Event series

Past Rigi Workshops

Rigi Workshops have been held since 2011 and inspired hundreds of young researchers to engage in interdisciplinary discourse. Find out more about the events that have already taken place.

Rigi Workshop 2024 : working in small groups

28.-30.1.2024
Workshop
Rigi Kulm

Rigi Workshop 2024: Exploring Epigenetics

22 PhD Students and Post-Docs attended the 3-days interdisciplinary workshop from 28 to 30 January 2024 at the beautiful Hotel Rigi Kulm (Schwyz) to explore Epigenetics.

29.-31.1.2023
Conference
Discussion
Seminar
Workshop
Arth

Rigi Workshop 2023: Infectious diseases as drivers of change

The 3-days workshop took place at Rigi-Kulm from 29th to 31st of January 2023, with 30 PhD-students, Post-docs and even one Master Student. The 8 different speakers covered many aspects

30.1-1.2.2022
Conference
Workshop
Rigi Kulm

Rigi Workshop 2022: Cell Biology of Infection

Image: kjpargeter freepik

Postponed from January 2021, the Rigi Workshop “Cell Biology of Infection” could finally take place from January 30th to February 1st 2022 at Hotel Rigi Kulm. 25 PhD, post-doctoral or

26.-28.1.2020
Workshop
Rigi Kulm

Rigi Workshop 2020: Ecosystems under pressure - Agriculture, forestry and conservation under global change

Herbst mitten im Sommer. Vertrocknetes braunrotes Laub und die Abendsonne tauchen den Waldrand in herbstliche Farben. Ein Wald am oberen Zürichsee am 25. Juli 2018.

Image: Stephan Bader, MeteoSchweiz

A group of 22 PhD students from11 institutions all over Switzerland met for a three-day workshop in January 2020 on top of the Rigi mountain to discuss about pressing issues

21.-23.1.2018
Education / Training
Workshop
Rigi Kulm

Rigi Workshop 2018: Networks and interactions - from species to communities

Image: Christoph Scheidegger

From January 21 to 23, 2018 a group of PhD and MSc students and postdocs met at Hotel Rigi Kulm to interact, network and cross disciplinary boarders.

24.-26.1.2016
Workshop
Arth

Big answers from small packages: systems and synthetic biology of microbes

From 24. - 26. January 2016, PhD students, MSc students and early postdocs working at Swiss research institutes met leading scientists in the fields of synthetic and systemic biology at