About us
SMART Confluence fosters, tests, and brings to life projects that improve health and movement, enabling better ageing, better rehabilitation, and better performance.
Based in Valais, open to the world
SMART Confluence is the Valais ecosystem for innovation in health and sport. It is both:
An interdisciplinary collaboration space where researchers, clinicians, engineers, and entrepreneurs work together.
A dynamic community, driven by specific projects and unifying events.
A unique hub in Switzerland that brings together health, sport, science and technology to develop useful and sustainable solutions.
Sport
and technologies for
athletic performance
Medicine
mountain and
emergency medicine
Ageing
assistive technologies
and elderly care
Readaptation
rehabilitation
and recovery
Traumatology
treatment of
accidents and aftercare
Our ambition
To make Valais a centre of excellence in health and sport. We aim to create a place where ideas become tangible solutions by bringing together complementary expertise from science, technology, business and practice. Our collaborative ecosystem seeks to respond to the challenges of tomorrow with effective, sustainable and high-impact solutions.
Our missions
- We aim to facilitate collaboration and support the development of innovative projects in health and sport.
- We hope to raise awareness among stakeholders about innovation, the digital transition and sustainability.
- We want to provide an environment conducive to co-creation and support project holders at every stage, from concept to implementation.