Prof. Dr. Martin VETTERLI
President
EPFL Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Prof. Martin
Vetterli completed an electrical engineering degree at ETH Zurich in
1981, a Master’s degree at Stanford University in 1982, and his PhD at EPFL in
1986. His next stop was Columbia University, where he taught as an assistant
and then associate professor. He was appointed as a full professor at
the University of California, Berkeley, in the Department of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science. Two years later, Prof. Vetterli returned to
EPFL as a full professor. He served as EPFL’s vice president of
international relations and then of institutional affairs from 2004 to
2011, and as dean of the School of Computer and Communication Sciences in 2011
and 2012. He also taught at ETH Zurich and Stanford University.
In his research, Prof.
Vetterli focuses on electrical engineering, computer science and applied
mathematics. His work has earned him numerous national and international
awards. He is also behind some fifty patents, which have led to several
startups being spin-off from his laboratory such as Dartfish, Illusonic and
Artmyn and to technology transfers through patent sales, for instance to
Qualcomm and Rambus.
From 2013 to 2016,
Prof. Vetterli was the president of the National Research Council of the Swiss
National Science Foundation (SNSF). A fervent advocate of cross-disciplinary
research, Prof. Vetterli founded the Swiss National Centre of Competence in
Research (NCCR) on Mobile Information and Communication Systems in 2001. This
led to discoveries in wireless network capacity and to new applications, such
as for the environment.
Ambassador Roger DUBACH
Ambassador-Designate of Switzerland to Japan
Prof. Dr. Michael SCHAEPMAN
President of the University of Zurich
Dr. Marcus MAEDER
Artist, Researcher and Composer of electronic music
Mr. Hirotaka HIDESHIMA
Counsellor on Global Strategy
The Norinchukin Bank
Prof. Dr. Koichi KURIYAMA
Professor and vice Dean of Graduate School of Agriculture
Kyoto University
Dr. Hiroshi SUETSUGU
CEO
sustainacraft, Inc.
Ms. Yoko SETO
Senior ESG Account Manager
RepRisk Japan Limited
Ms. Nicole SCHWAB
Co-Head, Nature Positive Pillar, Member of the Executive Committee
World Economic Forum
Dr. Shogoro FUJIKI
CEO
Biome Inc.
Ms. Jun HASHIMOTO
Manager, Environmental Strategies Office
Green Infrastructure Department
Shimizu Corporation
Ms. Anja RUNDQUIST
Chief Commercial Officer
InvestConservation
Mr. Michiaki MATSUSHIMA
Head of Editorial Content
WIRED JAPAN
Mr. Peter BAKKER
President and CEO
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Mr. Thomas BRODBECK
President, Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (SCCIJ)
Head of Technical Service, Sika Japan Ltd.