MTEC News Archive
D-MTEC @ Zurich Marathon
On Sunday 21 April, 34 members of the MTEC Department braved inclement conditions to join some 16,000 other amateur and professional runners competing in the Zurich Marathon, Half-Marathon, and 10K Race. Despite the adverse conditions, the D-MTEC team put in inspiring performances.
Impact the future
On 13 March 2024, feMTEC, Women in Data Science Zurich (WiDS), and Women Techmakers Zurich hosted a panel discussion titled “Impact the Future – Shaping the Next Tech Revolution” in honour of International Women’s Day.
OSWC 2024: Navigating risk and uncertainty in organisational science
From 29 February to 2 March, the Organization Science Winter Conference (OSWC 2024) celebrated its 25th anniversary, hosted at ETH Zurich.
Expansions and transitions in the department staff
Amidst organisational changes, new programme leaders will join the department staff: Carrie Joda as Coordinator of Studies for the MSc MTEC, Evelina Kramer as MAS MTEC Programme Manager, and Ana Procópio Schön will join the team while keeping her role in the emba X programme.
Florian von Wangenheim is appointed Academic Co-Director of emba X
On 1 March 2024, Professor Florian von Wangenheim takes over as Academic Co-Director of the emba X programme. He succeeds Professor Stefano Brusoni, who will remain involved as founder, advisor and lecturer
D-MTEC Highlights 2023
D-MTEC wishes you happy holidays and a fantastic start to the new year! 2023 has been another exciting year in our community. Lean back and enjoy this videocollage with some highlights from last year. We are back on 8 January 2024.
MTEC Day 2023
On 2 December 2023, the MTEC Department honoured its graduates who successfully completed the MSc ETH MTEC and MAS ETH MTEC studies and the D-MTEC doctorate.
The first emba X cohort graduates
28 October 2023 marked a historical milestone for continuing education in Switzerland, as both ETH Zurich and the University of St.Gallen celebrated the successful graduation of the pioneer cohort of their joint Executive MBA programme – the EMBA ETH HSG, known as emba X.
EthonAI Secures CHF 6.27M Seed Funding
On 14 February 2023, EthonAI reported that it had raised CHF 6.27M in seed funding, led by Earlybird Venture Capital and La Famiglia. Incorporated only a year ago, the ETH spin-off provides manufacturers with AI-based defect detection and analysis software.
Looking back and forward
D-MTEC wishes happy holidays and a fantastic start into the new year! 2022 has been an exciting year in our community and we are happy to share a short video with some memories from the last couple of months. We are looking forward to be back starting 9th of January.