Why participate?
Three hours that matter.
This event is not a traditional product seminar. It is a shift in perspective: how hardware decisions made today determine your company’s future viability.
Experience repairability live
See how easily Surface devices can be serviced—and what that means for your IT strategy. No pitch, no slides. Just grab a screwdriver.
Longevity as cost savings
Learn why devices with a longer service life are not an added expense but an ROI model that fundamentally changes your procurement cycles.
Substantive sustainability
Global insights from the UN Global Compact and Surface engineers that demonstrate: the circular economy is not greenwashing. It is corporate responsibility with measurable impact.
Repair kit for everyone
Every participant leaves the event with a repair kit — the tools to put the strategy into practice immediately.
Program: An afternoon that inspires.
From the first demo to the apéro riche — here’s what awaits you.
Registration & Welcome Coffee
Welcome by Bechtle Direct & Microsoft Surface
The Repair Vision | Insights on Sustainability & Circular Economy
Microsoft Surface presents the vision: how design, engineering, and sustainability strategy come together to build hardware that lasts.
The Naked Surface | News & Repair
The screw turns live: Surface devices are opened, explained, and repaired on site. Plus: news from the Surface world, its history, and the passion behind it.
UN Global Compact | Technology & Sustainability Impact
Antonio Hautle, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein, provides global context: Where does the economy stand in terms of circular economy and digital responsibility?
Surface Quiz | Your knowledge is worth real money
Test your new knowledge in the interactive quiz. Prize: a Surface device. All participants have a chance—join in!*
Closing & Apéro Riche
Guest speaker.
Global perspective meets practice.
Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein
The economy has a responsibility.
Since 2015, Antonio Hautle has led the UN Global Compact Network Switzerland and Liechtenstein — the world’s largest sustainability initiative for the business community. Member companies, NGOs, and institutions commit to implementing the ten principles of the UN Global Compact throughout their value chains and to publicly reporting on their progress.
Organizations have both a corporate and societal responsibility to drive sustainability impact through technology. To make progress, new solutions are needed — and new frameworks that accelerate change.
Antonio Hautle
Workshop & Demo: More than just an event.
Surface Unlocked combines inspiration with hands‑on experience. You will leave the afternoon with new insights and the tools to get started immediately.
Repair demo — live & open
A Microsoft Surface device is opened, explained, and repaired right before your eyes. You’ll see why repairability is no coincidence, but a design decision that benefits your lifecycle costs.
Your personal repair kit
All participants receive a repair kit upon on‑site registration — your starter set for maintaining your own hardware. The tools for your first step into the circular economy.
News from the Surface world
Updates from the world of Surface, the story behind their creation, and the engineering craftsmanship that drives them. Including a live presentation and the opportunity to try them out.
Networking & exchange
The apéro riche offers space for real conversations about what technology and sustainability mean for your company.
Event details at a glance.
Date: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Time: 2:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: The Circle, Microsoft Switzerland, The Circle 2, 8058 Zurich Airport | Google Maps
Language: German
Win a Surface device.
In the final Surface Quiz, every participant has the chance to take a Surface device home. The knowledge comes from the event — the chance is yours.
*Participation requires compliance with your company’s internal guidelines.
Ready for the repair revolution?
Free. Exclusive. With a repair kit, Microsoft Surface demos, global sustainability insights, and the chance to win a Surface device. Seats are limited.
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