Innovation Forum Lausanne (IFL), an official EPFL non-profit association, strives to, by reuniting the poles of academy, industry and companies in such a dynamic hub like Lausanne, stimulate innovative spirit leading to exciting new projects. Seeing great ideas being transformed into actionable products on the market is what inspires us! By organizing networking events, workshops and other relevant activities such as IMAGINE IF! and the Annual Conference, IFL aims to reach the association goals. We are neutral, altruistic and we have great motivation to solve the challenges of our time! Our goals: -To facilitate the interaction of local talents with diverse academic and industrial backgrounds, to encourage them to think out of the box and dream together, thus allowing them to come up with interdisciplinary innovations for a sustainable future. -To forward and promote the innovations of tomorrow towards industry, investors and policy makers within the entire Innovation Forum network, thereby accelerating the appearance of Lausanne’s disruptive technologies on the global scene. -To empower and inspire innovative minds by actively integrating the world of arts and music, thereby fostering an environment in which the new and unknown can be embraced with an open mind.