We are pleased to announce and invite you to one of our weekly online zoom events.
 

Mini DARPA Switzerland

Innosuisse and armasuisse launch a call for projects in the field of dual-use technologies. Through this initiative, Innosuisse and the Federal Office for Defence Procurement (armasuisse) aim to strengthen research, development and innovation in the fields of security and defence, whilst generating tangible benefits for the economy and civil society. In this talk the call for projects focusing on dual-use technologies, i.e. those that can be used in both civilian and security sectors will be described. The call contributes to the implementation of the armament policy strategy of the Federal Council and will be launched on 1 July 2026. The budget for this initiative amounts to CHF 20 million and will be shared between Innosuisse and armasuisse. There are three technology areas of the joint call for projects by Innosuisse and armasuisse. One of these is in the field of Photonics, see Mini DARPA Switzerland.

Speaker

Prof. Dr. Christophe Moser, EPFL / Member Innosuisse Innovation Council
Christophe Moser graduated in physics from EPFL in 1993 and began his career as an engineer at Hexagon Metrology in Switzerland. He earned his PhD in 2000 in optical information processing from the California Institute of Technology. He co-founded and served for 10 years as CEO of Ondax, Inc. in Monrovia, California, a company acquired by Coherent.
In 2010, he returned to EPFL, where he is now Full Professor and Director of the Microengineering Section. His research interests include light based 3D printing, such as single photon volumetric 3D printing and 2 photon priting, ultra-compact endoscopy using multimode fibers, and optical computing.
He co-founded Composyt Light Lab in 2014, a startup in the field of head-worn displays (acquired by Intel in 2015), and is also co-founder of EarlySight SA (2019), Readily3D SA (2020), and Modendo (2021). He is a member of the Innosuisse Innovation Council.
He is the author or co-author of more than 120 peer-reviewed publications and holds over 100 patents.

Moderator

Dr. Christian Bosshard, Managing Director Swissphotonics
Dr. Christian Bosshard received his degree in Physics (1986) and his doctorate (1991, Silver medal award) from ETH. From 2001-2021 he was working at CSEM, first as Section Head and then as Vice President and Head Photonics. Since 2013 he is Managing Director of Swissphotonics. Christian is a Fellow of Optica, former Board Member of EPIC, and Member of the Board of the University of Basel.

Date
Tuesday, 19 May 2026

Time
12:00 - 12:45

Software
Zoom

Costs
free of charge

Registration only necessary once
This event series requires registration (see link above). We will send you the access information (Zoom-link and ID) by email after the registration. As the Zoom link remains the same every week, you do not need to register again for the following meetings.

Contact EPFL
Prof. Dr. Christophe Moser
EPFL / Member Innosuisse Innovation Council


Contact Swissphotonics
Dr. Christian Bosshard
Managing Director Swissphotonics
+41 79 405 1826

17 February 2026, Christian Bosshard