Mission
- Provide a network of excellence in engineering sciences.
- Support innovation and facilitate transfer of technology
- Promote the understanding of technology and engineering sciences in society.
- Advise Government and society (“honest knowledge broker”)
- Inform the next generation about engineering sciences and motivate them to pursue a career in engineering.
- Build and maintain international relations with excellent peer groups in the field of engineering sciences.
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Highlights 2016
- To increase the number of young people choosing engineering as profession, SATW has organized a conference on the topic of encouraging “Technology” in schools and extracurricular STEM activities. In addition, TecDays have been organized in eight high schools and a magazine called Techno-scope was published.
- Cybersecurity has become an even more relevant topic. To sharpen the attention of the Swiss population on threats related to cyber space, SATW organized two public events in Lausanne and Zurich. For experts, another Cybersecurity event was organized on the subject of the security of critical infrastructures.
- Industrial manufacturing methods are about to change fundamentally. Mastering new manufacturing technologies such as additive manufacturing and Industry 4.0 will be the key to success. SATW published the first research overview on “Advanced Manufacturing in Switzerland”, providing a highly comprehensive picture of the Swiss scientific landscape.
