SEF.Growth Event with UBS - Strategic Partnerships

How can start-ups and corporates work together effectively? How can they overcome cultural and structural differences, as well as product scaling and integration challenges? How can they improve communication and align decision-making processes to combine the start-up's agility with the corporate's scalability? The collaboration between Iprova and Microsoft illustrates the potential unlocked when start-up innovation is supported by corporate scale.

In 2021, Swiss AI scale-up Iprova joined the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub Program, providing Iprova with access to Microsoft’s technology platform and support from technical and business resources. The close collaboration and the global scaling opportunity with offering their software solution on the Azure commercial marketplace to Microsoft customers, has further supported Iprova’s growth. This year, the companies have further collaborated to organise a conference to explore the successes and challenges in the fascinating and rapidly evolving field of AI-powered invention.
Program

6.00 pm - Door opening & refreshments

6.30 pm -  Welcome note by Yves Felder, Head Corporates & Institutional Clients Romandie, UBS Switzerland AG
Lukas Frösch, Director Entrepreneurship, NZZ Connect

6.40 pm - Introduction to the topic and presentation of the collaboration case by Julian Nolan, Founder & CEO, Iprova AG

6.45 pm - Keynote

7.00 pm - Panel Discussion with Julian Nolan, Founder & CEO, Iprova AG
Roberta Massa, ISV Lead, Microsoft Switzerland
Christian Mähr, Head Strategic Initiatives & Ecosystems, UBS Switzerland AG

7.30 pm - Closing words by Patrick Forte, Head Corporate Finance, UBS Switzerland AG
Lukas Frösch, Director Entrepreneurship, NZZ Connect

 Networking-Apero

9.30 pm - Door closing