FHT guest lecture: From concept to commerical product - Developing ideas and devices to scale
Ludovic Dovat will address the challenge of commercialising a technology or device from ideation, and present a methodology to industrialise concepts based on the example of Helbling Technik.
FHT guest lecture: From concept to commerical product - Developing ideas and devices to scale
Date: Thursday, 2 March
Time: 4.00-5.00 PM (SG)/ 9.00-10.00 AM (Zurich)
Venue: Raintree Room, L8, CREATE Tower
Zoom: external pagehttps://ethz.zoom.us/j/61550716597
The development of a technology or a device from a concept to a commercial product is a complex challenge. It involves finding the right balance between quality, cost and time while ensuring the feasibility, desirability, viability, and sustainability of the product. This process can be intimidating for aspiring entrepreneurs, engineers, and scientists.
The lecture will address this challenge and present a methodology used to develop and industrialise ideas or concepts. It will be based on the experience of external pageHelbling Technik, a Swiss leader in technical innovation with more than 60 years in the development of products and about 200 projects per year in the industrialisation of products. Examples of products, ranging from smart wearable devices to coffee machines, will be used to illustrate the development process and its importance in the transformation from a prototype to mass production.
The goal of the lecture is to provide attendees with a better understanding of the methodology and the tools needed to scale from an idea to million-unit production capacity.
About Ludovic Dovat
external pageLudovic Dovat is an experienced executive, currently holding the position of Head of Business Unit at Helbling Technik and Partner at Helbling Group. He leads the development of four areas: assistive devices, smart nutrition systems, edge devices, and sustainability engineering, working with international teams between Europe and Asia. He holds a master’s degree from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and a PhD from National University of Singapore (NUS), where he completed his research entitled "A System for Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation of Hand and Finger Function After Stroke". He is also a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program and has worked in several industries prior to Helbling Technik.
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