Perspectives Beyond the Curriculum
Perspectives Beyond the Curriculum
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Learn MoreWe're a student organisation at ETH Zurich. We bring people to campus whose work, thinking, and experience go beyond what the curriculum can cover — and we create space for real conversation with them. Our first events launch in autumn 2026.
ETH trains many of the engineers and scientists who will shape the coming decades. But the curriculum rarely asks: what does this technology mean for society? Who sets the rules? What careers exist that nobody talked about in your first-year lecture? These are the questions we care about.
Our formats vary. Some evenings are built around a single speaker — a 45-minute talk followed by discussion in a smaller circle. Others bring several shorter perspectives together in quick succession, followed by an apéro. And not everything we do ends up on this page — some of the most interesting conversations happen in rooms that are harder to find. If that sounds like your kind of thing, keep your eyes open. Not every door is marked.
the lens. Engineering and science are powerful — but they don't operate in isolation. We bring in the legal, economic, philosophical, and political dimensions that shape how technology actually lands in the world.
people to perspectives they'd never encounter in a lecture hall. Policymakers, founders, researchers from other fields, people who've lived the questions students are just starting to ask.
through real stories. Not keynote polish — genuine accounts of unconventional paths, hard decisions, and what it actually looks like to build something that matters.
We're students at ETH Zurich — but our paths here were anything but straight. Liberal arts degrees, winemaking, life across four continents and as many languages. We study mathematics, engineering, and computer science — and argue about technology policy, sustainable mobility, and what emerging tech actually means for people's lives. We started INFLECTION because we kept having the conversations we wished were part of the programme — and figured others might want in.
Co Founder, Board Member
At eleven, Joshua moved from Shanghai to Switzerland on his own, driven by a curiosity to see the world. That same curiosity pulled him toward technology and how it shapes everyday life. In high school, he built a tool that lets people run data analyses without writing a line of code. Today, he studies mathematics at ETH, where he is interested not only in how technology works, but also in the ways society will change because of it. That is what drew him to Inflection.
Board Member, Treasury
Co Founder, Board Member
Lyn combines a primary education focused on liberal arts with a strong passion for STEM topics. This combination led Lyn to become a winemaker and pursue extensive travels, before eventually coming to ETH to study mathematics. Driven by the desire to understand our complex world and to have an impact, Lyn approaches solutions holistically, combining expressive communication, engaging event formats and deliberate speaker selection.
Co Founder, Board Member
Board Member, Media
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Have something on your mind? Whether it's a speaker idea, a collaboration, feedback, or something we haven't thought of yet — we'd like to hear it.
Students — suggest a topic, propose a speaker, tell us what you think, or get involved: students@inflectionzurich.ch
Everyone else: contact@inflectionzurich.ch