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The last day included a presentation on the human right to science and a game about the SDGs that ties together everything from the week.

The day focused on one of world’s largest and most respected centers for scientific research and a forerunner of modern science diplomacy.

The sessions offered tools for using polarity thinking and more awareness to turn risks into opportunities.

The role-playing reflected the week’s emphasis on experiential learning about issues and topics from the 2023 GESDA Science Breakthrough Radar®.

The program provides participants with knowledge, skills, tools, networks and mindsets to navigate the shifting science-diplomacy interface.

After several years of preparation, the OQI is starting its three-year pilot phase hosted by the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

After several years of preparation, the OQI is starting its three-year pilot phase hosted by the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

After several years of preparation, the OQI is starting its three-year pilot phase hosted by the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

The three-year, US$ million competition will reward teams that submit the best quantum computer applications for complex societal problems.

Participants in Geneva Science Diplomacy Week

Backed by the Swiss government, CERN and UBS, the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation got its new creation off the ground: an institute in Geneva to ensure that future quantum computing is used for the common good.

Backed by the Swiss government, CERN and UBS, the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation got its new creation off the ground: an institute in Geneva to ensure that future quantum computing is used for the common good.

Anticipation will once again be at the heart of our third Geneva Science and Diplomacy...

From left: Niel Swanepoel, Prof. Mamokgethi Phakeng, Rejoyce Kgabo Legodi and Bekithemba Ntoni....

Based on the success of last year’s edition, we are happy to launch the GESDA Youth and...

GESDA President Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, right, speaks on a panel that included Tatiana Valovaya,...

Photo by Michael Chiribau, UNITAR Division for Multilateral Diplomacy    Greetings and...

Photo by Michael Chiribau, UNITAR Division for Multilateral Diplomacy    Greetings and...

Photo by Michael Chiribau, UNITAR Division for Multilateral Diplomacy    Greetings and...

Photo by Michael Chiribau, UNITAR Division for Multilateral Diplomacy    Greetings and...

Photo by Michael Chiribau, UNITAR Division for Multilateral Diplomacy 

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The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) Foundation publishes the proceedings of its...

From 8-12 May  2023, the Geneva Coalition on Anticipatory Science and Diplomacy will organize the...

"New technologies, science, diplomacy and anticipation must play a key role in the redefinition of...

What better place to promote the creation of an Open Quantum Institute (OQI) than at the World...

The second editions of the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation Summit and the GESDA Science...

An Open Quantum Institute (OQI) for whom? to do what? with whom? These are some of the questions...

Swiss President of the Swiss Confederation Ignazio Cassis and Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chair of the...

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, President of the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA), opened...

A delegation of more than thirty Permanent Representatives to the Organisation for Economic...

As it gears up for the next 10 years, the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation...

The second Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation Summit is taking shape nicely. After the...

The original article is available on the website of the University of Cape Town.  Kicking off a...

The original article is available in the newsletter of The Geneva Observer.  Six months after its...

Greetings and welcome to a brief news update on the fifth and final day of a weeklong immersion...

Greetings and welcome to a brief news update on the fourth day of a weeklong immersion program for...

Greetings and welcome to a brief news update on the third day of a weeklong immersion program for...

Greetings and welcome to a brief news update on the second day of a weeklong immersion program for...

Greetings and welcome to a brief news update plus photos from the high-level panel session at the...

Following the decisions of the Swiss and Geneva governments to extend the existence of the Geneva...

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At its meeting on 4 March 2022, the Federal Council decided to extend the mandate of the Geneva...

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Press release of the Swiss Federal Council - 4 March 2022 (in French - German - Italian - English)...

Die originale Version finden Sie auf der Blick Website.Michael Hengartner ist auch Komiteemitglied...

GENEVA, Switzerland, 12 January 2022 – From 16-20 May, 2022, the Geneva Coalition on Anticipatory...

By Nicolas Zahn, Swiss Digital Initiative. Original piece on...

GENEVA, Switzerland, 8 October 2021 — Twelve Swiss and global institutions are joining forces to...

The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator introduced a new global system for identifying the...

The XPRIZE Quantum competition is one of the elements planned in this new partnership....

In one of his first ever interviews leading GESDA, Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe speaks at...

GESDA's Olivier Dessibourg and Michael Møller, respectively Executive Director, Science...

On the occasion of their 2021 General Assembly on 2 September 2021, the Club Diplomatique de...

The first Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation Summit has the honour to welcome three new...

"La Genève internationale est-elle adaptée au monde d’aujourd’hui? Au vu de la radicalité des...

Kasmira Jefford interviewed at length Chorh Chuan Tan, GESDA Board member, for a feature article...

On 29 July 2021, a delegation of Swiss-based Ambassadors of member countries of the Association of...

The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) and the Fondation pour Genève jointly...

The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) announced today that its inaugural annual...

A l’occasion des festivités du 14-Juillet organisées par François Rivasseau, ambassadeur...

How are digital technologies, artificial intelligence and technology diplomacy affecting...

Scientists at EPFL are designing porous materials that may not only help with carbon capture but...

Advanced machine learning techniques are pervasive and being integrated in many fields of society,...

It is widely recognized that the economic and political impacts of machine learning techniques...

Le Conseiller fédéral Ignazio Cassis était présent lors du 25ème anniversaire de l'Université de...

GESDA is thrilled to co-organize the Anticipating the future of artificial intelligence and its...

Our Executive Director of the Diplomacy Forum Daria Robinson is featured in today's Geneva...

Today the five foreign ministers from Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Switzerland...

GENEVA, Switzerland, 13 April 2021 — The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA), a Swiss...

GESDA’s first annual Activity Report is rich in fact and figures, demonstrating our commitment in...

Nommé par le  Conseil fédéral, l’ambassadeur Alexandre Fasel sera le premier en charge de la...

GESDA’s mission is to anticipate possible scientific advances and accelerate the development of...

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GESDA Diplomacy Forum Chair Michael Møller was invited on World Radio Switzerland on 8 February...

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The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA), a Swiss foundation dedicated to anticipation...

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Data plays a pivotal role in many avenues of our lives, our economies, and our societies. This...

GESDA has just joined the 500+ actors community of the Geneva Digital Atlas, alongside the World...

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The former Swiss President and GESDA Board member in an interview with Geneva Solutions   In...

Podcast interview of Sandro Giuliani, Executive Director Impact Fund and Impact Forum at GESDA...

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The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator launches its First anticipatory mapping of science...