Raising-awareness activities
Cosmopolis TV shows
Cosmopolis: a TV show exploring international Geneva
The Fondation pour Genève is delighted to have teamed up with the City of Geneva, the Groupement des Entreprises Multinationales and Léman Bleu TV to create a monthly programme showcasing international Geneva.
An in-depth look at our city’s international activities, its assets, its challenges and, above all, its diversity. Art, peace, human rights, the economy, science – the aim is to introduce the general public to the different dimensions of international Geneva and overcome preconceptions about this important sector for the region. This awareness-raising campaign will accompany the Fondation pour Genève’s study on the impact of the international sector in Geneva published in March 2024.
1. International Geneva : pleased to meet you
The first show was broadcast on Léman Bleu on 22 January 2024 and featured guest speakers:
– Charlotte Diwan, director of artgenève
– Joëlle Kuntz, author and journalist
– Anna Ifkovits Horner, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva
– Michael Moller, former Director General of the UN in Geneva
– Marie Laure Salles, Director of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
2. An architectural tour of International Geneva
Guest speakers:
– François de Marignac, Architect
– Philippe Meier, Architect
– Panos Mantziaras, Director, Fondation Braillard
– Patrick Mollard, Director of the Monuments and Sites Department of the State of Geneva
– Patrice Bezos, Architect
3. Geneva, capital of a wide range of industries
Guest speakers:
– Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, President of GESDA
– Nathalie Fontanet, State Councillor
– Marc Pictet, President of the Fondation pour Genève
– François Rohrbach, President of the Groupement des Entreprises Multinationales
– Laurent Ott, Scientific Associate, Haute Ecole de Gestion de Genève
– Yannick Roulin, Director of the Geneva International Welcome Centre (CAGI)
4. Peace and security
Guest speakers:
– Marina Wutholen, director and founder of the Young Activists Summit
– Corinne Momal-Vanian, director of Kofi Annan Foundation
– Alain Delétroz, director of Geneva Call
– Stefano Toscano, director of Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
– Pierre Azan, senior advisor for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
5. International Trade from Geneva
Guest speakers:
– Jean-Marie Paugam, Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization
– Vincent Gancel, Director of Corporate and Investment Banking at Indosuez
– Erwin Bollinger, Swiss Ambassador to the WTO
– Alexandra Johnson, Vice-President of the Swiss Arbitration Centre
6. Health and technology transfers
Guest speakers:
– Dr. Rafaella Casolino, oncologist and researcher at the World Health Organisation (WHO)
– Stefano Buono, founder of the AAA startup
– Manuela Cirilli, Medical Applications Adviser at CERN
– Prof. Valentina Garibotto, head of the nuclear medicine department at Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG)
– Prof. Antoine Geissbühler, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva
7. Labour market
Guest speakers:
– Christine Dupré, DRH at Eli Lilly
– Lisa McDonald, President of Global Health Secutity Fund
– Blaise Matthey, Vice president of International Organisation of Employers
– Peter van Rooij, Director of the partnerships department at International Labour Organisation (ILO)
8. Culture, the beating heart of Geneva
Guest speakers:
– Béatrice Blandin, Curator of the ‘Heritage at Risk’ exhibition at the MAH
– Olivier Calloud, CEO of Piguet Galland
– Anaïs Emery, General and Artistic Director of the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF)
– Valéry Freland, Executive Director of the International Alliance for Heritage Protection (ALIPH)
– Jean Terrier, Executive Director of the Hardt Foundation
– Marc-Olivier Wahler, Director of the Museum of Art and History (MAH)
9. Youth in action
Guest speakers :
– Christina Kitsos, Mayor of Geneva
– Prof. Philip Jaffé, Professor at the University of Geneva and member of United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
– Cécile Jeannin, Founder of Children’s rights international Academy
– Ela Ozturk, Geneva representative at the Jugendsession in Bern
– Roman Monnier, participant in DemaImpact and member of the Jean-Marc Landry Foundation
– Albion Bellaqa, President of the Student’s United Nations (SUN)
– Shanley McLaren, Young Activists Summit 2024 laureate
– Sohanur Rahman, Young Activists Summit 2024 laureate
– Maïmouna Ba, Young Activists Summit 2023 laureate
