Kickstart Innovation
Julien Weissenberg is an accomplished expert in artificial intelligence and technology, currently serving as an Expert at the World Economic Forum since June 2023. Julien is the Founder of Deep Tech Experts and VisualSense AI, where Julien focuses on technical due diligence and AI consultancy. Additionally, Julien is an Innosuisse Expert, assessing innovation funding applications, and serves as a Co-founder of Free Walk Switzerland, the largest tour organization in Switzerland. Julien's involvement in various professional organizations includes roles as a Tech Council Member for SAMBA, Advisory Board Member for Salary Finance, and Ambassador for Sandbox. Julien's expertise is further highlighted through their position as an AI Expert at Kickstart Innovation. Julien actively contributed to the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers Zurich as a Board Member from 2015 to 2020. Julien holds a PhD in Computer Vision from ETH Zürich and advanced degrees from Imperial College London and ENSIIE.
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Kickstart Innovation
Kickstart is one of Europe's largest zero equity, multi-corporate ecosystem innovation platforms that runs a scale-up program for later-stage startups with a goal to accelerate deep tech innovation. Science and engineering driven technologies have the potential to solve humanity’s biggest challenges. They require unprecedented collaboration between established organizations and the most audacious entrepreneurs out there. Thereby, Kickstart is committed to building an innovation ecosystem that brings high-growth startups, corporates, cities, foundations and universities together. Each year Kickstart brings around 100 startups to Switzerland to collaborate with key players for proofs-of-concept, pilot projects and other innovation partnerships. The program provides exceptional access to the executives and decision-makers of Kickstart’s partners. Being an initiative of Impact Hub Zürich and launched by digitalswitzerland in 2015, Kickstart runs 5 verticals (New Work & Learning, Finance & Insurance, Food & Retail, Smart Cities and Health & Wellbeing), an Intrapreneurship Academy and the Circular Economy Initiative.