swissnex Singapore Annual Report 2012

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partners & sponsors
swissnex Singapore partners with a variety of stakeholders, namely Institutions of Higher learning, research institutes, economic
promoters, governmental offices, business associations as well as consulting services.
swissnex Singapore is a member of the Swiss Business Association and the European Chamber of Commerce in Singapore.
The Board of Higher Education, State of Vaud (DGES) pursues its mandate of having a dedicated project manager hosted at - and
shared with - swissnex Singapore to establish and deepen academic relations with partners in Singapore in the fields of music,
health, teacher’s education, public administration, computer science, engineering and post-compulsory education.
Following collaborations between swissnex Boston and Swiss Re in 2011, the mandate was extended to San Francisco, Shanghai
and Singapore in 2012. A conference on the Future of Human Longevity was held in September with a main focus on cancer
epidemiology and innovative cancer treatments. Swiss Re envisages pursuing this close cooperation in future events.
HEC Lausanne, Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne has fruitfully collaborated with swissnex Singapore
since 2010. To further cultivate this rewarding partnership, swissnex Singapore regularly hosts HEC students for an academic
internship as HEC ambassadors, allowing them to gain experience in project and visit organization, as well as HEC brand building.
The School of Management Fribourg (HEG Fribourg) is Switzerland’s leading institute for research and teaching in management,
entrepreneurship and internationalization. Collaboration with swissnex Singapore via a junior Ambassador facilitated construction of
synergies and international opportunity-recognition for future research and universities partnership throughout South-East Asia.
swissnex singapore 2012 partners & sponsors