The second international residential conference on Ethical values in healthcare took place in Panchgani, the Initiatives of Change conference centre in India, from 26–28 February 2010. A report of this conference was published in the well-known international journal The National Medical Journal of India in their March/April edition.

With his friends Robert Hahnloser and Erich Peyer, Philippe Mottu was a founder of the Conference Centre for Moral Re-Armament (now Initiatives of Change) which opened at Caux in 1946. He will be remembered as one in a long line of Genevese who have taken initiatives extending far beyond Switzerland.

The last of six conferences at the Initiatives of Change centre in Caux, above Montreux, the ‘Trust and Integrity in the Global Economy’ conference, closed today.

It was a musical odyssey around the world. The veteran country and western group the Colwell Brothers from California, now in their seventies, had last performed in Caux, Switzerland, in 1961. Their first visit to the 'home for the world', as the Initiatives of Change centre in Caux was described, had been in 1953. Now they were back, with composer, pianist and xylophone player Herbie Allen, to give a barnstorming performance before a packed international audience in Caux's main hall on 14 August.

The Italian President of the Focolare Movement, Maria Voce, spoke today at the Initiatives of Change conference centre in Caux, above Montreux. She spoke on ‘Economy of Communion: an instrument at the service of humanity on the way towards a united world’ at the conference ‘Trust and Integrity in the Global Economy: Exploring ways to help create a just and equitable global economy’.

R Gopalakrishnan, the Executive Director, Tata Sons and a Member of the Group Executive Board, Tata Group, spoke today on ‘Beyond consumer capitalism – towards sustainability and free trade’ at the Initiatives of Change conference centre in Caux.

‘The most-needed reforms in our communities and nations require levels of political courage and trust-based collaboration that can only be achieved by individuals who have the vision, integrity, and persistence to call out the best in others and sustain deep and long-term efforts,’ said Rob Corcoran. He was speaking on Saturday afternoon at the Caux conference centre in Switzerland, launching his new book on Trustbuilding.

Sixty years ago this month a delegation of 60 Japanese arrived in Caux, the IofC centre in Switzerland, just five years after the devastation of World War II. This year, 44 Japanese came to Caux where they spoke about the impact on their country of that first delegation.

A major interview on the subject of Forgiveness with IofC author Michael Henderson, has been published in Interreligious Insight, a quarterly journal published by the World Congress of Faiths in the USA and UK.