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swissnex:

Swiss Knowledge Network with outposts in:

Boston
San Francisco
Shanghai
Singapore

swissnex San Francisco connects the best of many worlds by bridging the knowledge, energy and competencies in science, higher education, art and innovation between Switzerland, the U.S.A and Canada. Initiated by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER) as a public-private venture, and managed in cooperation with the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs, swissnex San Francisco is an annex of the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco. Vital financial support is provided by public and private sponsors sharing swissnex' commitment to connecting the dots.

World Knowledge Dialogue

September 2006

Despite numerous individual attempts by internationally recognized scholars, the gap between the natural sciences and the human/social sciences (the humanities) remains a major obstacle in our global and comprehensive understanding of the world. Our time is nonetheless propitious for bringing again these two cultures closer together, since both domains show today many signs of concordance and cross-fertilization. The Swiss university system – with its long standing international reputation in education and science – is trying to meet anew this challenge to bridge the gap by creating the Foundation and the project World Knowledge Dialogue – Towards a modern humanism.
www.wkdialogue.org