We strive to advance new ideas and international collaboration for the benefit of societies.
swissnex San Francisco strives to advance new ideas and international collaboration for the benefit of societies.
Discover nextcasts
Explore the emergent future with our new podcast series highlighting the people and ideas from swissnex San Francisco.
The Anxiety of Smart Cities
What might the city of the future look like? Read the insights drawn from the Designathon on Tour & Urban Technology Summit as we explore the options for navigating tomorrow's megacities.
Partnership Opportunity | SAFT: Opening Innovation for Impact
An open innovation program, connecting industry and startups to accelerate development of sustainable products and services in energy and mobility, finance and insurance, food and health.
Instant Space
A platform for conversation, Instant Space is a response to the swissnex Salon created by Zurich-based architects Nele Dechmann and Ortreport.
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InSight Set to Touch Down for Mission on Mars
On November 26, NASA’s InSight spacecraft — carrying a seismometer developed by scientists from ETH Zurich and a Swiss flag — touched down on Martian soil.
nextcasts
nextcasts is our platform to share conversations with the interesting people we connect with, and ideas on the forces shaping the emergent future.
Startups
swissnex San Francisco connects startups to the local network, tools, techniques, training, and office space in the Bay Area.
Partners
We work in partnership with an ever-widening group of individuals and organizations.
Residents
Entrepreneurs, organizations, and individuals share our space and help carry out our mission.
Corporate Innovation
swissnex San Francisco brings together a diverse community of universities, startups, corporates , artists and designers in our living lab at Pier 17.
Universities
We connect Swiss and Bay Area universities, researchers and academics, fostering the international exchange of research and ideas.
Artists
We facilitate Swiss artists promotion and cultural exchanges in the field of art-technology and art-sciences with a particular attention to the specific domains of: digital creation, interactive media, design and architecture.