Innovation is becoming more and more central in our society and it is directly associated to the possibility of sustainable economic and social development. In this new scenario, the educational institutions have increasingly assumed a relevant role for the innovation-based economic development.PANELISTS:- Dimitrios Diamantis, Dean of Graduate Students, Les Roches Crans-Montana- Blaise Crettol, Professor at HES SO (Switzerland)- Maurizio Caon, Professor at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland- Edgar Barroso, Professor and Director of the Laboratory of Entrepreneurship and Transformation Tec de Monterrey (Mexico)- Prof. Dr. Anna Grichting, Architect, Urbanist, Musician and Doctor of Design from Harvard University- Antoine Perruchoud: Professor HES, Head of Team Academy, Master Innokick, CAS Innovation Management at HES-SO- Riccardo Campione, Senior Lecturer, Les Roches Crans Montana- Bilal Hassan, Senior Lecturer , Les Roches Crans Montana- Frank Gueuning, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Les Roches Crans-Montana- Joe Di Donna, Clinical Professor of Marketing, Les Roches Crans-MontanaMODERATOR:- Pablo Garcia, Director of Les Roches Innovation Hub and Senior Lecturer.