Supporting Partner
The iCAN-CH competition is being organised as a Nano-Tera project, a Swiss federal program funding scientific projects.
The Nano-Tera initiative aims to bring Switzerland to the forefront of a new technological revolution, using engineering and information technology to improve the health and security of humans and the environment in the 21st century. Please see the Nano-Tera web site for more information concerning the programme and other projects.
Organising Partner
CSEM is an independent research and development company, partially funded by the Swiss confederation. Established in 1984, CSEM (Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique SA) is a private R&D centre specializing in microtechnology, nanotechnology, microelectronics, systems engineering and communications technologies. It provides its industry customers and partners with tailored, innovative R&D and product development services based on its commercial and technological expertise, further expanded by the results of its applied research. More than 400 highly-qualified employees from varied scientific and technical backgrounds work for CSEM in Neuchâtel, Zurich, Alpnach, Basel and Landquart. They represent more than 20 different nationalities and constitute the basis of the company’s creativity, dynamism and innovation potential. Thanks to strong national and international partnerships CSEM opens opportunities to access to high-level collaborations in fundamental research also for their industrial customers.
Organising Partner
The EPFL-STI-IMT is an established world-leading institute in micro-nanotechnology innovation. In 2009, with the fusion of the Neuchâtel and Lausanne campuses, the institute grew to include 19 specialised laboratories with over 400 dedicated researchers.
Visit the web site to discover more about the activities of each lab!
Organising Partner
FSRM – Crossroads of Microtechnology.
The foundation promotes micro technology and its applications with offers in continous education, project management and organization.
