{"id":11153,"date":"2023-11-14T14:43:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/alumnil\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=11153"},"modified":"2023-11-14T14:43:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:43:46","slug":"london-networking-afterwork-the-embassy-16-november-2023","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/alumnil\/event\/london-networking-afterwork-the-embassy-16-november-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"[London] Networking Afterwork @ The Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ambassador of Switzerland to the United Kingdom,\u00a0<strong>Mr Markus Leitner<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Mrs Doris Leitner<\/strong> cordially invite you to the next\u00a0<strong>Networking Afterwork @ The Swiss Embassy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With Guest of Honour and Keynote Speaker:<\/p>\n<p>Mr Peter Maurer, President of Basel Institute on Governance, Senior Fellow of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and member of the Board of Directors of Zurich Insurance.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DRESS CODE:\u00a0<\/strong>Smart casual.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GUEST OF HONOUR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peter Maurer is the President of Basel Institute on Governance, a Senior Fellow of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and a member of the Board of Directors of Zurich Insurance. He also serves in several advisory functions, amongst them the Advisory Board of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and as an Ambassador for the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG).<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Mr Maurer served as President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from 2012 to 2022. Before that, he was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Switzerland from 2010 to 2012, and Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations from 2004 to 2010. He began his career in the Swiss diplomatic service in 1986, with various positions in Switzerland, South Africa and the U.S. Mr Maurer\u2019s key interests turn around international relations, international law, negotiations and diplomacy. He has been for many years an advocate for increased investments in fragile and frontier markets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROGRAMME<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6.45pm &#8211;\u00a0Registration<\/li>\n<li>7.00pm &#8211;\u00a0Welcome and Opening Remarks by Ambassador Markus Leitner<\/li>\n<li>7.05pm &#8211;\u00a0Innovative responses to global governance challenges\u00a0by Peter Maurer<\/li>\n<li>7.45pm &#8211;\u00a0Networking Reception with Swiss wines at the Ambassador&rsquo;s Residence<\/li>\n<li>9.30pm &#8211;\u00a0End<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This is an invitation-only event for Alumnil network members living in the region.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Not yet a member of the UNIL Alumnil network? <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/alumnil\/reseau\/adherer-au-reseau-alumnil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ambassador of Switzerland to the United Kingdom,\u00a0Mr Markus Leitner, and\u00a0Mrs Doris Leitner cordially invite you to the next\u00a0Networking Afterwork @ The Swiss Embassy With Guest of Honour and Keynote Speaker: Mr Peter Maurer, President of Basel Institute on Governance, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002677,"featured_media":11155,"template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-11153","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/alumnil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/alumnil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/alumnil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/alumnil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002677"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/alumnil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11162,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/alumnil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11153\/revisions\/11162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/alumnil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/alumnil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/alumnil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11153"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/alumnil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=11153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}