Business fact-finding mission
This tour is designed for business leaders investigating international opportunities and academics researching the global technology markets.

Highlights

• Theme of this trip is “New Game – New Rules". Focus will be on industry structures
  and business models which have changed due to the economic crisis.
• Focus companies / institutions visited will be involved in high tech with a special focus
  on clean technologies.
• You will meet top executives from leading high tech companies and learn about their
  approaches to marketing and their strategies to remain on the cutting edge of technology.
• We will be a group of 10 to 12 professionals visiting companies, universities, organizations during five intense days.
• This tour offers the opportunity to meet key decision makers in informal environments via
  luncheons, dinners and special networking events.
• Confirmed companies for this tour include Apple, Intel, NASA, Stanford University, as
  well as several promising high tech start-ups.
• Individual matchmaking can be offered as an add-on to this program in collaboration
  with OSEC - www.osec.ch

About the tour
The Silicon Valley Association exists since 1992 and is a nonprofit Swiss organization promoting technical and managerial exchanges between the Silicon Valley and Switzerland. We have a proven track record with six successful events previously organized.

The cost of the tour including hotel,transportation and visits is CHF 2950.-. The number of participants is limited to 12. The airfare is NOT included and participants are requested to make their own reservations.

The tour is directed by Philipp Schroeder & Wolfgang Korosec

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