IFMA lunch meeting – Speaker: Victoria Botros (Director Tax, Deloitte), who will give a short overview of the law and the compliance challenges faced by foreign financial institutions. Registration and pre-payment by 27 April 2012 by email to signup@ifma-net.ch
Location: Swissotel Metropole, Geneva
Link out: http://www.ifma-net.ch
Date: 2 May 2012
Start time: 12:00
End time: 14:00
According to organizers, the forum will “provide a platform to discuss and showcase models of development in times of economic crisis and persistent social divides.” Organized by International Organizations MBA, it brings together “entrepreneurs, managers from businesses, NGOs, International Organizations, and academia to focus on innovation and partnership as tools for global change.” Free to register and attend.
Location: Geneva
Link out: http://www.gfsc.ch/
Start date: 20 Apr 2012
End date: 21 Apr 2012
Meet policy makers, technologists, and business executives at the Global Internet Society, to discuss the positive impacts of the Internet, past, present and future. Participants include: Vint Cerf, Leonard Kleinrock, Mitchell Baker, Lynn St. Amour and other key panelists.
Location: Geneva
Link out: http://www.internetsociety.org/events/inet-conf…
Start date: 22 Apr 2012
Start time: 9:00
End date: 24 Apr 2012
End time: 17:00
Experience new ways to enjoy singing. CoreSinging is based on concepts taken from Western tradition, Eastern traditions, quantum mechanics and more than 30 years of teaching singing. Open to anyone who enjoys singing.
Location: 319 Rte de Lausanne, Bellevue, Geneva
Link out: http://www.coresinging.org
Date: 1 Mar 2012
Start time: 18:30
End time: 19:45
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
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
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
Location: Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, Geneva
Date: 21 Jun 2011
A look at the common denominators behind procrastination and some practical strategies for overcoming it. Free seminar by Vanessa Shaw, Business and Executive Coach, Simply Zest!
Location: Morges
Link out: http://simplyzest.com/sz/index.php/blog/item/44…
Date: 5 May 2011
At the HEC in Lausanne.
Link out: http://www3.unil.ch/wpmu/ibf2011/
Start date: 20 Jan 2011
End date: 21 Jan 2011
Mexican writer (El gringo, La muerte de Artemio Cruz) and Turkish scholar and Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglou, will be the special guests of the 5th edition of the Geneva lecture series. Registration required.
Location: Palais de Nations, Geneva
Link out: http://www.unog.ch/unog/website/dg.nsf/%28httpP…
Date: 16 Sep 2010
With Robert Harris of Forth Capital, and from Pictet Funds Wendy Appleton and Denis Schmidli.
Location: Swissôtel Métropole, Geneva
Link out: http://www.forthcapital.com/investing-in-a-gree…
Date: 14 Sep 2010
Title: Conference: Climate change, trade and competitiveness: Issues for the WTO
Location: Geneva
Link out: Click here
Description: In the absence of near-term agreement on globally binding emission targets in the wake of Copenhagen, nations will rely increasingly on nationally determined climate policies. As these policies vary in stringency, governments are likely to face political pressures to “level the playing field” – particularly in energy-intensive industries open to international competition.
Start Date: 2010-06-16
End Date: 2010-06-18
Title: Lecture: NATO’s Comprehensive Approach: A Discussion With the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe
Location: Geneva
Link out: Click here
Description: A first-hand guide to the latest developments in the Alliance’s Comprehensive Approach, currently being tested in Afghanistan.
Date: 2010-06-04
Title: Lecture: Did China and India Sabotage the Copenhagen Climate Treaty?
Location: Geneva
Link out: Click here
Description: Professor Chakravorty will discuss the realistic prospects for a new climate treaty, especially the economic incentives that may be offered to developing countries to sign up.
Date: 2010-06-03
Title: Lecture: Science-based Policies or Science-skeptic Decisions? A Politician’s Dilemma
Location: Geneva
Link out: Click here
Description: This multi-stakeholder seminar is addressed to the role of science and results of scientific innovation in political decision-making. Cases related to chemicals, biologicals, food safety and pandemics will be tackled.
Date: 2010-06-02
Title: UN lecture: Nature’s wake-up call: Why we must heed the warning
Location: Geneva
Link out: Click here
Description: The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) are organizing a series of open lectures on a regular basis at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, entitled The Geneva Lecture Series. The lectures aim to foster awareness of a number of pressing global challenges among audiences in Geneva and beyond, with a focus on how each individual can contribute to resolving such challenges.
Date: 2010-05-26
Title: Luncheon, Saatchi & Saatchi
Location: Geneva
Link out: Click here
Description: Pedro Simko will explain what lovemarks and how these transcend brands.
Date: 2010-05-28
Title: Lecture: Music & social networks
Location: Divonne-les-bains
Link out: Click here
Description: Discover how Danish entrepreneur, Lars Färnström and Museeka, have taken up the challenge to target music to the taste of individual consumers at a fraction of the traditional marketing and distribution costs.
Date: 2010-05-11
Title: Lecture: Exceptional Women – Making a Difference
Location: Geneva
Link out: Click here
Description: A special night to acknowledge two women in the community who went the extra mile to start projects they feel passionate about. They are: Pam Walsh, OBE Founder and President of Friends of India & Jo Butler Acting Director Division for Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes at UNCTAD and Founder of Ethiopian Food Appeal.
Date: 2010-05-26
Title: Luncheon, The multilateral commonwealth
Location: Geneva
Link out: Click here
Description: Speaker Kamalesh Sharma, The Commonwealth Secretary-General.
Date: 2010-05-17
Title: Town Hall Evening: US banking and taxation
Location: Bellevue, Geneva
Link out: Click here
Description: Experts in banking, investments, legal and taxation will be on hand to present current US regulations and changes that will effect all Americans living overseas. Co-sponsored by American Citizens Abroad, Democrats Abroad and Republicans Abroad.
Date: 2010-05-04
Title: Lecture: Nuclear weapons, recent accomplishments and new challenges
Location: Geneva
Link out: Click here
Description: With Keith Krause, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peace building, and Programme Director of the Small Arms Survey.
Date: 2010-05-05
Title: Lecture: Finding clients and keeping them happy
Location: Lausanne
Link out: Click here
Description: An all-day seminar geared to overcome the barriers of international communication.
Date: 2010-05-06
Title: Luncheon, US Ambassador to the UN
Location: Geneva
Link out: Click here
Description: Sponsored by the American International Women’s Club of Geneva with Ambassador Betty KING, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva.
Date: 2010-05-07
Title: Walking a thousand miles after retirement
Location: Geneva
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Description: Bernard Ollivier retired when he was 60-years old and realized he didn’t want to garden or stay home. He went for a 2,300 Km hike instead. He now runs a foundation to help at-risk youth overcome their problems: hiking thousands of Km. Ollivier will present his findings and take questions from the audience.
Date: 2010-05-08
Title: Luncheon, The Global Fund
Location: Geneva
Link out: Click here
Description: Prof. Michel Kazatchkine
ch Executive Director – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Date: 2010-05-06
Title: Navigating the Social Media Jungle: Strategies for Corporate Communications
Location: Lausanne
Link out: Click here
Description: This forum provides an up-to-the-minute review of the Web2.0 landscape and analyzes the role that corporate communications plays in organizational functions. Forum participants will gain insights into how to deploy proven strategies for using new and emerging digital platforms.
Speakers:
Paul Argenti, Professor of Corporate Communication, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, USA.
Andreina Mandelli, PHD, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy, and Universita della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland.
Adrian Monck, Managing Director, Head of Communications and Media, World Economic Forum.
Bertil Cottier, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Communication Sciences, Universita della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland.
Date: 2010-05-06
Title: Lecture: Ethical Sourcing: A different way of buying coffee
Location: Lausanne
Link out: Click here
Description: Stephane Erard, Green Coffee Trader at Starbucks will explain the process of sourcing coffee in a sustainable way.
Date: 2010-04-27
