Swiss Tech Convention Center

Swiss Tech Convention Center
Centre de conférences de l'École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

Swiss Tech Convention Center in February 2015.
General information
Address EPFL campus
Town or city Écublens
Country Switzerland
Inaugurated April 2014
Other information
Seating capacity From 250 to 3000

The Swiss Tech Convention Center (French: Centre de conférences de l'École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) is a conference centre at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.[1]

The biggest auditorium has a capacity of 3000 seats. The centre is located directly at the "EPFL" station of the Lausanne Metro Line 1.

Building

Designed by the architectural firm Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés of Lausanne, the building was financed by two Credit Suisse real estate funds. Financial support from the Swiss electricity supply company Romande Energie allowed the west facade of the building to be covered with panels made of organic dye-sensitized solar cell, also called “Grätzel cells” after Michael Grätzel, a physical chemistry professor at EPFL and the inventor of this technology.[2]

Events

Galery

Notes and references

  1. ↑ The Swiss Tech Convention Center, conventioncenter.epfl.ch (page visited on 3 October 2014).
  2. ↑ The SwissTech Convention Center, a lab for conferences of the future, News release 03.04.14 (page visited on 3 October 2014).

See also

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