Canton of Zurich organises first location day
Der Kanton Zürich hat den ersten Tag des Standorts durchgeführt. Gemeinsam mit Vertretern von Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft diskutierte die Zürcher Regierung, wie sich der Standort bestmöglich weiterentwickeln kann.
The Zurich Department of Economic Affairs has organised the first Location Day. According to a press release, the aim of the meeting between the government of the canton of Zurich and stakeholders from business and science was to discuss ideas and measures on how the location can develop in the best possible way. The event took place on Wednesday, 31 January, from 12 noon to 7 p.m. at the Gleisarena in Zurich. Due to the high level of interest, the location day will be organised again next year.
The event kicked off with a panel discussion on the Canton of Zurich as a business location. Director of Economic Affairs Carmen Walker Späh and Director of Finance Ernst Stocker discussed with Marc von Waldkirch, CEO of Sensirion, and Thomas Dübendorfer, President of the Swiss ICT Investor Club(SICTIC), the question of how Zurich can further improve its appeal as a centre of business and innovation.
The second panel with Health Director Natalie Rickli, Professor Mazda Farshad, Medical Director of Balgrist University Hospital, Monika Jänicke, CEO of Zurich University Hospital, and Felix Huber, Head Physician at mediX Praxis Zollikerberg, focussed on Zurich as a medical location.
Workshops were then held on the topics of technology location, with a focus on artificial intelligence; skilled labour location, with a view to expanding the talent pool; business location, to increase the attractiveness of the location; and mobility and sustainability, with the aim of identifying opportunities for mobility from digitalisation.
The Location Day was preceded by a study on the attractiveness of the Canton of Zurich as a business location conducted by the Department of Economic Affairs.