SwissTech Convention Center
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The SwissTech Convention Center is a conference centre on the campus of EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.
The SwissTech Convention Center is one of the largest convention centers in the Lake Geneva region and has served many major events.
Building
The building was designed by the architectural firm Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés of Lausanne. It was financed by two Credit Suisse real estate funds for 120 million Swiss francs.{{in lang|fr}} [https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/6735642-l-epfl-recadree-par-le-controle-federal-des-finances.html "L’EPFL recadrée par le Contrôle fédéral des finances"], Radio télévision suisse, 27–29 April 2015 (page visited on 11 July 2017). The Credit Suisse owns the building, while the EPFL pays an annual rent of 6 million Swiss francs. This public-private partnership was criticised by the Swiss Federal Audit Office as "the conditions are unfavourable to the EPFL and favourable to the investor".{{in lang|fr}} Nicolas Dufour, [https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/2016/08/30/controle-federal-finances-accable-lepfl-batiments-spectaculaires "Le Contrôle fédéral des finances accable l’EPFL pour ses bâtiments spectaculaires"], Le Temps, 30 August 2016 (page visited on 11 July 2017).
Financial support from the Swiss electricity supply company Romande énergie allowed the west facade of the building to be covered with panels made of organic dye-sensitized solar cell, also called "Grätzel cells" after Michael Grätzel, a physical chemistry professor at the EPFL and the inventor of this technology.[http://actu.epfl.ch/news/the-swisstech-convention-center-a-lab-for-conferen/ "The SwissTech Convention Center, a lab for conferences of the future"], press release, 3 April 2014 (page visited on 3 October 2014).
Events
File:Aldrin and Leonov.jpg and Alexei Leonov at the Swiss Tech Convention Centre in 2015]]
= Regular =
- Magistrale (EPFL graduation ceremonies)
- [http://www.planetesante.ch/Salon Planète Santé]
- [http://forum.epfl.ch/en Forum EPFL]
- [https://polylan.ch PolyLAN]
- [http://thebrainforum.org The Brain Forum]
- [https://www.appliedmldays.org Applied Machine Learning Days]
= Other =
- 13 November 2015: [http://www.swissapollo.ch/index.php/en/press/photo-gallery/the-moon-race The Moon Race]
- [http://sci.esa.int/euclid/ European Space Agency - EUCLID]
- [http://www.sportaccordconvention.com Sport Accord Convention 2016]
- 11 July 2017: meeting of the International Olympic Committee about the 2024 Summer Olympics, with delegations including Emmanuel Macron[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/11/ioc-olympic-games-paris-los-angeles-2024-2028 "Olympics: IOC prepares to award next two Games to Paris and Los Angeles"], The Guardian, 11 July 2017 (page visited on 11 July 2017).
- 24 January 2018: draw for the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League
- June 2019: The 134th IOC Session
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://issuu.com/swisstechconventioncenter/docs/stcc_brochure_web/1 Brochure]
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/122002529@N03/sets/72157643250957845/ Flickr]
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Category:École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne