Sophie Lamparter is Associate Director at swissnex San Francisco, a public-private partnership to connect Switzerland and the US in the areas of science, technology, art and innovation. Based in San Francisco since 2011, Sophie Lamparter is responsible for defining the interdisciplinary programs, which lie at the intersection of art/technology and art/science.

She has organized and curated exhibitions and programs in media, digital and data arts, interaction/experience, game design, architecture and urbanism. She is passionate about the power of dialogue, likes to connect people and good ideas and is always looking for new ways of doing so.