ETH at the WORLDWEBFORUM
ETH Zurich is pleased to announce its engagement as Black Diamond Academic partner with the WORLDWEBFORUM on 18/19 January 2018.
Thursday, 18 January 2018
Building Tomorrow, Today.
Fireside Chat
Lino Guzzella, President of ETH Zurich
external pageSusan Kish, Fellow, Connection Science & Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Transformers Workshop Powered by ETH Zurich
A workshop for invited CEOs about strategic leadership in times of radical transformation. The discussion will be conducted by globally recognized academics and thought leaders.
Speakers
Georg von Krogh, ETH Zurich
Gerd Folkers, ETH Zurich
external pageDavid J. Teece, UC Berkeley
external pageCharles A. O’Reilly, Stanford University
external pageCarissa Carter, Stanford University
external pageJerome S. Engel, UC Berkeley
Friday, 19 January 2018
Vertical Session "Responsive City"
Responsive Cities allow citizens to engage directly in the future planning and management of their environment. Good governance and advancements in information and communication technology enable responsive cities. Through dynamic planning and citizen integration cities first become smart and then responsive.
Speakers
Stephen Cairns, Singapore ETH Center
Christoph Hölscher, ETH Zurich
Ulf Blanke, ETH Zurich and antavi
external pageChris Luebkeman, Arup
external pageAlastair MacLeod, Teralytics
external pageMarkus Wissmann, CISCO
AR Is More Than Just Games
The biggest advantage of Augmented Reality is the bridge that is gapped between the digital and real worlds. This opens completely new opportunities for applications for digital transformation but many of them are still beyond our imagination. It is not a question of whether these platforms will become relevant, just when.
Speakers
external pageBob Sumner, Associate Director of Disney Research Zurich, Founder of the ETH Zurich Game Technology Center
external pageMartin Splitt, Code on Archilogic, Zurich
external pageMichael Zawrel, Senior Product Manager Mixed Reality & HoloLens at Microsoft
Impressions of the WORLDWEBFORUM 2018
