Why GoodFestival?
The numbers are staggering. Most people look away. Some write books or give speeches. But a few remarkable leaders build ventures that directly solve these challenges:
Nutrition: 2.8 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet, leaving 645 million facing chronic hunger ~ UN FAO
Healthcare: 4.6 billion people worldwide lack coverage for essential health service ~ WHO / World Bank
Housing: 2.8 billion people lack adequate housing, with 1.1 billion living in informal slums ~ UN-Habitat
Education: 250 million children are out of school, while 739 million adults lack basic literacy ~ UNESCO
Startup Capital: 131 million small businesses face a $5.2 trillion capital gap ~ World Bank / IFC
Has your venture opened up access to nutrition, healthcare, housing, education, or startup capital for at least 100 people? Is your venture registered with local authorities? Does your website and social media provide evidence of impact? Do you have diverse income sources, or rely on donations only?
Apply to be featured in the Good100 Showcase at the GoodFestival 10th Anniversary Edition, 13th of October 2026, Plateforme 10, Lausanne, Switzerland.
GoodFestival 11e, Good100 Showcases, 5th February 2025, International Red Cross Red Crescent Museum, Geneva:
GoodFestival 11e, Roxbourg Graduation Ceremony, 23rd October 2024, Tibits, Lausanne:
GoodFestival 10e, 11 October 2023, The Olympic Museum, Lausanne & Roxbourg Campus Network:
GoodFestival 9e, 14 October 2022, The Olympic Museum, Lausanne & Roxbourg Campus Network:
GoodFestival 8e, Good Brand Summit, 6 October 2022, Swissnex, San Francisco & The Olympic Museum, Lausanne:
GoodFestival 8e, Tibits Workshops, 1 - 15 - 29 February 2020:
GoodFestival 7e, Global Good Congress 2e, 15 November 2019:
During the seventh edition of GoodFestival, we have achieved several milestones - launched 10 pilots of Roxbourg Sessions and delivered the second episode of Global Good Congress, the biggest event of the past three years on 15 November 2019 breaking every record of the past six editions. For the first time, the GoodFestival team played all the roles - Innovator, Jury, Audience and Storyteller - and all jury members, innovators and audience members took a leadership role.
GoodFestival 6e, Jam Sessions at Musée Romain | 27 July - 3 - 10 - 17 - 24 August 2019:
GoodFestival 6e, Good Brand Summit, 15 May 2019:
For the sixth edition, we launched the GoodBrandSummit (GBS). GBS is about discovering Good Brands, Good People, and Good Food from organizations and companies which are tackling sustainability issues and positioning their brands to mean much more than money.
GoodFestival 5e, 2 November to 14 December 2018:
Six months later, we completed the circle by turning GoodFestival into a platform where Innovators could not only showcase their projects but also co-produce events. Essentially, we have created a risk management system which allows the Innovator to scale up without fear. This new system allowed us to launch the 100 Days of Innovation as part of the fifth edition of GoodFestival.
GoodFestival 5e, Global Good Congress with EPFL Tech4Impact, 2 November 2018:
GoodFestival partnered with EPFL Tech4Impact to deliver the Global Good Congress at The Olympic Museum and brought the leading researchers of sustainable innovation together with the most inspiring Sustainable Innovators building a better world.
GoodFestival 5e, Good Water Summit with Waterpreneurs, 6 December 2018:
We brought together a dynamic ecosystem of water & sanitation stakeholders - entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers, investors, large and small companies, non-governmental organizations, International Organizations, incubators - who are contributing to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 6.
GoodFestival 5e, Great Women Leaders, 7-8 December 2018:
As more women are set to reach the top of their organizations, everyone is realizing that they see the world differently. Great Women Leaders at the Salle Paderewski showcased stories of leaders who have overcome great odds to do something good for the world.
GoodFestival 5e, Firestarter at Tesla, 11-14 December 2018:
Firestarter Open Session was the first step towards creating an event series for discovering new films, music, art, sculpture, photography, dance, fashion, food, books - everything creative, uplifting and responsible.
GoodFestival 4e, 26-29 April 2018:
During the fourth Edition, we extended the scope to include the filmmakers, added the Brainstorm4Good for kids. This allowed us to broaden the age group of the Innovators we were promoting and we also laid down the foundation of co-productions with GoodFestival Workshops.
GoodFestival 3e, 17-21 October 2017:
For the third edition, we extended the scope of GoodFestival to include Music and invited over 70 speakers, workshop leaders and coaches. The third edition allowed us to reach a major milestone as we were able to deliver 3 Editions over 13 Days at 6 venues in just one year - thus establishing GoodFestival as the world’s biggest celebration of sustainable innovation.
GoodFestival 2e, 20-22 April 2017:
The second edition had more workshops, speakers, collaborations and jury members. Now the question was how to scale up.
GoodFestival 1e, 25-29 October 2016:
After 2 years of planning and 4 years of research and development we launched the GoodFestival together with a team of students from EHL and EPFL at the boat “Lausanne” operated by CGN and at The Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland. Right from the first day the intent was the launch a multi-genre, multi-day and multi-venue event series.
Showcases
Showcase sustainable initiatives from around the world - Art, Film, Music, Sports, Academia, Business, Government and Nonprofits - led by women or men who are addressing social, gender or environmental inequity. Learn more >
