From Innovation to Impact: Activating the Swiss Innovation Ecosystem

Switzerland is a globally renowned innovation powerhouse. The absence of a coordinated transformation architecture, however, creates structural risks from capital misallocation and innovation bottlenecks to growing gaps in social legitimacy and systemic resilience

This session introduces the Swiss Impact & Prosperity Initiative (SIPI) as a national lighthouse programme designed to align capital flows, innovation, public policy, and civic leadership in service of net-positive, measurable prosperity.

Rooted in SIPI’s vision to PROSPER beyond GDP and Profit, and operationalized through its seven-part IMPACTS framework, the initiative offers the strategic infrastructure needed to move from fragmented pilots to coordinated national transition. SIPI rewires mindsets, capital flows, and value chains by integrating tools such as transformation narratives, impact valuation methodologies, AI-supported decision systems, and transformative finance mechanisms.

Framed by insights from the morning’s Transformative Finance Coalition (TFC) closed-door workshop, prior SIPI convenings, and perspectives from cross-sector leaders at the forefront of systems change, this session will clarify SIPI’s purpose, modus operandi, and practical pathways for engagement.

Participants will gain a clear understanding of how to join forces whether through expert groups, regional pilots, or coalitions driving inclusive, regenerative value creation.