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Clyde McKenzie OD | The First Global Culture: Why Jamaica Boxes Above Its Weight

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Dr. Jean-Marc Rickli | AI's Exponential Threat & The Cognitive Apocalypse

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Debbie Stettler | The "Can-Do" Mindset: Rethinking Disability in Business

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Walter Stresemann | The Legacy of the Weimar Republic’s Chancellor

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Marco ten Bruggencate | The "Tragedy" of the Green Deal & Europe's Industrial Future

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Karen Tse | Defending the Defenceless: The Fight Against Global Torture and Axis to Justice

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Ross Clark | Not Zero: The Hidden Costs of the Climate Crusade

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Martin Pfister | Life Under Fire: 18 Years in Kyiv

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The Rt Hon Diane Abbott MP | Mother of the House: 40 Years in Politics

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Prof. Dr. Lana Kandalaft | How Vaccines Will Treat Cancer

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Gen. Sir Gordon Messenger | Inside the King’s Foundation: Harmony & Heritage

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Ambassador Dr. Richard Brown | Jamaica’s Recovery After Hurricane Melissa

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Michael Møller | Is the United Nations Still Fit for Purpose?

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Victoria Curzon-Price | Tariffs, Trump, and Switzerland: What’s Really at Stake

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Doreen Bogdan-Martin | The Global Battle for Connectivity: Satellites, AI, and the ITU’s Mission in a Divided World

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Helen Clark | Can Democracy Survive? Global Elections, Power Shifts, and the View from New Zealand

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David Willey OBE, papal biographer and former BBC Rome Correspondent | From Francis to Leo: The Vatican in Transition

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Prof. Marcel Salathé, Director of the AI centre at EPFL | Artificial Intelligence: Promise, Peril, and Power – A Swiss Perspective

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Dr. Brian Costello and Professor Jacques Bernier | Global Health Collaboration: Mayo Clinic Meets Swiss Medical Network

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Frédéric Lelièvre | The Changing Landscape of Swiss Banking: Insights and Challenges

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Sir Richard Dearlove | MI6: Intelligence, Leadership, and the Shape of Our Times

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Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Ben Hodges | Ukraine, NATO, and the Shifting Sands of Strategy

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Jeremy Lack | From Courtroom Battles to Creative Solutions: Understanding the Power of Mediation

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Pioneering Medical Innovation: Inside Switzerland’s Genolier Innovation Hub

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Pamela Coke-Hamilton | Trade Wars, Global Shifts, and Small Business Survival

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Ambassador Jean Daniel Ruch | Switzerland’s Neutrality, Global Power Shifts, and Middle East Realities

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Ambassador Petros Mavromichalis | Switzerland and the EU: Negotiations, Migration, and the Future of Europe

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Ambassador Jean-Arthur Regibeau | Understanding the Triad: America, Russia, and Europe

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Alexandre Fasel | Switzerland’s Role in a Changing World

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Dame Stephanie Shirley | A Life of Giving, Innovation, and Resilience

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Jean Ayoub | 100 Years of ISS: The Silent Force Behind Global Social Work

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James Fleming | Exploring the Legacy of Ian Fleming and the World of James Bond

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Maggie Jackson | The Wisdom of Uncertainty

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Diplomat David Moran | Understanding Eurasia

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Dr. Daniel Warner | Analyzing the Historic 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

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Ed Flaherty, American / Swiss attorney based in Geneva.

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Ambassador (rtd.) Charles C. Adams, Jr. Senior Partner, Director of Strategic Relationships Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; Former US Ambassador to Finland

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Selahattin Bilgen, CEO of Istanbul International Airport, known as iGA Istanbul

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Professor Benoit Dubuis, President of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences

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Clive Thompson, retired private banker and wealth management advisor

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Dr. André Schneider, CEO of Geneva Airport

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Professor Xavier Oberson, Professor of Swiss and International Tax Law, University of Geneva

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Bernard Salzmann, a Swiss, world traveller, on a mission to drive, alone, around the world

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Adolf Ogi, twice President of the Swiss Confederation.

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Dr. Conrad Hughes, Director-General of the International School of Geneva

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Professor Julian Lindley-French, Chairman of the Alphen Group

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Nadia Sikorksy PhD, Co-founder and Editor of NashaGazeta.ch

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Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Ben Hodges, former Commander of the United States Army in Europe

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Grégoire Ribordy, Co-founder and CEO of ID Quantique.

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Bru Pearce, Founder of Envisionation, and environmental consultancy

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Professor Francesco Pepe, Director of the Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva

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General The Lord Richards of Herstmonceux, former Chief of the UK Defence Staff 2010-2013

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Avivah Wittenberg-Cox on Longevity and Generational Balance

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Ambassador Juerg Lauber, Switzerland's Permanent Representative to the U.N. & other International Organizations in Geneva

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Selma Galland, Etam Country Manager for Switzerland

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Jared Bibler, Author of 'Iceland's Secret: The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Con.'

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Sir Graham Brady, Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale West; Chair of the Conservative Private Members' Committee or the “1922 Committee"”.

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Dr. Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Politics, University of Kent, UK, and a commissioner of the Social Mobility Commission.

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Kirsten Neuschaefer, first female winner of the 2022 Gold Globe Race; solitary circumnavigation of the globe.

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Jean-Pierre Roth, President of the Foundation for the Renovation of the Swiss Guard Barracks in the Vatican.

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Dr. Ilia Kolochenko, Founder & CEO of IMMUNIWEB

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Bru Pearce, Founder & Managing Director, Envisionation Ltd.

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Lt. Gen. Thomas Suessli, Chief of the Swiss Armed Forces

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Kinza Win of WIN Advisors on Philanthropy

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Professor Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization.

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Ambassador Yevenhiia Filipenko, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations & other International Organizations in Geneva

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Professor Dr. Rudolf Minsch, Chief Economist and Deputy Chairman of economiesuisse

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The opinions of "Leila", an Iranian-Swiss woman living in Switzerland, on the current state of Iran.

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Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Adviser and board member, Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) and Visiting Professor at King’s College London and Birmingham City University

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The Hon. Charles C. Adams, Jr., United States Ambassador to Finland 2015 - 2017

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Steven R. Miles, Fellow for Global Natural Gas & Energy Transitions, the Baker Institute's Center for Energy Studies at Rice University, Texas, USA, and Senior Counsel at Baker Botts LLP, Houston.

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Dr. Charles-Henry Rochat, The leading Genevan urologist and surgeon.

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Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Ben Hodges, former Commander of the US Army Europe

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Ambassador Mme. Marie-Thérèse Pictet-Althann, Permanent Observer of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

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Reflections on the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II - Four, Commonwealth friends with Canada, India, Jamaica and the U.K.

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Dr. Mukesh Kapila CBE, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, 2003-2004

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Professor Yves Flueckiger, Rector of the University of Geneva, President of swissuniversities and President of League of European Research Universities

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Ambassador Simon Manley CMG, United Kingdom's Permanent Representative to the United Nations & other International Organizations in Geneva

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Dan Basse, President of AgResource Company, Chicago

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David Willey OBE, papal biographer and former BBC Rome Correspondent

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Christoph Maeder, President of economiesuisse, Switzerland's premier business organisation.

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Debora MacKenzie, acclaimed science writer and journalist on emerging diseases and one of the first to suggest that it could become a pandemic.

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General Sir Richard Shirreff, former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe

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Martin Chungong, Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

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Robert Sinclair, CEO, London City Airport, UK

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Ted Souder, X-Googler; former Vice-Chair & advisor to the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce; and Board Director at 1871, the top-rated technology incubator in the world.

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Lucie Kunz-Harris, Syndic of the Commune of Founex in the Swiss Canton of Vaud.

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Ambassador Yevheniia Filipenko, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN & other International Organizations in Geneva

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Ambassador Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, Austria’s Permanent Representative to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva

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Dr Richard Moxon, Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics and Founder of the Oxford Vaccine Group

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Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy

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Dov Baron, rated as one of the top 100 leadership speakers by Inc. Magazine.

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Ambassador Yvette Stevens of Sierra Leone talks about Africa, Engineering, Women and Energy.

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Romain Vetter, Director-General, Swiss International Air Lines, Western Switzerland

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Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Ben Hodges, holder of the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis. Formerly, Commander of the United States Army in Europe.

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Diccon Bewes, Author, Travel Writer, Chocolate-Lover and Englishman in Bern

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Dr François Carrard, Director-General of the International Olympic Committee, 1989-2003: an informed opinion about Sport and the Olympics.

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The Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms MP, UK Trade Envoy to Switzerland and Liechtenstein

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Olivier Jankovec, Director-General, Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe)

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Ambassador Amanda Ellis, Arizona State University's (ASU) Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory and formerly New Zealand’s Permanent Representative to the UN & International Organizations