The Swiss Business Hub and swissnex Brazil will transform the House of Switzerland Brazil 2016 into a collective “power house”, inviting HoS visitors and experts to learn about, present, debate, produce and save energy to reach a common goal.

During the whole day, several stations around the House of Switzerland will be open to the public, raising the attention about the 2.000 Watt society, proposed by ETH Zurich researchers. These interactive stations will enable every HoS visitor to be more aware about their own electricity consumption and will plant a seed about defining what electricity consumption cap would enable Cariocas to live comfortably, without negatively impacting the environment.

A closed workshop session will start at 13:30 which will, for the first time, bring together Swiss and Brazilian energy experts to present and debate the challenges of each country on integrating a high share of renewable intermittent sources (such as solar and wind) in their grids. Inspired by the “lake and mountains landscape” of the Baixo Suíça, which connects the two countries, the invited energy experts and panelists will discuss the opportunities of both countries on already having expertise of operating electricity grids with a high share of hydro power.

Starting at 18:00, a presentation session open to the public on the state of the art solutions in the field of energy, both from academia and from innovative startups will gather all HoS visitors to learn how these innovations could help Switzerland and Brazil in having a higher share of renewables in their grids.

Please see below the detailed schedule: 

11h - 20h (open to the public)

Open to the public interactive stations to generate and save electricity

13h30 - 18h (by invitation only)

Workshop closed for guests on “Integrating renewable energy sources into existing grids – success cases in Brazil and Switzerland”

13h30 - 14h  Registration

14h00 - 14h10  Official Welcome by Gioia Deucher , swissnex Brazil and Thomas Först, Swiss Business Hub Brazil

14h10 - 14h15  Introduction Energy Day – Adriano Bürgi, swissnex Brazil

Current scenario and Challenges:

14h15 - 14h30  The energy sector in Switzerland – Simon Locher, Swiss Business Hub Brazil

14h30 - 14h45  The energy sector in Brazil – Amilcar Guerreiro, EPE

14h45 - 14h55  Q&As

Best Practices

14h55 - 15h10  BlueFACTORY: Innovation and sustainability – Jean-Luc Mossier, Canton Fribourg

15h10 - 15h25  Hybrid Projects: Sun, Wind and Water – Leontina Pinto, Engenho Consultoria

15h25 - 15h35  Q&As

15h35 - 15h55  Coffee-Break

Tools to get there

15h55 - 16h10  LandisGyr

16h10 - 16h25  Andreas Wolf, Vela Solaris AG

16h25 - 16h40  Eduard Zuur, Time-steps AG

16h40 - 16h55  Roundtable Discussion and Q&As

16h55 - 17h  Workshop Conclusion

17h00 - 18h  Networking & Refreshments

Time is subject to change. 

Let's celebrate our first Swiss medal together at House of Switzerland!

Heidi Diethelm Gerber won a Bronze medal in the 25m Pistol event. She will be at House of Switzerland.

09/08 - 22h 

Picture: fst-ssv.ch

As the world's population keeps growing exponentially, millions of people are added to urban environments each year and there's no end in sight. Communities and cities have to start to build and rebuild differently, by using space in a more efficient way. To enable this growth in a sustainable way, we have to rethink our cities design! 

Traditionally urban areas have been considered separately, creating individual urban pieces with different communities, stakeholders, and politicians.

To this date this has seemed to have at a rather costly oversight. Using a holistic view lets us recognize activities that might seem to be unrelated, but could be considered and executed simultaneously with significant reductions and overall improvement. But what are the priorities for these activities? How do you properly plan out the infrastructure improvements needed to benefit the communities and cities? With experts from different fields we are looking forward to create an engaging exchange of knowledge and contribute to the cities resilience! 

Program:

13h30  Reception and Welcome Coffee

14h  Presentations of Speakers

• Talita Campoi by Urban Farmers
• Ana Nassar by ITDP
• Tião Gramacho
• Lukas Kündig and Paul Westermann by Urban Flow

15h30  Round Table discussion – Q&As

16h  Visiting the UFBox and Networking

Please make sure to subscribe here, as spaces are limited.

Time is subject to change. 

The band composed the song "Leaf", which Giulia Steingruber scored gold with at the European Championship of Gymnastics 2016 in Bern.

10/08 -  19h-20h Cancelled 

11/08 -  16h-17h 

For chocolate lovers there will be Swiss chocolate in the form of a chocolate-making workshop! The workshop organised by FRIALP - Cheese Dairy and Chocolate School of Nova Friburgo will introduce young and old alike in an interactive and fun way to the secrets of Swiss chocolate production.

Schedule: 

Monday to Friday 

11h15 -12h 

12h - 12h45 

Spaces limited to 10 kids (first come first serve, no previous inscription possible) 

Bastian Baker - our popstar from Switzerland, is one the most anticipated artists at the Baixo Suíça. As a resident of Villeneuve (in the State of Vaud), Bastian has had an out of ordinary career. After meeting Patrick Delarive at a birthday party, he threw his plans of pursuing a professional hockey career over board. 

Delarive had the contacts, Bastian had the talent and together they’ve paved the start of their music career.

With only 19 years Bastian became a star over night by climbing up the charts with his first hit-single “Lucky”. In 2001 they’ve launched the album “Tomorrow May Not Be Better", which marked the public beginning of his career. Since then they’ve played on innumerous stages in Switzerland, France, Belgium and at well-established stages like the 

Montreux Jazz Festival, the Paléo Festival (CH), Les Francofolies de La Rochelle and Olympia (F), Summer Sonic (J), and many more festivals. He’s won many prizes, just like the Swiss Music Award (5x!), two platinum albums, the MTV European Music Award, the World Music Award and many many more!

Time is subject to change. 

With a powerful voice, this singer and composer Greek-Brazilian brings for Brazil a mix of jazz, gypsy, swing, bossa nova, samba and African music.

Katerina Polemi Duo

13/08 - 21h-22h
16/08 - 16h-17h 

Katerina Polemi Quartet
17/8 - 17h-18h 

19/8 - 17h-18h 

Time subject to change.

After the success in 2015, the Sports as Business Conference will return to Rio de Janeiro at the House of Switzerland Brazil 2016. In collaboration with the University of St. Gallen, swissnex Brazil is supporting the third edition of this conference, which discusses the globalized business environment of sports and its legal implications.

This year our focus will be on the re-organization of Brazilian football and on how the momentum of Rio de Janeiro 2016 can be used to turn Rio into a cluster for international sports events. Furthermore, we address the combination of sports and education as well as entrepreneurship.

Various renowned national and international experts will enrich the conference giving speeches, acting as discussants or moderators of panel discussions. Most importantly, we will give plenty of room for discussion and create a superb platform for networking and insightful conversations. The entire conference will be simultaneously translated. Last but not least, the conference location, the House of Switzerland at the border of Rio’s famous Lagoon with a breathtaking view to Corcovado, is an attraction on its own.

The conference will take place from 9h to 18h.

Program:

09h Registration and welcome coffee  

09h30 Official Welcome by

•André Regli (Swiss Ambassador to Brazil)

•Peter Nobel (President MLE Foundation at University of St.Gallen, Founding Partner of Nobel&Hug Attorneys-at-law)

•Paulo de Tarso Sanseverino (Superior Tribunal de Justiça)

Block 1

10h A new legal and economic framework for Brazilian football  

 Introduction by Otavio Leite (Deputado Federal, President of PSDB/RJ)  

 Presentation “Sociedade Anonima Futebol” by Rodrigo de Castro and Luis André Azevedo (Attorneys-at-Law)

Presentation “Legal restructuring of football clubs” by Márcio Guimarães (Prosecutor)

Panel Discussion with above speakers and:

•Nelson Eizirik (Partner of Carvalhosa Eizirik, Attorneys-at-law)

•José Francisco Cimino Manssur (Vice President of Communication and Marketing at FC São Paulo)

•Moderation: Sebastian Zumbühl  (Junior Project Manager swissnex Brazil) 

12h Lunch break  

Block 2

13h15 Becoming a sports capital: experiences from Lausanne and Rio de Janeiro 

Presentation “Learning from other sports regions” by Philippe Leuba (Government Council of the Canton of Waadt, Head of the Department of Economics and Sports)

Presentation “The role of the CAS” by Matthieu Reeb (Secretary General, Court of Arbitration for Sports – CAS)

Panel Discussion with above speakers and:

•Marcus Vinicius Freire (Executive Director of Sports at the Brazilian Olympic Committee)

•Marcelo Haddad (President of Rio Negócios)

•Jean-Loup Chappelet (IDHEAP, University of Lausanne)

•Moderation: André Henning (tbc)

Block 3

14h30 Sports and entrepreneurship  

Presentation “Technis: revolutionizing tennis” by entrepreneur Wiktor Bourrée (Co-founder of Technis)

Presentation “Go4it: A new vision for sports” by José Roberto Pacheco (Head of Global Marketing and Strategic Partnerships at Go4it)

Panel Discussion with above speakers and:

•Immo Oliver Paul (Founder and CEO of Carenet Longevity)

•Moderation: Peter Graber (Board member of the Lemann foundation)

15h45  Coffee Break  

Block 4

16h15 Sports and Education  

Presentation “What kind of sport and education?” by Jean-Loup Chappelet (IDHEAP University of Lausanne)  

Panel Discussion with above speakers and:

•Christiano Borelli (Executive Director, Instituto Tênis)

•Roger Schnegg (Director, Swiss Olympic)

•João Batista de Morais Jr. (Superintendente de Projetos e Pesquisa, Instituto Oscar Niemeyer)

•Paulo André (Football player, Atlético Paranaense, tbc)

•Moderation: Gioia Deucher (CEO, swissnex Brazil)

17h30 Closing remarks by Peter Sester (Lemann Professor of Law & Economics at University of St. Gallen)  

18h Cocktail  

Please make sure to register as spaces are very limited!

For any further questions, please contact seb@swissnex-brazil.org

Time is subject to change.