The SwissTech Convention Center is a

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on the

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of the

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(EPFL),

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Building

The building was designed by the architectural firm Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés of

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...

. It was financed by two

Credit Suisse Credit Suisse Group AG is a global investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, it maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world and is one of the nine global " ...

real estate funds for 120 million

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."L’EPFL recadrée par le Contrôle fédéral des finances"

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, 27-29 April 2015 (page visited on 11 July 2017). The

owns the building, while the EPFL pays an annual rent of 6 million

. This public-private partnership was criticised by the Swiss Federal Audit Office as "the conditions are unfavourable to the EPFL and favourable to the investor". Nicolas Dufour
"Le Contrôle fédéral des finances accable l’EPFL pour ses bâtiments spectaculaires"
''

Le Temps ''Le Temps'' (literally "The Time") is a Swiss French-language daily newspaper published in Berliner format in Geneva by Le Temps SA. It is the sole nationwide French-language non-specialised daily newspaper of Switzerland. Since 2021, it has b ...

'', 30 August 2016 (page visited on 11 July 2017). Financial support from the Swiss electricity supply company Romande énergie allowed the west facade of the building to be covered with panels made of organic

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, also called "Grätzel cells" after

Michael Grätzel Michael Grätzel (born 11 May 1944, in Dorfchemnitz, Saxony, Germany) is a professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne where he directs the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces. He pioneered research on energy and electron tran ...

, a physical chemistry professor at the EPFL and the inventor of this technology.

Events

Regular

* Magistrale (EPFL graduation ceremonies)
Planète Santé

Forum EPFL

PolyLAN

The Brain Forum

Applied Machine Learning Days

Other

* 13 November 2015
The Moon Race

European Space Agency - EUCLID

Sport Accord Convention 2016
* 11 July 2017: meeting of the

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about the

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, with delegations including

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"Olympics: IOC prepares to award next two Games to Paris and Los Angeles"
''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'', 11 July 2017 (page visited on 11 July 2017). * 24 January 2018: draw for the 2018-19 UEFA Nations League * June 2019: The

134th IOC Session The 134th IOC Session was the IOC Session which was held in Lausanne, Switzerland on 24 June 2019. Bidders Milan, Italy was the sole bidder to host the 134th IOC Session and was elected in a unanimous vote at the 131st IOC Session in Lima in Septe ...

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