Bertrand Piccard – Chairman of Climate Impulse, Präsident der Solar Impulse Foundation. Serial Explorer, Psychiatrist, Clean Technology Pioneer and global Influencer.
Hang-glider aerobatics, for the young man in search of extreme achievements. Around the world non-stop in a balloon – a dream of achieving the impossible, drawing on his family heritage. A second trip around-the-world, this time in a zero-fuel solar airplane with unlimited endurance, an all-out campaign to bring the planet into the era of clean technologies. This is the story of a man in love with exploration who wants life to be based on the pioneering spirit, on questioning our certainties and surpassing ourselves. All this to tackle today’s greatest challenge: improving the quality of life for everyone.
Exploration is a state of mind about life: it’s about leaving our safe anchorage, and enriching ourselves with what the unknown can teach us.
A born communicator, Bertrand knows exactly how to convey the intensity of his experiences, and pass on the lessons they taught him. Bertrand Piccard, with his dual background as a doctor and explorer is much in demand throughout the world as a speaker. His vision, career, and family history, which combine science with human values, are of interest to large companies as much for their customers as for their employees. His personality has also attracted the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi and the leaders of various countries, who invited him to open international forums, notably those on energy policy and sustainable development.
Bertrand Piccard Speaking Topics
- Changing Altitude: How to play with the winds of life
- From Impossible to Inevitable: Refraiming Europe’s Energy Future
- Be a balloonist in your Business & Life
- Solar Impulse: Flying around the globe with no fuel
- Adventure is a state of mind: The metaphor of the round the world balloon flight
- Team spirit: Psychology of Communication
- Coping with crisis situations: Managing stress
Bertrand Piccard: “Innovation, crisis management, creativity, adventure, the pioneering spirit: all these things are really about exploring different levels of thinking – those new altitudes of behavior those will allow us to get to where we want to go. Leadership is about helping others find the altitude that works best for them.”
Vision, innovation and creativity are also topics that fit naturally into his remarks when he is discussing questions of energy policy or technologies benefiting the environment. His experience as a psychiatrist in hypnosis and self-hypnosis can also shed new light on problems for delegates at medically oriented events.
Solar Impulse: The future is green.
Bertrand Piccard: “Our world needs to find new ways of improving the quality of human life. Let’s replace old polluting devices with modern clean technologies. Sustainable growth will only come from solutions that can save energy and protect the environment. It is possible today to bridge ecology and economy.”
Following his successful around-the-world flight in a solar-powered airplane, Bertrand Piccard and his Solar Impulse Foundation have succeeded in identifying more than a thousand Solutions that can protect the environment in a financially profitable way. His aim now is to take these to governments and companies and help them to accelerate the transition towards a zero-carbon economy.
Bertrand Piccard – Changing Altitude. Be a Pioneer in your Life & Business.
The twice-around-the-world man. Bertrand Piccard entered history by achieving two great aeronautical « firsts ». His non-stop around-the-world balloon trip with Breitling Orbiter 3 was the ultimate flight – the longest ever in aviation history for both duration and distance. More recently, his global circumnavigation in Solar Impulse was the apotheosis of his pioneering vision: 43,000 km in a solar airplane without using any fuel, demonstrating the immense potential of renewable energies and technologies.
Bertrand Piccard: Climate psychiatrist
Thanks to his dual identity as a physician and psychiatrist who is sensitive to how problems arise, and as an explorer searching for new ways of thinking, Bertrand Piccard has become an influential voice in many top institutions. As one of the first to consider ecology as a source of profitability, he became a United Nations Ambassador for the Environment and a Special Advisor to the European Commission. His next mission: a new trip around the world to take.
Climate Impulse 2028 – Flying non-stop around the World in 9 days in a green hydrogen-powered airplane
Bertrand Piccard unveils Climate Impulse, a new flagship for climate action. After achieving the first circumnavigations of the globe in a balloon and more recently in a solar aircraft, Swiss explorer Bertrand Piccard unveils his new emission-free project: a green hydrogen powered airplane to fly non-stop around the Earth, demonstrating how concrete solutions can help build a cleaner and more efficient world.
Who is Bertrand Piccard?
Bertrand Piccard is a visionary researcher, medical doctor and pioneer of sustainable innovations. As the initiator of the Solar Impulse project, he made history with the first round-the-world flight in a solar airplane – a milestone for clean technologies. He had previously achieved the first non-stop round-the-world flight with the Balloon Breitling Orbiter 3. Influenced by a family of pioneering explorers – his grandfather Auguste Piccard explored the stratosphere, his father Jacques Piccard the depths of the oceans – he combines science with practical solutions to global challenges.
With his Solar Impulse Foundation, Bertrand Piccard campaigns for environmentally friendly, economically viable technologies and advises international decision-makers in politics and business. As a sought-after speaker, he inspires people around the world to push boundaries, break new ground and make the seemingly impossible possible.