINGS AND MEANS
- Anticipating on future developments, needs and challenges
– Developments: navigating at EPFL
- The collision course
- Tacking
- The current course
– Needs: buoyancy – Challenges: weather conditions
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III BUILDING A BOAT NAVIGATING AT EPFL
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The collision course: evolution of the public resources versus growth of EPFL
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III BUILDING A BOAT NAVIGATING AT EPFL
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Tacking: rapid evolution of third party funding at EPFL
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Congress Center Innovation Square Student Housing PPP Economy PPP City EPFL Campus PPP Science Photovoltaic production plant Rolex Learning Center Hotel Sport center Microtechnology Mall
The current course: PPPs as links between Science, City and Economy
III BUILDING A BOAT NAVIGATING AT EPFL
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III BUILDING A BOAT BUOYONCY
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- A boat needs to float
- Need to respond to existing and future needs
- meeting ambition: EPFL = top 10 technology universities in the world
by 2020 (growth, visibility)
- lack of advanced infrastructures and organizational support to
- rganize scientific conferences (technology transfer)
- acute needs in terms of student housing (urban, lively campus)
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III BUILDING A BOAT THE WEATHER
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- A boat is subject to weather conditions
- Need to adequately respond to challenges related to:
- general trends:
- Globalisation
- Technology
- The global economic and financial crisis
- complex, highly competitive and rapidly changing academic environment
– Academic environment: growth versus limitations public financing (PPP)
- complex, highly competitive and rapidly changing events environments
– Why do people go to conferences?
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AT EPFL III BUILDING A BOAT
B TO FISH YOU NEED A NET, A BOAT AND A HARBOR
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III BUILDING A BOAT B TO FISH YOU NEED A NET, A BOAT, AND A HARBOR
- Designing and constructing a boat
– Our philosophy – Our idea – Our fairway – Our hull
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OUR PHILOSOPHY
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- Quartier Nord
- Tool to transfer knowledge of and at EPFL
- Going beyond a conventional conference center incorporating:
- a shopping center
- student accommodation
- hotel accommodation to delegates
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III BUILDING A BOAT OUR FAIRWAY
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Surface rights General Lease Overall organizational contract
- wner buildings
Investor / Owner
MEG Ecublens CCR Credit Suisse Asset Management Funds
Land owner
SQNE Atrium (Triaudes)
Sub-lease
- perating agreement
Sublease contracts for specific activities
Principal tenant Owners Entrepreneurs Managing organization Les Arcades Shops & services SwissTech Hotel Guests SwissTech Convention Center Event organizers Parking Customer shopping & services Students Students and academic guests Sub-tenants
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III BUILDING A BOAT OUR HULL
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III BUILDING A BOAT OUR HULL
Development model
- Responding to complex, highly competitive and rapidly changing environments by
- creating a pro-active and pragmatic attitude (responding to short and long term needs)
- whilst showing flexibility and an ability to innovate
– Academic environment: focus on PPP, transfer of knowledge, speed of execution – Events environment: focus on re-configurability and organizational support
- Platform for various kind of conferences, internal and external
- Market space for conferences with small exhibitions
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- Development model
– Fostering a pioneering, entrepreneurial spirit – whilst adhering to its institutional and cultural identity
- Continue to amalgamating local and national roots of EPFL with its
– European roots – international culture
- Simultaneously, pursuing to assimilate science, technology, culture and art
- Reflecting multi-cultural dimension as well as academic diversity of EPFL
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THE SWISSTECH CONVENTION CENTER
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IV CONCLUDING REMARKS
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THE SWISSTECH CONVENTION CENTER
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- Mr. Béat Kunz, managing director