Professionals are choosy and have precise ideas about their job. A higher salary (74 percent agree) and more freedom to organize their working day (70 percent agree) are attractive factors for skilled workers to change jobs. But what reasons make them want to stay with their employer? In a study of more than 20,000 specialists and managers, the online job platform StepStone, which belongs to the Axel Springer Group, found that these factors are in some cases very different from the demands made on a new job. Here are the five most important reasons why specialists keep their jobs.

Top 1: A good relationship with colleagues

Professionals often spend more time with their colleagues than with their families. No wonder that the good relationship with colleagues is most often cited as a reason to stay with the current employer. A full 85 percent of the professionals surveyed agreed with this statement. Young talent with a maximum of three years' work experience considers a good relationship with colleagues to be even more important (89 percent).

Top 2: Appreciation of work

Those who receive recognition and praise for their work generally decide to remain loyal to their employer. This was said by 83 percent of both the professionals and the young professionals surveyed. A clear signal for management personnel: In order to retain employees in the long term, managers should also integrate signs of recognition into everyday professional life. Salary increases, promotions or team events can have positive effects, but often a friendly word is enough to signal appreciation.

Top 3: Good relationship with superiors

A good working atmosphere is important for professionals so that they feel comfortable in their job. However, this includes not only a good relationship with colleagues, but also with superiors. Eight out of ten professionals attach great importance to this.

Top 4: Work-life balance

Balancing life and work is a difficult task, especially for parents. But professionals with fewer family responsibilities also want a good work-life balance. 75 percent of respondents see a positive work-life balance as an important factor in remaining loyal to their employer. For young professionals, a good work-life balance is even more important: For 81 percent of them, a positive work-life balance is a key reason for staying with the employer.

Top 5: Development opportunities and further training offers for skilled employees

Professionals often want to advance their careers by changing jobs: In addition to a better salary, a position with more responsibility can also be a decisive factor for a change. However, if there are enough opportunities in their own company to climb the career ladder further and receive further training, skilled workers generally stay in their job (68 percent). Young professionals who have only had a few years of professional experience attach even greater importance to their career progress: 78 percent of them would forego a move to another company if they had the appropriate development opportunities.

Source: www.stepstone.de 

This fall, the first business engineers will graduate with a Bachelor's degree from the University of Applied Sciences St.Gallen (FHS). To enable them to continue their studies here, the FHS is now offering a specialization in Business Engineering and Production as part of the technical master's program. To this end, it founded a new research unit under the lead of the Institute for Innovation, Design and Engineering (IDEE-FHS) and with the participation of other institutes of the FHS St.Gallen, the Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil (HSR) and the Interstate University of Applied Sciences Buchs (NTB): the Master Research Unit (MRU) Design-Driven Digitalization.

Design-driven innovation development

In its research activities, the Design-Driven Digitalization MRU addresses all aspects of digitalization in industrial companies. Digitization here means the use of digital technologies to create new opportunities and possibilities as well as to ensure and strengthen the market relevance of new digital offerings and models during the development process. This is done with the help of approaches, methods and processes of design-driven innovation development. The central element here is the early creation of prototypes. In the master's program at the MRU Design-Driven Digitalization, students learn to analyze and forecast future market developments and customer needs as well as to develop, implement, and improve innovative products, services, and business models.

Cooperation masters of all universities of applied sciences

The Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) is a unique cooperative program of all universities of applied sciences in Switzerland and is the highest university of applied sciences degree in the fields of engineering, information technology, and construction and planning. The program is characterized by a diverse range of courses and great freedom of choice. Graduates can design their own study focus according to their personal interests and career aspirations. The study program is modular and comprises 90 ECTS points (European Credit Transfer System). The core of the program is the practice-oriented, specialized specialization at a research unit (MRU Master Research Unit). Here, students work on projects - often directly for clients from industry or the public sector - to acquire knowledge and expand their experience in their area of expertise. The MSE qualifies graduates for leadership positions and the management of interdisciplinary projects. They have advanced knowledge of project management, are aware of business contexts and contribute to innovative solutions analytically, conceptually and technically or in terms of planning.

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Recorded Future, an American company founded in 2009 and headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, develops and sells threat intelligence solutions based on machine learning. In other words, mathematical-statistical models are used to identify malicious files and generate threat forecasts. The company analyzes millions of documents in seven languages on the Internet every day. Texts, videos and audio files are searched for specific keywords. Recorded Future currently uses a total of around 750,000 sources - from Chinese forums to the pages of Russian online criminals.

Real-time image of the threat situation

"Recorded Future's technological approach is extremely impressive. It's not for nothing that four of the world's top five corporations or numerous governments and intelligence agencies use the solutions," explains Tom Hager, Country Manager of NTT Security (Switzerland) AG, in Au ZH. "But of course, the solutions must first be adequately implemented and configured. Furthermore, it is necessary to correctly evaluate and interpret the data obtained in order to generate added value for a company. These complex tasks, which require know-how, expertise and resources, are handled by NTT Security."

Ideally, the data obtained is enriched by additional findings and its significance is further increased by correlations. "NTT Security is also predestined for these tasks," continues Hager, "because as a globally active provider, we monitor and analyze messages and faults from a wide variety of IT infrastructures from thousands of customers, and use this database to create a real-time picture of the threat situation."

"Optimal complement for NTT Security"

NTT Security pursues a holistic consulting approach in Switzerland. The company relies on close cooperation with national and international technology providers such as Recorded Future and is continuously expanding its solution portfolio.

Recorded Future's solution is an ideal complement to NTT Security's service offering in the areas of SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), Advanced Analytics, Vulnerability Management and Incident Response. NTT Security recently launched its Incident Response service in Switzerland. The company is responding to the current strong increase in market demand in this segment. "An elementary challenge in the defense against cyber attacks naturally lies in the area of detection. Early detection is indispensable here, and must be based on the evaluation of real-time data and proactive monitoring," explains Hager. "With the additional threat intelligence feeds from Recorded Future available as part of the partnership and the data from our own Global Threat Intelligence Centers (GTIC), we are creating a database with which we are increasing the quality of threat analysis to a considerable extent. And of course, our customers in Switzerland are the first to benefit from this quality."

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The more than 550 participants of the first Digital Summit for SMEs gave consistently positive feedback to the initiators and organizers, namely Ewa Ming, CEO Emex Management GmbH and Thomas Bergmann, Digital Head and founder of DIGIRATIS - Swiss Network of Digital Elite. Not only the organization of the event and the ambience, but especially the quality of the learning workshops and keynotes, the competence of the experts and speakers as well as the Digital EXPO with practical showcases of the digitalization of SMEs, were praised.

Fully booked congress

The fully booked congress with its concrete solutions and tools shows that there is a great need for practice-oriented further education among the managing directors of SMEs, as we have already here Have reported. "We are overwhelmed. It has been shown that digitization is an important topic for Swiss SMEs and that focusing on the core question "Digitization yes, but how?" was the key success factor," says Ewa Ming. Around 500 partners, experts and speakers were involved in the success. Together with them, the concept is now being further developed and optimized - because despite all the praise, the organizers see starting points for this. The first inquiries have already been received for 2018.

Digital Summit for SMEs on the road

Now the Digital Summit is ON TOUR, bringing expert knowledge to the regions by visiting several Swiss cities. In fall 2017, the first Academy courses with renowned digital experts will already start in the MFO building in Oerlikon. The goal of the Digital Summit for SMEs continues to be to support companies on the path to digitization through knowledge transfer and neutral, competent on-site consulting. The connection to SuisseEMEX as the largest Swiss expo for digital marketing, event and promotion will thus remain in place next year and will be expanded to include a marketing congress.

For more information, interested parties can visit digital-summit-kmu.ch and suisse-emex.ch.

The first Digital Summit for SMEs was completely booked out with over 550 participants. This showed how high the demand for information from small and medium-sized enterprises in connection with the digital transformation still is. In addition to 20 keynotes, the event offered visitors 42 learning workshops on a wide range of topics related to digitization.

The true content of digitization

The FHNW also investigated the state of digital transformation in SMEs on behalf of Postfinance. The detailed results are to be published in November of this year. The authors of the study, Dr. Marc K. Peter (FHNW) and Patrik Vonlanthen (Postfinance), presented the first results to those present. They sent ahead that many companies still forget what digital transformation is fundamentally about: namely, finding a competitive position in the digital age. One goal of the study was to show the companies fields of action for digitization.

Many activities, little satisfaction

The survey of a representative sample of SMEs showed that many companies are already using technologies and processes for better customer benefits. For 85 of the respondents, digital transformation has a concrete impact, and 70 percent have correspondingly concrete projects in the pipeline. What is surprising, however, is that only 30 percent are really satisfied with the progress and developments of digitization.

The study also revealed how important companies consider their culture. Managers in particular need to be more innovative and focus more on intrinsic motivation of their employees. Employees are also expected to adopt new forms of work more readily.

Seven fields of action for digitization and recommendations

From the results, the study authors derived the following seven fields of action for digitization:

1. Constant customer orientation
2. New strategies and business models
3. New approaches to leadership and culture
4. Optimized workflows
5. Digital marketing
6. New technologies such as the Internet of Things
7. Cloud & data, i.e. modern IT infrastructure

As recommendations, the two speakers urged the audience to consider the following points:

• Maturity models (such as that of the University of St.Gallen) should be used to tap the "digital maturity level" of one's own company
• The above-mentioned seven fields of action are to be used to initiate one's own transformation
• Define priorities and develop a plan or strategy
• Identify and minimize barriers and risks
• Define a feasible project scope
• Collaborate with partners

Further information is available via www.kmu-transformation.ch.

This year's topsoft IT trade fair once again presented itself as a platform for digital business. During the two days of the trade fair, visitors gathered information from over a hundred exhibitors. Specialist presentations, special areas and theme parks rounded off the offerings. The organizers of the only Swiss IT trade fair drew an extremely positive balance.

Digitization wave has finally reached SMEs

The digitization wave has reached many companies. Current knowledge and concrete examples from practice are in demand. With its lecture stages, theme parks and special areas, the topsoft trade fair 2017 not only met this demand, but also provided the right solutions and contacts at the same time. However, the heart of the trade fair is and remains the trade exhibition, where more than 100 suppliers presented applications for the entire value chain of companies.

The visitor frequencies were very good during both days of the fair. Accordingly, the majority of exhibitors were also satisfied. Urs Amrein from the Swiss software manufacturer Opacc particularly praised the quality of the contacts. For Abacus, too, participation in the fair was a complete success, according to Marketing Manager Thomas Köberl, as the partners were able to clearly exceed their targets. David Lauchenauer, Managing Director of myfactory, had a similar opinion: "The trade fair proved to be an important source of new contacts and leads.

topsoft present all year round

Trade show manager Cyrill Schmid draws a thoroughly positive balance: "We are more than satisfied with this year's event and are pleased with the positive response from visitors and exhibitors. The mix of specialist topics, IT solutions and networking is very well received. We will therefore consistently develop our concept further, also in cooperation with SuisseEMEX and the Digital Summit for SMEs. Accordingly, we are pleased that we have already received commitments from renowned exhibitors for next year during the trade fair. As a platform for digital business, however, we are present throughout the year and thus offer users know-how and orientation in the confusion of the various offerings." The next topsoft trade fair will take place on August 28/29, 2018.

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In many companies today, centrally controlled talent management is hardly possible or sensible due to the many changes and the limited ability to plan. Instead, it is important to support employees locally in discovering, developing and specifically using their strengths. But how can one determine one's own strengths, and do so by oneself? The following questions can help:

1. What comes easily to you? Which tasks/activities do you do playfully, so to speak, without giving them much thought? Which ones do you excel at?
2. What motivates you and gives you energy? Which tasks attract you almost "magically"? What do you do with pleasure? What would you like to do more often?
3. Where do you get good results? In which activities do you achieve surprisingly good results - sometimes seemingly without effort?
4. When do you feel "real"? Which activities make you feel authentic and completely yourself?
5. What do you learn quickly? What facts/topics do you understand very quickly, and what did you learn without much effort?
6. What are you focusing on in particular? Which topics/developments do you follow closely? What do you find exciting?
7. What were you already very good at as a child? What did you like to do or do often when you were a child? What experiences from the past do you remember particularly fondly?
8. When is there enthusiasm in your voice? What are you passionate about? When is your voice full of energy and passion?
9. When do you use such words as "super" and "great"? In which situations, in which events do you use such phrases as "Preferably ..." and "It would be great if ...".
10. What tasks do you complete immediately? Which tasks do you often not enter in your diary because you do them immediately? Which activities do you often forget the time for?

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Frank Rebmann from Stuttgart works as a trainer and consultant for companies. He specializes in identifying and developing the strengths of employees and teams. He is the author of the book "Der Stärken-Code: Deciphering, Recognizing and Developing Your Talents." More info: www.staerkentrainer.de

The SME Mirror 2017 is dedicated to the question of what opportunities and challenges Swiss SMEs see in the context of digitization. In its fourth SME Mirror, the Institute for Corporate Management IFU-FHS at the University of Applied Sciences St.Gallen finds that there is a great deal of uncertainty, particularly among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as to what they should focus on when it comes to digitization, because although digitization is leading to changes in all industries, it is doing so to varying degrees and at very different speeds. The study delves deeper into the insights gained from the perspective of Swiss SMEs and takes a detailed look at industry-specific peculiarities.

Digitization is not the same everywhere

Although everyone is talking about digitization, it is probably also being discussed under different headings, so that there is still no clear understanding of the term, explains Prof. Dr. Rigo Tietz from IFU-FHS, one of the authors of the study. Although most companies are already pursuing digital projects, very different "digital" topics are important for the various industries.

The responses of the study participants indicate that digitization will lead to changes in all industries. "However, the extent and speed of the changes vary greatly from industry to industry," says Tietz. For example, in manufacturing and construction, he said, efficiency improvements are a top priority. For service companies, it is automation, while for the ICT sector, new business concepts are the main focus. In the retail and hospitality sectors, market-related aspects such as new customers and digital sales channels are very important. In the healthcare and social services sectors, the main focus is on the use of patient data, according to the study authors.

SMEs see both opportunities and challenges

The biggest challenges of digitization do not lie solely on the technical side, the authors of the study note, writing: "SMEs often lack the necessary financial resources to cope with the high investment requirements." They identify a lack of skills among employees, increased market transparency, and changes in the industry and competitive situation as further challenges. After examining the industries studied, the authors conclude that the challenges differ from industry to industry and are therefore diverse overall. ICT companies, for example, fear the entry of new competitors, while data security is at the top of the agenda in the service industry and for companies in the healthcare and social services sectors.

In fact, however, the SMEs surveyed tended to perceive digitization as an opportunity, says Rigo Tietz. As a trend across all industries, the participants described efficiency increases through the automation of processes as the greatest opportunity. However, digitization encompasses not only the process of service provision, but also the marketing strategy and the revenue model, which in turn can significantly change the value proposition of SMEs. "Companies from the ICT sector see the greatest opportunities, while trading companies see an almost balanced picture between opportunities and challenges," Tietz illustrates with two examples.

The complete study can be downloaded at the link www.fhsg.ch/kmu-spiegel can be downloaded.

SME Mirror - Background

The results presented in the SME Mirror 2017 are based on a nationwide online survey conducted between January and April 2017. The results were supplemented by expert interviews with representatives from professional and industry associations and various companies. The research also incorporated the findings and results of further studies and analyses by industry associations, institutions or companies. The result is a comprehensive, industry-specific picture of business management aspects in general and success strategies in particular for Swiss SMEs.

The KMU-Spiegel 2017 was made possible thanks to the financial support of Helvetia Switzerland, BDO and Raiffeisen Switzerland and is also supported by the Swiss SME Association.

When branded articles are offered at sensationally low prices on the Internet, caution is advised. White-collar crime or fraud on the internet is not new, but it increased sharply in 2017. In 2016, SWITCH deleted around 700 web addresses of online stores with a .ch extension. By August 2017, this figure had already risen to over 5,000. Michael Hausding, domain name abuse security expert and member of the 14-strong SWITCH-CERT team of security experts, explains: "Thanks to close cooperation with the authorities and improved processes, we were able to take 4,500 fraudulent .ch webshops off the net in August 2017 alone as part of a concentrated action that sought to extract money from internet users' pockets or obtain credit card data. With this action, we are ahead of other domain endings such as .com. We want Swiss Internet users to continue to be able to assume the high security and trustworthiness of .ch web addresses."

Danger on the Internet

Internet users are exposed to several dangers when visiting fraudulent websites: they give their credit card information, e-mail and postal addresses to criminal organizations and receive either inferior goods or no goods at all after payment has been made.

Package of measures to protect against fraud on the Internet

In order to protect Internet users of .ch websites even more effectively against dangers on the Internet, the Foundation has intensified its cooperation with the Federal Office of Police (fedpol) and other Swiss authorities and automated the processes to support the authorities. In addition, the security experts have five tips for safe shopping on the Internet.

Procedure in the event of deletion - close cooperation with authorities

If a Swiss authority (e.g. fedpol, MELANI, Comlot, ESBK, NDB, SECO, Swissmedic) comes across a .ch website in the course of its activities whose content is potentially illegal, it attempts to contact the holder of the .ch domain name. To do so, it requires a Swiss contact address. If the domain name holder has entered an incorrect address or an address abroad in SWITCH's database, the authority contacts SWITCH. The foundation requests the holder to provide a valid address in Switzerland within 30 days. If this deadline passes unused, the domain name is deleted. This makes the fraudulent website no longer accessible on the Internet. This procedure is based on the Ordinance on Internet Domains (VID) of the Swiss Confederation.

Protection of the safest address in Europe

SWITCH's security experts have been very active and successful in combating malware and phishing for years. As a result, .ch has become the most secure domain extension in Europe, according to the statement. In addition, the "Safer Internet" initiative was launched together with partners from the Swiss Internet industry. SWITCH is also taking decisive action in the area of white-collar crime, together with the Swiss authorities. In each case, the goal is the same: to protect Swiss Internet users from danger as best as possible.

More information: www.switch.ch

In the view of many employers, the current labor law has long been in need of reform. Various political initiatives for a more flexible handling of working hours are in the pipeline. On the other hand, various unions have already announced resistance. But not all employee representatives are completely opposed to a reform of the labor law. The labor law must be adapted to the reality of the world of work, says, for example, the platform, an interest group representing the employee associations Angestellte Schweiz, Kaufmännischer Verband (kfmv), Schweizer Kader Organisation SKO and Zürcher Gesellschaft für Personal-Management (ZGP) vis-à-vis politicians and the public. Together, these associations represent the concerns of around 80,000 members in education, economic and employment policy issues.

The platform is now calling for the modernization of the labor law. The flexibilization of work, which is a reality for many employees, must also be regulated in the labor law, according to a press release sent to the media on August 28. With the advance of digitalization, the free organization of work is becoming more important; the compatibility of work, family and extra-occupational activities must be improved. The provisions of the current labor law are therefore insufficient for employees with working time autonomy, who are largely free to organize their working time as they wish. Adjustments for this group of employees are therefore necessary, argues the platform.

The platform calls for a legally anchored annual working time model that defines to which employees the flexibilization applies. At the same time, the term "employees who perform a higher managerial activity" must be explained more precisely. Flexibilization must be accompanied by effective health protection measures. The prevention of psychosocial risks is at the forefront of this. The proposal made in the platform organized employee associations provides for the following points in detail:

• The target group is employees with majority working time autonomy, i.e. employees with design autonomy who can determine at least 50% of their working and compensation time themselves.
• Working time is to be defined in partnership and on an equal basis with the employer within the framework of a contractual annual working time model.
• No change in the annual maximum working hours (52 x 45 hours).
• No change in annual overtime (170 hours).
• Possibility of a time-limited increase in the maximum weekly working time to 60 hours. Overtime and overtime are included in these times. → Simplified regulation, as regulations on daily overtime are omitted.
• Simplification of rest and working time regulations: Extension of the daily working period to 15 hours and, accordingly, a possible reduction of the rest period to 9 hours (but 11 hours on average over 4 weeks).
• Right to local flexibility (e.g., home office), especially overtime.
• Flexible scheduling of work over the work week.
• Health protection measures are mandatory in this annual working time model.

The associations of the platform take a position on the current parliamentary business concerning the labor law and advocate for this proposal in the further political consultation in the interest of their members.

More information: www.kfmv.ch, www.sko.ch

For the seventeenth time, the icommit survey institute in Küsnacht has conducted the employee survey in connection with the Swiss Employer Award. 120 companies in Switzerland and Liechtenstein took part in the comprehensive survey. A total of 28,853 employees completed the questionnaire. This corresponds to 78% of all invited persons and is thus a new record. By comparison, the participation rate in 2009 was 65%. Since then, there has been a continuous increase in the participation rate. This is due to the fact that more and more of the participating companies are systematically using the findings of the survey to further develop the company and improve its attractiveness as an employer, writes icommit in its latest media release. This creates trust in the survey, and employees are happy to provide detailed information about their work situation in the survey. Among other things, employees rated work content, structures and processes, cooperation, handling of changes, management, leadership by superiors, employee development and compensation systems. The participating companies were divided into four size categories for the awards. A total of 38 companies received awards.

What distinguishes outstanding companies

If we compare the top three from all four size categories with the other participating companies, they stand out above all in the following four aspects: in their handling of change, in employee development, in what is perceived as fair compensation, and in a high level of trust in management. Here, the ratings of the twelve highest-ranked companies on the hundred-point scale used are on average eight to nine points above the average for all participating companies. In previous years, it was already these dimensions that made the difference between the top companies and the other participating companies. This has nothing to do with the fact that it would be the same participating companies. Only about one-fifth of the companies conduct annual employee surveys, significantly fewer than a few years ago. These aspects are criteria that have to do with the management of the company and a culture of trust. This is where a company can make a real difference!

Swiss Employer Award 2017: The winners

• Category Small Companies (50-99 employees): Ringlikon School Boarding School, Uitikon-Waldegg
• Medium-sized company category (100-249 employees): OPO Oeschger AG Bauhandelsfirma, Kloten
• Category medium-sized companies (250-999 employees): Klinik Adelheid Rehabilitationszentrum, Unterägeri
• Large companies category (1,000+ employees): ISS Switzerland Provider of Facility Services, Zurich

Which industries are ahead

A third of all participating companies received the Swiss Employer Award for their outstanding rating. The companies receiving awards are by no means evenly distributed across all the sectors represented. As in the previous year, industrial companies are found in the lower ranks. This is due, among other things, to the increasing relocation of jobs abroad and the strong Swiss franc. Nevertheless, a quarter of the 23 industrial companies still made it into the top 38. The rankings in the hotel industry and the education sector are similar.

On the other hand, construction again performed very well, as in previous years. 60% of the participating companies received an award. This result is also plausible: when the construction industry is doing well, it is easier to manage a company and employee confidence in the company is correspondingly high. Other sectors with above-average results are companies from the service sector and retirement and care centers, which also received many awards.

The study is supported by the Swiss Employers' Association, HR Swiss (Swiss Association for Human Resources Management), the business magazine "Bilanz" and the icommit institute in Küsnacht ZH, which conducts and evaluates the employee survey.

More information: http://www.swissarbeitgeberaward.ch

The swissICT Symposium traditionally begins the evening before with a gala dinner including a table talk. According to the organizer, the actual conference program on November 14 promises a lot: Two dozen top speakers will speak in six streams and three keynotes.

swissICT Symposium under the banner of cyber security

"Pascal Lamia, head of the Reporting and Analysis Center for Information Assurance (MELANI), will ask "How secure is (cyber)Switzerland? Lamia will make it clear that cyber attacks have become a real threat. Virtually anything that can be turned into money with little effort is under attack. It doesn't matter whether the company's own infrastructure is being sabotaged or the attackers are targeting data and information. In his keynote speech, the head of MELANIE will provide an overview of the current cyber threats and show how you can protect yourself better with a few simple measures.

Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality and Blockchain

In a mix of presentations, networking and know-how, the swissICT Symposium conveys current knowledge about the digital transformation and Industry 4.0, which affects the entire economy. For example, one keynote deals with data analysis and data-based services as well as income generation and risk minimization in a complex world. A world that will become even more complicated when, for example, personal customer service becomes effective thanks to machine learning and artificial intelligence, when psychometric factors become important in a recommendation system for multimedia platforms, or when analytics increases automation in tax assessment. Learn more at the swissICT Symposium 2017.

Other important aspects at the symposium are augmented reality and mixed reality, for example with best practices for marketing, media and communication. Blockchain is challenging the traditional banking system and disruptive start-ups are posing new challenges to common production and economic processes. Finally, in a refreshing change of topics, participants will learn "Insights from 14 years of FC Basel" on value-based and team-oriented leadership from former president Dr. Bernhard Heusler.

Swiss ICT Award 2017

The Swiss ICT Award 2017 will also be presented at the swissICT Symposium in the KKL. The award honors particularly innovative, IT-based products launched in Switzerland. Five finalists in each of two categories have been nominated for this important award for the Swiss IT industry. The winners will be selected in Lucerne on November 14, 2017. All finalists are also up for election in the Swiss ICT Public Award, the audience award, which is determined by an online vote by Swiss IT Magazine and an auditorium vote at the award ceremony. The award ceremony is an important meeting point for players from the Swiss ICT industry in research, business and politics.

More information: Swiss ICT Symposium