Tuesday, October 21, 2025
SCION Day 2025
SCION DAY is where people passionate about SCION come together to discuss, exchange ideas, and collaborate. Every year, this sentiment is echoed in many presentations that begin with: “I was at SCION DAY for the first time last year, and that’s where this project began.”
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came to celebrate SCION with us, our inspiring speakers, valued members, and generous sponsors: Anapaya, Cyberlink, Sunrise, Digital Realty, and our host ETH Zurich.
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SCION DAY 2025: Speaker Highlights
Welcome
Luzius Cameron, co-CEO, SCION Association
Nicola Rustignoli, co-CEO, SCION Association
The SCION Association drives adoption of the SCION Internet through collaboration across its Committees in technical specifications, open source, and community engagement. Co-CEOs Luzius Cameron and Nicola Rustignoli share progress made with Members and outline the road ahead for building a secure and resilient digital ecosystem.
The next² SCION Internet: Unlocking opportunities with AI
Prof. Dr. Adrian Perrig, ETH Zurich
SCION inventor and ETH Zürich professor Adrian Perrig – the R&D mind and driving force behind SCION – highlights the latest initiatives from the Network Security Group (ETH Zurich) at the intersection of SCION and AI.
KEYNOTE
Gottfried Leibbrandt, CLS Board Chair, former CEO of SWIFT, and author of “The Payoff: how changing the way we pay changes everything”
Keynote to rediscover the disruptive forces in the financial sector and the realities of today’s cyber landscape. A lesson in cyber trends to watch out for not only in payment systems but also across other critical sectors.
SECURING CASHLESS PAYMENTS WITH SCION – PROTECTED, SEAMLESS, AND RELIABLE TRANSACTIONS AT THE POINT OF SALE
Lucas Gysin, President, SEPN (Secure EFTPOS Network) Association
See how the SEPN (Secure EFTPOS Network) Association is working to protect cashless transactions with SCION technology. With the newly launched SCION-enabled SEPN, they now provide a more secure, resilient, and future-proof payment network – ensuring every card payment is even more secure, uninterrupted, and protected.
From vision to reality: securing remote robotic surgery with 5G and SCION
Dr. Christophe Chautems, CTO and Co-Founder, Nanoflex Robotics AG
See how Nanoflex Robotics, a medical device company specializing in the development of telerobotic solutions to treat a range of critical endovascular diseases, in collaboration with Sunrise Business, is exploring how to make safe, reliable remote robotic surgery a reality. By combining 5G connectivity with SCION, they aim to enable surgeons to operate on patients remotely more reliably – where every millisecond and every packet counts.
Keynote (online)
Martin Jetter, former Chairman Deutsche Börse AG and former Senior Vice President IBM Corporation
In this keynote, Martin shares how SCION technology has become a market-ready solution that enables critical infrastructure to strengthen cybersecurity, cyber resilience, and data optionality in the context of digital sovereignty.
He frames important and relevant trends – cloud adoption, AI, and the EU regulatory landscape – through the lens of connectivity, drawing on his background in both technology and business.
SCION: The new trusted Internet for critical infrastructure
Anapaya CEO Martin Bosshardt explores why critical sectors such as healthcare, energy, and finance can no longer depend on the traditional Internet for secure and resilient operations. Together with guest speakers, he highlights the Secure Swiss Utility Network (SSUN) as a real-world example of SCION powering Switzerland’s utilities.
- Markus Riner, Head of Digitalization and IT, Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (VSE)
- Manuel Dietrich, CTO, Axpo Systems
- Stephan Benz, CEO, Litecom
- Sergio Milesi, CEO, Gas&Com
SCION for critical web platforms – ensuring availability in times of emergencies
Markus Riner, Head of Digitalization and IT, Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (VSE)
Markus Riner, Head of Digitalization and IT at the Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (VSE), highlights the connection between power shortages and secure connectivity with SCION. This session is especially relevant for those who want to safeguard critical web services such as e-commerce platforms, government websites, and customer portals.
How the Secure Swiss Finance Network (SSFN) enhances Avaloq’s Financial Cloud
Andreas Würsch, Head of Core Infrastructure Services, Avaloq – An NEC Company
Discover how Avaloq and Cyberlink are leveraging the Secure Swiss Finance Network (SSFN) to integrate Avaloq’s Financial Cloud into Switzerland’s financial ecosystem. Thomas and Andreas share the concrete benefits for Avaloq and its clients, as well as the technical and regulatory challenges addressed along the way.
Panel discussion: The SCION movement – the rapidly expanding Internet for critical Infrastructure
Moderated by Martin Bosshardt, CEO, Anapaya, this panel discussion features the voices of international SCION providers who came together to discuss how they plan to introduce SCION technology in the Benelux region and beyond. As the ones leading customer conversations across industries, they’re also uniquely positioned to share how the market views the move to the cloud and digital sovereignty. What are business leaders thinking? What are their key concerns, insights, and expectations for the future?
- Javier Benitez, Principal Innovation Manager, Colt
- Jack Funchion, VP Financial Services Sales Executive, Digital Realty
- Jan Hoogenboom, CEO, NL-ix Interconnect Exchange
- Carl Morris, CTO, BT Switzerland
- Cameron Daniel, CTO, Megaport
- Johan Van Den Branden, Chief Network and Operations Officer, Odido
- Diederik Wennekes, CEO, Varity
- Hans Wouters, Head of Capacity Product Management, BICS
Keynote
Riccardo Sibilia, Head Computer Network Operations CNO, Federal Department of Defence Civil Protection and Sport, Swiss Armed Forces Cyber Command
Keynote that explores how SCION technology can be deployed within the defence sector and its potential applications in the Swiss military environment.