By 2050, geothermal energy can cover 25% of Switzerland’s heating needs in a CO2-neutral way: a contribution to the energy transition and the reduction of CO2 emissions.

• The earth provides lasting heat: a dormant energy potential beneath our feet.
• A new value chain with regional jobs is created. Different professions work together.
• Be part of it and shape the future!

Connect – effective networking for

• Federal (national), cantonal (regional) and municipal (local) authorities
  Political decision-makers, energy, environment and spatial planning departments, economic departments
  
• Energy suppliers
  Industrial utilities, district heating networks, energy producers
• Planners
  Geologists, water and environmental specialists, energy experts, urban and spatial planners, architects, engineers, project managers, …
• Component suppliers, contractors
  Boreholes, well components, geothermal probes, energy piles, measuring devices and techniques, software, simulation, …
  
• Consumers of heat and cold
  Real estate owners, industry, crafts, data centres, agriculture, fish farming, …
• Universities and research centres
  Professors, doctoral students, students
• Investors
  Institutions interested in long-term investments for carbon reduction

Possibilities and challenges with geothermal energy

• First hand information on projects and international trends:
  • Heat and cold in urban areas, for industry, for agriculture
  • The subsoil as a energy storage
  • Electricity, lithium, CO2 capture
  • Knowing, protecting and using underground resources
• Speaker panel with experts from geology, energy, environment, economics, authorities, research and industry
• Plenary and interactive parallel sessions

National and international partnerships

• Exchange of knowledge, experience, technologies, products, services
• Integration of partial solutions into complete systems
• Cooperation between authorities (framework conditions), industry (implementation) and universities (newest knowledge)
• Translation DE / FR / EN
• Effective Networking with
  • Participants profiles
  • Matchmaking for prearranged 1to1 meetings
  • Thematic sessions, networking sessions
  • Exhibition of products and services