151st Edition – Zak World of Façades Switzerland

This will be the 151st edition globally and the 1st edition in Zurich which will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display latest technological solutions.

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Speakers & Panelists

Manuel Portmann

General Manager, Cosentino Switzerland

Graduated as a mechanical engineer and obtained an MBA. Has been serving as Managing Director at Cosentino Switzerland for 5 years. Prior to this role, held various specialist and management positions internationally and nationally across diverse sectors and industries.

Matthias Thommen

Consultant Engineer, Emmer Pfenninger Partner

Tal Friedman

CEO, Foldstruct

Stefano Rossi

Façade Consultant - Business Development, idpartners

Stefano Rossi is an architect (University of Innsbruck) and façade consultant at idpartners, a boutique facade consulting firm headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. His experience lies in finding creative solutions on high-end projects ranging from using hand sketches or going as...

Nils Heffungs

Senior Project Manager, EM2N Architekten

Nils Heffungs has been working at EM2N Architekten AG since 2007 as a team and project manager, with a focus on large projects. After working in the project management of the Toni-Areal as well as the overall project management of...

Manuel Boerwanger

Project Manager, BIFF (Bureau d'Ingénieurs Fenêtres et Façades)

After obtaining his master’s degree in mechanical engineering, Manuel Boerwanger has worked a few years by Siemens Energy. He jumped in the façade world in 2016 joining Lindner group in the engineering and system design department as design manager and...

Lidor Gilad

Partner, Itten+Brechbühl AG

Lidor Gilad is a partner and head of design and development at Itten+Brechbühl AG in Switzerland. Lidor was previously an architect at Gilad + Steinfeld architects sagl from 2010 to 2015. Lidor has a degree in architecture from the USI...

Klaus Fenners

Team Leader - Façade, Implenia Schweiz AG

In 1992, Klaus graduated in mechanical engineering at the University of Duisburg. Following that, his career path led him through various management roles within metal construction companies across Switzerland, Germany, and Italy from 1992 to 2013. Transitioning to a team...

Ivo Angehrn

Head of Sustainability and Digitalization, Drees & Sommer

Bringing a wealth of expertise in Strategy and Technology Consulting, Ivo specializes in sustainability, energy efficiency, circular engineering, and digitalization consulting for processes and infrastructure. Notable projects include advising the Canton of Lucerne’s Real Estate Division, contributing to the sustainability...

Funda Kozanoglu

Partner Board member, CCHE

French and of Turkish origin, Funda Kozanoglu was born and raised in Paris. After a spell at the Beaux-Arts, she found her way into architecture. Interested in diversity, she spent two years in Brazil to complete her thesis on the...

Philippe Willareth

Member of the Board of Directors, Lüchinger+Meyer

Philippe Willareth is a partner at Lüchinger+Meyer Bauingenieure AG and heads the Façade Engineering division. After graduating as a façade engineer from Lucerne University of Applied Sciences in 2004, Philippe Willareth joined Whitbybird London as a façade design engineer and...

Enrico Cutri

Global Building Project Specification Manager - High Performance Building, Dow

Enrico Cutri is Global Building Projects Specification Manager and a member of the Building Science Team at Dow. Based in Switzerland, Enrico is directly responsible for the management of designated key accounts and for the introduction of product innovation, to...

Susanne Di Iulio

Regional Director of Sales, Staticus

Susanne Di iulio graduated 2003 from the Cooperative State University of Baden Wurttemberg as a Façade Engineer. Joining Tauber Eingineering GmbH in Frankfurt, she worked as an international project manager. She also worked as a guest lecturer in her former...

Jochen Regenauer

Head of High Performance Products EMEA, Kuraray

Jochen is working since more than 20 years in the construction & glass industry. Now responsible for high performance interlayers like Trosifol PVB & Sentryglas for laminated safety glass in the EMEA region with an focus on architectural applications.

Steffi Neubert

Director, Emmer Pfenninger Partner

1984 – 1990 architectural studies at the University of Stuttgart; 1991: collaboration at Santiago Calatrava Architects in Paris and Zurich and 1992 – 1998 at RFR Engineers in Paris. 1998 – 1999 postgraduate studies «Architecture and Sustainability». Specialisation in architectural...

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