Showcase: Innovating for the Wellbeing of Humans and Ecosystems

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Date 10.09.2025
Hour 09:0017:30
Speaker Jean-Marc Jancovici, Founding Partner, Carbone 4 Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, President, EPFL   Abhishek Jain, Director of Green Economy & Impact Innovations, CEEW   Maria Neira, Director of Environment, Climate Change & Health, WHO   Sophie Bacq, Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, IMD   Bastien Sachet, CEO, Earthworm Foundation
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Category Conferences - Seminars
Event Language French, English
THEME OF THE 2025 EDITION:  Innovating for the Wellbeing of Humans and Ecosystems

DRAFT AGENDA 

09:30 Welcome to Showcase, with Jean-Philippe BonardiFlorian HoosMichaël Aklin, (Co-Directors of E4S)
09:50 Setting the Stage: an Economy for Wellbeing, with Christian Gollier (Professor of Environmental Economics, Toulouse School of Economics)

10:15 - 11:  15 Block 1: Facing Reality – Wellbeing in a fragmented world
With: 
  • Simon Evenett (Professor of Geopolitics and Strategy, IMD)
  • Timothée Parrique (Researcher in Ecological Economics, HEC-UNIL)
  • Maria Neira (Director of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organisation)
  • Pitches from our Solutions Exhibition
Moderated by Jean-Philippe Bonardi,(Co- Director, E4S- HEC UNIL)

11:30 -13:00 Thematic Workshops

13:30 - 15:00 Block 2: Rethinking the Model – An economy for wellbeing
With:
  • Jean-Marc Jancovici (President, the Shift Project)
  • Karen Scrivener (Professor, Materials and Construction Laboratory, EPFL)
  • Fire-side chat with Anna Fontcuberta i Morral (President, EPFL), Frédéric Herman (Rector, UNIL).
Moderated by Michaël Aklin (Co- Director, E4S - EPFL)

15:00 - 15:30 BreaK

15:30 - 17:00 Block 3: Acting Now – Showcasing innovation for impact
With:
  • Sophie Bacq (Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, IMD)
  • Abhishek Jain (Director of Green Economy & Impact Innovations, CEEW)
  • Bastien Sachet (CEO, Earthworm Foundation)
  • Adina Edme (Chief Transformation Officer, Decathlon Switzerland)
  • Nicolas Hänny (CEO, NIKIN)
  • Pitches from our Solutions Exhibition
Moderated by Florian Hoos (Co- Director, E4S - IMD)

17:00 - 17:30 Closing remarks 

Showcase is E4S impact innovation summit that gathers all actors of society (the academic community, businesses, start-ups, investors, large organizations, NGOs, policy-makers and civil society) to build a better future for the people and the planet. 

FORMAT: WHAT TO EXPECT
  • Inspiring Talks & Fireside Chats
  • Thematic Workshops
  • Immersive Solutions Exhibition

Practical information

  • General public
  • Free

Organizer

  • The Enteprise for Society (E4S) Center 

Contact

  • federica.poletti@epfl.ch

Tags

Innovation Startups Society Health & Wellbeing Geopolitics

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