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Pascal Kaufmann is a neuroscientist-turned-entrepreneur and founder of Starmind. He holds a Master’s Degree in Neuroscience and Economics from ETH in Zurich and Northwestern University in Evanston, IL (USA), he was part of a pioneering team that created one of the first cyborgs. In 2010, Pascal Kaufmann founded together with Marc Vontobel Starmind International AG, a company whose technology applies neuroscientific principles to AI to create corporate brains.

Today Rolf Bischofberger is in charge of Switzerland’s Global Enterprise Export Promotion under the federal government's stabilisation programme and the development of new export platforms for cleantech, medtech, architecture, technology and health. He began his IT career more than 20 years ago in the insurance field. In his various roles as IT project and programme manager, and as a member of the management team, he introduced Globus banking software and established the call centres and IT systems of Zurich Connect and Swissline. As a group executive and programme director, he was responsible for the construction and operation of a comprehensive SAP platform for Winterthur Insurance. After AXA Group’s acquisition of Winterthur in 2006, he led the development and management of AXA Group Solutions Switzerland. In 2001, he completed an Executive MBA HSG in business engineering.