Discover the A Ciel Ouvert Institute through moments captured during our events and activities. Bridging science and spirituality, these images bear witness to a journey of exploration, sharing, and awareness. Each photograph reflects a living, human, and inspired experience.

A roundtable explores the plural meanings of consciousness, its origins, its presence in living beings, and perhaps tomorrow in a machine, but also the value and purpose of such a faculty. With Alexandre Pouget – Neuroscientist / Anna Ciaunica – Philosopher / Renaud Evrard – Psychologist. Moderator: Marie-Gabrielle Cajoly, Director of IACO. In partnership with the Faculty of Theology of the University of Geneva (UNIGE).

Conference on 29 October 2026 – “Consciousness Put to the Test by Neuroscience”. With Paolo Bartolomeo, neurologist and neuroscientist at the Paris Brain Institute. Watch the conference.

Cultural and scientific festival where astronomy, performing arts, music, and encounters come together under the stars. From July 20 to August 2, 2026, in St-Luc and Tignousa, Val d’Anniviers, Valais.

Lecture given on May 19, 2026 – “The Resilience of Life and Human Societies: What Plants Teach Us in the Anthropocene”. With Mathilde Simon. Faculty of Theology, University of Geneva. Watch the conference.

Discover the brochure of Institut À Ciel Ouvert – Science & Spirituality, a Swiss foundation that fosters dialogue between the natural sciences, the humanities, and metaphysical reflection. It presents the Institute’s mission, activities, and events centered on the major questions surrounding the origin of life, the Universe, and consciousness.

Lecture given on of March 17, 2026 – “Beyond the Anthropocene”. With Anne Fremaux. Faculty of Theology, University of Geneva. Watch the conference.

Documentary “The Universe of Friendship Between the Painter and the Astrophysicist” with Fabienne Verdier (painter) & Trinh Xuan Thuan (astrophysicist) (2021).

Lecture given on December 8, 2025 – “Can we experience the Anthropocene?” With Damien Delorme. Faculty of Theology, University of Geneva. Watch the conference.

Lecture given on November 24, 2025 – “Can we move beyond the Anthropocene?”. With Catherine Larrère. Faculty of Theology, University of Geneva. Watch the conference.

First screening of the film produced by the Films Plans-Fixes Association in 2025, on the occasion of Yves Oltramare’s 100th anniversary, at the Cinéma des Grütli in Geneva in October 2026.

This retreat took place in the Engadine at the end of August 2025. It brought together researchers from diverse disciplines and backgrounds, fostering open and interdisciplinary exchanges where science, philosophy, and humanism converged around the theme: “Living Matter, Inert Matter: A Planetary Perspective on Life.”