IGEM with two new board members
At the 2012 general meeting, IGEM had a vacancy on the board to fill. In addition, the first IGEM Sponsorship Award was presented, and Alexander Tschobokdji from Samsung demonstrated all the things TV sets can do today and how this could change the way people watch TV.
The statutory business of the general meeting was quickly completed. All motions of the board were approved unanimously. President Stephan Küng and the board members running again were also unanimously confirmed for a further term of office of one year.
To replace Andrea Haemmerli, who will be leaving Belcom, two candidates stood for election: her successor Philip Hofmann and Dominik Kaiser from TV 3 Plus.
After both received the same number of votes, the meeting decided without further ado to expand the board accordingly. With Dominik Kaiser, a representative of a TV broadcaster joins the IGEM board.
For the first time, the IGEM sponsorship prize of 5,000 Swiss francs was awarded. It went in equal parts to Corina Burri with her bachelor thesis at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and to Vincenzo Tremonte with his bachelor thesis at the Zurich School of Economics.
Following the award ceremony, Alexander Tschobokdji, Head of Marketing Switzerland, explained Samsung's "Smart" strategy. Now that smart screens are part of everyday life on both cell phones and tablets, they are also conquering the living room. With smart TVs, the viewer goes from passenger to captain, can discover new things and spread his personality, according to an IGEM release. In contrast to the past, the device adapts to the user with a smart screen. It is networked, can be further developed and allows the exchange of information by networking the devices. For example, the cell phone serves as a remote control.
