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
Christoph Ammann
Member of the Government of the Canton Bern, Minister of Economic Affairs
Dr. Thomas Bähler
Secretary of the Jury, Partner at Kellerhals Carrard / Swiss Economic Forum
Alain Conte
Head Corporate & Institutional Clients Segment, UBS
Dr. Monica Dell’Anna
Head of Business Medien, NZZ-Mediengruppe
Morten Hannesbo
CEO, AMAG Group AG
Robert Itschner
Chairman of the Executive Board at ABB Schweiz AG
Dr. Christian Keller
Chairman of the Executive Board at IBM Schweiz AG
Christiane Leister
Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Leister AG, Member of the ETH board
Dr. Felix Mayer
Co-Chairman of the Board & Founder, Sensirion AG
Severin Moser
CEO, Allianz Suisse
Ursula Soritsch-Renie
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
Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Wehrli
Chair in Marketing University of Zurich
Dr. Marcel Widrig
Partner, PwC
Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler
Chief Digital Officer, Swisscom
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, Institute of Intellectual Property
Martin Gasser
CFO / Managing Director Reichle Holding AG
Kathrin Hoesli
Head of Exploration, Digital Business Unit, Swisscom
Carole Hofmann
Founder, Future Founders Group
Rolf Johner
Partner, Certified Auditor, PwC
Melanie Kovacs
CEO, Master21 Academy
Stefan Kyora
Editor-in-Chief, Startupticker.ch
Dr. Vincent Lenders
Head of Research Cyberspace and Information, 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
Bruno Spicher
Head of Corporate Business, Allianz Suisse
Peter Stähli
Chairman/CEO, Gentiane SA