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.

Additional organs part of the program are: Program Jury and Industry Experts.

About Innovation Booster

The Innovation Booster Fashion & Lifestyle is led by Dagorà Lifestyle Innovation Hub as Leading House, responsible for the delivery and coordination of the Innovation Booster activities, as well as the methodological support and guidance of the Program.

Leading House - Dagorà Lifestyle Innovation Hub

Dagorà revolutionises the interaction between companies, promoting business networking and orchestrating a vibrant community of C-level Executives. Dagorà Lifestyle Innovation Hub is a collaborative space located at Via Peri 21b in Lugano where companies and investors meet to create new business opportunities, fostering connections with universities and institutions. Our mission is to stimulate creativity and provide the Community with the necessary relationships to develop their companies. Among its main activities Dagorà manages events, industry deep dives, community days at lifestyle brands and workshops for innovation.

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

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

Andrea Monti

CEO EHL NEXT

Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne

Sara Munaretto

Head of eCommerce

7 For All Mankind

Gabriele Amadò

Head Corporate Banking Sopraceneri

UBS Switzerland AG

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Sanja Kordic

Head of Industry Liaison Office

EPFL

Simone Pulzato

Business Strategy Principal

HUGO BOSS

Felicitas Morhart

Ordinary Professor of Marketing

University of Lausanne

Andrew Reid

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

Microsoft

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Mauro Cherubini

Professor

University of Lausanne

Nina Bachmann

Sustainability, Technology, Member of the management board

Swiss Textiles

Paolo Agazzone

Chairman & Founder

Alpha Square Invest

Reto Hofstetter

Professor Dr.

Universität St.Gallen

Nicola Guarneri

Managing Partner

OF Design Sagl

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

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Gaëlle Devins

Chief Customer Officer & Member of the Executive Board

Breitling

Valère Gogniat

Valère Gogniat

Strategic Troublemaker

The Honourable Merchants Group

Lydia Schmeink

TL CAD,3D & Projects

HUGO BOSS

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Thierry Vial

Editor-in-chief

PME (Ringier Media Switzerland)

Pascal Guilbert

Pascal Guilbert

Chief Information Officer

TAG Heuer

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Iohannès Bry

Responsable innovation et veille économique

Etat de Vaud

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Marco D'Ambros

Director

CodeLounge, part of USI Software Institute

Simone Pulzato

Business Strategy Principal

HUGO BOSS

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Fabio Zecchini

Chief Data & Analytics Officer

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Patrick Jaggi

Group CTO

Swatch Group

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Gianfranco Palermo

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

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

Eleonora Borda

Industry Liaison Officer

EPFL

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