Next In: Monitoring, Sensing & Industrial Intelligence

Name: Next In: Monitoring, Sensing & Industrial Intelligence
Start: 2026-11-04T10:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-04T11:45:00+01:00
Location: Zoom

4 November 2026

Zoom

Europe/Zurich timezone

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^{Presented by CERN Venture Connect}

As industries become increasingly connected, data-driven and autonomous, the ability to monitor assets, capture critical information and transform it into actionable intelligence is becoming a key competitive advantage.

Next In is a new CERN Venture Connect event series designed to spotlight promising startups within specific industry verticals while connecting them with the corporates, innovators and decision-makers actively shaping those sectors. Each edition brings together industry experts, entrepreneurs and technology adopters to explore emerging trends, discuss real-world challenges and discover innovative solutions.

For this first edition, we focus on Monitoring, Sensing & Industrial Intelligence.

Join us for an engaging online session exploring how new sensing technologies, advanced monitoring systems and intelligent analytics are helping industries improve operational efficiency, asset reliability, safety and decision-making.

The event will feature:

An industry keynote on key trends, challenges and opportunities in monitoring, sensing and industrial intelligence
Presentations from selected CERN Venture Connect startups working in this space
An interactive discussion and Q&A with speakers and participants
Opportunities to discover innovative solutions and connect with potential partners

Keynote Speaker

Philipp Schmid
Head Manufacturing Industries, Swisscom

Philipp Schmid is Sales Director and Head of Manufacturing Industries at Swisscom, where he leads the technical strategy and sales for the industrial sector. He previously headed research and industrialization of Industry 4.0 and Machine Learning technologies at CSEM. He holds an engineering degree in Microtechnology, a MAS in Management, Technology and Economics from ETH Zürich, and a CAS in Digital Transformation from the University of St. Gallen (HSG). Prior to Swisscom, he worked at Roche and spent a year as a research fellow in Australia. He is a member of expert committees, serves as an innovation coach, and co-founded the Digital Innovation Hub for Robotics & AI. He was twice recognized as a “Digital Shaper” and is considered one of Switzerland’s key figures in digital transformation.

Philipp will share an industry perspective on how manufacturing and industrial organisations are approaching digitalisation, monitoring, automation and industrial intelligence, highlighting emerging opportunities and the technologies that are expected to shape the sector over the coming years.

Featured Startups

Making critical infrastructure observable through advanced monitoring technologies, enabling organisations to gain insights into assets and systems that are traditionally difficult to inspect or assess.

Leveraging technology and data intelligence to help organisations better understand and optimise complex operational environments.

Advanced fibre-optic sensing solutions that provide real-time monitoring and intelligence for industrial and infrastructure applications.

About CERN Venture Connect

CERN Venture Connect (CVC) is a catalyst for deep-tech startups, offering unparalleled access to CERN’s technologies and a premier global network of investors, venture builders, and service providers. Designed to be entirely equity-free, the programme is open to startups at all stages and from any industry across CERN Member and Associated Member States.

Conference information

Date/Time

Starts 4 Nov 2026, 10:30

Ends 4 Nov 2026, 11:45

All times are in Europe/Zurich

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