Events

Exchanging ideas and passing on knowledge is important to us. At the regular SCS Tech events and thought-provoking events, well-known personalities stimulate discussion on technological and social topics. In addition, women from STEM professions meet regularly to network as part of the "Women in Engineering" programme.

Current

Tech event: Emergency telephony for the St. Gallen cantonal police
Tuesday, 28. October 2025
The St. Gallen cantonal police have completely overhauled their control centre as part of the ÜL-NEZ. In addition to a new operations control system, the Mico telephony and radio system was procured. The system was designed in close cooperation with the control centre staff and integrates telephony, Polycom, analogue radio and video functions. More
Denkanstoss: Corporate Governance 2030
Wednesday, 12. November 2025
Food for thought at SCS: We cannot shape the future with a Windows 95 mindset. More
Women in Engineering: Screw Perfection – Why I Chose Courage over Certainty
Wednesday, 19. November 2025
Get Together – Women in Engineering: Franka Schröder-Pernet will take you from the wind tunnels of Formula 1 to university lecture halls – and into her current work as a coach. She will share what she has learnt about courage, navigating male-dominated spaces and building a career that feels truly your own. More

Past events

Tech event: Retrofitting ticket machines

MOB decided to modernise its ticket vending machines with a retrofit instead of purchasing completely new machines. This meant that new functions such as paperless tickets could be ... More

Geopolitical challenges and their influence on supply chains

Denkanstoss at SCS: The world is facing geopolitical challenges that also have an impact on global supply chains. Marco Gredig, Managing Director of Cargologic AG at Zurich ... More

Tech event: Cyber Resilience and Data Act

In future, manufacturers of networked devices will have to fulfil the requirements of several new directives: the Cyber Resilience Act, the Data Act and the new Radio Equipment ... More

Tech event: analogue watches with modern electronics

Elegant mechanical watches have been around since the 19th century. Today, smart watches characterise wrists and react to movement or communicate with the outside world. The ... More

Tech event: Innovation in ophthalmology – on the pulse of the future with AI and VR

The spread of OCT scanners has led to a surge of innovation in ophthalmology. Trained AI models support ophthalmologists in recognising pathologies, for example. Virtual reality ... More

Tech event: juggling terabytes of measurement data

SBB routes are regularly travelled with measuring vehicles to record the condition of the tracks. This generates terabytes of measurement data from various systems every day, which ... More

Women in Engineering: Do what I want

Get Together - Women in Engineering: Lijin Aryananda Blatter will share her educational and professional journey through three different continents, and the most important lessons ... More

Afterwork@SCS

We open our office approximately every other month for an informal exchange: anyone who wants to get to know us or see us again is very welcome. There is no official programme, we ... More

Artificial intelligence, ethics and law: What am I allowed to do? What should I do?

Food for thought at SCS: AI is practical - but where does the data actually come from? What am I allowed to use commercially? Before AI is used in a project, the legal and ethical ... More

Tech event: Modernisation of the SRF media archive

The FARO media archive from Swiss Radio and Television SRF is to journalists what YouTube is to normal internet users: they search it for film and audio material to back up current ... More

Engineer and mother with heart and soul

Get Together - Women in Engineering: Katrin Blattner-Kempin will talk about how to combine a career in building technologies with family life. After her keynote speech, you will ... More

Charging management in the underground car park

More and more electric cars are being parked in underground car parks. Landlords and property owners are faced with the question of how to deal with this - what charging ... More

An accidental career in AI and women’s health

Get Together - Women in Engineering: Lisa Falco will talk about how seemingly random choices can turn into a career. After her keynote speech, you will have the opportunity to ... More

Air. Nothing else.

But air is not nothing. It took a lot of 'puffing' for MBV to bring the latest generation of smart, microbiological air samplers onto the market. ... More

Swisseldex Datahub

"The central data hub for switching processes and energy data from Swisseldex AG enables standardised and protected data exchange in the liberalised electricity market. The system ... More

Women entrepreneurs shake up classic industries – Building a career you love

Get Together - Women in Engineering: Women are still underrepresented in the engineering fields. One way to counteract this is to increase their visibility. On this evening, SCS is ... More

Sustainable and healthy buildings thanks to IoT

ARVE.swiss develops solutions to turn buildings into healthy, pleasant and efficient environments for residents thanks to better air quality. The basis for this is a customised ... More

Decentralisation and Privacy

Alain Brenzikofer founded the new SCS department "Decentralized Systems" and with the support of the web3 foundation, SCS developed a solution for publicly auditable and ... More

Digital Services at V-ZUG – IoT for household appliances

V-Zug is a Swiss premium appliance manufacturer that has decided to expand its business model with 'Digital Services'. Dr Franke, Head of Digital Products & Services at V-Zug, ... More

Strategies of nature

Dr Erwin Thoma, founder of the timber construction company Thoma, is an internationally recognised expert in sustainable timber construction. In this presentation, he shows what we ... More

Winterthur Gas & Diesel WiCE Innovation on the high seas

SCS supported Winterthur Gas & Diesel in the development of WiCE, the latest generation of engine control units that are becoming ever more efficient and cleaner. WiCE controls ... More