About the Event
Community meets community!
Join us for an exciting event that brings together our communities for a day of connection, collaboration, and inspiration. Forum Day offers a unique platform for various groups to meet, share information, engage in dynamic discussions, and listen to enlightening keynotes.
Speakers
Claudia Lienert
Head of Community Management, Switch
As Head of Community Management at Switch, Claudia Lienert has been responsible for developing business relationships with the Swiss education, research and innovation community since March 2023. Prior to that, she held various management positions in the IT and transport industry and completed an Executive Master of Business Administration at the University of Strathclyde.
Kaspar Scheller
Senior Procurement Specialist, Switch
Kaspar Scheller is the Product Owner of the Switch Procure Service for the Swiss Higher Education, Research, and Innovation Community. With his legal background and more than 20 years of experience in the ICT domain, he supports Community members in license management and public procurement matters.
Stefan Arnet
Senior Procurement Specialist, Switch
Stefan Arnet is a Procurement Specialist at Switch. As a part of Switch Procure he supports the Swiss Higher Education, Research and Innovation community with his expertise on license agreements and public procurement. He has several years of experience as a buyer in the ICT domain and as a software asset manager within Higher Education. He has more than 15 years of experience as buyer in the ICT domain and as a Software Asset Manager within Higher Education.
Kevin Chavarria
Product Manager Switch Cloud
Kevin Chavarría is a seasoned product manager with a background in engineering and business. Since joining Switch in 2023, he has been developing cloud solutions for Swiss universities, research institutions and the wider education community. His career spans ICT, healthcare, finance and semiconductors, and he has worked in multiple countries. That international path shapes his customer-first approach to product development. At Switch, he focuses on turning the specific needs of Swiss institutions into practical, secure and reliable cloud services.
Christian Rohrer
Product Owner - ROAM Services, Switch
Since the beginning of the year, Christian Rohrer has officially put on the PO hat for eduroam, for which he has been technically in charge since his return to Switch in 2020. In this position, he recently introduced two new products in the 'ROAM' family: eVA (eduroam Visitor Access) and govroam. With a background in neurobiology and interaction design, Christian enjoys working on interfaces, be it with counterparts made of flesh or silicon.
Daniel Bertolo
Head of Research & Education Switch
Daniel is Business Owner of the Research and Education Network at Switch, where he has been leading the Switch LAN network services since 2013. He holds a degree in computer science from the University of Applied Sciences HSR (today OST) and a Diploma of Advanced Studies HSG in IT Business Management. His work focuses on delivering high-performance connectivity solutions to Switzerland’s research and education community
Dominik Valloni
Legal Counsel, Switch
Since 2023, Dominik Valloni has been a member of the Switch Legal Team, bringing with him more than nine years of experience as a lawyer and legal counsel. He advises Switch on all relevant legal matters relating to contract, data protection, trademark, domain name, and intellectual property law, as well as compliance. With his expertise, he helps ensure that Switch can provide its services to universities in a legally sound and efficient manner. Outside the legal field, he is the father of two children, where he finds both the most exciting challenges and the best balance alongside his professional life.
Geert Hoevenaars
Product Portfolio Manager, Switch
Geert joined Switch in 2018 with a background in international product management. Over the years, he has guided several new product developments, introduced and trained several processes, created numerous new Switch tools for product managers, and is now responsible for Switch’ Product Portfolio Board. As the product manager of Switch OER, he drives the business and marketing aspects of this service.
Jean-François Van de Poël
Specialist in Digital Learning & Scientific Coordination eduhub
Jean-François Van de Poël is Deputy Director for digital affairs of the Centre de Soutien à l'Enseignement at the University of Lausanne. He has been active in the field of educational technologies in higher education for 20 years. During this period, he has held various positions, including educational designer, virtual campus manager and MOOC project manager in several institutions. He holds masters degrees in educational sciences, educational technologies and higher education pedagogy, and is particularly interested in the fields of teacher professional development, educational multimedia and the hybridization of educational practices.
Stefano Tardini
Head of USI eLab, Lecturer at USI Università della Svizzera italiana
After graduating in Classical Philology, in 2002 he obtained his Ph.D. in Language sciences at the Catholic University in Milan, with a thesis on the linguistic and semiotic features of virtual communities.
Since 2004 he has been head of USI eLab - eLearning Lab; he is lecturer at USI at the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society. His research interests include ICT mediated communication and eLearning, virtual communities and online social networks. He has been a certified facilitator for the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology since 2013. In 2021 he was awarded, on behalf of the entire eLab, USI's Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching.
Thomas Steiner
Head of Cyberlearn, HES-SO e-learning center
Prof. Dr. Thomas Steiner is the head of Cyberlearn, the HES-SO e-learning center. The former CEO of the FRIBOURG REGION and director of the Swiss School of Tourism is specialised in AI, tourism, digitalisation and transition management. As a consultant with immotour ltd, Thomas is leading restructuring, transformation and interim processes for several destinations, official bodies and family businesses. He is the president of Vercorin Tourisme SA and member of several boards among which Switzerland Tourism and Emch+Berger Bern.
Simon Schlauri
Prof. Dr. iur., Attorney at Law, Partner at Ronzani Schlauri Attorneys
Since 2012 Prof. Dr. Simon Schlauri has been a partner at Ronzani Schlauri Attorneys, a law firm specializing in information, telecommunications, and technology law with offices in Zurich and St. Gallen. After completing his studies in Zurich in 1999, he earned his doctorate on electronic signatures and wrote his habilitation thesis on the telecommunications law topic of network neutrality. Schlauri is a board member of CH Open, an association promoting open-source software, and regularly handles mandates related to open-source software, open data, and open content.
Bastien Campagne
Product Manager
Bastien joined Switch early 2026. He is an experienced Product Manager for Digital Tools and Services, with a background in IT Engineering and Project Management. In his past lifes he worked mostly in the healthcare industry, and in telecommunication, helping innovative ideas to become real. Within Switch, he focuses on defining the vision and path for Identity Solutions.
Event location
Haldenstrasse 44
6006 Luzern
Getting to the Swiss Museum of Transport (Verkehrshaus der Schweiz)
By Car:
The Swiss Museum of Transport is located just a few minutes from Lucerne city centre. Parking is available along Lidostrasse and opposite the Lido beach. Electric vehicle fast-charging stations are also available on site.
By Public Transport:
From Lucerne railway station, take the S3 train or the Voralpen-Express to Luzern Verkehrshaus station (approx. 8 minutes). Alternatively, bus lines 6, 8, or 24 take you directly to the Verkehrshaus stop in about 10 minutes.