Welcome to the Oxford and Cambridge Dining Club of Zürich
An informal network of Oxford and Cambridge graduates living in the Zurich region who
meet up for good company, stimulating conversation, and to make
interesting new contacts. Dinners are only part of our activities.
Members are free to arrange any kind of event they think other members
may be interested in. At the moment, we have 223 members.
Forthcoming Events
Members should receive email announcements of events mentioned on this page.
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database is up to date?
Recent Meetings
13th June 2010 - Hike up the Chasseral, in the Jura Bernois, arranged by Paul Hudson.
24th May 2010 - Talk on recent advances in our knowledge of human evolution, by Dr Nick Patterson, followed by dinner.
15th May 2010 - Hike from Biel, to Twannberg and Twann, arranged by Paul Hudson.
16th February 2010 - Dinner with Claude Nicollier, arranged by the Oxford and Cambridge Dining Club of Geneva.
5th February 2010 - After-work Drinks evening, arranged by Joseph Heaven
26th November 2009 - Dinner at El Faro in Herrliberg-Feldmeilen, arranged by Gaurav Anand.
24th October 2009 - CERN Visit, arranged by James Gillies, Bilge Demirkoz and Jane Fox.
24th September 2009 - Lecture, "Human Rights in an Era of Globalisation",
by Sandra Fredman, Professor of Law at Oxford University (a public lecture, not specifically a Club event,
but it was arranged by one of our members).
14th July 2009 - After-work Drinks evening at the Aurora again, arranged by Karin Moellering.
2nd June 2009 - After-work Drinks evening at the Aurora, arranged by Karin Moellering.
2nd May 2009 - Joint events with the Sidney Club of Geneva: visit to ETH Zürich arranged
by Prof. Richard Hurrell, and a talk there given by Prof. Ingo Potrykus. These were followed
by a walk through Zürich old town, and a dinner at the Kantorei. Log in to see pictures.
28th January 2009 - Dinner at the Kantorei, arranged by Nick Jacobs. An opportunity for
members to meet Sue Cunningham, Director of Development at Oxford University, and Mark Herndon, also
from the Development Office, who joined us for this dinner.
15th November 2008 - Tour of the Indian collection of the Museum Rietberg, followed
by dinner. Organised by Silvio Bär and Ewa Maciejewski.
5th September 2008 - Talk by Prof Jonathan Story; performance by singer Nadine
Orlowsky; dinner. Joint event with INSEAD, organised by James Maughan.
30th August 2008 - Joint event with the Oxford & Cambridge Dining Club
of Geneva, in Neuchâtel. In perfect weather, we lunched outdoors at
the Hôtel du Peyrou, then walked through the picturesque old town of Neuchâtel,
ending with a guided tour of the historic chateau. Organised
by Nick Jacobs and Julia Xoudis (Geneva).
26th March 2008 - Another joint event organised by Rebekka Greminger,
with the alumni clubs of five Business Schools -
Wharton, Chicago, Stanford, Michigan and Kellogg (Northwestern University). This was
a speaker event, with an address by Dr Valentin Chapero, CEO of Sonova AG. Login
to the members-only section of the website
to see pictures of this event.
13th March 2008 - A joint lunch with the Wharton Business School Alumni Club,
at the Beef Club, in Zurich, organised by Rebekka Greminger.
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to see pictures of this event.
13th February 2008 - Drinks evening, to bid farewell to Peter Backé who is
leaving Zurich for Beijing. Peter helped to arrange several interesting events
for us all, and will be missed.
15th December 2007 - Joint event with the INSEAD Alumni Association, organised by James
Maughan: Apéro and aria recital by mezzosoprano Yi-Ping Li, followed by dinner,
in the Zunfthaus zur Schneidern.
6th December 2007 - Dinner, Drinks and Jazz. The end-of-year dinner, organised
by Rebekka Greminger, was held at the Trattoria & Soul in Seefeldstrasse.
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22nd November 2007 - a Wine Tasting, announced by Peter Backé and Paul Slomkowski.
This was at Selection Schwander, a small company conveniently located on two tram
routes and two bus routes, and also near Giesshübel S-Bahn station. The
wines (a sparkling wine, two dry whites, three red wines, and finally
an excellent champagne) were presented by a knowledgeable member of Selection Schwander's
staff, and the event was free. Clearly the company hopes that the presentation will persuade
some of us to buy their wares, but there was no sales pressure at all. In view of the
very reasonable prices of most of these wines (only two of them cost more than 20
francs per bottle) they will probably not be disappointed.
11th October 2007 - We met for the guided tour of haunted Zurich, then repaired to the James
Joyce to recover. Another good idea from Peter Backé and Paul Slomkowski.
13th September 2007 - More than 35 people came to a Drinks evening in the Metropol,
arranged by Rebekka Greminger.
26th July 2007 - In perfect weather, we enjoyed a Drinks Evening on the lake, using the regular
Zürich - Küsnacht - Thalwil - Zürich ferry, which has a bistro on board.
Another imaginative idea from Peter Backé and Paul Slomkowski, which attracted
a lot of members.
8th June 2007 - Peter Backé and Paul Slomkowski arranged a Drinks Evening in the Jules Verne
Panoramabar, a spectacular location with views over the whole of Zurich.
The first meeting was a dinner in Basel on Saturday 25th November, 2006, arranged by
Sabrina Henze. Log in to see pictures.
All meetings are announced by email. They are posted here shortly after the email announcement is
sent, so if you are on our mailing list, you should have more details in your mailbox.
How to get on our mailing list
If you were on the Cambridge Society of Zurich mailing list, either as a Cambridge graduate
or as an Oxford graduate, you are already on the mailing list of the Oxford and Cambridge
Dining Club of Zurich. Otherwise, just click on "Join Us" in the menu at the left,
and follow the instructions.
Important Reminder to members:
Don't forget to update our record of your email address if it changes. If the email
address we have for you is no longer valid, you can't receive details
of meetings. You update our records yourself (you have to log in to do this); please don't
just send somebody an email about your change of address and expect that somebody to do it for
you.
History
The Oxford and Cambridge Dining Club of Zurich is the successor to the Cambridge Society
of Zurich, which had been inviting Oxford graduates to almost all of its meetings for
over a year.
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