Panelists 2024 Edition
Wednesday August 21st, 2:30pm | Reconversion, instructions for use. The example of the Jura Arc
Nadia Mettraux
Anne-Sophie Fioretto
Jean-Marie Hommel
Jacques Haldi
Luca Micheli
Operator of the Valbirse mixed mountain bike/ski lift.
Wednesday August 21st, 4:00pm | Call for sustainable transition projects
Yves Loerincik
Yves Loerincik is in charge of strategy at the Office Cantonal de la Durabilité et du Climat (OCDC), with a particular focus on the sustainable economy. Yves Loerincik has been active for 25 years in the field of sustainable economy and innovation, with the creation of several start-ups such as Quantis and eqlosion, and many years of consulting in the field.
Benoît Charrière
Benoît Charrière has been active in the field of sustainability for some twenty years, supporting public and private players in the transition. He uses his experience to develop multi-stakeholder projects to accelerate the march towards carbon neutrality by 2050. His areas of expertise include regional projects, the circular economy and stakeholder engagement.
Wednesday August 21st, 5:00pm | The great challenge of sustainability; the Vaud example
Nuria Gorrite
Wednesday August 21st, 5:20pm | Collective mobility efforts: four examples from the Alps
Grégoire Praz
Yves Marclay
Philippe Varone
Thursday August 22nd, 9:00am | InnHub, a visionary project in La Punt (Engadine)
Jon Erni
Sabine Kollbrunner
Co-Head of Regional Policy at SECO
Thursday August 22nd, 9:50 am | Innovative energy solutions in the mountains
Daniel Oechslin
Luca Zucchetto
Luca Zucchetto, Commercial Director (CCO) of SOLARSPLIT SA, uses his ten years’ experience in real estate to promote solar energy. SOLARSPLIT is a mobile application that facilitates installation and participatory investment in solar panels. The platform connects homeowners, installers and investors, offering an integrated solution for solar energy. Founded in 2023 and supported by the Microcity innovation cluster in Neuchâtel, the startup was awarded the Prix BCN Innovation 2023 and the Prix SUD 2024 for its commitment to renewable energies.
Michaël Berset
Born and raised in Val-de-Travers (NE), Michaël Berset is an agricultural engineer. After some fifteen years in the wind energy sector, including as head of BKW’s Wind Energy Department, he joined Romande Energie at the end of 2022 to take charge of solar development. He is responsible for Business Development of innovative solar solutions such as floating PV and Agri-PV. Married and father of a little Cassian, he is passionate about nature and the mountains. He now lives in the Neuchâtel mountains, where he has a sustainable BnB with his wife.
Thursday August 22nd, 10:50am | Climate exodus scenarios
Nicola Braghiehi
Thursday August 22nd, 11:15am | Mountain architecture and construction: sustainable solutions for all?
Heinz Beer
Thomas Egger
Thomas Egger, born in 1967 in Visp, where he has lived ever since, has been Director of the Berne-based Swiss Association for Mountain Regions (SAB) since 2002. In this capacity, he is committed to the political defense of the interests of Switzerland’s mountain regions and rural areas. In particular, he is co-editor of the “Attractive housing in mountain regions” guide and collaborated on the February 2024 housing shortage action plan. From 2017 to 2019, Thomas Egger was also a member of the National Council (PDC/VS).
Yvonne Wespi
Thursday August 22nd, 12:00pm | A little sustainable corner
Sébastien Külling
Joël Morerod
François Calame
François Calame began his career as a boat and house builder, before becoming a renewable energy engineer in 1990. Thanks to his technical and commercial skills, he was able to broaden the scope of his company’s activities. Aware that the challenge of water management had become inescapable and that sanitation was at the heart of the problem for local authorities, he founded Ecotoilet in X. This innovative solution offers local authorities and the tourist industry a self-sufficient, ecological “little corner” in both natural and urban areas, for example, vermicomposting toilets with his partner Sanisphère.
Thursday August 22nd, 12:20pm | Skiing in 2050: the three Villars-LesDiablerets-Gryon projects
Martin Deburaux
With his love of the region, Martin Deburaux naturally and enthusiastically took over the management of one of Villars’ ski schools in 2007. Eager to make new discoveries and develop a project in the tourism and hotel-restaurant sector, he went on to manage two establishments in the idyllic setting of Solalex. On the strength of his previous experience, the opportunity to combine his passion for skiing and the mountains with modern tourism development projects for the Télé Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets SA lifts convinced him to commit myself to this company, its staff, its customers and the region.