IMD Alumni Community for Entrepreneurship (IMD ACE)
IMD ACE is an initiative by IMD and its alumni to facilitate IMD alumni working together and create value through entrepreneurship and innovation. IMD ACE operates globally in collaboration with local IMD Alumni Clubs.
IMD ACE's mission is to promote the development and consolidation of business ventures/startups, proposed and launched by IMD participants, to make entrepreneurship accessible to Alumni and to foster an ecosystem aimed at facilitating mentoring and the funding of business projects as an engine for innovation and growth.
2019 IMD ACE event dates:
| Dates | Events | Location |
| January 14 | Startup investments | Technopark Zurich |
| January 15 | Startup investments | IMD Lausanne |
| January 24 | Startup investments | Hôtel Métropole Geneva |
| February 12 | Startup investments | IMD Lausanne |
| February 13 | Startup investments | Technopark Zurich |
| March 11 | Startup investments | Technopark Zurich |
| March 12 | Startup investments | IMD Lausanne |
| March 13 | Startup investments | IMD Singapore |
| April 2 | Startup investments | IMD Lausanne |
| April 3 | Startup investments | Investiere Zurich |
| April 11 | Startup Champions Seed Night 2019 @ EPFL | EPFL Forum Rolex |
| May 14 | Startup investments | IMD Lausanne |
| May 15 | Open Banking Innovation | Technopark Zurich |
| May 22 | Startup investments | Technopark Zurich |
| May 23 | Financial Services and Emerging Technologies | Trust Square |
| June 4 | Startup investments | IMD Singapore |
| June 17 | Startup investments | Technopark Zurich |
| June 18 | Startup investments - AI & Machine Learning | IMD Lausanne |
| June 20 | ACE East Africa launch | Nairobi, TBC |
| August 1 | Startup investments | IMD Singapore |
| September 10 | Startup investments | IMD Lausanne |
| September 12 | Startup investments | IMD Singapore |
| October 2 | Startup investments | Campus Biotech, Geneva |
| October 15 | Startup investments | Investiere Zurich |
| November 12 | Startup investments | IMD Lausanne |
| November 13 | Fintech round-table | Hotel Metropole, Geneva |
| November 18 | EPFL Connect | EPFL campus, Lausanne |
| November 20 | EPFL Investor Day | EPFL campus, Lausanne |
| November 22 | MIND Milano visit | MIND Milano Innovation District |
| December 2 | ACE China launch | Microsoft Accelerator, Shanghai |
| December 4 | Swiss Fintech Investor Day | SIX Convention Point, Zurich |
Visit the IMD ACE community online
IMD ACE is setting up chapters in several regions across the world. If you are interested in hearing more about locations or would like to get involved, please get in touch with us.
