{"id":487,"date":"2024-04-25T14:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T12:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T18:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:34:12","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero gutenberg-block \" \n         data-scroll-section>\n  <div class=\"hero__container sk-container\">\n    <div class=\"hero__inner\">\n      <div class=\"hero__bg-row\" data-scroll data-fade-anim data-fade='up'>\n                  <div class=\"hero__bg-col\">\n            <div data-img-parallax class=\"common-media-wrap\">\n                              \n\n                                                              \n    \n  <picture>\n    <source type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 400px, 1550px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/InstitutACO_HeroBG-Left_02-100x0-c-default.webp 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decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"1550\" height=\"1550\" alt=\"InstitutACO_HeroBG-Right_10\" src=\"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/InstitutACO_HeroBG-Right_10.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\">\n  <\/picture>\n\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      <div class=\"hero__content-wrap-helper sk-container sk-container--md\" data-scroll data-fade-anim\n           data-fade='up'>\n        <div class=\"hero__content-wrap\" data-scroll data-scroll-speed=\"2\">\n          <div class=\"hero__content\">\n                          <div class=\"hero__pre-title sk-text--h2\">Science &#038; Spirituality<\/div>\n                                      <h1 class=\"hero__title sk-text--h1\">An interdisciplinary dialogue between the natural sciences and the humanities on the physical and metaphysical questions related to the origin of life and the Universe.<\/h1>\n                        <div class=\"hero__cta-wrap\">\n                              <a href=\"#mission\" target=\"_self\"\n                   class=\"hero__cta sk-btn\">Our Mission\n                  <svg>\n                    <use href=\"#btn-arrow\"><\/use>\n                  <\/svg>\n                <\/a>\n                                            <a href=\"#activities\" target=\"_self\"\n                   class=\"hero__cta sk-btn\">Our Activities\n                  <svg>\n                    <use href=\"#btn-arrow\"><\/use>\n                  <\/svg>\n                <\/a>\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section\n        class=\"carousel gutenberg-block \"\n                data-carousel\n        data-scroll-section\n>\n            \n<div class=\"carousel__pre-title common-label-1\" data-scroll data-scroll-offset=\"20%\" data-pre-title-anim>\n  <span data-scroll data-fade-anim data-scroll-offset=\"25%\">ON THE PROGRAMME<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"carousel__viewport\" data-carousel-viewport>\n        <div class=\"carousel__track\" data-carousel-track>\n                        <article\n                    id=\"post-2238\"                    class=\"carousel__slide\"\n                    data-carousel-slide\n            >\n                                <a\n                        class=\"carousel__link\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/en\/news\/?target_post=2238#post-2238\"\n                        target=\"_self\"\n                                        >\n                    \n                                                    <div class=\"carousel__image-block\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n                                        class=\"carousel__image\"\n                                        src=\"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PaoloBartolomeo-ws-portraitok-1023x744.jpg\"\n                                        alt=\"Paolo&#x20;Bartolomeo&#x3A;&#x20;&#x201C;Consciousness&#x20;Put&#x20;to&#x20;the&#x20;Test&#x20;by&#x20;Neuroscience&#x201D;\"\n                                        width=\"425\"\n                                        height=\"500\"\n                                                                        >\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                                                    <time class=\"carousel__date\" datetime=\"2026-10-02T11&#x3A;00&#x3A;46&#x2B;02&#x3A;00\">\n                                Friday 2 October 2026\n                            <\/time>\n                        \n                        \n                        <div class=\"carousel__content-info\">\n                            <h2 class=\"carousel__title\">Paolo Bartolomeo: \u201cConsciousness Put to the Test by Neuroscience\u201d<\/h2>\n\n                            <div class=\"carousel__info-wrapper\">\n                                                                    <p class=\"carousel__description\">Thursday, 29 October 2026 \u2014 6:30 p.m. How does our brain enable us to experience ourselves and the world around us? Drawing on clinical observations and neuroscience experiments, Paolo Bartolomeo&#8230;<\/p>\n                                \n                                                                    <span class=\"sk-btn carousel__btn-link\" data-scroll data-fade-anim>\n                        Read more\n                        <svg>\n                            <use href=\"#btn-arrow\"><\/use>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                        <\/a>\n                        <\/article>\n                        <article\n                    id=\"post-2221\"                    class=\"carousel__slide\"\n                    data-carousel-slide\n            >\n                                <a\n                        class=\"carousel__link\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/en\/documentation\/?target_post=2221#post-2221\"\n                        target=\"_self\"\n                                        >\n                    \n                                                    <div class=\"carousel__image-block\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                                        class=\"carousel__image\"\n                                        src=\"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/livreExperiencesetverites-1023x744.jpg\"\n                                        alt=\"Publication&#x3A;&#x20;Exp&#x00E9;rience&#x20;et&#x20;v&#x00E9;rit&#x00E9;&#x28;s&#x29;&#x20;&#x2013;&#x20;Un&#x20;regard&#x20;interdisciplinaire\"\n                                        width=\"425\"\n                                        height=\"500\"\n                                        loading=\"lazy\"                                >\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                                                    <time class=\"carousel__date\" datetime=\"2026-09-15T15&#x3A;54&#x3A;05&#x2B;02&#x3A;00\">\n                                Tuesday 15 September 2026\n                            <\/time>\n                        \n                        \n                        <div class=\"carousel__content-info\">\n                            <h2 class=\"carousel__title\">Publication: Exp\u00e9rience et v\u00e9rit\u00e9(s) \u2013 Un regard interdisciplinaire<\/h2>\n\n                            <div class=\"carousel__info-wrapper\">\n                                                                    <p class=\"carousel__description\">Conceived as part of the \u00c0 Ciel Ouvert programme, this book was published on 3 September 2026 by \u00c9ditions \u00c9pist\u00e9m\u00e9. Experience and Truth(s) \u2013 An Interdisciplinary Perspective, edited by Ghislain&#8230;<\/p>\n                                \n                                                                    <span class=\"sk-btn carousel__btn-link\" data-scroll data-fade-anim>\n                        Read more\n                        <svg>\n                            <use href=\"#btn-arrow\"><\/use>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                        <\/a>\n                        <\/article>\n                        <article\n                                        class=\"carousel__slide\"\n                    data-carousel-slide\n            >\n                                <a\n                        class=\"carousel__link\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oyKrBq0F33A\"\n                        target=\"\"\n                                        >\n                    \n                                                    <div class=\"carousel__image-block\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                                        class=\"carousel__image\"\n                                        src=\"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IACO_Conference-MathildeSimon190526.jpg\"\n                                        alt=\"Conference&#x3A;&#x20;&quot;The&#x20;Robustness&#x20;of&#x20;living&#x20;systems&#x20;and&#x20;human&#x20;societies&quot;&#x20;-&#x20;Mathilde&#x20;Simon\"\n                                        width=\"425\"\n                                        height=\"500\"\n                                        loading=\"lazy\"                                >\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                        \n                        \n                        <div class=\"carousel__content-info\">\n                            <h2 class=\"carousel__title\">Conference: &quot;The Robustness of living systems and human societies&quot; &#8211; Mathilde Simon<\/h2>\n\n                            <div class=\"carousel__info-wrapper\">\n                                \n                                                                    <span class=\"sk-btn carousel__btn-link\" data-scroll data-fade-anim>\n                        \n                        <svg>\n                            <use href=\"#btn-arrow\"><\/use>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                        <\/a>\n                        <\/article>\n                        <article\n                    id=\"post-2308\"                    class=\"carousel__slide\"\n                    data-carousel-slide\n            >\n                                <a\n                        class=\"carousel__link\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/en\/news\/?target_post=2308#post-2308\"\n                        target=\"_self\"\n                                        >\n                    \n                                                    <div class=\"carousel__image-block\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                                        class=\"carousel__image\"\n                                        src=\"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TableRonde261126-1023x744.jpg\"\n                                        alt=\"The&#x20;Meaning&#x20;of&#x20;Consciousness\"\n                                        width=\"425\"\n                                        height=\"500\"\n                                        loading=\"lazy\"                                >\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                                                    <time class=\"carousel__date\" datetime=\"2026-10-19T14&#x3A;52&#x3A;36&#x2B;02&#x3A;00\">\n                                Monday 19 October 2026\n                            <\/time>\n                        \n                        \n                        <div class=\"carousel__content-info\">\n                            <h2 class=\"carousel__title\">The Meaning of Consciousness<\/h2>\n\n                            <div class=\"carousel__info-wrapper\">\n                                                                    <p class=\"carousel__description\">This interdisciplinary roundtable will explore the many meanings of consciousness, its origins, its presence in living beings, and perhaps one day in machines, as well as the value and purpose&#8230;<\/p>\n                                \n                                                                    <span class=\"sk-btn carousel__btn-link\" data-scroll data-fade-anim>\n                        Read more\n                        <svg>\n                            <use href=\"#btn-arrow\"><\/use>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                        <\/a>\n                        <\/article>\n                        <article\n                    id=\"post-1060\"                    class=\"carousel__slide\"\n                    data-carousel-slide\n            >\n                                <a\n                        class=\"carousel__link\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/en\/news\/?target_post=1060#post-1060\"\n                        target=\"_self\"\n                                        >\n                    \n                                                    <div class=\"carousel__image-block\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                                        class=\"carousel__image\"\n                                        src=\"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/YOltramare-1024x745.jpg\"\n                                        alt=\"Film&#x20;portrait&#x20;Yves&#x20;Oltramare\"\n                                        width=\"425\"\n                                        height=\"500\"\n                                        loading=\"lazy\"                                >\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                                                    <time class=\"carousel__date\" datetime=\"2025-10-15T12&#x3A;20&#x3A;27&#x2B;02&#x3A;00\">\n                                Wednesday 15 October 2025\n                            <\/time>\n                        \n                        \n                        <div class=\"carousel__content-info\">\n                            <h2 class=\"carousel__title\">Film portrait Yves Oltramare<\/h2>\n\n                            <div class=\"carousel__info-wrapper\">\n                                                                    <p class=\"carousel__description\">To mark the 100th birthday of Yves Oltramare, founder of the Institut \u00c0 Ciel Ouvert, a film was produced in May 2025 in Geneva by the Association Films Plans Fixes&#8230;.<\/p>\n                                \n                                                                    <span class=\"sk-btn carousel__btn-link\" data-scroll data-fade-anim>\n                        Read more\n                        <svg>\n                            <use href=\"#btn-arrow\"><\/use>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                        <\/a>\n                        <\/article>\n                        <article\n                    id=\"post-1223\"                    class=\"carousel__slide\"\n                    data-carousel-slide\n            >\n                                <a\n                        class=\"carousel__link\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/en\/documentation\/?target_post=1223#post-1223\"\n                        target=\"_self\"\n                                        >\n                    \n                                                    <div class=\"carousel__image-block\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                                        class=\"carousel__image\"\n                                        src=\"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/InstitutACO_Gallery_TableRonde_03-1024x576.jpeg\"\n                                        alt=\"Aftermovie&#x20;of&#x20;the&#x20;Round&#x20;Table&#x20;on&#x20;the&#x20;Anthropocene\"\n                                        width=\"425\"\n                                        height=\"500\"\n                                        loading=\"lazy\"                                >\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                                                    <time class=\"carousel__date\" datetime=\"2026-01-12T20&#x3A;53&#x3A;40&#x2B;01&#x3A;00\">\n                                Monday 12 January 2026\n                            <\/time>\n                        \n                        \n                        <div class=\"carousel__content-info\">\n                            <h2 class=\"carousel__title\">Aftermovie of the Round Table on the Anthropocene<\/h2>\n\n                            <div class=\"carousel__info-wrapper\">\n                                                                    <p class=\"carousel__description\">Relive the highlights of the Round Table on the Anthropocene through this aftermovie.This moment of dialogue opened up a deep reflection on the philosophical, spiritual, and ecological challenges of our&#8230;<\/p>\n                                \n                                                                    <span class=\"sk-btn carousel__btn-link\" data-scroll data-fade-anim>\n                        Read more\n                        <svg>\n                            <use href=\"#btn-arrow\"><\/use>\n                        <\/svg>\n                    <\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                        <\/a>\n                        <\/article>\n                        <article\n                    id=\"post-2347\"                    class=\"carousel__slide\"\n                    data-carousel-slide\n            >\n                                <a\n                        class=\"carousel__link\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/acielouvert.swiss\/en\/news\/?target_post=2347#post-2347\"\n                        target=\"_self\"\n                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datetime=\"2026-10-20T18&#x3A;28&#x3A;59&#x2B;02&#x3A;00\">\n                                Tuesday 20 October 2026\n                            <\/time>\n                        \n                        \n                        <div class=\"carousel__content-info\">\n                            <h2 class=\"carousel__title\">Michel Bitbol: \u201cIs It Possible to Infer Consciousness in an Artificial Intelligence System?\u201d<\/h2>\n\n                            <div class=\"carousel__info-wrapper\">\n                                                                    <p class=\"carousel__description\">Can consciousness be recognized in artificial intelligence based on observable behaviours? 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