Press release #6: New quantum competition in development from XPRIZE and GESDA collaboration – 01.10.2021
GESDA Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe interviewed on World Radio Switzerland
In one of his first ever interviews leading GESDA, Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe speaks at length to Michael McKay on World Radio Switzerland about its aims, the partnership with the XPRIZE Foundation, and his hopes for the future. The interview can be listened to at: https://www.worldradio.ch/listen-again/mckay-interview/episode/peter-brabeck-letmathe-chairman-of-gesda/
Novel science and diplomacy anticipator poised to forge ahead
GESDA’s Olivier Dessibourg and Michael Møller, respectively Executive Director, Science Communications and Outreach, and Chairman of the Diplomacy Forum, were interviewed for a feature article in Geneva Solutions. The piece is available online and below: “A stone’s throw away from the Palais des Nations, nestled in the gleamingly modern Campus Biotech, is a young foundation […]
General Assembly of the Diplomatic Club of Geneva: Speech by Mr. Ivan Pictet
On the occasion of their 2021 General Assembly on 2 September 2021, the Club Diplomatique de Genève organised an evening in honor of Ivan Pictet, former President of the Fondation pour Genève, who gave the below speech. “President of the Diplomatic Club of Geneva, Dear Raymond, Madame Director-General Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, You’ve done me […]
Three additional high-ranking speakers announced for the first Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation Summit
The first Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation Summit has the honour to welcome three new prestigious guests in its distinguished speakers list. Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and Vice-Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group, will take part in the Opening Plenary to take place on Thursday 7 October at 15:00, at Campus […]
Alexandre Fasel: «En tant qu’Etat hôte, notre rôle est d’anticiper les révolutions scientifiques à venir»
“La Genève internationale est-elle adaptée au monde d’aujourd’hui? Au vu de la radicalité des transformations numériques, l’écosystème genevois ne peut compter que sur des prétendus acquis. C’est dans ce sens que fut créé en 2018 le Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator. C’est aussi dans ce sens que la Confédération a créé le poste de représentant […]
Singapore’s Covid-19 strategy, still setting the ‘gold standard’?
Kasmira Jefford interviewed at length Chorh Chuan Tan, GESDA Board member, for a feature article published in Geneva Solutions: “Across the world, the highly contagious Delta variant has emerged as a potential game-changer that threatens to scupper plans to return to some semblance of pre-pandemic normality. Its rapid spread is catching even the most protected nations with […]
ASEAN Ambassadors visit GESDA at Campus Biotech
On 29 July 2021, a delegation of Swiss-based Ambassadors of member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) paid a visit to GESDA and were given a tour of Campus Biotech Geneva. The delegation included: Sharrina Abdullah, Ambassador of Malaysia in Bern, Muliaman D. Hadad, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in Bern, Latsamy Keomany, Ambassador/Permanent […]
Fondation pour Genève partners with GESDA to boost anticipatory science
The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) and the Fondation pour Genève jointly announced today a new formal partnership advancing their common aims of making the Swiss city the world capital of multilateral science diplomacy. The Fondation pour Genève supports GESDA’s ambitious scientific and diplomatic agenda, which includes identifying the importance and feasibility of future scientific advances and transforming […]
