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SwissTech Convention Center
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The SwissTech Convention Center is a conference centre on the campus of EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.

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The SwissTech Convention Center is one of the largest convention centers in the Lake Geneva region and has served many major events.

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Building

The building was designed by the architectural firm Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés of Lausanne. It was financed by two Credit Suisse real estate funds for 120 million Swiss francs.[1] The Credit Suisse owns the building, while the EPFL pays an annual rent of 6 million Swiss francs.[1] This public-private partnership was criticised by the Swiss Federal Audit Office as "the conditions are unfavourable to the EPFL and favourable to the investor".[2]

Financial support from the Swiss electricity supply company Romande énergie allowed the west facade of the building to be covered with panels made of organic dye-sensitized solar cell, also called "Grätzel cells" after Michael Grätzel, a physical chemistry professor at the EPFL and the inventor of this technology.[3]

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Events

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Space pioneers Buzz Aldrin and Alexei Leonov at the Swiss Tech Convention Centre in 2015

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