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News Archive W.A.De Vigier Entrepreneur Award The W.A. De Vigier Foundation each year awards several prices for innovative start-up projects. The award consists of a starting capital of CHF 100'000 and publicity through media coverage. The deadline for applications is October 3, 2008. Further information can be found here.  18.09.07 Venture 2008 - Business Plan Competition The new round of this business plan competition will start with the kick-off event in Zurich on October 2, 2007. The competition will again be organized by ETH Zurich and McKinsey & Company. Do you have a interesting idea for a new business? More information about Venture 2008 . 25.4.06 Peter Quadri elected as new President of the Board of Directors At todays General Assembly of Unitectra Mr. Peter Quadri was elected as the new president. In this position he is following Ms. Käthi Bangerter who acted as president since the foundation of Unitectra in 1999 and has strong merits in its successful development. Mr. Quadri is president of the Board of Directors of IBM Switzerland and has been a member of the Unitectra Board of Directors since June 2004. Dr. Hans-Martin Schneeberger was newly elected as a member of the Board of Directors replacing Ms. Bangerter as an industry representative. Dr. Schneeberger is President of the Board of Directors and CEO of J. Schneeberger Maschinen in Roggwil. The current members of the Board of Directors can be found here. 23.10.2003 swiTT - Swiss Technology Transfer Association The Swiss Technology Transfer Association "swiTT" was created on October 10, 2003, by 32 founding members who are responsible for technology transfer at 20 different public research institutions in Switzerland. Further information can be found in the press release below (in German only). 
Press release (in German)05/02/2002 Unitectra provides financial support for technology transfer projects at the University of Zurich, incl. the creation of spin-off companies Thanks to a grant of an external institution, Unitectra can now support projects at the University of Zurich which are enabling the practical application of research results. In order to qualify for such a support projects must have a clear focus on technology transfer, i.e. the development of new products or services for practical applications. Project results will later either be licensed to existing companies or can form the basis for the creation of a new spin-off or start-up company. The amount of support depends on the actual project. For further information or project applications please contact the Unitectra office in Zurich (tel. 01 634 4401). 16/12/00 Website on university spin-off companies A new website created by Unitectra provides an overview of spin-off companies from the universities of Berne and Zurich and of the Swiss National Science Foundation's SPP BioTech: http://www.spinoff.ch |