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visitor’s desk
Entrepreneurs, researchers and other guests on business or sabbatical are welcome to use our
designated visitor’s desk. Thanks to our open working space, visitors immediately integrated into our
team structure and benefited from swissnex’ global network and activities:
Silvia Hostettler, swissnex Bangalore,
January
The director of the newly established swissnex
office in Bangalore, India, Silvia visited to get
ideas about what swissnex can be and what the
key factors are to its functioning.
Stefan Russ-Mohl, University of Lugano,
March - July
Stefan Russ-Mohl is a journalism professor and
Director of the European Journalism Observatory.
He spent his sabbatical researching the
newspaper industry in the US, its struggle for
survival and strategies for the future in the digital
age.
Peter Egolf, Osmann Sari, Jean-François
Affolter, University of Applied Sciences Western
Switzerland, June
These three explored the Bay Area for new
technologies in energy savings/renewable
energy, scouting for future research
cooperations. swissnex San Francisco
helped them set up meetings with relevant
organizations and stage a public event.
Bernard Rappaz, Gael Hurlimann, Nicolas
Rosse, Télévision suisse romande, November
On the day of the US presidential elections,
TSR set up a web studio at swissnex and
interviewed more than 20 local francophones
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swissnex san francisco 2008 visitor’s desk