Patrick Furrer

Enabler & Advisor in EU projects & knowledge management, open science, open edition and open peer reviewing

Epalinges, Vaud, Switzerland

About

- Contributing to the open science agenda and scientific integrity - Consulting in joining or establishing Horizon Europe proposals and partnerships As founder of Furizon.online back in 2019, my vision is turning great and innovative service ideas and technological breakthroughs into funding success stories. My advice focuses on identifying untapped potential in emerging technologies and bringing partners together to bring those ideas to market via EU funding targetted partnering. My experience as scientist myself as well as ICT national contact point will empower you to transform complex research ideas into compelling consortia and narratives that capture evaluators attention and drive adoption of your projects across multiple countries and sectors, with a dedicated focus on digital health.

Experience

  • Director of the Library of Medecine at CHUV | Lausanne university hospital
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

    I am leading the team of the Medical Library at the Faculty of Biology and Medecine from University of Lausanne

  • Freelance Advisor at Furizon
    Jul 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

    I contribute to improve the impact of research and innovation and advise researchers and research performing organisations on open science practices & scientific integrity. I also led the set-up of the first open publication of the Proceedings of the IRAFPA COIMBRA Colloquium 2022. I am teaching ethics of technologies at the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (Business School HEG Geneva)

  • Scientific Advisor at United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
    Oct 2022 - Dec 2022 · 3 mos

    During this short-term mission, I am supporting the Strategic Implementation of the 2030 Agenda, more specifically on fundraising to build capacity and maximize impact of citizen science for SDGs data and innovation, through training, learning, advisory services and multi-stakeholder engagement, building on the current H2020 “Crowd4SDG” project.

  • swissuniversities (Région de Berne, Suisse)
    • Coordinator - National Programmes on Scientific Information & Open Science
      Jul 2018 - Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Program Results are available here: https://www.swissuniversities.ch/en/p-5-services

    • Co-coordinator - National Programme "Scientific Information"
      Jan 2018 - Jun 2018 · 6 mos

  • Vice-Rector Research & Innovation at HES-SO Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale
    Mar 2014 - Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    Our mission is to facilitate and stimulate the acquisition of research, innovation and creation projects across and in-between all domains of the HES-SO: Business management & Services, Design & Fine Arts, Engineering & Architecture, Health, Music & Performing Arts, Social Work. I supervised the Research Support Team, led the creation of SLSP, the Open Access institutionsl archive (ArodES), introduced the HES-SO Innovation Prize, and developed a first draft of the Open Science agenda.