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We Are ETHSmart Cities, Hot Climates: How Estefanía Tapias is turning research and experience into real citiesIn this episode of We Are ETH, host Susan Kish talks with Dr. Estefanía Tapias, ETH Zurich alumna and smart-city expert, about building resilient, people-centered cities. Estefanía traces a path from Bogotá to Zurich, through the Future Cities Lab in Singapore, to her current work in Dubai, advising on urban development across the Gulf. She explains how extreme heat reshapes street design, materials, and building operations, why public transport, shading, and walkability still win in hot climates, and how to scale sustainable construction. The conversation explores Saudi Arabia’s NEOM and other build-from-scratch projects, weighing bold vision again...
2025-11-2124 min
Swisspreneur ShowEP #234 - Patrizia Laeri: Fixing The Financial Gender GapTimestamps:
1:38 - Journalism during the dot com crisis
20:40 - Fostering female financial independence
24:13 - Sexist backlash
37:28 - Building media leverage
42:30 - Raising a family on a startup salary
About Patrizia Laeri:
Patrizia Laeri is a business journalist and the co-founder and CEO of elleXX, an independent money media platform for women. She studied business administration and then went on to start her journalism career in 2003 at SRF. During her time in Swiss television she reported on a number of subjects, like the...
2022-04-2051 min
Swisspreneur ShowEP #141 - Valérie Vuillerat: Diversity In The Startup WorldTimestamps:
2:11 - A solution-oriented family
17:21 - Investing in diversity from day one
22:43 - Becoming a mother and founding WeShapeTech
30:14 - Gendered language
48:25 - How to recruit
About Valérie Vuillerat
Valérie Vuillerat is CEO of Nine Internet Solutions, the leading provider of platform management solutions in Switzerland. With ample experience in board membership, business administration and entrepreneurial expertise, Valérie was also CEO for Ginetta and co-founder of Witty Works, helping tech companies boot out unconscious bias through inclusive language choices suited for all...
2021-03-171h 05
Animals de companyiaAnimals de companyia - Capítol 6Acompanya'ns per un passatge del terror casolà coronat per l’estimada comediant Judit Martin! I pugem a les golfes de Graham Coxon, ensenyem la llengua per la ràdio i arriba el senyor Burns dels Simpsons tocant les maraques! Vaja, el que vindria a ser un dia qualsevol a casa de Vidal Soler i Marc Bala.
Tracklist:
1. Kiss - Let me go, rock'n'roll (Marc i Vidal)
2. Graham Coxon - Walking all day (Marc)
3. Mariachi El Bronx - Mistress Misery (Vidal)
4. Saïm - Octubre (Marc)
5. Dolly Parton - Marry Me (Vidal)
*ACTUACIÓ: *La gent desfasa (Traveling Wilburys - Handle with care...
2020-05-191h 09
Swisspreneur ShowEP #39 - Estefanía Tapias: The State Of Female Entrepreneurship In SwitzerlandTimestamps:
8:02 - Should military service be mandatory for women?
12:19 - Growing up with 3 sisters and an entrepreneurial mom
18:35 - The women quota
20:58 - How can men support women?
27:18 - How do we get more women in leadership positions?
The Episode In 60 Seconds
What drives inequality in Switzerland?
Historical factors such as the absence of a total war which shook up societal structures in other European countries.
Expensive childcare and unequal career development paths
Venture capital dominated by men
How can we tackle inequality?
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2019-10-0238 min
Swisspreneur ShowEP #38 - Estefanía Tapias: How To Hustle In SwitzerlandTimestamps:
2:26 - Why Estefania left research to start her own company
10:35 - Growing up in an entrepeneurial family
21:27 - If you're gonna fail, fail fast.
30:18 - How Estefania went about looking for a location
35:19 - How Estefania structures negotiations
About Estefanía Tapias:
Estefanía Tapias is the CEO and Co-Founder of WeSpace, a community, workspace and digital platform that nurtures female leadership and innovation, having opened its doors in Zurich in 2018. Estefanía holds a PhD in Information Cities and Urban Climate from ETH Zurich and co...
2019-09-2544 min
Futuro a lo bienEP 04: Anatomía de las Oportunidades con Estefanía TapiasEstefanía es Arquitecta, investigadora y emprendedora, y ha dedicado su vida a la construcción de un mundo más sostenible, pero sobre todo más justo. En este episodio contamos su historia.
2019-08-2637 min
Leap TakersEpisode 3: Estefanía Tapias - Empowering entrepreneurship among women & How to get featured on Forbes 30 under 30Estefanía Tapias (@este_tapias) is a researcher on the topic of the future of cities and entrepreneur that was listed on Forbes reputable 30 under 30 list. She is from Colombia but has been living in Switzerland for the past few years, where she co-founded WeSpace. WeSpace is a community, co-workspace and digital platform inspired by women in Zurich, where she invited me to to record this interview. She obtained her Ph.D. at ETH Zurich and worked as a researcher and lecturer on the topic of smart Cities in Zurich and Singapore (Future Cities Laboratory).We’ll tal...
2019-06-1741 min