ExplorersWeekend.org @ EPFL: Thursday 19/06/25 14:30 - 20:00 CET; Friday 20/06/25 14:30 - 19:00 CET
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The Explorers Club (Switzerland Chapter) will host a series of events kindly supported by Switzerland Innovation West EPFL (switzerland-innovation.ch) in the Lake Geneva Region during the weekend of Thu 19th to Sun 22th Jun ‘25 open to all those interested in learning more about Exploration.
This exciting event will be hosted at the EPFL Pallaz Auditorium MED 01418 (across the Rolex Learning Center) on Thursday 19/06/25 and Friday 20/06/25.
If you are interested in High Mountain Skills Building @ Les Diablerets Glacier (3’000m/10’000ft) on Saturday 21/06/25 with The Explorers club, please pre-register at: https://shorturl.at/A9ZV4
The Explorers Club of New York (Explorers.org) is well known for its “Famous Firsts” exploits as our members were the first to:
- The surface of the Moon in 1969 (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin)
- The deepest point in the Oceans in 1960 (Don Walsh, Jacques Piccard)
- The Everest summit in 1953 (Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay)
- The South Pole in 1911 (Roald Amundsen)
- The North Pole in 1909 (Robert Peary)
EVENT SCHEDULE:
DAY 1: Thu 19/06 Best of Exploration Film Festival screenings
14:30 Arrivals at EPFL venue
Auditorium Pallaz MED01418 (across the street from the Rolex Learning Center).
15:00 Learn more about The Explorers Club
Q&A with club members based in Switzerland on what we do, what to join etc.
Men’s Journal on TEC
mensjournal.com/adventure/how-to-become-a-member-of-the-explorers-club-w487146
BBC on TEC
bbc.com/travel/article/20190116-the-secret-travel-club-thats-been-everywhere
Observer on TEC
observer.com/2023/06/billionaires-manhattans-explorers-club
16:00 – 17:00 PURSUIT OF ENDURANCE: Shackleton in Antarctica (52 mins)
17:00 – 18:00 ARKTIKA INCOGNITA: DeLong expedition in Siberia (53 mins)
18:00 – 20:00 FIRST AROUND AFRICA Circumnavigating the continent with a 2700 years old Phoenician ship replica
20:00 Day 1 ends
DAY 2: Fri 20/06 Aerospace Industry Talks
14:30 Arrivals at EPFL venue
Auditorium Pallaz MED01418 (across the street from the Rolex Learning Center).
15:00 Christina Korp (zoom)
linkedin.com/in/christinakorp
The “Astronaut Wrangler”
16:00 Jared Atkinson (live)
linkedin.com/in/jwgatkin
Morning Star Missions to Venus
17:00 Benjamin Pothier (zoom)
linkedin.com/in/benjamin-pothier-ph-d-30a04436/
Analog Astronaut Training
18:00 David MacKay (zoom)
linkedin.com/in/davidwdmackay
Virgin Galactic’s former Chief Astronaut
19:00 Day 2 Ends
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