Share our Office | Working in our Building | University Outposts | swissnex San Francisco Interns
Our community is a flourishing mix of swissnex employees, organizations and companies who share our office, individuals in town for a few days using a desk, and a diverse group of colleagues and experts from a variety of fields who drop in to meet, brainstorm, attend events, and so much more. Becoming a part of the swissnex community opens a new set of experiences and opportunities to be inspired, connect, and share knowledge.
Share our Office
The swissnex San Francisco building—in the heart of San Francisco—is an edgy mix of historic and contemporary aesthetics by acclaimed industrial designer Yves Béhar. Our open floor plan is designed to maximize knowledge sharing and facilitate collaboration. We have 21 workspaces and visitors’ desks available on a short- and long-term basis for groups and individuals active between Switzerland and North America whose missions align with our own.
Not only can you use our desks, boardroom, event space, and other facilities, but if you work in our building, you can also leverage our wide web of trusted experts and our own knowledge of many fields in Switzerland and North America. If you are active across our regions and are planning to be in San Francisco, please contact us to find out if we have a space for you.
Working in our Building
The following organizations conduct business from the offices of swissnex San Francisco, where two spaces are available through a cost-sharing plan. For a list of past companies who've shared our office, click here.
Greater Zurich AreaGreater Zurich Area, Inc. is a foundation promoting the economic region of Zurich in Switzerland to companies looking to expand to or within Europe. It supports those companies with information and contacts, free of charge. | ||||||||
CTI Start-Up USAswissnex San Francisco's Gioia Deucher heads the CTI Start-up USA program. CTI Start-up promotes the immediate benefits of science and technology brought to market by researchers and entrepreneurs. CTI Start-up rents two desks at swissnex for Swiss startups with a CTI label who wish to take advantage of swissnex's expertise and proximity to the SF Bay Area and Silicon Valley. | ||||||||
Spatial ViewThe company’s vision is to make 3D more accessible, affordable, versatile, and inspiring. With the SVI family of software and a variety of high quality auto-stereo displays, Spatial View offers a wealth of adaptable solutions enabling the presentation of 3D rich content of all types, in full dimensionality, for specialty as well as the consumer mass market. Auto-stereo displays are 3D monitors with no auxiliary gadgets: eyes-only for true 3D. |
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Canton de VaudIn previous years, the Swiss Canton of Vaud, under the leadership of Director General of Higher Education, successfully developed numerous activities between the University of Applied Science of Western Switzerland and several universities in the state of California. In July of 2009, Anne-Catherine Lyon, state councilor of education, youth, and culture for the Canton of Vaud, along with a delegation of top-level individuals from Switzerland’s cantonal and federal levels, returned to California to inaugurate several Summer University programs in academic disciplines from business to wine to nursing to computer science. The programs bring students from Switzerland together with US students for one month each summer and alternate location between the two nations. The delegation also furthered preparation for an international joint master’s programs between California universities and schools in Vaud in sustainable management, computer security, wine business, and nursing. swissnex San Francisco provided valuable services to the delegation, including workspace, support, public events, and more, and we continue to act as an important, local expert and ally, nurturing the growing relationships between the Canton of Vaud and universities on the West Coast of North America. |
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University Outposts
If you attended a Swiss university and you live in North America, we would love to hear from you.
EPFLIn 2009, the Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL) continued its partnership with swissnex San Francisco to include a special mandate that broadens the university’s international press outreach. With the addition of two new US communications experts, swissnex San Francisco began a targeted media campaign on behalf of EPFL with the objectives of increasing the university’s visibility in major mainstream media in North America and establishing a network of journalists interested in news and research coming out of EPFL. Along with distributing the institution’s science magazine, Reflex, to interested parties in the US, swissnex San Francisco assists the university’s talented media team with their English press releases for the US media, press kit design, social media coordination, media trend scouting, cross promotion, and more. |
A3A3 is the association that brings graduates of EPFL together from all departments and all degrees. The group allows alumni to stay in touch, both socially and professionally, and to stay connected to EPFL. It also publishes an online directory for its members, all of whom receive a lifetime e-mail address. In December, the association launched a joint program with swissnex San Francisco with the arrival of Simon Lepin, who began a six-month intensive effort to reconnect with EPFL graduates in North America, survey and update alumni information, and organize regional alumni events in the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere in the US. |
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swissnex San Francisco Internships
swissnex San Francisco offers highly sought-after academic internships on a rotating basis throughout the year to productive, qualified, self-motivated individuals. Internships vary in duration from four months to one year. Click here to learn more.
