“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
A Conversation with David Burnett.
The event will showcase some of his most iconic photographs, as told by a photojournalist who has been a witness
to some of the most important events of our time. Burnett will share the stories behind the photographs and
discuss how photojournalism is evolving within the digital age.
The evening includes a 3-course dinner at the Château de Penthes.
RSVP:
sere.fr@gmail.com
Location: Geneva
Date: 19 Sep 2011
Start time: 18:30
How to effectively network? Learn from Kristin Engvig, Director and Founder of W.I.N (an independent global women’s leadership organization). Sponsored by OWIT.
Location: Geneva
Link out: http://www.owit-lakegeneva.org/
Date: 27 Sep 2011
Start time: 18:30
End time: 21:30
A series of lectures and exhibits as part of a two-day program sponsored by Geneva’s Art and History Museum.
Location: Geneva
Link out: http://ua.unige.ch/memoireafricaine/
Start date: 15 Sep 2011
End date: 16 Sep 2011
Pierre Viret is a church reformer who helped consolidate the Reformation in Lausanne and then captured the hearts of the Huguenots in France.
Canton Vaud commemorates 500 years of his birth in the town of Orbe.
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Link out: http://www.vd.ch/fr/themes/culture/evenements/a…
Start date: 15 Sep 2011
End date: 17 Sep 2011
What a perfect way to mix two different arts: poetry and wine.
At the Chateau de Lavigny six resident writers will read from their works:
Jean-Jacques Busino – (Switzerland) Novels
Anne-Laure Chanel – (France) Radio fiction
Eva Hauserová – (Rép. Tchèque) Novels, Short stories
Nimrod – (Tchad/France) Novels, Essays, Poetry
Katarina Trodden – (Suède) Translations, Novels, Essays
Location: Lavigny, Switzerland
Link out: http://www.chateaudelavigny.ch/events.html
Date: 11 Sep 2011
World Humanitarian Day is a special day to commemorate those who work in difficult situation, putting the life at risk and even often loosing it to help people in need of assistance.
Includes a walk, lectures and outdoor activities.
Location: Parc des Bastions, Geneva
Link out: http://www.sergiovdmfoundation.org/wcms/index.p…
Date: 19 Aug 2011
Start time: 17:00
Guided by Hugo Duarte, Interior Architect and Sustainable Construction graduate.
Sponsored by OWIT.
Location: Lausanne,
Link out: http://www.owit-lakegeneva.org/component/option…
Date: 2 Sep 2011
What a perfect way to mix two different arts: poetry and wine.
At the Chateau de Lavigny six resident writers will read from their works:
- Nora Amin – (Egypt) Novels, Short stories
- Elisabeth Frost – (USA) Poetry
- Michael Hulse – (UK) Poetry, Translations
- Vahram Martirosyan – (Armenia) Novels, Short stories
- Jacques Roman – (France/Switzerland) Prose, Poetry, Translations
Location: Lavigny, Switzerland
Link out: http://www.chateaudelavigny.ch/events.html
Date: 14 Aug 2011
The Chateau at Lavigny hosts readings Sunday 17 July. Six writers from around the world and residents at Lavingy will read from their works, wine will served after the reading. Open to the public.
- Ron Butlin – (UK) Novels, Poetry
- Yuhong Chen – (China) Novels, Poetry
- Regi Claire – (Switzerland/UK) Novels, Short stories
- Krystyna Lenkowska – (Poland) Poetry
- Thembelani Ngenelwa – (South Africa) Novels
- Moez Surani – (Canada) Poetry, Novels
Location: http://www.chateaudelavigny.ch/events.html
Link out: http://www.chateaudelavigny.ch/events.html
Date: 17 Jul 2011
Outdoors, free, daily and after work… what else can one ask for?
At Vidy-Plage, in Lausanne.
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Link out: http://www.lausanne-tourisme.ch/UploadedASP/211…
Start date: 11 Jul 2011
End date: 19 Aug 2011
