For the opening of the new Uncommon Talks season, Fabrice Eggly, Director of the Fondation pour Genève, joins us for a conversation on the future of International Geneva. Against a backdrop of major geopolitical shifts, we’ll explore Geneva’s role on the world stage, the challenges it faces, its unique strengths, and the opportunities ahead. The evening will conclude with an open conversation and a Champagne Telmont tasting on the rooftop of The 12.
Geneva Peace Week returns in 2026 under the new name Forum de la paix de Genève, inviting reflection on how individual and collective choices advance peace. Through interdisciplinary lectures, panels and practical workshops, the programme explores peacebuilding practices, ethical decision-making and civic engagement. Participants will gain analytical tools and concrete approaches for promoting dialogue and non-violent solutions across communities and institutions.
In French.
Cyril Dériaz holds a master’s degree in literary writing from the Bern University of the Arts and has led writing workshops for one year.
The workshops explore narrative techniques, imaginative prompts and perspective shifts, combining guided exercises, collective feedback and iterative rewriting to develop stories, poems and longer forms. Dériaz examines beginnings, plot moments and endings while prompting experiments with voice and form to strengthen individual practice and creative confidence.
In French.
Led by a Feldenkrais practitioner and a cultural mediator, the session draws on somatic practice and museum mediation to foreground bodily awareness in encountering artworks.
Participants explore the permanent fine-arts collection through guided, movement-based attention, examining how posture, gesture and spatial perception shape interpretation. The workshop investigates sensory habits and reveals new ways to relate to art through embodied observation.
In French.
Carol Graham delivers the opening lecture of the academic year, examining how hope and subjective wellbeing shape health, productivity, labour market outcomes and premature mortality. The talk reviews empirical evidence on hope as a distinct dimension of wellbeing, investigates mechanisms linking psychological states to economic and health trajectories, and assesses policy options to restore hope where it has eroded. Attendees will gain an evidence-based framework for understanding how interventions can influence individual and population life outcomes.
In English.
Anticipation Summit 2026 convenes policymakers, scientists and diplomats to explore the intersections of scientific foresight and international policy. Through panels and workshops, the summit examines how emerging technologies and strategic foresight can inform diplomatic decision-making, governance and global cooperation. Participants will gain insights into anticipatory methods, scenario planning and cross-sector collaboration to address complex transnational challenges. The programme emphasizes practical approaches to integrate scientific advice into policy processes and strengthen anticipatory capacities across institutions.
This public evening explores ageing and extended longevity through a series of lightning talks addressing ethics, economics, urban planning, health and biomedical research. Speakers examine how longer lifespans challenge social contracts, public policy and economic models, and they discuss ethical dilemmas and infrastructure implications. Short-format presentations stimulate interdisciplinary debate and present emerging scientific perspectives. The programme also includes a tasting of so-called superfoods to complement discussions on nutrition and wellbeing.
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