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Clyde McKenzie OD | The First Global Culture: Why Jamaica Boxes Above Its Weight
Dr. Jean-Marc Rickli | AI's Exponential Threat & The Cognitive Apocalypse
Debbie Stettler | The "Can-Do" Mindset: Rethinking Disability in Business
Walter Stresemann | The Legacy of the Weimar Republic’s Chancellor
Marco ten Bruggencate | The "Tragedy" of the Green Deal & Europe's Industrial Future
Karen Tse | Defending the Defenceless: The Fight Against Global Torture and Axis to Justice
Ross Clark | Not Zero: The Hidden Costs of the Climate Crusade
Martin Pfister | Life Under Fire: 18 Years in Kyiv
The Rt Hon Diane Abbott MP | Mother of the House: 40 Years in Politics
Prof. Dr. Lana Kandalaft | How Vaccines Will Treat Cancer
Gen. Sir Gordon Messenger | Inside the King’s Foundation: Harmony & Heritage
Ambassador Dr. Richard Brown | Jamaica’s Recovery After Hurricane Melissa
Michael Møller | Is the United Nations Still Fit for Purpose?
Victoria Curzon-Price | Tariffs, Trump, and Switzerland: What’s Really at Stake
Doreen Bogdan-Martin | The Global Battle for Connectivity: Satellites, AI, and the ITU’s Mission in a Divided World
Helen Clark | Can Democracy Survive? Global Elections, Power Shifts, and the View from New Zealand
David Willey OBE, papal biographer and former BBC Rome Correspondent | From Francis to Leo: The Vatican in Transition
Prof. Marcel Salathé, Director of the AI centre at EPFL | Artificial Intelligence: Promise, Peril, and Power – A Swiss Perspective
Dr. Brian Costello and Professor Jacques Bernier | Global Health Collaboration: Mayo Clinic Meets Swiss Medical Network
Frédéric Lelièvre | The Changing Landscape of Swiss Banking: Insights and Challenges
Sir Richard Dearlove | MI6: Intelligence, Leadership, and the Shape of Our Times
Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Ben Hodges | Ukraine, NATO, and the Shifting Sands of Strategy
Jeremy Lack | From Courtroom Battles to Creative Solutions: Understanding the Power of Mediation
Pioneering Medical Innovation: Inside Switzerland’s Genolier Innovation Hub
Pamela Coke-Hamilton | Trade Wars, Global Shifts, and Small Business Survival
Ambassador Jean Daniel Ruch | Switzerland’s Neutrality, Global Power Shifts, and Middle East Realities
Ambassador Petros Mavromichalis | Switzerland and the EU: Negotiations, Migration, and the Future of Europe
Ambassador Jean-Arthur Regibeau | Understanding the Triad: America, Russia, and Europe
Alexandre Fasel | Switzerland’s Role in a Changing World
Dame Stephanie Shirley | A Life of Giving, Innovation, and Resilience
Jean Ayoub | 100 Years of ISS: The Silent Force Behind Global Social Work
James Fleming | Exploring the Legacy of Ian Fleming and the World of James Bond
Maggie Jackson | The Wisdom of Uncertainty
Diplomat David Moran | Understanding Eurasia
Dr. Daniel Warner | Analyzing the Historic 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
Ed Flaherty, American / Swiss attorney based in Geneva.
Ambassador (rtd.) Charles C. Adams, Jr. Senior Partner, Director of Strategic Relationships Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; Former US Ambassador to Finland
Selahattin Bilgen, CEO of Istanbul International Airport, known as iGA Istanbul
Professor Benoit Dubuis, President of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences
Clive Thompson, retired private banker and wealth management advisor
Dr. André Schneider, CEO of Geneva Airport
Professor Xavier Oberson, Professor of Swiss and International Tax Law, University of Geneva
Bernard Salzmann, a Swiss, world traveller, on a mission to drive, alone, around the world
Adolf Ogi, twice President of the Swiss Confederation.
Dr. Conrad Hughes, Director-General of the International School of Geneva
Professor Julian Lindley-French, Chairman of the Alphen Group
Nadia Sikorksy PhD, Co-founder and Editor of NashaGazeta.ch
Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Ben Hodges, former Commander of the United States Army in Europe
Grégoire Ribordy, Co-founder and CEO of ID Quantique.
Bru Pearce, Founder of Envisionation, and environmental consultancy
Professor Francesco Pepe, Director of the Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva
General The Lord Richards of Herstmonceux, former Chief of the UK Defence Staff 2010-2013
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox on Longevity and Generational Balance
Ambassador Juerg Lauber, Switzerland's Permanent Representative to the U.N. & other International Organizations in Geneva
Selma Galland, Etam Country Manager for Switzerland
Jared Bibler, Author of 'Iceland's Secret: The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Con.'
Sir Graham Brady, Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale West; Chair of the Conservative Private Members' Committee or the “1922 Committee"”.
Dr. Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Politics, University of Kent, UK, and a commissioner of the Social Mobility Commission.
Kirsten Neuschaefer, first female winner of the 2022 Gold Globe Race; solitary circumnavigation of the globe.
Jean-Pierre Roth, President of the Foundation for the Renovation of the Swiss Guard Barracks in the Vatican.
Dr. Ilia Kolochenko, Founder & CEO of IMMUNIWEB
Bru Pearce, Founder & Managing Director, Envisionation Ltd.
Lt. Gen. Thomas Suessli, Chief of the Swiss Armed Forces
Kinza Win of WIN Advisors on Philanthropy
Professor Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization.
Ambassador Yevenhiia Filipenko, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations & other International Organizations in Geneva
Professor Dr. Rudolf Minsch, Chief Economist and Deputy Chairman of economiesuisse
The opinions of "Leila", an Iranian-Swiss woman living in Switzerland, on the current state of Iran.
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
The Hon. Charles C. Adams, Jr., United States Ambassador to Finland 2015 - 2017
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.
Dr. Charles-Henry Rochat, The leading Genevan urologist and surgeon.
Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Ben Hodges, former Commander of the US Army Europe
Ambassador Mme. Marie-Thérèse Pictet-Althann, Permanent Observer of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Reflections on the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II - Four, Commonwealth friends with Canada, India, Jamaica and the U.K.
Dr. Mukesh Kapila CBE, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, 2003-2004
Professor Yves Flueckiger, Rector of the University of Geneva, President of swissuniversities and President of League of European Research Universities
Ambassador Simon Manley CMG, United Kingdom's Permanent Representative to the United Nations & other International Organizations in Geneva
Dan Basse, President of AgResource Company, Chicago
David Willey OBE, papal biographer and former BBC Rome Correspondent
Christoph Maeder, President of economiesuisse, Switzerland's premier business organisation.
Debora MacKenzie, acclaimed science writer and journalist on emerging diseases and one of the first to suggest that it could become a pandemic.
General Sir Richard Shirreff, former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Martin Chungong, Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Robert Sinclair, CEO, London City Airport, UK
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.
Lucie Kunz-Harris, Syndic of the Commune of Founex in the Swiss Canton of Vaud.
Ambassador Yevheniia Filipenko, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN & other International Organizations in Geneva
Ambassador Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, Austria’s Permanent Representative to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Dr Richard Moxon, Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics and Founder of the Oxford Vaccine Group
Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Dov Baron, rated as one of the top 100 leadership speakers by Inc. Magazine.
Ambassador Yvette Stevens of Sierra Leone talks about Africa, Engineering, Women and Energy.
Romain Vetter, Director-General, Swiss International Air Lines, Western Switzerland
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.
Diccon Bewes, Author, Travel Writer, Chocolate-Lover and Englishman in Bern
Dr François Carrard, Director-General of the International Olympic Committee, 1989-2003: an informed opinion about Sport and the Olympics.
The Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms MP, UK Trade Envoy to Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Olivier Jankovec, Director-General, Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe)
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