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 page Susan 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 page David J. Teece, UC Berkeley
external page Charles A. O’Reilly, Stanford University
external page Carissa Carter, Stanford University
external page Jerome 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 H?lscher, ETH Zurich
Ulf Blanke, ETH Zurich and antavi
external page Chris Luebkeman, Arup
external page Alastair MacLeod, Teralytics
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 page Bob Sumner, Associate Director of Disney Research Zurich, Founder of the ETH Zurich Game Technology Center
external page Martin Splitt, Code on Archilogic, Zurich
external page Michael Zawrel, Senior Product Manager Mixed Reality & HoloLens at Microsoft