December 4, 2025

Technology Briefing 2025: Digital energy for a sustainable future

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Program

12:30

Door opening

13:00

Welcome

Bahaa Roustom, VP Marketing & Business Development, CSEM

13:15

Technology talk | Empa

  • "Nanoverbund - The decentralized heating network for the neighbourhood, from research to industry perspective" - Dominik Born, Innovation Manager, IWB Basel & Dr. Hanmin Cai, Group Leader, Urban Energy Systems Lab, Empa

14:00

Technology talk | PSI

  • "Metafuels: powering the future of aviation with sustainable aviation fuel", Dr. Matthias Schnellmann, Senior Project Development Manager, Metafuels
  • "Net zero goals in aviation - Challenges, solutions and research at PSI" - Karin Treyer, Senior Scientist, Researcher in Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Systems Life, PSI

14:45

Coffee break

15:00

Technology talk | CSEM

  • "Managing at scale - How AI can secure the energy transition" - Pierre-Jean Alet, Group Leader, Sustainable Energy, CSEM
  • Yves Hertig, Innovation Lead, BKW

15:45

Q&A and conclusion

16:00

Networking apero

Organization

An event in partnership with

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