The Schedule

DAY 1 - DEPARTURE - Friday, July 7 Depart Home for Geneva, Switzerland

DAY 2 - GENEVA - Saturday, July 8 Arrive in Geneva, Switzerland On-ground Briefing Orientation Walking Tour -

The group will become oriented with their neighborhood, the public transportation systems, nearby pharmacies, markets, ATMs, etc. Additionally, an in-depth safety briefing will be provided for what to do incase of an emergency. Welcome Dinner - The group will be taken for an authentic dinner with a wide variety of menu options to cater all diets.

DAY 3 - GENEVA - Sunday, July 9 Breakfast & Day Briefing Visit from the outside the Biotech Campus CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research -

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world's largest and most respected centers for scientific research. At CERN, they probe the fundamental structure of particles that make up everything around us. They do so using the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments. Interview with CERN Researcher

DAY 4 - GENEVA/BERN - Monday, July 10 Breakfast & Day Briefing Train to Bern (approx. 2 hrs) Bern Walking Tour Einstein House -

Albert Einstein house is the same place that he discovered photoelectric effect (received 1921 Nobel Prize for it) and the relativity E=mc2; Coffee and lecture on photovoltaics by Dr. Nekovei

DAY 5 - BERN - Tuesday, July 11 Breakfast & Day Briefing Visit Bern University and follow Einstein’s footsteps through the city of Bern Lecture/Discussion with Dr. Nekovei

DAY 6 - BERN/LUCERNE - Wednesday, July 12 Breakfast & Day Briefing Full Day Chartered Bus -

First Stop: Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe

See the Sphinx terrace, Alpine Sensation, Ice Palace, glacier plateau and Lindt Swiss Chocolate Heaven...Icy air streams across your face, snow crunches under your feet, and the view nearly takes your breath away: on one side the view of the Mittelland up to the Vosges, on the other the Aletsch glacier, bordered by four thousand meter peaks. Standing on the Jungfrau 3,454 meters above sea level, you can feel it with your first step: this is a different world. It's one you have to experience. Continue to Grimsel Power Plant - One of Switzerland’s alternative power sources. Continue to Lucerne

DAY 7 - LUCERNE - Thursday, July 13 Breakfast & Day Briefing Lucerne Walking Tour Free Rest of the Day in Lucerne

DAY 8 - ENTLEBUCH/LUCERNE - Friday, July 14 Breakfast & Day Briefing Full Day Chartered Bus to Entlebuch -

(A local guide boarding the bus at Entlebuch will guide you through the reserve) Entlebuch Biosphere - No other region in Switzerland possesses as many natural treasures as this one. Some of Switzerland’s most extensive and numerous moorlands are found here, as are flora and fauna of (inter)national importance. It is no wonder that Entlebuch was designated by UNESCO in 2001 as a biosphere reserve. Within the worldwide network of biospheres, Entlebuch represents pre-Alpine moorland and karst landscape

DAY 9 - LUCERNE/ST.MORITZ - Saturday, July 15 Breakfast & Day Briefing Full Day Chartered Bus -

First Stop: Repower Power Plant - Repower AG (Repower), formerly Ratia Energie AG is an energy company that produces, transmits and distributes electricity. The company’s services include trading, market access, and sales support services. It generates electric energy from hydropower, wind power plants, and combined-cycle gas power plants. Continue to Romantik Hotel - The Romantik Hotel in Muottas Muragl has been situated, for more than a century, on one of the most beautiful vantage points in the Engadin, St. Moritz region and can claim being the first energy positive hotel in the Alps. From here you have an incomparable view over the lake-filled plateau of the upper Engadin. Continue to St.Moritz

DAY 10 - ST.MORITZ/BASEL- Sunday, July 16 Breakfast & Day Briefing Train to Basel (approx. 5 hrs) Basel Walking Tour Free Rest of the Afternoon in Basel Farewell Dinner & Program Closing

DAY 11 - BASEL - Monday, July 17 Breakfast & Day Briefing Airport Transfer Depart Basel, Switzerland for Home