Lecturers
Teachers
Anja Schulze
Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics
Anja Schulze is Professor at the University of Zurich. She works in the field of Technology and Innovation Management and she is heading the Swiss Center for Automotive Research (swiss CAR) which conducts and publ ishes industry studies on the Automotive (suppliers) industry in Switzerland.
Tumasch Reichenbacher
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Tumasch Reichenbacher is Senior Lecturer of the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich. His interests are in the field of analysing and visualising geographic information. By using modern geographic information technologies, eye-tracking methods and virtual environments he is aiming at better understanding spatial cognition, mobility, and mobile map usage.
Sebastiano Caprara
Balgrist University Hospital
Sebastiano Caprara received his PhD degree at the ETH Zurich with focus on machine learning and predictive models providing solutions for preoperative planning of spinal fusion surgery. He is currently leading the Health Data Repository project at the Balgrist University Hospital aiming at the development of a flexible digital infrastructure supporting data-driven clinical research.
Claudia Röösli
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
I’m an engineer in Geomatics from training and specialised now in looking at processes of the Earth with satellite data. I have a very broad interest in different data and technologies, for instance in the domain of my PhD thesis in glaciers and seismology or in biodiversity that is my current research topic. I’m a group leader focusing on application and services from satellite remote sensing data, so-called Earth Observation.
Nadine Zurkinden
Faculty of Law
Nadine Zurkinden is an Assistant Professor with tenure track for Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law with special consideration of International Criminal Law and Economic Criminal Law since 2024. Her research currently focuses on innovative technology and criminal liability risks.
Coaches
Chantal Schmelz
ansprechend GmbH
Chantal is a change enthusiast who resists the idea of only having one profession. After years in corporate functions, Chantal Schmelz now works as a facilitator, strategist, lecturer, and communication consultant - with a very diverse portfolio of projects and clients: From start-up to corporate. But her projects always have two things in common: They actively drive positive change and they only work when the collective intelligence of the team is harnessed.
Patrycja Pielaszek
ansprechend GmbH
Patrycja is a forward-thinking innovation leader with an extensive track record in digital strategies. She’s proficient in traditional large-scale innovation as well as agile, entrepreneurial models and collaborative eco-systems. With her broad background in consumer-centric business development, she’s helping organizations to get better at 21st century innovation.