A qualified main jury led by president of the jury Ms. Monika Ribar is responsible for choosing the winnners.
Monika Ribar
President of the Jury, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors SBB
Dr. Thomas Bähler
Secretary of the Jury, Partner at Kellerhals Carrard / Swiss Economic Forum
Christoph Ammann
President of the Government of the Canton of Bern, Minister of Economic Affairs
Alain Conte
Head Corporate & Institutional Clients Switzerland, UBS
Dr. Felix Graf
CEO NZZ Media-Group
Morten Hannesbo
CEO, AMAG Group AG
Robert Itschner
Country Managing Director ABB Switzerland
Dr. Christian Keller
Chairman of the Executive Board at IBM Schweiz AG
Dr. Felix Mayer
Co-Chairman of the Board & Founder, Sensirion AG
Severin Moser
CEO, Allianz Suisse
Jürg Niederbacher
Partner, Responsable PwC Zurich
Ursula Soritsch-Renier
Group CIO & Digital Leader, Nokia
Nicola Thibaudeau
CEO, Micro Precision Systems AG
Prof. Dr. Martin Vetterli
President of the EPFL, Professor at the School of Computer and Communication Sciences
Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler
Chief Digital Officer, Swisscom
Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Wehrli
Chair in Marketing University of Zurich
All applications received are analysed by a jury of experts and evaluated.
Dr. Thomas Bähler
Secretary of the Jury, Partner at Kellerhals Carrard / Swiss Economic Forum
Dr. Peter Balsiger
Entrepreneur & Investor
Stefan Bingisser
Head Real Estate – Large Clients, UBS
Dr. Bettina Ernst
CEO, Preclin Biosystems AG
Dr. Manuel Fankhauser
Managing Partner at Arven Partners GmbH, CSO at Seerave Foundation
Dr. Alban Fischer
Deputy Director, Head of Patent Division, Institute of Intellectual Property
Martin Gasser
CFO / Managing Director Reichle Holding AG
Kathrin Hoesli
Head of Exploration, Digital Business Unit, Swisscom
Carole Hofmann
Managing Director, Bluefields GmbH
Rolf Johner
Partner, Certified Auditor, PwC
Melanie Kovacs
CEO, Master21 Academy
Dr. Vincent Lenders
Director Cyber-Defence Campus, armasuisse
Dr. Martin Naef
Global Head of R&D Traction, ABB Schweiz AG
Theodor Nyfeler
Deputy Head of the Patent Department, Head of Patent and Technology Research, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Stefan Kyora
Editor-in-Chief, Startupticker.ch
Bruno Spicher
Head of Reinsurance, Allianz Suisse
Peter Stähli
Chairman/CEO, Gentiane SA