6th October 2020SALESBOOK

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ISO 14001

ISO 9001

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Timeline .............................................................................3

The Forum EPFL schedule ................................................4

The Start-Up Day schedule ...............................................4

The Forum EPFL ................................................................5

Certifications and Standards .............................................6

Registration - Start-Up Day Forum EPFL 2020 .................7

CV library ...........................................................................8

Forum Responsible ...........................................................9

0-emission option ............................................................10

To join us .........................................................................11

Contact ............................................................................12

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TIMELINE

23rd March

Opening ofregistrations

17th August

Registrationdeadline

6th October

1st July

Opening of theCV library

28th August

Online publication ofthe Start-Ups Book

(LdS) and stands plan

Start-Up Day

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THE FORUM EPFL SCHEDULE

THE START-UP DAY SCHEDULE

08:30 - 09:00 Entrepreneurs’ Breakfast

09:00 - 17:00 Start-ups stands

10:00 - 15:00 Conferences, Workshops

17:00 - 18:30 Networking Cocktail

Monday 5th October Company presentations, Workshops

Tuesday 6th October Start-Up Day, Company presentations

Wednesday 7th October Company presentations, Workshops

Thursday 8th October Stands, Workshops

Friday 9th October Stands, Workshops

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THE FORUM EPFL

Campus EPFL - Lausanne, Switzerland

In a few words...• Organises the largest career fair in Europe.• Founded on a campus welcoming more than

10’000 students from over 116 nationalities.• This year is the 38th edition of Forum EPFL and

the 12th edition of the Start-Up Day.

• Located close to the EPFL Innovation Park, an active nest for innovation and entrepreneurship with more than 170 start-ups.

• Rooted in a dynamic environment with an average of 13.3 new start-ups created each year.

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CERTIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS

ISO 14 001, environmental standard - Certified in 2009 and recertified in 2018

Since 2009, the project for a responsible Forum expresses our concern for environmental issues. The Forum EPFL is the first event of its kind to be carbon neutral and ISO 14 001 certified.

ISO 9 001, managerial standard - Certified in 2013 and recertified in 2018

In 2013, the Forum EPFL became one of the first events of its kind to be ISO 9 001 certified in Europe. Following an audit by the Swiss Association for Quality Systems (SQS), an internationally recognised body, the Forum was granted this certification, which acknowledges the quality of the event’s organisation.Its process of quality management allows us to meet the growing expectations of companies by optimising the transfer of know-how from year to year. Therefore the ISO 9 001 guarantees the professionalism of the Forum EPFL.

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THE REGISTRATION INCLUDES:

REGISTRATION - START-UP DAY 2020

Until 17th August 2020 CHF 100.-ENROLEMENT FEE*:

A 4m2 stand made of white composite panels (2.5m x 0.98m) with the name of your start-up, lighting and power supply.

A table and two chairs.

Access to the Entrepreneurs’ Breakfast.

Access to the Garden cafeteria, which offers many refreshments, coffee, tea and pastries.

Access to the Networking Cocktail.

Lunch boxes (maximum 2) distributed at your stand.

Two pages (A5 format) in the Start-Ups Book (LdS). This document contains the list of all participating start-ups. One page is dedicated to advertising and the other to a description of your start-up. 1,500 copies of this book are printed and distributed to students and visitors from the 1st October. An online version is also available on our website from 28th August (previous edition of the book here).

Free access to Wi-Fi at the STCC.

N.B.: To be able to register to the Start-Up Day, your start-up has to employ less than 50 people and be created less than 7 years ago. However, even if your start-up does not fulfill the above-mentioned criteria, we may still take into consideration your desire to be part of our fair. So please do not hesitate to contact us (p.12) so that we can find an agreement.

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CV LIBRARY

You have the possibility to access our CV library, a database containing CVs of all students enrolled in the Forum EPFL (over 2000 CVs in 2019).

If you are interested in our CV library, please do not hesitate to contact us at the following address :forum@epfl.ch

Our team will be glad to give you more details.

In collaboration with Swiss Climate, we do our best to make sure the Forum is a carbon neutral event.This year, we chose to support climate protection in the state of Pará, in Brasil, with a main focus on stopping commercial deforestation.

By supporting this project with the "0-emission" option, you contribute to stimulate a sustainable development, and to the construction of diverse facilities, among which school buildings, hives and fish ponds for the local communities.

Preservation of a forest area, with a very dense vegetation, considerable reduction of CO2 emissions, conservation of the rich biodiversity in Amazonia

and improvement of the local life conditions.

www.swissclimate.ch

Z E R O E M I S S I O NP R O J E C T

RESPONSIBLE

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0-EMISSION OPTION

Support our “Forum Responsible” project for a zero carbon emission event.

During your registration, you will have the opportunity to subscribe to the 0-emission option. It would involve you in our project of reducing our ecological impact. In 2019, 20 start-ups subscribed to the 0-emission option contributing to the greenhouse gas emission compensation during the fair.

Byyourdonation,youcontributetohelpthiscause.Inappreciation,afloweranda0-emissionlogo will be delivered at your stand.

0-emission option CHF 30.-CONTRIBUTION* :

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TO JOIN US

Please consult the following guide:https://forum-epfl.ch/app/uploads/2020/03/TutoRS_A.pdf

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CONTACT

Forum EPFLP.O. BOX 103

CH-1015 Lausanne

www.forum-epfl.ch

+41 21 693 41 13forum@epfl.ch