Visit to SSIC from Professor He Zhiyi, New Huadu Business School
Time：2018-06-15 Look：947
On May 30, 2018, SSIC welcomed the center’s advisor Professor He Zhiyi from New Huadu Business School. Prof. He was joined by the Director of SSIC, Dr. Feng Jianhua, Executive Deputy Director Dr. Zhang Lei, Secretary General Dr. Wu Ke, and other core team members of SSIC, as well as entrepreneurs of Swiss startups from Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology in Lausanne and Zurich (EPFL and ETH).
The event rolled out as an informal discussion meeting. The entrepreneurs showcased their innovation projects, and discussed with Prof. He the major challenges and hurdles they encountered during the development of their enterprises. The innovators present at the meeting brought high-quality projects rooted from ground-breaking researches, covering diverse application areas: high-precision navigation system, disaster prevention using intelligent fiber, neural network chips, intelligent sleep monitoring, artificial ligament, etc. Prof. He shared his comments and advice on the challenges faced by the entrepreneurs, as well as his recommendations and suggestions for the future maturation of these enterprises. He led insightful and comprehensive discussion on innovation and entrepreneurship capacity building based on his rich experience and analysis on entrepreneurship education. Prof. He further emphasized the high potential in Swiss-Sino technological collaboration bringing together strengths of the two countries. He heartily encouraged the entrepreneurs to grasp the opportunity, fuel their ambitions, and foster the innovation collaboration between Switzerland and China.
The meeting finished with a dinner where all participants continued their discussion in a relaxing and joyful ambience. Prof. He envisaged the future advancement of Swiss-Sino innovation and entrepreneurship with SSIC as a power hub. He highlighted the overarching need to establish trainings and workshops on startups and to build the innovative and entrepreneurial capacity of PhD researchers in Switzerland. The entrepreneurs expressed their sincere gratitude to Prof. He for his invaluable guidance and heartfelt support.