December 6, 2010
Born in 1949, married, 3 sons. License in Mathematics and PhD in Computer Science at the University of Geneva, Xavier Comtesse worked for 10 years in Academia, 10 years as a start-up CEO and 10 years with the Federal Administration, including 7 years as a diplomat in the US. Xavier Comtesse was the first swiss scientific Consul in Boston where …
Attorney at Law in Geneva, Raymond De Morawitz is the President of “Association des juristes progressistes (AJP)” (Association of progressiv jurists) of Geneva, a section of the democratics jurists of Switzerland (JDS / DJS). He is also a Member of the Direction of the cooperative society “Les Jardins de Cocagne” (The Gardens of Cocagne), dedicated to the production of local …
Born in 1972, Robin Davies grew up with a fascination of all things aquatic, but a family move in 1982 to the beautiful coastline of south-west England heralded his formative years. From that moment on, he spent all his spare time by the sea, often for days on end, learning about marine biology, the rhythms of the tides, how to …
Born in 1968, Graphic designer, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the design studio Incandescence in 2000, Co-Founder and Creative Director of les éditions volumiques, and Professor at ENSAD in Paris, at la HEAD in Geneva, and at e-Artsup in Paris. What’s a book to become in the 21st century post internet and network media revolution? In particular with video games, …
Jean Troillet was born 10 March 1948 at Orsieres and lives at La Fouly in Valais. Of Swiss and Canadian nationality he obtained his mountain guide qualifications in 1969. He has conquered ten peaks of more than 8000 metres, all climbed in the Alpine style, and without oxygen. Jean Troillet climbed Everest in 1986. In 1997 he was the first …
Demian Conrad is the founder and creative director of the studio DEMIAN CONRAD DESIGN. Born in Ticino in 1974, he studied at the University of Lugano under the guidance of Bruno Monguzzi, whose teaching centred on the psychology of the forms (Gestalt theory) and typography. Extremely focused on the question of the creative process, he then followed lectures given by …
Head of Marketing of The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, where she manages the Born HIV Free campaign that aims to eliminate the transmission of HIV from mother to children by 2015. One of the world’s most acknowledged non-profit marketers having had top position in United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Economic Forum, she is a …
Born in Bratislava in 1937, moved to England, then to Praha after the war ended. With both parents imprisoned by the communist regime, and considered by the system an “undesirable element”, he was not allowed to enter secondary school, and worked as a labourer. After finally graduating from secondary school in 1957, he was not allowed to continue his education, …
Michael Doser is a particle physicist working at CERN. He has been working with antimatter since 1983, using it both as a tool and as an object of study, with the goal of understanding the first moments of the Universe. In 2002, he was part of the team that made cold atoms of antihydrogen for the first time, and — …
Nicolas and Loris Falquet have been professional freeriders for twelve years. Apart from some participation in the Verbier Xtreme by Loris, the brothers focused their activity on ski filmmaking. Since 2002, the year of their first short film, they have made over 7 ski films always with the same desire to promote their passion in the most innovative and aesthetically …
