FORA.tv Speaker - Heidi Wegener

Heidi Wegener, born in Zurich in 1947, has been the Curator of the Design Preis Schweiz since 2002. In 1989 she was appointed Administrative Director at Zurich's Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst [College of Art and Design, now part of the Zurich University of the Arts], a position she retained until taking up the curatorship of the Design Preis.

Before that, Wegener held executive positions in the Industry sector of the Elektrowatt Group, where she made a significant contribution to a number of innovation and development projects.