Monthly Meetings and Guest Speakers for Autumn 2023
Information about Monthly Meetings and details about guest speakers will be communicated to you via Connections our monthly newsletter which is delivered directly to your inbox on the 1st of the month.
Monthly Meetings for Autumn 2023
Date: Friday 8th September
Welcome Coffee: 09:30
Presentation: 10:15
Venue: La Grande Salle and La Petite Salle, at the Clubhouse.
Presentation: Come and meet Diccon Bewes, the best-selling author of Swiss Watching. Exploring various aspects of Swiss life “Inside the Land of Milk and Money”!
Let us know if you are coming by sending an email to: events@iwc-lausanne.org
For more information then please email: events@iwc-lausanne.org
Date: Friday 13th October
Welcome Coffee: 09:30
Presentation: 10:00
Venue: La Grande Salle and La Petite Salle, at the Clubhouse.
Presentation: This is our second joint event with the International Link of the British Swiss Chamber of Commerce. We will learn from Catherine Canales of NOGap, how to negotiate everything from our partner to the butcher!
Let us know if you are coming by sending an email to: events@iwc-lausanne.org
For more information then please email: events@iwc-lausanne.org
Date: Thursday 9th November
Welcome Coffee: 09:30
Presentation: 10:00
Venue: La Grande Salle and La Petite Salle, at the Clubhouse.
Presentation: We are delighted to welcome Cyril Coulot who is preparing for the Mini Solo Transat sail race across the Atlantic. You can follow Cyril on his website here: Cyril Coulot | Cyril en mer
Let us know if you are coming by sending an email to: events@iwc-lausanne.org
For more information then please email: events@iwc-lausanne.org
Past Monthly Meetings
Listed below are some of the varied Monthly Meetings that have been held at the Clubhouse during the last three years, either in person or online:
- Mr. Hauser Belvedere, who introduced an enthusiastic audience to the splendors of beautiful Grindelwald and the Hotel Belvedere and who generously gave away a two night stay to a lucky raffle winner.
- Mr. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, ex-CEO of the Nestle Group in Vevey to come and give a talk about his new book “Ascensions.”
- Doris Oberholzer, Certified Chakra Healing Technician and Certified FACE YOGA method teacher from Just D.O Face Yoga. Subject: The theme of the Masterclass: “Activate your Power of Transformation” and how to look and feel 10 years younger with the three steps formula: REVERSE the aging process, REGENERATE at cell level and REINFORCE durably.
- IWC member, author and storyteller: Margaret Davis Ghielmetti
Subject: book talk “Brave(ish): A Memoir of a Recovering Perfectionist. - IWC member, Co-president and artist: Jennifer Moore-Tymowska
Subject: a lecture about art and colours together with a free art class. - Journalist Luigi Jorio from Ticino, who writes articles about scientific and social issues for SWI Swissinfo. Subject: lecture guided with informative slides about “Why Melting Swiss Glaciers Affect Us All”.
- Journalist and Author: Clare O’Dea. This was Part 1 of the “IWC celebrates 50 years of Women’s Suffrage in Switzerland”. Subject: lecture and book talk ,“Voting Day”, “about 1959 when Swiss women’s right to vote is turned down at the ballot with 67% of Swiss men against”!
- Authors Katie Hayoz, Alnaaze Nathoo and Barbara Nigg.
This was Part 2 of the “IWC celebrates 50 years of Women’s Suffrage in Switzerland”. Subject: lecture and book talk ,“50 Amazing Swiss Women, True Stories You Should Know About”. - Madame Sylvie Andre and Madame Martine Moret of the FRC (Federation romande des consommateurs aka Federation of Consumers in French-speaking Switzerland! Subject: presentation with informative slides about “What the FRC can mean for consumers in French-speaking Switzerland”.
- IWC members Michelle Reed and Elisabeth Saxon, “Sustainable Living”.
Subject: presentation and lecture guided with informative slides about “How to live a more sustainable life!