14 November 2025
09:10 - 09:30
State of Research
- Bertrand Piccard (President Solar Impulse Foundation) - in video
- Prof. Ambrogio Fasoli (Representative of the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL)
09:30 - 09:45
Message from the Federal Authorities
- Benoît Revaz (Head of the Federal Office of Energy (FOEN))
09:45 - 10:15
Issues and challenges of harnessing situational resources (geothermal energy, aquathermy, wood energy, wastewater treatment plant heat, industrial waste heat, etc.) at the scale of cities and regions, with a particular focus on the challenges of developing biomass/biomethane sectors simultaneously
- Nathalie Andenmatten Berthoud (Geothermal Expert, SIG)
10:15 - 10:40
Break
10:40 - 11:40
Do innovations such as artificial intelligence meet the needs of energy sector stakeholders?
11:40 - 12:00
The vision of André Hoffmann
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:15
Insights and perspectives from the Pepperdine Energy Forum
14:15 - 14:45
Example of actions: Geneva Industrial Services
- Giorgio Pauletto (Director of Strategy and Innovation, SIG)
14:45 - 15:15
Municipalities examples
- Michel Meyer (Director of Thermal and Geothermal Solutions (STG), SIG)
- Benoist Guillard (Municipal Councillor, Yverdon-les-Bains)
15:15 - 15:30
Break
15:30 - 16:30
Roundtable with Swiss political parties
16:30 - 16:45
Message from the Cantonal Authorities
16:45 - 17:30
Cocktail