British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce guest speaker, open to public
Location: Crowne Plaza, 75 ave Louis-Casaï, 1216 Geneva
Link out: http://www.bscc.co.uk
Date: 23 Feb 2012
Start time: 18:30
End time: 21:00
Lift has become one of
Europe’s key events about
innovation and digital
technologies, now in its 7th year
Location: International Conference Centre, CICG
Link out: http://http://liftconference.com/lift12
Start date: 22 Feb 2012
End date: 24 Feb 2012
Speakers’ panel and discussion on the shifting balance in global trade and its likely impacts on economies in both the North and South hemispheres.
Location: Hotel Bristol, 10 rue du Mont Blanc, Geneva
Link out: http://www.owit-lakegeneva.org
Date: 20 Feb 2012
Start time: 18:30
End time: 21:30
music workshop
Location: Ateliers d\’ethnomusicologie 10 rue de Montbrillant – 1201 Geneva
Link out: http://www.adem.ch
Start date: 3 Feb 2012
End date: 5 Feb 2012
Great British Breakfast
with HE Mr. Peter Gooderham CMG, UK Permanent Representative to the UN Geneva.
Location: Geneva
Link out: http://www.bscc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_cont…
Date: 1 Feb 2012
A Tribute to Scotland’s Poet Hero, Robert Burns.
Whisky Tasting, Haggis, Music and Cocktails.
In association with the American International Club of Geneva.
Location: Geneva
Link out: http://www.bscc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_cont…
Date: 23 Jan 2012
Lunch talk by Jim Pulcrano, CEO at IMD business school in Lausanne, hosted by Leman Events and the American Int. Club of Geneva
Location: A-One Business Centre
Link out: http://www.lemanevents.ch
Date: 19 Jan 2012
52 prestigious brands and top watchmakers who will present their finest timepiece collections to Professionals and connoisseurs of mechanical watches, 5-day fair open to public last day, Friday
Location: 7 Avenue de Châtelaine, Geneva
Link out: http://www.geneva-time-exhibition.ch
Start date: 15 Jan 2012
Start time: 10:00
End date: 20 Jan 2012
End time: 17:00
Join OWIT Lake Geneva to learn how to take your finances in your hands and fund your dreams.
Link out: http://www.owit-lakegeneva.org
Date: 31 Jan 2012
Start time: 18:30
Come watch and discuss this Oscar-nominated documentary on the booming business of ‘fracking’ for natural gas in the USA.
Hosted by Democrats Abroad Geneva and Sierra Club Geneva
Film starts at 20:00 / 8:00 pm (Doors Open at 7:00 pm)
7:00-8:00 DiscussionCinema Entrance : 11 rue de la Coulouvrenière, 1st Floor Cost: Free Admission but donations for Sierra Club welcome to cover costs
Schedule:
7:00 Doors open (drinks available for purchase, cash only)
7:00-7:45 Discussion and collection of signatures for petitions
7:45 Introduction by Green Peace Switzerland
8:00 Gasland (107 minutes, in English with French subtitles)
Followed by Open Discussion led by DA Geneva and Sierra club Member Mark Pasquesi
Please feel free to stay until 11 pm for more conversation and flaming drinks!!
Location: Spoutnik, 11 rue de la Coulouvrenière, 1st Floor
Link out: http://www.democrats.ch
Date: 5 Dec 2011
Start time: 19:00
End time: 23:00
“The next big thing: electricity 2.0″
How electricity is changing our daily life.
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The world of power is changing fast, in all kinds of ways. Behind those changes, largely unseen by the end-user, lie the advanced technologies of the ABB Group. Joe Hogan, ABB’s Chief Executive for the last 3 years, will describe those changes – DC power instead of AC for personal gadgets, intelligent power grids for renewable energy, smart homes, electrically-powered vehicles – and the role that ABB plays behind the scenes in those transformations.
Location: Zurich, Zunfthaus zur Meisen Münsterhof 20 8001 Zürich
Link out: http://www.bscc.co.uk/
Date: 1 Dec 2011
Start time: 11:45
End time: 14:00
Jonathan Leighton “The Battle for Compassion: Ethics in an Apathetic Universe”: Leighton is a writer and independent consultant specializing in science, ethics and humanitarian issues. With a BA from Harvard University and a PhD from the University of Basel (Switzerland), he spent several years in industry in research, marketing and training management positions. As a senior consultant at Geneva’s largest PR agency, he handled mandates for diverse clients including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. A strong advocate of human rights, he is currently focusing on new, creative approaches to promoting universal humanitarian values.
Location: Off the Shelf bookstore
Link out: http://www.offtheshelf.ch/
Date: 30 Nov 2011
Start time: 18:30
End time: 20:00
Films, story-telling, and workshops around chocolate.
Location: Prangins, Switzerland
Link out: http://www.chateaudeprangins.ch
Date: 11 Dec 2011
Presentation by Philippe Coutaz, Chief Economist of Compagnie Bancaire Helvetique discussing and comparing the economic events of the past with those of today’s current market. Registration and pre-payment to signup@ifma-net.ch no later than 2 December.
Location: Swissotel Metropole, Geneva
Link out: http://www.ifma-net.ch
Date: 6 Dec 2011
Start time: 12:00
End time: 14:00
At Webster University, with Dr Marilyn Glenville, a UK nutritionist.
Location: Bellevue, Geneva
Link out: http://www.peakofhealth.ch
Date: 19 Nov 2011
Lecture and dance show, free. Astrophysicist Roland Bacon has joined forces with choreographer Michel Hallet Eghayan and his troupe to create and perform, a lecture and dance show on the origin of the Universe.
RSVP: + 41 22 767 7676.
Location: Meyrin, Geneva
Link out: http://outreach.web.cern.ch/outreach/evenements…
Date: 17 Nov 2011
Are you planning to set up your own business? Do you have a business plan but wonder what it takes to implement it? Join OWIT Mentorship Café and find out what it takes to succeed at launching a business in Switzerland.
Date: 15 Nov 2011
Start time: 18:00
End time: 21:30
Daniel Basse, President, AgResource Company, “Grains’ growing importance with economics and politics.”
Location: Geneva
Link out: http://www.bscc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_cont…
Date: 18 Nov 2011
Oak Hill is a half-day programme designed for students with learning differences such as dyslexia and/or A.D.D (ADHD).
Open House on Tuesday 15 November from 10.00-11.00.
RSVP to: education@oakhill.ch
Location: Chemin Precossy 31, 1260 Nyon
Link out: http://www.oakhill.ch
Date: 15 Nov 2011
Start time: 10:00
Daniel Spitz and Mario Delgado, both of DS Tax Consulting SA will present the upcoming changes in Swiss tax legislation, focusing on double taxation treaties and changes on taxation of employees’ incentive plans.
Location: Swissotel Metropole, Geneva
Link out: http://www.ifma-net.ch
Date: 16 Nov 2011
Start time: 12:00
End time: 14:00
The theme of the evening’s panel debate with the audience will be the very topical subject of Reputation: what makes it, what breaks it and how, in an organisational sense, can it be managed?
Sponsored by the British Swiss Chamber of Commerce.
Location: Geneva
Link out: http://www.bscc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_cont…
Date: 10 Nov 2011
Visit Webster University campus to learn about the undergraduate (Bachelor’s) and graduate (Master’s) programs.
Location: Bellevue, Geneva
Link out: http://www.webster.ch/OpenDay
Date: 9 Nov 2011
International Link is a non-profit organization that seeks to facilitate the integration of foreign businesses and expats into the local environment.
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Link out: http://www.beaulieu.org/li/ex/pwn/syear/2011/vi…
Date: 6 Nov 2011
Great British Breakfast with
Prof. Paul Dembinski, Professor of International Strategy & Competition, University of Fribourg and Founder & Director of the Observatoire de la Finance.
Location: Geneva
Link out: http://www.bscc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_cont…
Date: 2 Nov 2011
The downfalls of surfing the net.
A joint production between Institut Polycours, International Link and Léman Events.
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Link out: http://www.lemanevents.ch/Events/teenagers-surf…
Date: 13 Oct 2011
Competency Based Interviewing. Francois E Clerc. Founder and Managing Partner of AdValorem Partners will present the basic tools to “hiring the right person, for the right job.” Sponsored by IFMA.
Location: Swissotel Metropole, Geneva
Link out: http://www.ifma-net.ch
Date: 17 Oct 2011
Start time: 0:00
End time: 0:00
On the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty and the transfer to Geneva of the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP), a film-debate wwith a view to unify the efforts to abolish the death penalty.
Location: Geneva
Link out: http://www.fifdh.org/
Date: 11 Oct 2011
The 27th edition will feature: Is The World Shifting ? – The BRICS: Power and Limits.
Free entry.
Location: Geneva
Link out: http://www.nordsud.ch/english/Home.html
Start date: 10 Oct 2011
End date: 14 Oct 2011
During the week off:
Discovery workshop for children 6- to 12-years-old.
Location: Prangins, Switzerland
Link out: http://www.chateaudepriangins.ch
Start date: 18 Oct 2011
End date: 25 Oct 2011
Join the OWIT in Lausanne for an enlightening discussion on what major consumer brands are doing about sustainability. At the end of the session you will understand what the key drivers to environmental improvement are, and what can be done to improve
Link out: http://www.owit-lakegeneva.org
Date: 12 Oct 2011
Start time: 18:30
End time: 21:30
