Recto Perso

Many people have already moved their lives to Valais. This is how they feel today:

Raphaëlle Luisier, IDIAP, Valais, Switzerland
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Raphaëlle Luisier

Discover the life of Raphaëlle Luisier, researcher at Idiap Institute, who after several years abroad rediscovers Valais and its unique quality of life.

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Wendy Lee Queen

World-class research combined with high quality of life? The portrait of Wendy Lee Queen provides an overview of her research in the fields of sustainability at EPFL Valais-Wallis and shows how this American woman from South Carolina has found a new home in Valais.

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André Borschberg

The video from our series “Recto Perso” presents André Borschberg, Swiss co-founder of the Valais start-up H55. This spin-off from Solar Impulse develops electric propulsion systems for aviation. It is no accident that Sion, capital of Valais, was chosen to be the site of the company’s headquarters.

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Torsten Schmidt

Discover our new video series «Recto Perso» : Meet the people who combine quality of life, pleasure and work in Valais. The first to be portrayed is german-born Torsten Schmidt, the head of bio-pharma production at Lonza who moved to Brig over 12 years ago.

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Recto Verso, Valais in mouvement

Valais is well known for its unique natural landscape. But people are generally less aware that it also sets standards as an economic territory. The canton is home to leading training and research ins...