Opinion column published by our media partner Heidi.news Thomas Maillart is founding president of Open Geneva and a member of the economics and management faculty at the University...
"This concept should be a tool for the country's political process," says Isabelle Wachsmuth, and adds that "each commune could organise theatres ahead of votes."...
Vaibhav Chhabra is the creator of one of India's first so-called fabrication laboratories, otherwise known as a "makerspace" - a workshop where people can meet, discuss and...
By launching the Open Innovation Festival for Science, Technology and Society in 2017, Open Geneva had developed a unique vision of involving the...
"Maria Beltran is not a geek, even though her work today consists mainly of interacting with screens. {This need to be grounded in reality...
"The third portrait of this Exploration is that of a face that is certainly discreet, but that a part of the French-speaking public knows well. Former host of Couleur 3, Serge...
"In recent years, I have been deconstructing the notion of innovation associated with technology. For me, innovation is not necessarily something revolutionary. It can be...
Innovation is everywhere, but in this field, the Lake Geneva region stands out. Discover the first episode of our Exploration in collaboration with Heidi.news! For...
Hackathons are special moments of short yet intense activity (i.e., over a weekend). They usually gather technical people, such as software and hardware engineers, who...
Following the first covid-19 tsunami from March to June 2020, Geneva, Switzerland, and the whole world were able to experiment with the phygital interface between physical space and...
According to the Financial Centers for Sustainability (FC4S) network, representing 30 financial centers encompassing USD 61.3 trillion equity market capitalization, up-skilling in financial centers is...
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Open Geneva have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the education and practice...
After Beijing (2019-2020) and Shenzhen (2020) as SDG Open Hack! Tsinghua, Open Geneva gets replicated once again in Singapore under the name SDG Open Hack!...
Open Geneva and the coworking spaces | café Voisins in Geneva become partners! For startupers, entrepreneurs, freelancers and coworkers of our Open Geneva community, benefit from the...
From 24 to 26 April, some 20,900 people took part in an online hackathon. Initiated by a German company and a small team from...
Open Geneva's resilience is not a challenge: it is an attitude that has guided us since the beginning of the adventure. Today, to continue...
On Thursday 26 November, Open Geneva invited its community of innovators, partners and all those who have participated in the autumn events of the year to join the...
On November 13 and 14, Open Geneva organised the 2nd edition of the Sustainable Finance Hackathon, 100% online, supported by the Canton State of Geneva...
The cancellation of the Open Geneva festival in March 2020 was an opportunity to rethink the operationalisation of our mission, and to look at how we can make the most of the...
Together with the Department of Economic Development of the Canton of Geneva and the University of Geneva, Open Geneva has launched a crisis and innovation fund.
The period of confinement was conducive to creativity and agility. We took advantage of this suspended time to reinvent our work practices.
On the weekend of 24-26 April, Open Geneva supported the European hackathon #euvsvirus promoted by the European Commission. Nearly 22 people took part in the...
Thomas Maillart, president of the Open Geneva association, recounts his experience of the #VersusVirus Hackathon in articles published by our media partner...
Are you an artist, a biologist, a humanitarian, a geek, a social worker, a journalist, a nurse, an engineer, a developer, a pastor, a computer scientist, a student, a secretary, a designer? You are simply a citizen committed to...
We would like to inform you that due to recent health and regulatory developments related to the spread of the covid-19 virus, Open Geneva is unable to organise this event.
It is the model of innovation based on collaboration and the free sharing of knowledge, including the use of free licenses in a spirit of "open source".
Thursday 20.02, Thomas and Julia were guests in the Radio Lac studios, for the programme "Parlons Economie", co-created by the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Industry.
One month to go before the launch of the Open Geneva festival! More than 40 events on various themes await you! Discover them on the programme of the...
This year, 43 events are on the programme of the Open Geneva festival! So there is plenty of choice for all those who wish to participate in this week...
Our society needs new economic models, which ensure that activities do not degrade the environment and that they are in line with the principles of equality...
The Open Geneva story started a few years ago with our partner HUG - Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, more particularly the Centre de l'innovation...
Thank you to the State of Geneva for its trust and its major support to the Greater Geneva Innovation Festival! For several years now, the Geneva State Department has been...
Thank you to the City of Geneva for its renewed confidence in the 2020 edition of the innovation festival! Since last year, the City of Geneva and the...
Thank you to the University of Geneva for its trust and its unfailing support since the beginning of the Open Geneva adventure! The Open Geneva story would exist all...
Thank you to our partner MCI Group for joining the Open Geneva adventure with such enthusiasm! Since last year, many collaborative projects have been developed between...
The collaboration with the Pôle métropolitain du Genevois français has been growing steadily over the past two years, as together we wish to encourage open innovation in the...
Event organisers, you have until Saturday to register your event for the official Open Geneva 2020 programme! Don't delay in completing the form...
On Thursday 6 February, in the RTS studios, some fifteen hackathon organisers came to record a video to present their event. They had...
February: Filming of the organisers' pitchTo help you promote your festival event, Open Geneva offers you the opportunity to come and record a video presentation of one of your events.
Open Geneva has developed an online form that allows each event organiser to register and manage their event information independently! ...
Now that your event is on the festival programme, it is time to prepare your communication materials! To make it easier for you, we have prepared a...
You are probably wondering what the Sparkbaord is and especially what it can do for you? Take a look here and find out how one of the world's biggest...
At the end of November, the 1st SDG Innovation Festival was organised on the campus of Tsinghua University in collaboration with Geneva Tsinghua Initiative. This...
Open Geneva has developed an online form that allows every event organiser to register and manage their event information in a simple and efficient way.