Press release #22: GESDA joins forces with the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CERN and UBS to get the Open Quantum Institute off the ground
Press release #21: Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman of GESDA, announces a new partnership with Wellcome in London and looks to the future with confidence joined by an extended Board of Directors
The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation Summit in coming on 11-13 October
Anticipation will once again be at the heart of our third Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation Summit, to be held from October 11 to 13. In 2023, the geopolitical stakes of science and diplomacy remain top of mind for many of us. With a more challenging environment for collaboration, there is an even greater need […]
GESDA Youth and Anticipation Initiative 2023: Competition Announcement
From left: Niel Swanepoel, Prof. Mamokgethi Phakeng, Rejoyce Kgabo Legodi and Bekithemba Ntoni. The three students were selected to travel to Geneva and participated in the GESDA Summit 2022 based on their submissions of applying the thinking of the GESDA 2021 Science Breakthrough Radar. GESDA invites you to submit your ideas to win […]
GESDA Youth and Anticipation Initiative 2023 is coming in August
Based on the success of last year’s edition, we are happy to launch the GESDA Youth and Anticipation Initiative 2023. In a bid to engage young minds and empower them to be active contributors to shaping our shared future, this initiative aims to bridge the gap between the potential of emerging scientific breakthroughs and the […]
GESDA President Peter Brabeck-Letmathe appears before the International Chamber of Commerce and World Chambers Federation
GESDA President Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, right, speaks on a panel that included Tatiana Valovaya, Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, left, and Shailesh Pathak, Secretary General of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, center. Anticipation is essential to accomplish a renewed and inclusive multilateralism, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe advises experts […]
Geneva Science Diplomacy Week – 8-12 May 2023 – Day Four
Photo by Michael Chiribau, UNITAR Division for Multilateral Diplomacy Greetings and welcome to a brief news update on the fourth day of Geneva Science Diplomacy Week 2023. Thursday was all about CERN. Amid the dazzle of amazing scientific machinery and control panels, participants learned that our smartphones depend on three key inventions from the Geneva-based […]
Geneva Science Diplomacy Week – 8-12 May 2023 – Day Five
Photo by Michael Chiribau, UNITAR Division for Multilateral Diplomacy Greetings and welcome to a brief news update on the fifth and last day of Geneva Science Diplomacy Week 2023. Friday’s sessions began with some lessons in science diplomacy from Ambassador Alexandre Fasel, the Swiss Special Representative for Science Diplomacy and Chair of GESDA’s Diplomacy […]
Geneva Science Diplomacy Week – 8-12 May 2023 – Day Three
Photo by Michael Chiribau, UNITAR Division for Multilateral Diplomacy Greetings and welcome to a brief news update on the third day of Geneva Science Diplomacy Week 2023. Wednesday morning’s session at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, led by Jean-Marc Rickli, GCSP’s Head of Global and Emerging Risks, and Federico Mantellassi, a GCSP a Research […]
Geneva Science Diplomacy Week – 8-12 May 2023 – Day Two
Photo by Michael Chiribau, UNITAR Division for Multilateral Diplomacy Greetings and welcome to a brief news update on the second day of Geneva Science Diplomacy Week 2023. For this second edition, GESDA and 17 partners from Geneva, Swiss and global institutions are hosting an impressive cohort of 30 leaders from 25 countries. At the Tuesday […]
