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Swiss Vitality Days

A series of events celebrating 160 years of Swiss-Japanese relations across Japan this fall.

Swiss Vitality Days On!

We are pleased to be a sponsor of the Swiss Vitality Days as Création Baumann, supporting the celebrations for the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Japan.

Switzerland and Japan are celebrating 160th years of diplomatic relations this year. In September and October, join the conversation on how our two countries can design more sustainable, prosperous and vitalized societies during Swiss Vitality Days, a series of events and initiatives held across Japan.

As part of the 160th anniversary celebrations, the Swiss Vitality Days 2024 will engage multiple Swiss and Japanese stakeholders. This special platform for dialogue and knowledge exchange will take place from September to October 2024 in both Tokyo and Osaka. The initiative aims to explore the concept of Vitality from various angles, including research, academia, business, governance, economy, finance, culture, and the arts.
During the Swiss Vitality Days 2024, experts, entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, industry leaders, government representatives, and cultural practitioners from both countries will come together, fostering new opportunities for collaboration and knowledge exchange.

They will discuss energy breakthroughs, emerging trends in life sciences, biodiversity, healthy ageing, durable food systems and more. The goal is to accelerate co-creation and cross-pollination, fostering more vital and sustainable societies.

The event lineup features Swiss-Japan Energy Days, a special edition of the Switzerland-Japan Economic Forum, an art x sustainability initiative in the Nara forest, a pavilion at BioJapan showcasing cutting-edge startups, a scientific panel on longevity, an art project across Tokyo and the museum Photo Elysée in Lausanne, an amateur photo competition open to the public, and the Swiss Cinema Days, among others.

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Switzerland-Japan Economic Forum - October 9, 2024

The Switzerland-Japan Economic Forum 2024 seeks to enhance awareness and understanding of biodiversity loss, its impact and the urgent need for action to regenerate nature and increase resilience. It brings together business, academic and government leaders from Switzerland and Japan to discuss how we can drive the unavoidable transformation to a nature-positive economy. The Forum aims to showcase recent initiatives, inspire the research of innovative solutions and stimulate action.
Venue: Tokyo Midtown Hall B, Tokyo
Organizers: Embassy of Switzerland in Japan and the Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan, with support by Keidanren (Japan Business Federation).