Program

Location: Kongresszentrum Davos, Saal Aspen and foyer C, entrance at Promenade.

Talks will be held in English, apart from sessions 8 and 10 on Saturday, November 9, that will take place in German. We kindly ask visitors to register here.

Download the full program: Program flyer (PDF)

Friday, November 8, 2024

08:00-09:30  Registration & "Znüni"

09:30-10:00  Welcome and opening

  • Allgöwer, Britta - President Academia Raetica

  • Favre Accola, Valérie - Vice President of the Cantonal Parliament of Graubünden & Head of Regional Development, Region Prättigau / Davos

  • Haller Rupf, Barbara - Director Academia Raetica

10:00-10:30  Insights from ETH Studio Davos

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:45 Session 1 (Aspen I) Natural Sciences, Robotics, and Photonics

  • Chairs: Britta Allgöwer, Academia Raetica & Ruzica Dadic, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF

10:45-12:00 Session 2 (Aspen II) Medicine and Life Sciences

  • Chairs: Mirjam Schenk, CK-CARE Christine Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education & Willem Van de Veen, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF)

11:45-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:00 Session 3a (Aspen I) Medicine and Life Sciences

  • Chairs: Katja Bärenfaller, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF) / University of Zurich & Esther Wehrle, AO Research Institute Davos

13:00-14:00 Session 4 (Aspen II) Education and Humanities

  • Chairs: Sog Yee Mok, Pädagogische Hochschule Graubünden & Ana Petrus, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons

14:00-14:10 Short break

14:10-14:50 Session 3b (Aspen I) Medicine and Life Sciences

  • Chairs: Katja Bärenfaller, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF) / University of Zurich & Esther Wehrle, AO Research Institute Davos

14:10-14:50 Session 5 (Aspen II) Unveiling eosinophilic esophagitis: Our journey to understand a rare disease

  • Chairs: Sibylle Grad, AO Research Institute Davos & Milena Sokolowska, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF)

14:50-15:00 Short break

15:00-15:30 Panel discussion "Responsible research: Ensuring ethical standards in science"

14:50-15:00 Short break

15:45-16:45 Session 6 (Aspen I) Medicine and Life Sciences

  • Chairs: Sibylle Grad, AO Research Institute Davos & Willem Van de Veen, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF)

15:45-17:00 Session 7 (Aspen II) Natural Sciences, Robotics, and Photonics

  • Chairs: Hannes Merbold, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons & Matthias Müller, Pädagogische Hochschule Graubünden

17:15-19:15 Guided tour of the ice stadium, curling, aperitif*  

19:30 Conference dinner at Restaurant 1921*  

* not public

Saturday, November 9, 2024

09:00-10:00 Registration & "Znüni"

10:15-11:45 Session 8 (Aspen I) Vielfältige Forschung - Vorträge auf Deutsch

  • Chairs: Oscar Eckhardt, Institut für Kulturforschung Graubünden & Peter Bebi, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF

10:15-11:45 Session 9 (Aspen II) Diverse research - Talks in English

11:45-14:00 Science Noon: Exhibition of research institutes, universities and clinics (Foyer)

  • Opening "Science Noon" (in German) by Philipp Wilhelm, Mayor of the Municipality of Davos

14:00-15:30 Session 10 (Aspen I) Vielfältige Forschung - Vorträge auf Deutsch

  • Chairs: Barbara Haller Rupf, Academia Raetica & David Niederseer, Hochgebirgsklinik Davos

14:00-15:30 Session 11 (Aspen II) Diverse research - Talks in English

  • Chairs: Britta Allgöwer, Academia Raetica & David Schmid, CSEM

15:30-15:45 Break

15:45-16:30 Keynote: From Graubünden to NASA: Searching for life in the outer solar system

  • Kehl, Florian

16:30-16:45 Conference awards for the best scientific presentations   

16:45 Aperitif

Contact

We are looking forward to hearing from you. If you have any questions around the conference, please contact:

Daniela Heinen, Project leader conference “Graubünden forscht 2024”
+41 81 410 60 84, daniela.heinen@academiaraetica.ch
Obere Strasse, CH-7270 Davos Platz
www.academiaraetica.ch