Alessandra Rojas's guest appearances

Alessandra Rojas

The Irish Tech News Podcast

Swisspreneur Show

Alex Mashinsky

Tom McCarthy

Fabian Dittrich

Peter Diamandis

Mary Barbera

Richard Johnson

David Katz

Michael Mann

Mike Weeks

Darren Hardy

Derek Murphy

Mark Zuckerberg

Charlie Lee

Paul O’Brien

Bruce Wayne

OwlTail

Timestamps: 1:34 - The reason behind Tech For Impact 7:20 - Who's the target student? 11:51 - Milestones so far 17:40 - Toughest challenge 25:56 - More about Alessandra  About Alessandra and Tech4Impact Alessandra Rojas is the manager of the EPFL Changemakers program, an incubator program which is part of the EPFL’s Tech4Impact initiative for accelerating ground-breaking and sustainable technological solutions to create positive societal and environmental impact. She was also a co-initiator of Versus Virus, a hackathon to develop solutions against the COVID 19 crisis. As one of the world’s top universities for technology and science, EPFL is one of Switzerland’s most significant hubs for innovation. The EPFL Changemakers program emerged from the EPFL’s grant program and belongs to the unit of the Vice Presidency for Innovation at EPFL. Where previously entrepreneurs at EPFL were mostly supported through financial means such as grants, the goal of the Changemakers program is to provide more holistic support to early stage entrepreneurs and to make sustainability a cornerstone of what it means to be an  EPFL startup. The program was launched in October of this year with a first cohort of 20 students across the Bachelor, Master and PhD level. Due to the challenging circumstances presented by the pandemic, the program has had to evolve rapidly over the past months. Nevertheless, the 20 students will receive 6 months of intensive training and mentoring through peers and experts and are on track to graduate successfully from the program in February 2021.  Memorable Quotes:  "Our GameChangers program has shown to us that the EPFL's students' interest in sustainable solutions is much higher than we had originally anticipated." "The changes that Covid has brought about have really helped startups with founders spread all across Switzerland cooperate better among themselves."  If you would like to listen to more episodes on green startups, check out our conversations with André Borschberg, Anastasia Hofmann &amp; Naomi MacKenzie, Jutta Jertrum, Nicholas Hänny, Mark Essam and Anaïs Matthey-Junod.  Don't forget to give us a follow on our Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts, so you can always stay up to date with our latest initiatives. That way, there's no excuse for missing out on live shows, weekly give-aways or founders dinners!

Timestamps: 1:34 - The reason behind Tech For Impact 7:20 - Who's the target student? 11:51 - Milestones so far 17:40 - Toughest challenge 25:56 - More about Alessandra About Alessandra and Tech4Impact Alessandra Rojas is the manager of the <a href="https://www.epfl.ch/innovation/startup/students/epfl-changemakers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EPFL Changemakers program</a>, an incubator program which is part of the EPFL’s <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/epfl-tech4impact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tech4Impac</a>t initiative for accelerating ground-breaking and sustainable technological solutions to create positive societal and environmental impact. She was also a co-initiator of <a href="https://www.versusvirus.ch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Versus Virus</a>, a hackathon to develop solutions against the COVID 19 crisis. As one of the world’s top universities for technology and science, <a href="https://www.epfl.ch/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EPFL</a> is one of Switzerland’s most significant hubs for innovation. The EPFL Changemakers program emerged from the EPFL’s grant program and belongs to the unit of the <a href="https://www.epfl.ch/about/vice-presidencies/vice-presidencies/vice-presidency-for-innovation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vice Presidency for Innovation</a> at EPFL. Where previously entrepreneurs at EPFL were mostly supported through financial means such as grants, the goal of the Changemakers program is to provide more holistic support to early stage entrepreneurs and to make sustainability a cornerstone of what it means to be an  EPFL startup. The program was launched in October of this year with a first cohort of 20 students across the Bachelor, Master and PhD level. Due to the challenging circumstances presented by the pandemic, the program has had to evolve rapidly over the past months. Nevertheless, the 20 students will receive 6 months of intensive training and mentoring through peers and experts and are on track to graduate successfully from the program in February 2021. Memorable Quotes:  "Our GameChangers program has shown to us that the EPFL's students' interest in sustainable solutions is much higher than we had originally anticipated." "The changes that Covid has brought about have really helped startups with founders spread all across Switzerland cooperate better among themselves." If you would like to listen to more episodes on green startups, check out our conversations with <a href="https://swisspreneur.org/podcast/episode-7-andre-borschberg-co-founder-ceo-pilot-solar-impulse/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">André Borschberg</a>, <a href="https://swisspreneur.org/podcast/episode-16-anastasia-hofmann-naomi-mackenzie-kitro/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anastasia Hofmann &amp; Naomi MacKenzie</a>, <a href="https://swisspreneur.org/podcast/ep-56-the-eco-friendly-one-woman-show/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jutta Jertrum</a>, <a href="https://swisspreneur.org/podcast/ep-99-swiss-sustainable-fashion/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicholas Hänny</a>, <a href="https://swisspreneur.org/podcast/ep-105-is-vertical-farming-the-future/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark Essam</a> and <a href="https://swisspreneur.org/podcast/anais-matthey-ep109/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anaïs Matthey-Junod</a>. Don't forget to give us a follow on our <a href="http://bit.ly/1YscSvK" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/swisspreneur" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/1t0kRpw" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/1RV1x1m" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> accounts, so you can always stay up to date with our latest initiatives. That way, there's no excuse for missing out on live shows, weekly give-aways or founders dinners!

EP #111 - Alessandra Rojas: Tech4Impact In The Swiss Romandy

We chat with Alessandra Rojas about her work as the Sustainable Entrepreneurship Manager @ Tech4Impact EPFLGeneva, Geneva, SwitzerlandMore about AleI am part of the team of EPFL Tech4Impact. The EPFL is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and at Tech4Impact we are focused in how we can use technology for sustainable impact and the UN 2030 agenda. We work with students, researchers, professors, NGOs and corporates to try to build an ecosystem around it.The GSIV program specifically is part of our efforts to collaborate with NGOs and international bodies in Geneva to further push the developing of technology specifically by supporting Global South initiatives. We actually run a second initiative called Tech4Dev grants in which we pair Global South NGOs with researchers at EPFL to develop impactful technologies.Developed and managing the new EPFL Changemakers programme! Check it out: https://www.epfl.ch/innovation/startup/students/epfl-changemakers/

We chat with Alessandra Rojas about her work as the Sustainable Entrepreneurship Manager @ Tech4Impact EPFL Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland More about Ale I am part of the team of EPFL Tech4Impact. The EPFL is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and at Tech4Impact we are focused in how we can use technology for sustainable impact and the UN 2030 agenda. We work with students, researchers, professors, NGOs and corporates to try to build an ecosystem around it. The GSIV program specifically is part of our efforts to collaborate with NGOs and international bodies in Geneva to further push the developing of technology specifically by supporting Global South initiatives. We actually run a second initiative called Tech4Dev grants in which we pair Global South NGOs with researchers at EPFL to develop impactful technologies. Developed and managing the new EPFL Changemakers programme! Check it out: <a href="https://www.epfl.ch/innovation/startup/students/epfl-changemakers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.epfl.ch/innovation/startup/students/epfl-changemakers/</a>

Supporting tech for good in developing countries, Alessandra Rojas, Sustainable Entrepreneurship