CDL TALKS - 2024 EDITION
For a glimpse into CDL Talks, enjoy highlights from last year’s edition,
The Magic Beyond Comfort, in the video below.
Join our event for Parents & Children (Ages 2–6): Pre-School Stay & Play – 5th November 2025
Building on the success of past editions, CDL Talks will return for its third year on Thursday, 27th November 2025, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
This year’s edition of CDL Talks will explore a theme that connects us all: The Future We Share.
From flying cars to AI that dreams, the future is unfolding faster than we can define it. This year’s CDL Talks will explore how we think, connect, and find meaning in a world constantly in motion. From challenging anti-intellectualism to exploring the human loop where technology and creativity meet, from shaping our moral compass to protecting human connection in the digital age, the event will be a powerful reminder that The Future We Share is not just inherited, but created.
Join us for an evening of inspiring voices, thought-provoking ideas, and powerful reflections as students, alumni, and staff share personal stories and bold visions.
🗓️ Thursday, 27th November 2025
📍Eiger Auditorium, Collège du Léman, Route de Sauverny 74, Versoix
Evening Schedule:
We warmly welcome CDL families and the wider community to be part of this exciting event. Invite family and friends to register and secure their spots today!
Scroll down to catch a glimpse of what you can expect and watch highlights from the CDL Talks 2024 edition.
Between Fear and Fascination: Rethinking our Relationship with Technology
Our relationship with technology is full of contradictions. We celebrate its innovation yet fear its influence. In this talk, Chetana explores how our perceptions shape our experience with technology—and how we can move beyond this false divide.
Finding True North in a Changing World
Audrey explores how we can build a strong sense of ethics and integrity in a rapidly changing world. She challenges us to recognise prejudice and unconscious bias, and shows how a personal moral compass can help us build a more just, connected future together, with empathy, courage, and authenticity.
“What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?”
Arianna tackles one of life’s most enduring questions - who we want to become. For today’s young generation, that challenge feels greater than ever. With more choice and flexibility come new layers of ambiguity. Some jobs are vanishing while others are just emerging, redefining the importance of making choices that not only reflect our ambitions, but also our values.
Technology, Creativity, and the Human Loop
Technology might be both our greatest strength and vulnerability. Marcos draws on his experience designing space systems by day and composing music by night to explore how technology reshapes what it means to be human. He invites us to reflect on the balance between reliability and creativity, and how treating technology as a teammate, not just a tool, may define the future of innovation.
Wired for Connection: Between breath and Bandwidth
Amy delves into the eternal importance of human connection - physical, emotional, and mental - through her journey as a dancer, yoga instructor, and math teacher. Drawing on real classroom experiences, she reflects on how we can balance looking inward through mindfulness, with looking outward with the help of technology to build connections in an ever-evolving world.
Where We Begin, What We Leave Behind
Ronan reflects on how resilience, kindness, and hope help us face an uncertain future. Drawing on his journey from a small Irish town to supporting students from all around the world at CDL, he explores how our past shapes who we become and how we can shape the world we leave for the next generation.
For a glimpse into CDL Talks, enjoy highlights from last year’s edition,
The Magic Beyond Comfort, in the video below.
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