The Swiss Day will take place on September 7th 2023, and will focus on the following points:
- Historic perspective of dams and reservoirs in Switzerland
- Dam safety in Switzerland
- Tecnical perspective
- Societal perspective
- Swiss dam engineering abroad
- Trends and outlook: Role of Swiss dams and reservoirs in the 21st century
| Time | Speaker | Theme of the speech | ||
| 13:30 | 13:35 | Prof. Robert Boes President of the Swiss Committee on Dams | Welcome address and Introduction | |
| 13:35 | 14:00 | Dr Albert Rösti Swiss Federal Councillor Dept. of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications | Welcome address and perspectives of Swiss hydropower and reservoirs in the European energy context | |
| 14:00 | 14:20 | Prof. em. Anton Schleiss Hon. President CIGB – ICOLD and STK/CSB | Swiss dams: overview of historical development | |
| 14:20 | 14:40 | Mr. Yves Zumwald CEO Swissgrid | Energy context in Switzerland and role of Hydropower reservoirs | |
| 14:40 | 15:00 | Dr Patrice Droz President of the Organizing Committee of ECS2023 | Swiss dam engineering in the world | |
| 15:00 | 15:40 | Coffee break | ||
| 15:40 | 16:00 | Mr Alexandre Wohnlich Member of the Technical board of the Swiss Committee on Dams | Dam heightening in Switzerland | |
| 16:00 | 16:20 | Prof. Emmanuel Reynard Université de Lausanne | Multi-purpose dams and water resources management in the Alpine context | |
| 16:20 | 16:40 | Prof. em. Willi Hager | Outstanding past Swiss dam engineers | |
| 16:40 | 17:00 | Prof. Robert Boes | Role of Swiss dams and reservoirs in the future | |
| 17:00 | 17:40 | Coffee break | ||
| 17:40 | 18:15 | Round table moderated by Dr Nicole Frank, journalist, with | Michel Lino President of CIGB-ICOLD Laurent Mouvet Vice- President of ICOLD-CIGB Serafaina Lazaridou President of the European Club of ICOLD Robert Boes Yves Zumwald Felipe Lazaro Senior Dam Specialist, The World Bank | |