Mission économique du Canton de Vaud aux Etats-Unis

Mission économique du Canton de Vaud
aux Etats-Unis (côte est) et au Canada
du 20 au 24 juin 2016
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Programme
Programme officiel sous réserve de modifications
MONDAY, JUNE 20 - MONTREAL
Time
Event
Place
1:00 - 3:05 pm
Flight to YUL (Montreal, Canada)
AC 835
GVA, Geneva, Switzerland
YUL, Montréal, Canada
3:45 – 4:15pm
Transfer to Hotel by bus
Hotel Le Germain
2050 Rue Mansfield
Montreal
http://www.legermainhotels.com/en/montreal/
4:30pm
Group Check-in at the hotel
Hotel Le Germain
5:30 – 6:45pm
Welcome and briefing
“How doing business in Canada”
Hotel Le Germain
7:00 – 9:30pm
Transfer to restaurant and dinner
TBD
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TUESDAY, JUNE 21 - MONTREAL
Time
Event
Place
Briefing 4 MTL Clusters at Montreal International: Aerospace, In
Vivo (Life Sciences), Ecotech, ICT
8:30 – 9:30am
Montreal International
Topic: Industry Trends, Strengths and Challenges for the Greater
Montreal area
Life Sciences:
Visit of Institute Neomed. Open-access drug discovery hubs
housing independent commercial businesses
http://neomed.ca/
10:00am – 1:00pm
ICT:
Visit of Execution Labs: Accelerator for independent game
developers
Other possible option:
Cleantech:
Participation at Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition
http://www.evs29.org
Neomed
Execution Labs
Palais des Congrès
1:30 – 3:00pm
Light lunch
Restaurant TBD
3:30 – 5:00pm
Visit of Centre d’Innovation (CEIM), which offers customized
management support and related services for the start-up of
companies in life sciences, IT, new media and clean and
industrial technologies. Innovation Forum, topic:
Entrepreneurship in Canada and Switzerland
Centre d’Innovation (CEIM)
http://www.ceim.org/en/
5:30 – 8:30pm
Networking Evening at Residence with CG and Ambassador, the
Swiss Canadian Chamber of Commerce QC and experts that work
with the SBH
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 – MONTREAL – BOSTON
Time
Event
Place
8:30 – 9:00am
Check out
Hotel Le Germain
Company visits
9:00 – 11:00am
Examples:
Aerospace: Bombardier, one of the biggest
investors in VD
Cleantech: Hydro Quebec research Center in
Varennes
Life Sciences: Sandoz development center in
Boucherville
ICT:
Ubisoft: Games studio, creators of Assassin’s
Creed, Just Dance, etc. (Other options Unity:
creator of a game engine used for console and
online games, WB Games, VFX studio Atomic
Fiction, Digital Domain, etc.)
Moment Factory: media and entertainment
studio specialized in the conception and
production of multimedia environments
Lightspeed Retail: POS systems for retailers and
restaurants
Maximum 2 company visits based on interest
On site 1:1 meetings – up to two (max. three)
meetings/company (separated offer)
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Time
Event
Place
11:30am – 1:00pm
Lunch with IMD and EPFL Montreal Alumni
Chapters
TBD
1:00pm
Transfer to airport
Montreal Pierre Trudeau Airport
3:10 – 4:26pm
Flight to Boston
AC 8460 (Air Canada)
Transfer by bus
Under the patronage of Ambassador André
Schaller, Consul General in NY (tbc):
7:30 – 9:30pm
9:30pm
Networking dinner reception with the SwissAmerican business community and Swiss
companies active in the US (e.g. Nespresso) in
cooperation with SACC Chapter Boston
(up to 80 PAX)
Transfer to and group check in at the hotel
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TBD
Hotel in Cambridge, MA
THURSDAY, JUNE 23 - BOSTON
Time
Event
Place
8:00 – 9:45am
Breakfast with swissnex presentation
and MOITI/SACC Boston Chapter round table
AND “How doing business in USA”
swissnex Boston
420 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
http://www.swissnexboston.org
Common program:
Ludwig Institute
Boston, MA
10:00am – 1:00pm
1:00 – 2:00pm
 Visit to the Ludwig Institute
 Visit to MassChallenge (accelerator)
 Waypoint Capital (business enterprise of
the Bertarelli Family)
Brown bag lunch (all)
On site sector specific company visits (part I):
 ICT: Blade at Blade foundry, Xively, Mass
TLC, Tech star, Kayak, Trip Advisor
 Cleantech: Novartis Institutes of
BioMedical research (state-of-the-art
sustainable building technology),
Greentown labs, Enernoc, Mass cleantech
center,
 Life sciences: Novartis Institutes of
BioMedical research, Mass life sciences
center, Lab central, Biogen
2:00 – 5:00pm
Other focus groups:
 Political program for the Head of
Delegation: tbc
Investment Promotion: Dunkin Donut (plans
to open 30 stores in CH) and/or retention
meeting with existing VD Investors (e.g. PMI,
Alere, etc)
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DEV “Invest” event
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MassChallenge
21 Drydock Avenue, 610 E, Boston, MA
MassChallenge
21 Drydock Avenue, 610 E, Boston, MA
Time
Event
Place
Venture Café @ Cambridge Innovation Center
5:00 – 6:30pm
Connecting the Innovation community.
Venture Café on Thursdays enhances and
accelerates the innovation process through
conversations for individuals and
organizations to gather and build relationships
or:
buffer time
CIC-Cambridge Innovation Center, 5th floor
One Broadway, Cambridge MA
http://vencaf.org/
Innovation Dinner Event:
6:30 – 9:00pm
 Panel discussion with stakeholders from
Etat de Vaud, DEV & IMD, EPFL and EHL
 Testimony from innovative Swiss start ups
(up to 100 PAX)
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swissnex Boston
420 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
http://www.swissnexboston.org
FRIDAY, JUNE 24 - BOSTON
Time
Event
8:30 – 9:30pm
Check out
Place
On site sector specific company visits (part II):
9:30am – 1:00pm
 ICT: Blade at Blade foundry, Xively, Mass
TLC, Tech star, Kayak, Trip Advisor
 Cleantech: Novartis Institutes of
BioMedical research (state-of-the-art
sustainable building technology),
Greentown labs, Enernoc, Mass clean-tech
center
 Life sciences: Novartis Institutes of
BioMedical research, Mass life sciences
center, Lab central, Biogen
or:
On site 1:1 meetings – up to two (max. three)
meetings/company
1:00 – 3:00pm
Wrap up lunch & FFM debriefing
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External venue (tbc):
Harvard Club of Boston
374 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
http://www.harvardclub.com/
Time
Event
3:00pm - …
On site 1:1 meetings upon request and
availability, or free time
5:00pm
Transfer to airport by bus
8:35pm
Flight to Switzerland via Munich
Place
International airport Boston
LH 425
Pour tout renseignement complémentaire et pour vous inscrire à la
mission économique aux Etats-Unis (côte est) et au Canada, contactez :
Lara Schneiter
DEV – Développement Economique Canton de Vaud
Avenue Gratta-Paille 2 – Case postale 19 – 1000 Lausanne 22
Tél direct : +41 21 644 00 61 / Fax : +41 21 644 00 79 / Email : [email protected]
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