I had the pleasure to organise a dinner in Geneva on Tuesday to meet a delegation of 15 Ivy League students in a historic and diplomatic trip to Belgium, Switzerland and Turkey (the “Ivy Europe & Middle-East Summit”) – and introduce them to some local Sandbox members.

As most of them were for the first time in Switzerland, I decided to invite them at the Bergerie du Gruyérien, a traditional Swiss restaurant serving the best Fondues in town. We had interesting talks about US Universities expanding to the Emirates, like Carnegie Mellon Qatar or the Harvard Medical School Dubai. We exchanged views on international politics and talked about how the “Change” in the US looks like in reality. One of our local Sandboxers demonstrated to them the Poken devices, and gave them some insights into the Swiss startup scene.

The delegation should be in Istanbul by now for the third part of the journey. Good luck for the end of your trip and looking forward to seeing you again soon!

Many thanks to the Ivy Student Council for the great organization, Tim for his hospitality and Ian from Brown Entrepreneurship Program, for his valuable inputs! Check out their annual Entrepreneurship Conference, coming up at Brown with an exciting program.

Photo by Changhoon Cho, Columbia University