Harvard Club of Switzerland

Challenges to Democracy
Panel Discussion with Experts

Guest: Paul Bulcke
Nestlé’s Challenges in a Rapidly Changing Environment

Guest: Urban Angehrn
How much regulation and capital do Swiss banks need?

Gender Representation Revisited – acknowledging International Women’s Day / Women’s History Month
Panel Discussion with Experts

Guest: Steffen Pauls, Founder and CEO of Moonfare
Private Equity – Driver for Growth or Locusts

The President, Urs Schenker, welcomes all

Guest: Jean-Christophe de Mestral, CFO and Board Member of Transmutex

Guest: Kurt Pelda, Journalist
Journalism in War Zones

Guest: André Wall, Beyond Gravity
From Switzerland to Space and Beyond

Guided Tour followed by Drinks

Event with Prof. Dr. Michael Hilb followed by an Apero

Biodynamics, Biodiversity and Climate Change

Private Guided Tour followed by Drinks

Guest: Thomas Buberl
The transformation of insurance companies in the face of new risks

A celebration in honor of the annual Harvard Alumni Day 2024

Supply Chain Monitoring: what exactly does this mean for organizations?
Panel Discussion with Experts

Guest: Rolf Stangl
From public to family office to Private Equity and back to public - perception of different ownership models through the lens of SIG

Guest: Thomas Jordan
The SNB's monetary policy in a challenging environment

Guest: Dr. Jovan Kurbalija

Guest: Kevin J. Wolf
Trade War between the US and China – a US Perspective

Guest: Pascal O. Ravessoud

Guest: Dr. Thomas Wellauer Digital Assets - Mass Market or Mass Illusion?

Guests: Christophe Girod, Erich Dürst and Yvelyne Wood

Join the Event in Lausanne

Guest: Mrs Dido Schmidt
Artificial Intelligence - A revolution that will influence all of us

The Geneva Chapter invites you

Join the Viewing Party in Geneva

The President, Urs Schenker, welcomes all

Race to Zero: carbon reduction and nature capital.
Panel Discussion with Experts

Guest: Prof. Dr. Med. Michael Grotzer
50 years of oncology – What will be the future?

Want to help tackle climate change but don’t have the time to become a climate scientist?

Trash, Trash, and More Trash. What to do with the Trash - Circular Economy Solutions - For-Profit and Non-Profit
Panel Discussion with Industry Experts

Guest: Mr. Philip Robinson – President
Kantha Bopha Children's Hospital Foundation

New World New Choices

We will be in touch when we have a new date

Guest: Martin Hirzel, President of Swissmem
The Swiss Tech Engineering Industry: Alive and Kicking!

Introduction and tour by Loa Haagen Pictet, Chief Curator

Guest: Romeo Lacher, Chairman of Julius Bär
The Future of Private Banking in Switzerland

elleXX: a fintech venture to empower women with tools of finance
Guests: Patrizia Laeri and Nadine Jürgensen, founders, CEO, and COO of elleXX

Concerned about climate change, but don't know where to start? 
Play your part in the climate transition

Reconnect and make new connections

Guest: Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Guest: Jorge Paulo Lemann
Victories and defeats in business

Guest: Mr. Roger de Weck
Die Schweiz in Europa, die Schweiz und Europa

Guests: Nan Buzard, Kasia Jakimowicz and Pradeep Kakkattil

The Geneva Chapter invites you

What should we know about the Use of Pesticides? Different Perspectives.
Panel Discussion with Industry Experts

The President, Urs Schenker, welcomes all

Join the Viewing Party in Geneva

ANHW CH in-person event in Zurich
Sustainability – from Human Network to Infrastructure

Guest Lecture by Fessenden Professor of Law Henry Smith, Harvard Law School

ANHW CH in-person event in Geneva
With Dr. Anna Grichting and Dr. Qudsia Huda

Rebalance Earth – Discussion with the Co-Founders
Ralph Chami & Walid Al Saqqaf & Ian Redmond

Guest: Mr. Urs Jordi – Chairman of the Board and CEO of Aryzta AG

Guest: Dr. Suzanne Thoma - President of the Board of Directors of Sulzer Ltd and former CEO of BKW

Modern Slavery – A Modern Day Reality
Tim Nelson - CEO of Hope for Justice and Slave-Free Alliance

Teleios Capital Partners: a European-focused activist hedge fund with over $1 billion AUM

Annual General Meeting followed by a lunch
Topic: What did I take home from Harvard?

IMD Alumni Club of Geneva

Guest: Dr. Gunter Erfurt - CEO of Meyer Burger Technology AG

ANHW CH in-person event in Lausanne
With Cornelia Choe and Mariam Megally

Guests: Thomas Aeschi, Dr. Pirmin Bischof and Dr. Andrea Caroni

ANHW CH in-person event in Bern
With Yonne Gilli and Monika Brodmann Maeder

In-person event in Lausanne

Topic: The Geopolitics of the Global Economy

ANHW CH online event
With Prof. Dr. Odile Ammann and Prof. Dr. Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger

Modern Slavery – A Modern Day Reality
With Jeetendr Sehdev - New York Times Bestseller Author

Loanboox, a Swiss Fintech that shapes the European debt financing landscape

The Geneva Chapter invites you

Guest: Dr. Cornelius Boersch Digital Entrepreneur and Investor

INIZIA AG: the prop-tech developer that made its mark on Zürich's landscape and beyond

Speaker: Nadia Younes - DEI Expert with extensive cross-industry and geographical experience leading efforts in DEI in global multinational companies

Saving Our Oceans
With Marisa Drew (Chief Sustainability Officer - Credit Suisse)

Annual General Meeting followed by a lunch

Joint Alumni Forum Webcast Addressing and discussing ESG issues

Hear about how humanitarian organizations have coped with challenges during this public health crisis.

Speaker: Dr. Janet Shaner, President of Top10 Learning Solutions

Insights from the Frontlines of the Information Wars

50th anniversary of women's suffrage in Switzerland

Virtual event to reconnect and make new connections

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ursula Maria Flückiger

Refugees - Challenges, Experiences and Progress for the Human Rights Movement
Keynote Speaker: Gerry Simpson, Human Rights Watch, Associate Director, Crisis and Conflict Division

Guest of Honor: Jin Choi, Group-Director at Facebook

Election day: Why will America Never Be the Same?

Speaker: Roger Lienhard, Founder of the Blue Horizon Corporation

Online Interactive Presentation & Evening with cocktails and conversations

Guest: Jorge Paulo Lemann, Investment Banker and Businessman

Quantifying Sustainability Impact – How can we measure sustainability impact meaningfully in a (globally) consistent fashion
Keynote Speaker: Marisa Drew (Chief Sustainability Officer - Credit Suisse)

Guest: Alexander von Witzleben, Chairman of Arbonia AG

Harvard Club of Switzerland - Annual Meeting

Guest of Honor:TBC

Date and Guest to be confirmed

Evening with cocktails and dinner hosted by Torstein Hagen

Guest of Honor:Tom Hanan, Founder and Managing Director of Webrepublic

Guest of Honor: Patrick Pruniaux, CEO of Ulysse Nardin & Girard-Perregaux, Kering Swiss Watchmaking Maisons

Guest of Honor: Erik Fyrwald, CEO of Syngenta Group

Evening with cocktails and conversations

Evening with cocktails and conversations

Guest of Honor: Author R. James Breiding

Guest of Honor: Prof. Mathias Risse, Faculty Director at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

The Geneva Chapter invites you

The President, Urs Schenker, welcomes all

Guest of Honor: Erik Fyrwald, CEO Syngenta

Guest of Honor: Lara Warner, Chief Risk Officer, Credit Suisse Group AG

Human Rights and Responsibility in the Age of New Technologies with Josh Lyons

On AG: A Swiss Venture Goes Global

Guest of Honor: Lieutenant General Aldo C. Schellenberg, Swiss Army

Strong in Diversity – “Being free and fearless to live up to your greatness” Guest Speaker: Jeetendr Sehdev - New York Times Bestselling Author & Media Personality

Circular Economy – How can we move from a resource intensive linear economy to a sustainable Circular Economy

Guest of Honor: Etienne Jornod, Executive Chairman of Vifor Pharma
Topic: Transforming a cooperative purchasing center into two listed companies with a value of CHF 12 billion

Harvard Club of Switzerland - Annual Meeting

Visit of the Atelier of the world famous architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in Basel

Guest of Honor: Dr. Philipp Rösler

Sensirion: The 20 years journey to IPO and beyond

Evening with cocktails and dinner hosted by Torstein Hagen

Guest of Honor: Greg Poux-Guillaume, CEO Sulzer

Guest of Honor: Prof. John P. Donoghue, PhD

Guest of Honor: Peter Kurer, Chairman of Sunrise

After Work Cocktails and Networking

The Geneva Chapter invites you

The President, Urs Schenker, welcomes all

#BeatYale in style

Guest of Honor: Dr. Pietro Supino, Chairman of Tamedia

Guest of Honor: Hans Hess, Chairman of Swissmem

Gender Equality – Moving Beyond Talk to Impact Guest Speaker: Eleanor Tabi Haller-Jorden

Guest of Honor: Andrew Walo, CEO Axpo Holding AG

Harvard Club of Switzerland - Annual Meeting

53rd Reunion of the Harvard Law School Alumni Association of Europe

Visit of the art gallery De Jonckheere

Guest of Honor: Prof. Gregor Zünd, Vorsitzender der Spitaldirektion des UniversitätsSpitals Zürich

Joint drinks with other alumni organizations

Topic: „Raiffeisen: there’s another way to bank“ Guest of Honor: Dr. Patrik Gisel, Chairman of the Executive Board, Raiffeisen Switzerland

Guests: Steffen Wagner & Lukas Weber of Investiere

After Work Cocktails and Networking

The Geneva Chapter invites you

Guest of Honor: Dr. Urs Gasser, Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School, Executive Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society

The President, Urs Schenker, welcomes all

Guest of Honor: Prof. Alexis Keller

Guest of Honor: Silvio Napoli, Chairman of Schindler Holding Ltd

Evening with cocktails and conversations

Harvard Alumni Apero

Guest of Honor: Rudolf Hadorn, CEO of GURIT Holding AG

Summer is in town and we are all thirsty....

Evening with cocktails and conversations

Guest of Honor: Michael Pieper, President/CEO Artemis Group