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The Wrap will be broadcast live from Basel from March 1-5. Come and see us at the Mr. Pickwick Pub (Steinenvorstadt 13, 4051 Basel) between 5 and 7 p.m. with live music and some of the city’s main players.
Swiss By Design: Basel's home grown architectsThursday, 4 March, 2010This week, Jennifer Davies joins the WRS team in Basel to look at why the city is considered a hothouse for architecture. She hears from international architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron whose offices are based there and is joined live by the Linda Cassens Stoian, an expert from the Swiss Architecture Museum. Plus there’s a preview of cultural events from around the country for the week ahead.
Opposing faces of Big PharmaWednesday, 3 March, 2010We’re in Basel and we’re putting Big Pharma on the examination table. Is the industry at the forefront of health advancement or a greedy profiteering machine? Pharmaceuticals have been up against some pretty serious charges of late. Plus a look at how it really affects health care prices—and how did Basel come to be synonymous with the pharmaceutical industry anyway? WRS’s Conor Lennon brings to the table our reporter Vincent Landon, Andreas Möckli from Basler Zeitung, Robert Derham from Biovalley Basel and Patrick Durisch from corporate watchdog agency Berne Declaration.
Gadget Guru: FreeSat TV and that Ferrari sound on your car radioWednesday, 3 March, 2010In a special “Live from Basel” edition, Alex Helmick and the Guru are joined by The Wrap host Conor Lennon. The three discuss a way to get satellite TV for a one time payment. And then a plug in device to give your small car that beefy sound.
Basel to the future: a new strategy for 2020Monday, 1 March, 2010A look at Basel’s place in the Swiss, European and world economies—as well as the place of neighbouring France and Germany in the Basel economy—now and a decade from now:
The Consultant: Upside Down UnderMonday, 1 March, 2010Business consultant Michael Dillhyon is back from Australia, where the economy has a refreshing air of optimism. That’s right, they claim their biggest challenge is managing economic expansion (well, that and getting Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to play nice with his neighbors):
International Relations: Basel Accords, Basel Conventions explainedMonday, 1 March, 2010Dr. Ruxandra Stoicescu explains these agreements for which Basel is best known in the international relations community: