Events Geneva

March 12, 2014 BioMed Up Investment in Life Science Startups

BioMed Up: Investment in Life Science Start-ups Geneva Biotech Campus, Geneva, March 12 2014, starting at 18.00 The INSEAD Swiss Healthcare Industry Club (cHIC) is extending partnerships with the EPFL A3 Angels, the Business Angels and the Mentoring Club of EPFL alumni. The Geneva Biotech Campus is located in the former Merck Serono building in

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Geneva Chapter’s Talent & Innovation Event Now Online

Geneva’s first event of the year, Talent & Innovation, was a hit with more than 80 attendees on hand to hear five keynote speakers, including Bruno Lanvin, INSEAD, along with Xavier Comtesse, Avenir Suisse, Joël Claret, McKinsey & Co, and Fathi Derder, Member of Swiss National Council. Lanvin is passionate about academic research and its

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The Best Cheese Fondue? Ask Lausanne Alums

A booked out Christmas dinner in Lausanne in early December brought together alums of all ages to celebrate the 2013 holiday season at a certain café which is known for procuring the freshest and best Vacherin from the alpine dairies in Gruyère and Fribourg for its unique cheese fondue recipes. It is such an insider tip and so hard to get a table there, we are posting the full report for members-only in the blog.

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Spies Who Loved Switzerland

The connection between fictional spies and Switzerland are many. Who can forget the opening scenes in The Borne Identity, starring Matt Damon, an amnesiac government assassin, which feature a secret Swiss bank account, and Zürich’s blue trams, or Ron Howard’s film Angels and Demons, depicting a fictionalized CERN in Geneva as the setting for the

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