FACTORY17
WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS
An evening with leading entrepreneurs, influencers and disruptors
from Geneva and beyond.
Thursday 10/10/2019, 19H00 -22H00.
Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva
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ABOUT
FACTORY17
From plastic pollution to Amazonian wildfires, our current global challenges are a wake-up call forcing us to undertake radical changes. The world may seem to be in chaos, but chaos is a necessary precursor to change. Now more than ever before, it is crucial that each one of us steps into our own call to adventure and takes action towards achieving the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Factory 17 is a unique event that brings together the top Accelerate2030 entrepreneurs from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe alongside Geneva’s visionaries, disruptors and change makers who have all responded to their own call to adventure. Through an evening of powerful storytelling, our innovators will share their inspiring personal stories of how they undertook their Hero’s Journey towards creating a new, sustainable future.
"We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today.
We are confronted with the fierce
urgency of now.
This is a time for vigorous and positive action."
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR

WHAT IS THE
HERO'S JOURNEY?
In ‘The Hero with a Thousand Faces’, Joseph Campbell shows how all great stories of the world have one central theme: the hero’s journey. This archetypical drama which Joseph Campbell outlines in 17 steps forms the backbone of some of the most powerful stories ever told. It is an immensely helpful framework for understanding our own call to adventure that leads us towards growth and transformation.
This journey is one that we each have the opportunity to take.
On a dramatic scale, wild opportunities may happen once or twice in a life-time. On a smaller scale, we navigate this journey every day, as we make choices about whether to be defensive or speak our truth, whether to repeat a familiar pattern or change it, and whether to stay in our comfort zone or move into Where the Magic Happens.
2019
THEMATICS
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
HEALTH & WELLBEING
These stories of adventure will explore Circular Economy, The Future of Food, Gender Equality and Intrapreneurship amongst other topics that parallel the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals
SUSTAINABLE CITIES
INTRAPRENEURSHIP & INNOVATION
CIRCULAR ECONOMY

AND MUCH MORE!
2019
SPEAKERS
Factory17 is a platform for sharing inspiring stories from the top Accelerate2030 entrepreneurs, Swiss startups, intrapreneurs and visionaries who have each taken their own hero’s journey with the vision of creating a future equal to their human potential. The evening will showcase such stories and their ‘toolkit-for-change’ that have spurred our speakers into their own hero’s journey.
Alejandro Ortega
CEO and co-founder of Costa Rica Insect Company
Laura Mendoza
Co-Founder of Unima
Nora Wilhelm
Co-founder & Catalyst of collaboratio helvetic
Robert Stitelmann
Founder of the tool-sharing cooperative La Manivelle in Geneva
2019 EDITION
AGENDA
18:30 :19:00 Registration
19:00 : 19:25 Welcoming Words & Framing
19:40 : 20:40 The Hero’s Journey
20:40 : 21:00 Closing Ceremony
21:00 : 22:30 Networking over Music, Canapés and Drinks
The list of speakers confirmed :
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Ambassador Roulin (Swiss Ambassador to the UN)
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Santu Boethius (Co-Founder, Impact Hub Geneva)
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Thomas Vellacott (General Director, WWF Switzerland)
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Laura Mendoza (Co-founder, Unima, Accelerate2030, Mexico)
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Nora Wilhelm (Youth Parliament, Collaboratio Helvetica
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Alejandro Ortega (Co-founder, Costa Rica Insect Company)
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Robert Stilteman (Maniville, CE Incubator, Geneva)
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Davor Kosanic (EPFL and Reconnect Foundation)

WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS A REALITY BY 2030

WHAT
An evening with leading entrepreneurs, influencers and disrupters from Geneva and beyond.
WHERE
Bâtiment des Forces Motrices
Places des Volontaires 2,
1204 Genève - CH
WHEN
Join Us
on 10th October
From 7pm to 10pm
Contact
For more information contact Impact Hub Geneva
Email: