SwissTech Convention Center

SwissTech Convention Center
SwissTech Convention Center
General information
Type	convention center
Location	Route Louis-Favre 2, Ecublens, Switzerland
Coordinates	46°31′24″N 6°33′50″E / 46.5234621°N 6.564013°E
Elevation	397 m
Inaugurated	3 April 2014
Cost	€110 million
Height
Top floor	Auditorium A, B & C
Technical details
Floor count	3
Floor area	10'000 m2
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés
Awards and prizes	2016 Winner of the Best Swiss Convention Center - Swiss MICE
Other information
Seating capacity	From 300 to 3,000
Number of rooms	18
Website
	Official website
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The SwissTech Convention Center is a conference centre on the campus of EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.

The SwissTech Convention Center is one of the largest convention centers in the Lake Geneva region and has served many major events.

Building

The building was designed by the architectural firm Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés of Lausanne. It was financed by two Credit Suisse real estate funds for 120 million Swiss francs.^[1] The Credit Suisse owns the building, while the EPFL pays an annual rent of 6 million Swiss francs.^[1] This public-private partnership was criticised by the Swiss Federal Audit Office as "the conditions are unfavourable to the EPFL and favourable to the investor".^[2]

Financial support from the Swiss electricity supply company Romande énergie allowed the west facade of the building to be covered with panels made of organic dye-sensitized solar cell, also called "Grätzel cells" after Michael Grätzel, a physical chemistry professor at the EPFL and the inventor of this technology.^[3]

Events

Regular

Other

13 November 2015: The Moon Race
European Space Agency - EUCLID
Sport Accord Convention 2016
11 July 2017: meeting of the International Olympic Committee about the 2024 Summer Olympics, with delegations including Emmanuel Macron^[4]
24 January 2018: draw for the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League
June 2019: The 134th IOC Session
16 December 2024: draw for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 finals.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b (in French) "L’EPFL recadrée par le Contrôle fédéral des finances", Radio télévision suisse, 27–29 April 2015 (page visited on 11 July 2017).
^ (in French) Nicolas Dufour, "Le Contrôle fédéral des finances accable l’EPFL pour ses bâtiments spectaculaires", Le Temps, 30 August 2016 (page visited on 11 July 2017).
^ "The SwissTech Convention Center, a lab for conferences of the future", press release, 3 April 2014 (page visited on 3 October 2014).
^ "Olympics: IOC prepares to award next two Games to Paris and Los Angeles", The Guardian, 11 July 2017 (page visited on 11 July 2017).
^ "Women's EURO 2025 draw: See who is in what group". uefa.com. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2025.

External links

[RTS2015-1] (in French) "L’EPFL recadrée par le Contrôle fédéral des finances", Radio télévision suisse, 27–29 April 2015 (page visited on 11 July 2017).

[LT2016-2] (in French) Nicolas Dufour, "Le Contrôle fédéral des finances accable l’EPFL pour ses bâtiments spectaculaires", Le Temps, 30 August 2016 (page visited on 11 July 2017).

[3] "The SwissTech Convention Center, a lab for conferences of the future", press release, 3 April 2014 (page visited on 3 October 2014).

[4] "Olympics: IOC prepares to award next two Games to Paris and Los Angeles", The Guardian, 11 July 2017 (page visited on 11 July 2017).

[5] "Women's EURO 2025 draw: See who is in what group". uefa.com. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2025.

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