About

The Innovation Booster Fashion & Lifestyle empowers operational, technological, and social innovations developed with and for the Swiss Fashion and Lifestyle sector.

Leveraging the Leading House community and network, the Innovation Booster Fashion & Lifestyle creates a unique ecosystem enabling the dissemination of radical solutions to the challenges of the sector.

The organs part of the program are: Program Jury, Industry Experts and the Advisory Board.

Jury - Call for Challenges #2 "Future by Design: The New Codes of Luxury, Sportwear and Wellbeing" (OPEN)

The Program Jury consists of experts in research, business and society who decide what ideas obtain funding. The Jury adheres to program rules and is trusted in the protection of all the ideas, being responsible for reasonable funding. The Jury is structured by expertise with dedicated members for each Call for Challenges.

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Gaëlle Devins

Chief Customer Officer & Member of the Executive Board

Breitling

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Joël Maibach

Head Corporate Clients Sports, International & Innovation

UBS Suisse Romande

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Maria Pestalozza

Oakley Sun Performance Brand Manager

Essilor Luxottica - Oakley

Pascal Guilbert

Pascal Guilbert

Chief Information Officer

TAG Heuer

Anne-Elise Blanchet

Anne-Élise Blanchet

Global Head of E-Business

Chopard

Raffaele Masi

Raffaele Masi

Global Head of Digital Innovation & Product

Logitech

Lydia Schmeink

TL CAD,3D & Projects

HUGO BOSS

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Iohannès Bry

Responsable innovation et veille économique

Etat de Vaud

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Fabio Zecchini

Chief Data & Analytics Officer

lastminute.com

Fanny Sicaire

Fanny Sicaire

Global Head of E-commerce Product

Chopard

THIERRY VIAL

Thierry Vial

Editor-in-chief

PME (Ringier Media Switzerland)

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Gianfranco Palermo

CEO

PharmaTicino

Franck Garnier

Franck Garnier

Head of Digital Innovation

Hublot

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Marco D'Ambros

Director

CodeLounge, part of USI Software Institute

Simone Pulzato

Business Strategy Principal

HUGO BOSS

Jury - Call for Challenges #1 "Beyond Digital: Technology & Sustainability Solutions to Reimagine Fashion & Lifestyle" (CLOSED)

The Program Jury consists of experts in research, business and society who decide what ideas obtain funding. The Jury adheres to program rules and is trusted in the protection of all the ideas, being responsible for reasonable funding. The Jury is structured by expertise with dedicated members for each Call for Challenges.

Alberto Lampis

Alberto Lampis

Senior Manager Strategic Sourc. RM & Sustainability

HUGO BOSS

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Svenja Reinhard-Schlauderaff

Founder and Managing Director

Heads for Excellence

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Luka Vujic

Corporate Client Advisor - Associate Director

UBS

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Sanja Kordic

Head of Industry Liaison Office

EPFL

Felicitas Morhart

Ordinary Professor of Marketing

University of Lausanne

Andrew reid

Andrew Reid

Global Partner Solutions Director, Member of the Microsoft Swiss Leadership Board

Microsoft

Nina Bachmann

Sustainability, Technology, Member of the management board

Swiss Textiles

Marco Vanoni

Marco Vanoni

Finance Director

Alpha Square Invest SA

Annamaria Celozzi

Annamaria Celozzi

E-commerce / Marketplace Manager

7 For All Mankind

Nicola Guarneri

Managing Partner

OF Design Sagl

Experts

Selected experts will support the participants of the Program providing training and methodological guidance throughout the different stages.

MIchael Sojka

Michael Sojka

Creative Consultant

michaelsojka.com

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Tamar Koifman

Senior Consultant

TEOXANE Laboratories

Gianni Vacca

CEO

Playmarketing.ch

Jawad Reddani

Sustainable Agriculture and Value Chain Consultant

Virens ingénieurs Sàrl

Violeta Lozano

Violeta Lozano

Innovation & Ecosystem Architect | Strategic Advisor for Emerging Technologies | Growth, Product & Execution

swissICT

Tiziano Luccarelli

Co-Lead

Impact Hub Ticino

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Emilie Etesi

Founder

amplilabs

Luca Innocenzi

Managing Director

Consulentia 3.0 AG

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board verifies impact and visibility of the Fashion & Lifestyle IB, fostering promotion of activities and growth. They provide feedback on events and criteria as diversity, inclusion and overall performance during the activities. The advisors include managers and experts from brands, associations, investors, Swiss and international academic representatives.

Elena Marchiori

Capoprogetto

Lugano Living Lab

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Laura Camurri

Senior Innovation and Startup Advisor

University of Bern

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