to provide strategic, commercial, legal, economic and financial advisory services to Swiss and foreign companies; to develop programs in partnership with international and scientific organizations, to market the results of research and development projects as well as other products and services, particularly in high technologies and IT (information technology), and to support sustainable development projects; to conclude all contracts that are suitable for developing its purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it; to hold, acquire, exploit and sell any intellectual property rights related to its purpose; to organize various events related to the company's purpose; to participate in all operations that can be related to its object, directly or indirectly, and generally to participate in all industrial, commercial, financial, civil, movable or immovable operations that can be directly or indirectly related to its social object or to any similar or related object, excluding operations covered by the LFAIE.