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Written by Anita Ferrara Time Square in New York, The Great Wall of China, The Taj Mahal and Trang An in Vietnam – these are just some of the cultural highlights the four International Student Projects – connectUS, Insight China, exploreASEAN and Focus India – had the great fortune to visit on their On-Site Seminars.…

Written by Michelle Erdin Connectivity goes hand in hand with accessibility and plays a central role for the progressing globalization. Especially in Bangalore, Focus India witnessed many different state-of-the-art technological innovations. India is believed to be a 1 trillion-dollar economy because of its biggest market of mobile traffic globally. In fact, for many Indians, being…

Written by Michelle Erdin During Focus India’s On-Site Seminar, we had the opportunity to witness and learn how accessibility is enabled – one of this year’s central themes – and how it is put into practice in India. Ranging from enabling access to education, to empowering individuals with disabilities to utilise digital tools – it…

Written by Barbara Matic When entering the Google Office in the morning with Javier Bargas, Head of UX Experience at Google, we were immediately encountered with the most cliché situation everyone could have imagined. While Javier was explaining us the special architecture inside the offices, a typical Google employee was working on a computer while…

Written by Philippe Muff After taking part in the panel discussion of Insight China on Thursday, 13th February, of the Preparatory Seminar, Martina Fuchs of CNNMoney Switzerland stayed a little longer with the PR-team. Listen to her, offering insights into her passions for language and culture as well as talking about her professional life. In…

Written by Barbara Matic Did you know that Switzerland is number 3 in the OECD ranking when it comes to waste production after the US and Denmark? An average Swiss person produces up to 703 kg waste per year where half of it gets incinerated while the other half is being recycled! Introducing this shocking…

Written by Barbara Matic Welcome to the industry and economy 4.0, where machines will adopt human intelligence and industries will change their ways in responding to the needs of society. We are gradually moving towards the period of economy 4.0, a new situation that will open opportunities, unlock value to empower businesses and individuals, and…

Written by Changeetha Chandran and Philippe Muff On Tuesday, 12th February the participiants of Insight China had the great opportunity to attend an interview and Q&A session with Dr. Uli Sigg, China expert, art collector and most notably, Former Swiss Ambassador to China. On the question where he sees the difference between Swiss and Chinese…