SwissHacks Celebration & Networking Night
Date
06.05.2025 17:30 - 21:30
Location
Pestalozzi Rechtsanwälte, Feldeggstrasse 4, 8008 Zürich
Register
Join us for an exclusive SwissHacks Celebration Night, a festive networking side event to the Point Zero Forum, co-hosted by AMINA Bank, and in collaboration with Nordic Fintech Week and Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law.
If you want to attend, contact us at news@startupticker.ch, we have a couple of free tickets.
What to Expect
17:30 Doors Opening
18:00 Welcoming Words
18:05 Keynote
Global FinTech leader and best-selling author Chris Skinner takes the stage for a keynote.
18:15 SwissHacks Winner Pitches
We’ll hear from the winners of SwissHacks, Switzerland’s premier government-backed hackathon, conceptualized and organized by the Swiss Financial Innovation Desk (FIND), powered by Tenity. The six winning teams will pitch their innovative prototype solutions developed in just 48 hours during SwissHacks, showcasing how the latest solutions are solving real-world problems in the financial industry.
18:40 Panel Discussion: “Smart, Safe & Scalable: Building & Sustaining Trust”
Following the pitches, a high-calibre panel discussion will explore the pressing question for financial players (both big and small): how to build & sustain trust. The panel features voices as:
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Jeff Schiemann - Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
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Sabrina Wollenschläger - Blockchain Lab, HSLU
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Firas Nadim Habach - Central Europe MLRO and Swiss Head of Financial Crime Compliance at Revolut
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Jessica Reinier - Managing Director of Digital Finance at the IIF
The panel will feature thought leaders from fintech, academia, regulation, and public policy, and will be moderated by Tanya König, Swiss TV host and journalist.
19:10 🍽️ Networking Dinner
The evening will conclude with a relaxed networking dinner overlooking Lake Zurich — the perfect moment to continue the conversation, meet fellow guests, and enjoy an evening with leaders of the Swiss and global financial ecosystem.
The new Swiss Venture Capital Report was published on 26 January. It analyses 304 financing rounds closed in 2020 and includes further article such as an interview with Michael Hengartner, President of the ETH Board, and a list of Swiss "soonicorns". 
