Events
Fantasy Basel
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con is the largest Swiss festival for pop culture, cosplay and gaming and has been held annually over Ascension Day (9 to 11 May 2024) at Messe Basel MCH since 2015.
Over three days, the festival covers a wide range of topics on an area of 90,000 m2. This includes films and TV series, games, cosplay, comics, anime, manga, art, content creation, the Middle Ages, board games and much more.
FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con has thus established itself as the most thematically diverse pop culture event in Europe. In 2023, the festival attracted over 72,000 visitors, with over 80,000 expected for the 10th anniversary this year.
Meet your Future Employer: ESA - European Space Agency In Lausanne
Meet your Future Employer: ESA - European Space Agency
26 September 2024 from 12:15 – 14:15
EPFL Campus Lausanne
ESA is the European gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability, leading peaceful exploration, and use of the space for the benefit of everyone on earth.
ESA offers a number of entry-level programs targeting students, recent graduates, and young professionals, alongside its vacancies for experienced professionals.
Andrew Kane and ESA representatives would love to meet you and share ESA career opportunities with you. One of them could be your path to space!
Register here to the event.
Places are limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis
12:15 – 13:00: Conference: Meet your Future Employer - The European Space Agency:
ESA entry level career coordinator13:00 – 13:10: Snack Break-out Session
13:10 – 14:10: One-to-one Speed Meetings. Book here to get answer to your personal questions with your preferred Counsellor.
Please be aware that applications for ESA jobs can be taken only from eligible nationalities (see here).
For more information contact us: career@space-exchange.ch
If you encounter problems during registration, please write to cctc@epfl.ch mentioning “ESA’s Presentation”.
Your Career at ESA - European Space Agency - Zürich (ETH)
ESA is the European gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability, leading peaceful exploration, and use of the space for the benefit of everyone on earth.
ESA offers a number of entry-level programs targeting students, recent graduates, and young professionals, alongside its vacancies for experienced professionals.
Andrew Kane and ESA representatives would love to meet you and share ESA career opportunities with you. One of them could be your path to space!
Register here to the event.
Please be aware that applications for ESA jobs can be taken only from eligible nationalities (see here).
For more information contact us: career@space-exchange.ch
Long Night of Career in Lugano
Long Night of Careers @ USI 2024:
Thursday 18 April 2024, 17.00-21.00
Palazzo Rosso, Campus Ovest, Lugano
Meet ESA ! with Andrew Kane
AMID EPFL AI & Space – Algorithms for socio-economic benefits
We are glad to announce our track: “AI & Space – Algorithms for socio-economic benefits” was selected by the organisers.
During the 90 minutes session on March 26 at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Claudia Röösli, PhD and Grégoire Bourban will welcome on stage a panel of speakers presenting the latest developments in AI and ML using space data for socio-economic benefits along the UN_SDGs.
EXOPLANETEN: AUF DER SUCHE NACH FERNEN WELTENJo Ann Egger (Universität Bern)
Die sensationelle Entdeckung des ersten Planeten ausserhalb unseres Sonnensystems vor etwa dreissig Jahren hat eine Revolution in der Astrophysik ausgelöst. Seither haben Forscher:innen mehr als 5500 dieser sogenannten Exoplaneten nachgewiesen – und fast täglich kommen neue hinzu. Astrophysikerin Jo Ann Egger nimmt uns mit auf eine Entdeckungsreise zu diesen weit entfernten Welten und gibt uns einen Einblick in ein immer noch rasant wachsendes Forschungsfeld, von den Methoden zur Entdeckung neuer Exoplaneten bis hin zu den neuesten Erkenntnissen aus den Daten des James Webb Weltraumteleskops.
Jo Ann Egger arbeitet als Doktorandin an der Universität Bern und ist Mitglied des Science Teams des CHEOPS Weltraumteleskops der Europäischen Weltraumagentur.
International Career Day in Lausanne
The 20th International Career Day (ICD) will be held on Friday, 15 March 2024 in Lausanne. © FDFA
The ICD offers young professionals and students at Swiss universities a platform to meet with representatives of international organisations and find out about jobs and career opportunities in the multilateral environment. More than 50 high-profile multilateral organisations from different sectors will be at the ICD to provide first-hand information and answer visitors' questions about internships and part-time positions as well as entry-level opportunities and the eligibility criteria.
The ICD has grown significantly in terms of both participant and visitor numbers since being launched in 2003. It was held in Bern in 2017 and in Basel in 2018, in St Gallen in 2019, online in 2021, in Fribourg in 2022 and in Lucerne in 2023.
Admission to the ICD is free of charge.
tunBasel
Tüfteln, experimentieren und erleben. Die tunBasel ist ein Erlebnislabor, eine Erlebniswerkstatt, eine eigene Erlebnisschau. Berufe in Technik und Naturwissenschaften sind sehr abwechslungsreich und spannend. Das zeigt die tunBasel Schülerinnen und Schülern frühzeitig und auf spielerische Weise auf. Damit wirkt sie dem Arbeitskräftemangel entgegen.
An der Erlebnisschau zeigen namhafte Institutionen auf einer Fläche von mehr als 1'100 m2 spannende und herausfordernde Experimente zum Staunen, Forschen und Entdecken. Schulklassen mit Lehr- und Begleitpersonen sowie Kinder und Jugendliche mit ihren Eltern – alle sind an der tunBasel herzlich willkommen.
SELBER FORSCHEN: „CITIZEN SCIENCE“ UND DIE ASTRONOMIE Dr. Tizian Zumthurm (Science et Cité)
Citizen Science ist Wissenschaft zum selber- und mitmachen. Die Forschungsmethode wird sowohl im akademischen Umfeld als auch in Museen oder Naturschutzvereinen immer beliebter, besonders weil sie durch den Einbezug von Bürger:innen Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft in den Dialog bringt. So finden wir neue und relevante Fragestellungen, sammeln mehr und schneller Daten, analysieren diese mit frischen Perspektiven und machen somit wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse robuster und akzeptierter. Die Astronomie war dabei schon immer ein wichtiger Bereich, in dem mit Citizen Science gearbeitet wurde.
Der Vortrag stellt vor, was Citizen Science ist und warum diese Forschungsmethode wichtig ist. Er beleuchtet die Rolle der Astronomie in Geschichte und Gegenwart von Citizen Science.
Tizian Zumthurm arbeitet bei der Geschäftsstelle Citizen Science Schweiz. Sie ist bei der Stiftung Science et Cité angesiedelt, die als Kompetenzzentrum der Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz den Dialog zwischen Gesellschaft und Wissenschaft fördert. Die Geschäftsstelle unterhält das Netzwerk Schweiz forscht, welches Citizen Science im Allgemeinen und konkrete Projekte in der Schweiz sichtbar macht und das gegenseitige Lernen aller Interessierten fördert.
MINT Vaud
Inédit en Suisse romande, MINT Vaud est un salon interactif et ludique destiné à susciter l’enthousiasme des enfants et des adolescents de la 5e à la 8e année (8-12 ans)pour les mathématiques, l’informatique, les sciences naturelles et la technique (MINT). Sa première édition se déroulera du 26 février au 3 mars 2024.
À la fois laboratoire de recherche, atelier de découverte et véritable foire aux expériences, ce concept a pour objectif de donner le goût de ces branches et filières d’avenir aux enfants. Au travers de l’expérimentation et du jeu, le pari est de leur faire découvrir la richesse de ces domaines dont les perspectives professionnelles – accessibles tant par la formation professionnelle qu’académique – et les multiples opportunités qu’ils offrent pour l’avenir doivent mieux se faire connaitre. Ce salon sera aussi l’occasion de montrer aux filles qu’elles ont toute leur place dans ces domaines majoritairement masculins.
Au sein du SwissTech Convention Center de l’EPFL et sur plus de 1000m2, une vingtaine d’entreprises, universités et hautes écoles spécialisées présentent de passionnantes expériences, à la fois source d’étonnement, d’exploration et de découverte. À noter que SXS aura un stand en collaboration avec l'EPFL
Destiné en premier lieu aux classes vaudoises de la 5e à la 8e, le Département de l’enseignement et de la formation professionnelle a décidé d’offrir gratuitement l’accès aux enfants et à leurs parents le mercredi après-midi 28 février et le week-end du 2 et 3 mars 2024.
Plus d’informations ici
EARTH OBSERVATION: DIE ERDE AUS DEM ALL BEOBACHTEN Carmen Meiller & Ella Schubiger (NPOC, Universität Zürich)
Heutzutage umkreisen tausende Satelliten unseren Planeten. Sie beobachten und überwachen die Erde und liefern kontinuierlich Terrabytes an wertvollen Daten, die unser Wissen über die Dynamik der Erde ständig erweitern. Anwendung findet die satellitengestützte Fernerkundung in praktisch allen Lebensbereichen, sei es in der Landwirtschaft, Wetter- und Unwettervorhersage, Forstwirtschaft, Überwachung von atmosphärischen Gasen und ozeanischen Prozessen, städtische Entwicklung, Klimaforschung oder im Katastrophenmanagement. Doch wie funktionieren Satelliten eigentlich? Wie genau sehen Bilder aus, die mit Satelliten aufgenommen werden und was kann man alles erkennen, bzw. wo liegen die Limitationen? Und inwiefern ist die Schweiz in der Fernerkundung aktiv? Diese und weitere Fragen werden wir gemeinsam klären und uns dazu die physikalischen und technischen Grundlagen anschauen.
Carmen Meiller: Doktorandin an den Remote Sensing Laboratories (RSL), Geographisches Institut der Universität Zürich und Mitarbeiterin des National Point of Contact für Satellitendaten (NPOC)
Ella Schubiger: Masterstudentin am Geographischen Institut der Universität Zürich und Mitarbeiterin des National Point of Contact für Satellitendaten (NPOC).
EINDRÜCKE AUS DEM WELTALLDr. Prof. Claude Nicollier (Space Exchange Switzerland)
Claude Nicollier, der bis anhin einizige Schweizer der den Weltraum besuchte, studierte Physik und Astrophysik in Lausanne und in Genf. Er absolvierte eine Ausbildung als Pilot der Schweizer Luftwaffe und als Linienpilot, bevor er 1978 als Astronaut der ESA ausgewählt wurde.
Claude Nicollier flog mit vier verschiedenen Raumfähren viermal ins All. Beim letzten Flug, einer Service-Mission zum Weltraumteleskop Hubble, unternahm er einen Weltraumspaziergang von 8 Stunden und 10 Minuten. Insgesamt verbrachte er während dieser vier Missionen mehr als 1000 Stunden im All. Obwohl Claude Nicollier im Ruhestand ist, ist er immer noch aktiv für die Schweizer „Space Community“ und Honorarprofessor an der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule Lausanne (EPFL).
Im Cosmos Club berichtet uns Claude Nicollier über die vier Space-Shuttle Missionen an denen er zwischen 1992 und 1999 beteiligt war.
Das Geheimnis der dunklen Materie und der dunkeln Energie
Was ist Dunkle Materie? Was ist Dunkle Energie? Wie haben sie unser Verständnis des Universums geprägt? Dr. Stefan Hackstein entführt uns in die verborgene Welt des dunklen Universums. Von der historischen Entwicklung dieser Konzepte bis hin zu den jüngsten Nachweisen ihrer Existenz, gibt es viel zu entdecken. Oder können alternative Theorien ohne Dunkle Materie und Energie das Universum doch besser erklären? Wie wird die Arbeit mit der Euclid-Sonde helfen, ein neues Licht auf diese dunklen Geheimnisse zu werfen?
Durchdrungen von der Neugier auf das Unbekannte, kombiniert Dr. Stefan Hackstein seine fundierten Kenntnisse in Physik und Kosmologie (Promotion in Hamburg, 2020) mit innovativen Ansätzen in der Datenwissenschaft um die Geheimnisse von Dunkler Materie und Dunkler Energie zu ergründen. Als Teil des FHNW-Teams, das künstliche Intelligenz für die Euclid-Weltraumsonde entwickelt, leistet er einen wertvollen Beitrag zur Weltraumforschung.
Connect to ESA Careers Day on 9 November
If you are interested in applying for a job at ESA, curious to know what opportunities we have for you or would like to hear about the projects our teams are working on, then mark your calendar for 9 November 2023! For this fully online event, we will be streaming a programme packed full of sessions giving you an insider’s look at STEM careers at ESA.
More info for the live sessions: here
UZH: Your Career at ESA - European Space Agency
ESA is the European gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability, leading peaceful exploration, and use of the space for the benefit of everyone on earth.
ESA offers several entry-level programs targeting students, recent graduates, and young professionals, alongside its vacancies for experienced professionals.
Andrew Kane and ESA representatives would love to meet you and share ESA career opportunities with you. One of them could be your path to space.
Register here to the event.
16:00 – 16:45: ESA Representatives talk about careers:
16:45 – 17:00: Networking Break out Session
17:00 – 18:00: One-to-one Speed Meetings. Book here to get answer to your personal questions with your preferred Counselors.
Places are limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please be aware that applications for ESA jobs can be taken only from eligible nationalities (see here).
For more information contact us: career@space-exchange.ch
ETHZ: Your Career at ESA - European Space Agency
ESA is the European gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability, leading peaceful exploration, and use of the space for the benefit of everyone on earth.
ESA offers a number of entry-level programs targeting students, recent graduates, and young professionals, alongside its vacancies for experienced professionals.
Andrew Kane and ESA representatives would love to meet you and share ESA career opportunities with you. One of them could be your path to space!
Register here to the event.
Please be aware that applications for ESA jobs can be taken only from eligible nationalities (see here).
For more information contact us: career@space-exchange.ch
EPFL - Meet your Future Employer: The European Space Agency
12:15 to 13:00 -followed by a snack buffet Conference: Meet your Future Employer - The European Space Agency
ESA is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability, leading peaceful exploration, and use of the space for the benefit of everyone on earth.
ESA offers a number of entry-level programs targeting students, recent graduates, and young professionals, alongside its vacancies for experienced professionals.
Andrew Kane would love to meet you during this presentation and share ESA career opportunities with you. One of them could be your path to space!
13:10 to 14:15 - One-to-One Speed Dating Sessions
Book here your speed meeting session *Places are limited and registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
ESA will answer your personal question on career opportunities; choose your Counselor in the list below:
Andrew Kane - ESA entry level career coordinator
Loic Azzalini - ESA YGT - Advanced Concepts Team
Maurane Gisiger - ESA YGT - ESA Education Office
Julien Bonnaud - SXS Harmonization with Industry- former YGT
Gregoire Bourban - SXS head- former YGT
Silvia Invrea - SXS Career Head
Elena Bittante - SXS Movetia grants
Alexandre Chappuis - EPFL Student and ESA Intern
By registering, you commit yourself to come to this event. If you are unable to attend, we ask you to unsubscribe before the event (log on to epflcareer.ch, click on this link and then on the "cancel" button of the event). If you encounter problems during registration, please write to cctc@epfl.ch mentioning “ESA’s Presentation”.
Organised by the Transversal Skills and Career Center.
Location: EPFL Campus : SG 0 211
Please be aware that applications for ESA jobs can be taken only from eligible nationalities, namely ESA member states and cooperating states. find information here
SXS fosters Careers in Space
You are invited at the Commercial Space Days in Lucerne at KKL Congress Center
One-to-one meetings SXS and ESA on careers with the participation of:
Silvia Invrea, Director of USI Career Service & SXS
Lucy Van der Tass, ESA Head of Talent Acquisition
Register here (for students FREE TICKET)
Few free tickets are available for students wanting a 2-day ticket (September 11 & 12) register here
Euclid pre-launch celebration @ FHNW
Euclid – ESA’s mission for exploring the dark Universe launches in early July
Euclid will map the universe in search of what constitutes 95% of the universe: dark matter and dark energy. It is a huge endeavour that includes a consortium of more than 2000 scientists from 300 institutes in 13 European countries, the US, Canada and Japan. Four Swiss institutions contributed to it: The University of Geneva (UniGe, lead of the Swiss participation), the University of Zurich (UZH), the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).
Events list:
UZH: June 16, 3-2-1 Go Euclid! Space Café at the UZH Space Hub, for academic audiences.
Location: Irchel Campus (room Y16-G-15)
Program and registration: https://www.spacehub.uzh.ch/en/events/SpaceCafe/Euclid.html
FHNW: July 3rd, afternoon and evening, Euclid pre-launch celebration, public event at the Campus Windisch. Everyone is welcome!
Program and registration: https://astro-helio.ch/
UniGe: public event planned for later this year. Stay tuned!
Are you interested in organizing a talk with a Euclid expert in your region? Please contact martin.kunz@unige.ch
Find more information on ESA’s Euclid launch kit https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/science/Euclid-LaunchKit.pdf
Feier zum Launch der Euclid-Raumsonde
Programm
17.00 bis 19.30 - Campus-Platz, für alle
Aufblasbares Planetarium Spacedome, Platz reservieren!
Euclid Infostand
Science Slam, Dr. Stefan Hackstein
Weltraumlieder mit baboon
Galaxien-Frisbees
Raketenglace an der Studi-Bar
19.30 bis 21.30 Uhr - Erdgeschoss Bahnhofstr. 5 für Erwachsene mit Anmeldung
Apéro
Begrüssung Jürg Christener, Direktor Hochschule für Technik FHNW
Ansprache Dr. Oliver Botta, SBFI
Raumsonde Euclid, Prof. Martin Melchior u. Team, FHNW
Hunting dark matter and dark energy with Euclid, Dr. Francesca Lepori, UZH
Liveschaltung zum Kennedy Space Center, Prof. Martin Kunz, UniGE
Science Slam, Weltraumlieder und Bar
3-2-1 Go Euclid!
Euclid – ESA’s mission for exploring the dark Universe launches in early July
Euclid will map the universe in search of what constitutes 95% of the universe: dark matter and dark energy. It is a huge endeavour that includes a consortium of more than 2000 scientists from 300 institutes in 13 European countries, the US, Canada and Japan. Four Swiss institutions contributed to it: The University of Geneva (UniGe, lead of the Swiss participation), the University of Zurich (UZH), the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).
Events list:
UZH: June 16, 3-2-1 Go Euclid! Space Café at the UZH Space Hub, for academic audiences.
Location: Irchel Campus (room Y16-G-15)
Program and registration: https://www.spacehub.uzh.ch/en/events/SpaceCafe/Euclid.html
FHNW: July 3rd, afternoon and evening, Euclid pre-launch celebration, public event at the Campus Windisch. Everyone is welcome!
Program and registration: https://astro-helio.ch/
UniGe: public event planned for later this year. Stay tuned!
Are you interested in organizing a talk with a Euclid expert in your region? Please contact martin.kunz@unige.ch
Find more information on ESA’s Euclid launch kit https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/science/Euclid-LaunchKit.pdf
Fantasy Basel 2023
SXS is pleased to be part of FANTASY BASEL 2023 from May 18th to 20th.
A large Space area at the fair is dedicated to Space Exchange Switzerland.
Come and meet the experts from the Swiss space ecosystem at our booth and learn more about space projects with a Swiss participation.
Don't miss out on our "Green Screen Box" to have the opportunity to travel to space!
More information here!
Space Community Days Switzerland 2023
Challenges and opportunities in the space field. Practical and useful information for space industries and newcomers in the domain.
! This event is dedicated to Swiss organisations with invited international speakers !
The event will be held at BernExpo on April 25-26 and will offer:
Presentations over 2 days: the agenda might be subject to minor changes.
Physical Face-2-Face meeting sessions
The Space Community Days 2023 offer a platform to exchange experiences and to support cooperation. This is a great opportunity to listen to prominent speakers involving ESA program managers, representatives of Swiss companies and of the Large European System Integrators.
The event is intended to be an occasion to meet again after the pandemic, and to learn about future opportunities in select ESA programmes. The community days will also be the occasion to improve the dialogue between space science and industry through dedicated sessions. The event focuses on specific and select tangible opportunities for Swiss entities, namely for SME’s.
In the afternoon of the first Day, we have the pleasure to welcome Prof. Masaki Fujimoto, Deputy Director General at JAXA for a keynote presentation on Hayabusa2. This will open a session fostering the "dialogue between space science and space industries" organised together with ISSI Bern and the NCCR PlanetS.
To encourage further networking and extend the discussions we are pleased to invite you to a Gala Dinner on Tuesday evening at the Kornhauskeller in Bern - Don't miss this exclusive moment of conviviality!
The second day is dedicated to the presentation of new ESA e-tools and national support initiatives. A session on AI for space will be organised in the afternoon.
You can optimise your attendance by using this platform in order to book your B2B meetings with other participants, including the speakers, at your convenience.
Registration:
The registration is open until April 14, and is mandatory in order to participate to this event. Participation is free of charge.
The Swiss Space Office is organising this event with the collaboration of Space Exchange Switzerland.
Career Day at USI Lugano: Meet ESA's Andrew Kane!
SAVE THE DATE!
Meet ESA @ the USI Long Night of Career next 20 April 2023
18:00-18:30 Meet the Company Session (workshop)
Red Building A-23 Speakers:
Andrew Kane, ESA Entry Level Coordinator, European Space Agency
Gregoire Bourban, Head of Space Exchange Switzerland, European Space Agency
Elena Bittante, SXS Career Coordinator
19:30-21:00 Job Gallery Walk (One-to-one meetings)
The Intern in ESA Red Building A-11
Speakers: Andrew Kane, Entry Level Coordinator
18:00-21:00 Company corner (outdoor)
Registration: career@space-exchange.ch
Earth from Space: International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
In occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science,
the NPOC for satellite data will offer to young girls, from 13 to 16, a science workshop: "Earth from Space". An opportunity to discover the use and applications of Earth observations from satellites. The workshop will take place at the University of Zurich (Irchel Campus)
on Thursday afternoon, February 9th 2023 (registration, timetable and detailed informations will follow).
Registration: https://www.ema.uzh.ch/de/main-events/NKG6.html