From Caux to Cloud: Shaping the Future of Technologies and Responsible Businesses

From Caux to Cloud: Shaping the Future of Technologies and Responsible Businesses

2026-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

2026-06-30T20:00:00+00:00

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From Caux to Cloud: Shaping the Future of Technologies and Responsible Businesses At Today's Crossroads — Perspectives from Multiple Disciplines on the Path Ahead EPFL Alumni, Chapter Vaud-Valais, invites you to an exceptional evening at the intersection of technology, ethics, and responsible business on June 30, 2026, at the historic Caux Palace above Montreux. This invitation is also extended to the alumni communities of IMD and EHL — bringing together three distinguished networks around a shared question: how do we shape technology and business that is not only innovative, but genuinely responsible and human?The Caux Palace, a historic monument of national interest and home to the Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation — whose very DNA is ethics — is the ideal setting for this conversation. Participants will also enjoy the rare privilege of a guided visit of this exceptional place before the workshop begins.At the heart of the evening is a dynamic moderated roundtable — an open, interdisciplinary dialogue bringing together exceptional speakers from civil society, government, business, and academia, each with the highest levels of experience and insight. The conversation will be guided by Mary Mayenfisch-Tobin, lawyer and human rights expert, ensuring every perspective is heard and every challenge squarely faced.SpeakersDanièle Gosteli Hauser, Head of Economic relations and Human Rights Amnesty International, Swiss SectionStéphanie P. Lacour, Professor and EPFL Vice-President for support to Strategic Initiatives (VPS)Rémy Friedmann, Senior Advisor at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)Ron Popper, CEO Global Business Initiative on Human Rights, former Head of Corporate Responsibility at ABBWe look forward to welcoming you to this unique evening — a rare opportunity to think together, across disciplines and perspectives, about the world we are building. Program17h30Welcome & Registration18h00Guided Visit of Caux Palace18h45Welcome by Jürg Furrer, President EPFL Alumni, chapter VD-VS18h55Presentation of Caux Initiative of Change (J. Coté, President IofC/ I. Packer, CEO IofC)19h10Moderator's Introduction, Speaker Presentations and Moderated Roundtable with Audience Participation20h30Networking Apéro22h00End of the event 👉 Registration :  mandatory and opens on May 1st 2026 and closes on June 28th 2026📅 Date : Tuesday 30 June 2026📍 Location : Rue du Panorama 2, 1824 Caux⏳ Schedule : 18h00-22h00💲Participation : EPFL Alumni contributors = 45 CHF, EPFL Alumni non-contributors, 65 CHF, NON-EPFL = 65 CHF The Palace de Caux can be reached by car or train (R37 train from Montreux, departing at 5:34 p.m. and arriving at Caux station at 5:56 p.m., then a 3-minute walk to the Palace) For the chapter VD-VSJürg Furrer (CGC’83), President of the committeeDanica Stefanović (EL’07)© Cover picture: Caux Palace

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