Showcase 2030 is E4S’ sustainable innovation summit that gathers the academic community, businesses, start-ups, investors, large organizations, NGOs, policy-makers and civil society, to engage in an action-driven platform and find solutions to our century’s most urgent challenges.
THE 2024 THEME: “EMBRACING SUFFICIENCY IN INNOVATION: CAN TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION HELP US LIVE WITHIN PLANETARY BOUNDARIES?”
THE PROGRAM
Opening (09:00 – 09:20)
- Moderation: Arianne Alcorta
- Welcome: Alessandra Rojas (E4S), Florian Hoos (E4S-IMD), Raphaël Conz (Canton de Vaud)
Block 1: Defining Sufficiency in Innovation (09:20 – 10:30)
- Sufficiency in a world of innovation: Yamina Saheb, Senior Researcher (Sciences Po & World Sufficiency Lab)
- Roundtable: Yamina Saheb, André Hoffmann (InTent), Aurore Amaudruz (Romande Energie). Moderator: Arianne Alcorta
Block 2: From Concept to Action: Implementing Sufficiency (11:00 – 12:15)
- Technology Design & Resource Use: Corentin Fivet (EPFL)
- Green Technologies or Technology for Green?: Florent Héroguel (Bloom Biorenewables), Amael Parreaux-Ey (Resilio)
- Sufficiency-Oriented Business Models: Nancy Bocken (Maastrict University)
- Sufficiency and Circular Economy: Julia Binder (IMD), Anja Siffert (FOEN)
Lunch Break (12:15 – 13:00)
Masterclasses (13:15 – 14:00)
- “Can Innovation Drive Action without Perfect Data?” with Carole Dubois and Thierry Hohmann (Quantis)
- “Résilience et sobriété, un dilemme impossible?” (in French) with Arthur Simon (Zero Emission Group)
- “Rationalizing business practices and economy in light of planetary boundaries” with Julian Tugwell (Convention des Entreprises pour le Climat
Block 3: Establishing new narratives of wellbeing and prosperity (14:15 – 15:45)
- Our Future Story: Guido Palazzo (UNIL)
- Sufficiency & Marketing: Frédéric Dalsace (IMD)
- Sufficient Diet for Well-Being: Laurence Jeangros (UNIL)
- A Just Transition in the Global South: Paola Andrea Yanguas (IISD), Michaël Aklin (E4S – EPFL)
Closing (16:10 – 17:00)
- Territory. Technology. Imaginary: Maxime Blondeau (Sciences Po & Mines Paris)
- Closing: Jean-Philippe Bonardi (E4S-UNIL)
Cocktail reception 17:00 – 18:00