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.

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.

The roundtable discussion “Artificial Intelligence: What Humanity for Tomorrow?” explores how AI and the biosciences, in a world undergoing rapid technological change, challenge our definition of what it means to be human. With Jacques Besson, psychiatrist and honorary professor at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine / Solange Ghernaouti, President of the SGH Foundation – Cybermonde Research Institute, Director of the Swiss Cybersecurity Advisory & Research Group, honorary professor / Beth Singler, anthropologist and professor in the Digital Religion(s) research programme / Moderated by Marie-Gabrielle Cajoly, Director of the IACO / in partnership with the Faculty of Theology of UNIGE.
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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.”

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.

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

Evening on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at the Maison Rousseau et Littérature in Geneva. Presentation of a selection of Fabienne Verdier’s works, the Rainbows, from the exhibition “The Song of the Stars.”

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.

Lecture given on April 8, 2025 – “Cyber consciousness and AI: myths and reality”. With Jacques Besson. Faculty of Theology, University of Geneva. Watch the conference.