The U.S. Embassy in Bern is proud to support Dr. David Mooney, Executive Director Institutional Planning, Integration and Development at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), as a guest speaker at Swisspower and SIG Genève’s virtual public event on energy efficiency «Mehr Schub für die Energieeffiziens» https://swisspower.ch/veranstaltungen/energieeffizienz-event/ Energy efficiency is one of the three pillars of …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 2 November, 2021 | Topics: Education, Events, News, Science & Tech, Speakers Program | Tags: David Mooney, Swiss Power
Francesca Chaney, 24 Year old chef and businesswoman from New York City, shares her story of becoming a female entrepreneur with young Swiss women at Impact Hub Bern The U.S. Embassy in Bern is proud to support Francesca Chaney, 24-year-old chef and owner of Sol Sips in New York City, as the guest speaker at Impact Hub …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 10 August, 2021 | Topics: embassy, News, Speakers Program | Tags: Francesca Chaney, Girls Getting Started, healthy food, Sol Sips, Vegan
With the support of the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Lou Cooperhouse, founder of BlueNalu, will deliver a keynote at the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute’s International Food Innovation Conference on June 29. The conference will examine the future of nutrition and explore technical innovation as well as societal changes in the food ecosystem. Earlier in June, Lou …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 3 June, 2021 | Topics: Events, News, Speakers Program | Tags: Lou Cooperhouse
In coordination with Embassy Bern, two U.S. experts spoke on February 4th at the annual International Block Chain Forum. The focus of this year’s meeting was block chain applications in the healthcare industry. Prof. Lucila Ohno-Machada, chair of the Biomedical Informatics Department of UC San Diego, discussed applications of block chain technology in clinical research and healthcare quality …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 16 February, 2021 | Topics: Events, News, Science & Tech, Speakers Program | Tags: Amber Hartley, International Block Chain Forum, Lucila Ohno-Machada
Join Philip Napoli, Professor of Public Policy at Duke University, on October 1 between 16:00H and 17:00H for a virtual discussion about developing trends in the U.S. and Swiss media industries. To join, please contact l.udris@ikmz.uzh.ch to register and to obtain an access link. Professor Napoli will discuss the contrast between dominant digital platforms and the …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 22 September, 2020 | Topics: Events, News, Public Affairs, Speakers Program | Tags: Media Industry
With support from U.S. Embassy Bern, Mark Johnson visited Switzerland in February 2020, where he spoke at the International Block Chain Forum organized by the University of Applied Sciences in Lucerne (HSLU) on the topic of block chain applications in clean energy. Johnson is an expert in using blockchain applications to digitally track the use of clean energy …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 10 March, 2020 | Topics: Business, Economic Issues, Science & Tech, Speakers Program, U.S. & Switzerland | Tags: Blockchain, clean energy, Smart Cities, Solar Energy
At the invitation of U.S. Embassy Bern, Adam Segal of the Council on Foreign Relations , traveled to Switzerland to join other experts in a series of meetings and discussions focused on U.S. and Chinese international cyber policies. Adam talked with students of the University of Geneva, spoke at think tanks Foraus, GCSP and CSS, presented at the World …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 9 March, 2020 | Topics: Business, East Asia & Pacific, Economic Issues, Political Affairs, Speakers Program | Tags: 5G, China, Council on Foreign Relations, Cyberspace, Internet
With support from the U.S. Embassy Bern, Mark Johnson will be in Switzerland where he will give several talks. Mark Johnson is an expert in using blockchain applications to digitally track the use of clean energy and the extent of carbon emissions. These applications help improve transparency, raise awareness on energy consumption, and considerably lower …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 5 February, 2020 | Topics: Environment, News, Speakers Program | Tags: clean energy, energy efficiency, renewable energy, Smart Cities
On invitation of the U.S. Embassy Bern, Adam Segal will give several lectures across Switzerland. Segal is the Council on Foreign Relations’ Ira A. Lipman chair in emerging technologies and national security, and the director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program. He is an expert on security issues, technology development, and Chinese domestic and …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 29 January, 2020 | Topics: Events, News, Science & Tech, Speakers Program | Tags: cybersecurity, Cyberspace Policy Program, security issues
On invitation of the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Joshua Tucker, Director of New York University’s Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia , and co-director of the Social Media and Political Participation (SMaPP) lab gave several talks in Switzerland. He spoke at the Political Science Department of the University of Lucerne and at Gymnasium Rämibühl in Zürich. He also had a meeting at the Research Institute for the Public Sphere …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 3 December, 2019 | Topics: Events, News, Public Affairs, Science & Tech, Speakers Program | Tags: Democracy, Joshua Tucker, Social Media
U.S. Politics Professor Joshua A. Tucker will be in Switzerland the week of November 20, 2019 to give several talks on the relationship between social media and politics. Joshua Tucker is the Director of New York University (NYU)’s Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, and the Co-Director of the NYU Social Media and Political Participation …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 12 November, 2019 | Topics: Events, News, Speakers Program | Tags: Democracy, Joshua Tucker, Social Media
On invitation from U.S. Embassy Bern, Jeffrey Hoffman – a former U.S. astronomist, astronaut, diplomat, and now astronautics professor at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts – traveled through Switzerland September 23-25, 2019. He spoke to students, entrepreneurs, and scientists about space travel, his experiences as an astronaut and the future of human space exploration. Hoffman’s latest …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 9 October, 2019 | Topics: News, Speakers Program | Tags: Mars, Moon, NASA, Space
With support of the U.S. Embassy, Colonel Juanita Chang was one of the keynote speakers at the annual Colonel Juanita Chang on Saturday, 7 September. This year the theme was “Transparency; Opportunity or Risk?” Colonel Chang talked about the use of social media by the U.S. Army and its soldiers and shared her thoughts about …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 17 September, 2019 | Topics: Events, News, Speakers Program | Tags: Colonel Juanita Chang, Social Media, US Army
On invitation by the U.S. Embassy in Bern and in collaboration with Impact Hub Bern / Smart City Bern, Kerry O’Connor, Chief Innovation Officer for the city of Austin, Texas, traveled to Switzerland in August for speaking engagements in the cities of Bern and Zurich. She focused on the importance of developing a city-wide sensor …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 27 August, 2019 | Topics: Environment, News, Speakers Program | Tags: ecosystems, Kerry O'Connor, Smart Cities
On invitation by the U.S. Embassy in Bern and with support of the U.S. State Department, former astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman will give several presentations in Switzerland from 23 to 25 September. Jeffrey Hoffman teaches in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A member of the U.S. Astronauts Hall of …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 27 August, 2019 | Topics: Events, News, Science & Tech, Speakers Program | Tags: Aeronautics and Astronautics, Hubble Telescope, Jeffrey Hoffman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NASA, Space Shuttle
On invitation by the U.S. Embassy in Bern and in collaboration with Impact Hub Bern/ Smart City Bern, Kerry O’Connor, Chief Innovation Officer for the city of Austin, Texas, will be in Bern and Zurich in August. In round tables and talks she will focus on the importance of developing a city-wide sensor technology strategy …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 6 August, 2019 | Topics: Events, News, Speakers Program | Tags: Kerry O'Connor, Smart Cities, Speaker
On invitation by the U.S. embassy in Bern, William Carter, deputy director of the Center of Strategic and International Studies, had a speaking program in several parts of Switzerland from 17 to 19 June. He focused in his talks on the international and domestic cybersecurity and artificial intelligence strategy of the U.S., and its relations …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 20 June, 2019 | Topics: Events, News, Speakers Program | Tags: artificial intelligence strategy, cybersecurity
With support of U.S. Embassy Bern, William Carter, deputy director of the Technology Policy Program at CSIS, will be in Switzerland next week for several speaking engagements. Mr. Carter’s research focuses on international cyber and technology policy issues, including artificial intelligence, surveillance and privacy, data localization, cyber conflict and deterrence, financial sector cybersecurity, and law …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 12 June, 2019 | Topics: Events, News, Public Affairs, Speakers Program | Tags: artificial intelligence, cybersecrutity, data localization, encryption
With support from the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Rik Willard from Agentic Group and Eli Stern from Ernst & Young came to Switzerland for a U.S – Swiss exchange on block chain in the financial and other sectors. They and other experts spoke on the hype that surrounds the topic of block chain and bitcoin, …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 23 May, 2019 | Topics: Business, Economic Affairs, Events, News, Speakers Program | Tags: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Crypto Assets
On invitation by the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Rik Willard of Agentic Group and Eli Stern of Ernst & Young will be the keynote speakers at the U.S.-Swiss Exchange on Blockchain Innovation and Regulation in Zurich on May 15. Both speakers will look at the future of crypto assets; what comes after bitcoin, how will blockchain technologies affect our society and the …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 25 April, 2019 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Events, News, Speakers Program | Tags: Blockchain, Crypto Assets
On invitation by the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Professor Rohini Srihari spoke on February 14 at the International Blockchain Forum in Rotkreuz, organized by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Later, U.S. Ambassador Edward McMullen participated in a panel discussion on the topic with the ambassadors from the Embassies of Canada and the …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 21 February, 2019 | Topics: Former U.S. Ambassadors, Speakers Program | Tags: Block Chain, Blockchain Forum Rotkreuz, Computer Science, Rohini Srihari
Dr. Brad Roberts, Director of Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s Center for Global Security Research, visited Switzerland early February for several speaking engagements on invitation from the Center of Security Studies at the ETH and supported by the U.S. Embassy. Dr. Roberts addressed the idea of strategic stability as a useful framework for understanding how the …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 13 February, 2019 | Topics: Events, News, Speakers Program | Tags: Brad Roberts, Global Security Research
On invitation by the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Professor Rohini Srihari will come to Switzerland to speak at the International Blockchain Forum in Rotkreuz, organized by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy and the Embassies of Canada and the UK. The 2019 event will focus on …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 31 January, 2019 | Topics: Events, News, Science & Tech, Speakers Program | Tags: Block Chain Forum, Computer Science, Rohini Srihari
On Wednesday, 5 December, Cheryl Edison, serial entrepreneur and currently creator of “maker spaces” (or startup communities) from Silicon Valley, gave a workshop at the University of Liechtenstein. The 25 participants were master students Architecture or Entrepreneurship from at least ten different countries. During the interactive workshop, Cheryl talked about being an entrepreneur; the importance …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 19 December, 2018 | Topics: Events, Liechtenstein, News, Speakers Program | Tags: Architecture, Cheryl Edison, Entrepreneurship, serial entrepreneur, University of Liechtenstein
On invitation of the U.S. Embassy, Senior Technology Advisor for the U.S. Department of State in the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues Len Hause was in Switzerland on a speaking tour. Len focused on how governments, companies, and the population can address the challenges of security and privacy issues arising from the ever increasing …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 23 October, 2018 | Topics: Events, News, Science & Tech, Speakers Program | Tags: Cyber Issues
Paul Turner, the Technical Director for Countering Violent Extremism and the Senior Peacebuilding Advisor at Creative Associates (Creative), is travelling through Europe on a U.S. State Department speakers program from the 1st to the 5th of October. He will spend a few days in Macedonia and will then be in Switzerland for several days. Mr. Turner will talk to …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 26 September, 2018 | Topics: News, Speakers Program | Tags: Preventing Violent Extremism, PVE
On invitation by the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Romina Boccia of the Heritage Foundation spoke to a variety of audiences about U.S. fiscal policy, U.S. trade relations and the U.S. government debt. Her audiences were staff of the Federal Swiss Department of Finance and of the business organization EconomieSuisse. She also gave interviews to Swiss …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 3 April, 2018 | Topics: Events, News, Speakers Program | Tags: Fiscal Policy, U.S. Trade Relations
On invitation by the U.S. Embassy in Bern, U.S. Youth Observer to the UN, Munira Khalif gave talks at two high schools in Bern and participated in a round table discussion with 15 young people. The topic of her talks and discussion was the importance of making education and schooling accessible to everyone, and especially …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 22 March, 2018 | Topics: embassy, Human Rights, News, Speakers Program | Tags: Munira Khalif, U.S. Youth Observer to the UN
On invitation by the U.S. Embassy in Bern, on March 14 and 15 Michael Lind will have several speaking engagements in Lausanne, Bern, Zurich and St. Gallen. Michael Lind is co-founder of the think tank New America and now Visiting Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 9 March, 2018 | Topics: embassy, Events, News, Speakers Program | Tags: Michael Lind, New America
On invitation by the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Peter Rough, fellow at the think tank Hudson Institute in Washington, DC, was in Switzerland on February 7 for a series of speaking engagements. In his talks, Rough addressed the strategic considerations of the White House in the Middle East and to what extent the current thinking …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 13 February, 2018 | Topics: embassy, Events, News, Policy, Speakers Program | Tags: Hudson Institute, Middle East, Peter Rough
From 13 to 15 November on invitation by U.S. Embassy Bern and Foraus, Swiss think tank on foreign policy, Dr. Kim Holmes had a speaking tour in Switzerland. As an expert on foreign and defense policy in the U.S. government, Kim Holmes gave his view on policies under the current U.S. administration and their consequences …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 21 November, 2017 | Topics: Events, News, Policy, Political Affairs, Speakers Program | Tags: Kim Holmes
U.S. Embassy Bern hosted human trafficking and forced labor expert, Ima Matul, for a three-day program. As a member of the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking and Survivor Coordinator for the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) in Los Angeles, Ima Matul worked to raise awareness on the growing incidence of human trafficking …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 7 November, 2017 | Topics: Human Rights, News, Speakers Program | Tags: Forced Labor, Human Trafficking, Ima Mutal
U.S. Embassy Bern hosted cybersecurity expert Kiersten Todt in Switzerland. The former executive director of the Presidential Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, Ms. Todt continues to advise organizations on how to navigate today’s digital landscape in a way that effectively manages risk. While in Switzerland she met with Swiss government officials, small to medium enterprises, international corporations, parliamentarians, …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 6 October, 2017 | Topics: Economic Issues, News, Public Affairs, Science & Tech, Speakers Program
U.S. Embassy Bern hosted James Lindsay, Vice President of the Council of Foreign Relations, in Switzerland the week of September 11. Dr. Lindsay spoke at several Swiss think-tanks and universities, and with Swiss government officials, press, and the general public on the foreign policy of the current U.S. administration. In his talks, he focused on …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 20 September, 2017 | Topics: embassy, Events, News, Policy, Speakers Program | Tags: James Lindsay
On invitation by U.S. Embassy Bern New York poet, social media activist, and film maker Max Stossel was in Bern for various speaking engagements. Max spoke with four groups of high school students at the Gymnasium Kirchenfeld and Neufeld on the use of social media and how it should enhance one’s life, instead of making …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 20 September, 2017 | Topics: Culture, embassy, Events, News, Speakers Program | Tags: Max Stossel, Social Media, Spoken Words
U.S. Embassy Bern invited philosophy professor Dr. Jesse Prinz, of the City University of New York, to speak at a number of venues in Switzerland before his participation in an academic conference. At Impact Hub Bern, he led a vibrant discussion with audience members about the influence of ethics and morals in marketing and business …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 27 June, 2017 | Topics: News, Public Affairs, Speakers Program | Tags: Empathies conference, Jesse Prinz
On invitation of the U.S. Embassy Bern, Helen Zughaib visited Switzerland this week as a part of the State Department’s Speaker Program. On Monday she held workshops for a multicultural school class in Bümpliz and a “Durchgangszentrum” (transit center for asylum seekers) in Lyss. She opened the workshops by discussing her family’s migration story and …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 19 June, 2017 | Topics: Culture, News, Public Affairs, Speakers Program
Adam Johnson, 2013 Pulitzer Prize winner for his novel The Orphan Master’s Son, was in Bern from May 22-23. On invitation from U.S. Embassy Bern, Johnson was the guest of honor in a fireside chat about his approach to writing The Orphan Master’s Son, a novel set in North Korea following the life of orphan and …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 30 May, 2017 | Topics: Art & Culture, Culture, Speakers Program | Tags: Adam Johnson
David Mikkelson, co-founder of Snopes.com, a leading U.S.-based resource for debunking rumors and bad information, discussed media literacy, rumor research and the importance of trustworthy sources with a wide variety of audiences in Switzerland. Addressing university students in Bern, high school students in Wettingen, an audience at the Museum of Electronic Arts in Basel, Swiss …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 2 May, 2017 | Topics: Culture, Events, News, Speakers Program | Tags: HEK Basel
The U.S. Embassy in Bern is pleased to have sponsored Dr. Paul Freedman, associate professor of political science from the University of Virginia, on a speaking tour of Switzerland during the first week of March. A specialist in public opinion, media and politics, and voting behavior, Dr. Freedman gave a total of nine talks on …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 14 March, 2017 | Topics: embassy, Events, News, Speakers Program | Tags: Dr. Freedman, Speakers
With support from the U.S. Embassy, American podcast producer, director and writer Jonathan Mitchell’s visited Switzerland from February 16 to 19. He spoke at the sonOhr Festival at Bern’s Cinema Rex on Saturday, February 18, leading a master class and participating in a panel discussion on podcasting. At the master class he guided the audience through the …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 28 February, 2017 | Topics: Culture, Speakers Program | Tags: Jonathan Mitchell
From Wednesday, January 25 to Sunday, January 29, Dr. Jane Muir, Director, Florida Innovation Hub of the University of Florida, visited Switzerland to address several audiences on the topic of technology transfer. While in Switzerland, Muir delivered the keynote address at the annual Swiss Technology Transfer Association (swiTT) conference in Interlaken. At a separate event …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 31 January, 2017 | Topics: Events, Science & Tech, Speakers Program | Tags: Impact Hub Bern, Jane Muir, Speaker, swiTT
U.S. Political Scientist Walter Russell Mead traveled to Switzerland on a speaker program organized by the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy. Mead spoke to students, the public, Swiss officials and journalists in Bern, Luzerne, Basel and Zurich. The Tages-Anzeiger, der Bund and Basler Zeitung all published full-page in-depth interviews with Mead on the …
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By U.S. Mission Switzerland | 24 February, 2016 | Topics: Events, Speakers Program
