Upcoming Events
Reinterpreting Science Centers
12 Feb 2010
The Exploratorium in San Francisco and the Technorama in Winterthur, Switzerland, are challenging the notion of the traditional science museum.
Light Beyond Vision
16 Feb 2010
Day and Night in Building Science and Chronobiology: How the buildings we inhabit could take advantage of daylight—both to keep human occupants comfortable and healthy, and also to optimize energy efficiency. The third event in our series on light.
Echoes of the 2010 Davos World Economic Forum
26 Feb 2010
Jill Tarter, Alison Gopnik, and Paul Saffo share thoughts and impressions from WEF on how to rethink, redesign, and rebuild.
Previous Events
Sudden Infant and Special Guests at The Lab
31 Jan 2010
23five, Inc. and swissnex San Francisco present a night of experimental music performances by Swiss industrial music pioneer Sudden Infant, with special guests Horaflora, Tralphaz, and R. Jencks.
Ursula Scherrer and Flo Kaufmann: Amidst
21 Jan 2010 - 30 Jan 2010
Swiss artists Ursula Scherrer and Flo Kaufmann present a video and sound installation with live performances at The Lab.
Conversations with Devices
19 Jan 2010
It may seem like science fiction, but the technology to allow for natural conversations with the devices in our pockets is just around the corner.
The CCA Leading By Design Fellows Program
15 Jan 2010
Further probing the intersections of design, business, and innovation, swissnex San Francisco hosts a presentation on the new executive curriculum from the California College of the Arts (CCA), the Leading By Design Fellows Program.
Interaction of Color and Light
14 Jan 2010 - 26 Jan 2010
The second event in our series on light brings an illuminating presentation and two installations from the Zurich ColourLight Center that play with LED lighting and colored surfaces.
Light and Design
10 Dec 2009
Light plays an important role in our daily lives. Light is also key to design. There’s design for light and design with light. Yet the way light is used morphs with new inventions and with increased awareness regarding sustainability and energy consumption. This is the first event in our series on light.
Classroom to Bottle: Tales of Cross-Cultural Winemaking
03 Dec 2009
We will discuss the differences between Swiss and American winemaking and how the two techniques complement one another. Tastings from the Ecole d'ingénieurs de Changins in Switzerland and Alpha Omega Winery in Napa.
Give Me More: Augmented Reality from EPFL+ECAL Lab
12 Nov 2009 - 25 Nov 2009
Animations float across the pages of a timeless book about the Swiss countryside. Banknotes prove strangely seductive. Your head is suddenly engulfed in clouds and your clothes ooze bubbles. This is the world of Give Me More, an Augmented Reality exhibit by Switzerland’s EPFL+ECAL Lab, premiering in the U.S. at swissnex San Francisco.
Hans Koch and Fred Frith: Duo Concert
10 Nov 2009
swissnex San Francisco caps off its 2009 series of duo concerts with an exceptional encounter of two of avant-garde music's biggest names: reeds and electronics maestro Hans Koch meets guitar luminary Fred Frith.
The Future of Business: How to Innovate with a Sustainability Strategy
09 Nov 2009
Of the world's 100 largest economies, more than half are now corporations, not nations. But to sustain these economies in a changing world, innovative and sustainable thinking must become automatic.
