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Evian-les-Bains, June 2026 — At the heart of the G7, a drop of water becomes a manifesto. In Evian, the drop from Lake Geneva no longer symbolizes only a territory; it embodies a new way of thinking about excellence, sovereignty, peace and trust.

Carried by Maison Dejean through the “Les Gouttes d’Eau du Léman” collection, this drop expresses the refinement, precision and heritage of craftsmanship born in Evian-les-Bains in 1960. Inspired by Evian’s water and by the Lake Geneva region, these jewellery creations transform a local symbol into a universal language of elegance and perfection.

“In Evian, a single drop of water from Lake Geneva becomes the starting point of an excellence that spreads: from the jeweller’s gesture to Data Excellence Science, from the most demanding luxury to a peace grounded in safety, security, justice and systematic compliance.”

In response to this expression of luxury, Global Data Excellence brings another form of exacting standard: that of science, language, governance and ethical, sovereign artificial intelligence. A Franco‑Swiss company founded in Geneva, in Plan-les-Ouates, with Global Data Excellence France based in Larringes in the Evian basin, GDE carries a vision in which data and artificial intelligence become instruments of trust, systematic compliance, justice and responsibility.

“Language is identity, dignity and survival. Human values must never remain outside technology. And governance is not control: it is responsibility.” – Dr Walid el Abed

DEMS‑NIXUS is an ethical, sovereign and semantic AI platform, designed to enable dialogue between business language, rules, data and compliance requirements within a single decision environment. Built on semantics, value‑based governance and the absence of data duplication, it transforms regulatory, operational and strategic complexity into execution that is fluid, traceable and intelligible.

At a time when the Evian G7 puts issues of sovereignty, resilience and mastery of critical skills back at centre stage, GDE maintains that terminology — and the ontoterminology it deploys — is not a technical detail but an architecture of trust. By structuring concepts, definitions and business uses, this approach consolidates interoperability, traceability and the robustness of strategic knowledge in public, industrial and scientific spheres. Through its anchoring in standardization frameworks led by AFNOR and ISO, it contributes to sustainable knowledge governance and to a fully assumed intellectual and technological sovereignty.

In the vision advanced by Dr Walid el Abed, ARTE∞SCIENZA denotes the alliance of intelligence, language, science and responsibility. Through Data Excellence Science, GDE turns this alliance into an operational framework capable of ensuring systematic compliance for decisions, transactions and processes, including in critical environments. Applied to customs processes and supply chains, this approach enables upstream preparation of procedures, qualification of rules, assessment of compliance level and support for smoother execution, based on controls structured by data and semantics rather than on manual verification or sampling alone.

The company highlights the structural support of the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme, its involvement in cross‑border Interreg projects, an innovation dynamic supported by Innosuisse, its integration into Trust Valley’s Tech4Trust programme and international recognition at the World Innovation Economics in Davos in 2020.

The true luxury of the 21st century is no longer abundance without conscience. True luxury lies in the ability to decide with fairness, to protect with rigour, to innovate with integrity and to embed performance in systematic compliance. In a world weakened by geopolitical fractures, technological excesses and crises of trust, GDE asserts that the power of tomorrow will be scientific, technological, regulatory and moral.

This ambition is reflected in the company’s work on data governance, semantic identification of sensitive information, its protection, its traceability and its integration into complex environments. It also takes shape in Data Excellence Science, which GDE promotes as a discipline of proof, transparency, measurement and the cleansing of actions and transactions.

Within the same dynamic, the Perpetual Excellence Community provides a framework for collaboration between science, industry, institutions and civil society. Its charter defines a scientific community founded in Geneva to promote demanding compliance with value‑creation criteria, reconciling environmental, social and economic dimensions.

GDE also expresses its strength through the transmission of knowledge. By building an academic partnership with Marie and Louis Pasteur University for training in Data Excellence Science, the company anchors its ambition over the long term, through knowledge as much as through innovation.

Symbolising this encounter between artisanal and scientific excellence, Dr Walid el Abed has been invited by Maison Dejean to a private presentation of the “Les Gouttes d’Eau du Léman” collection. This creation reminds us that a great vision can arise from a simple sign, when know‑how becomes a message and a territory becomes momentum.

The signing of several memorandums of understanding reflects this spirit. Their purpose is to strengthen strategic collaborations and to spread, from Evian, a shared demand for excellence, responsibility and lasting transformation.

For governments, for industry, for production, logistics, research and civil society, Global Data Excellence calls for a strategic alliance based on sovereignty, competitiveness, safety, security and resilience. The issue at stake is not only technological. It is civilizational.

It is about making data, governed artificial intelligence and this drop of excellence born in Evian into tangible instruments of peace, justice, trust and responsible prosperity.

About Global Data Excellence

Global Data Excellence is a Franco‑Swiss company founded in Geneva, in Plan-les-Ouates, with a French presence in Larringes in the Evian basin. A pioneer in Data Excellence Science, AI‑driven governance and value‑based steering, it has developed, through its DEMS‑NIXUS platform, an approach that turns ethical, semantic artificial intelligence and data into strategic levers of performance, systematic compliance, sovereignty and societal impact.

At the crossroads of science, language, governance, artificial intelligence and fundamental rights, GDE pursues a clear ambition: to make excellence a shared language of peace, trust and responsible prosperity.

About Evian-les-Bains

Evian-les-Bains is an exceptional spa and tourist town located on the southern shore of Lake Geneva, between the Alps and Switzerland. Renowned for its mineral water, its thermal heritage and its art of living, it embodies a rare balance between nature, elegance, wellbeing and international appeal.

Its unique setting gives it particular resonance as the host of a major international summit such as the G7. In Evian, the territory naturally becomes hospitality, diplomacy and symbol.

About Maison Dejean

Founded in Evian-les-Bains in 1960, Maison Dejean is a family‑run jewellery, watchmaking and creation house that perpetuates a heritage of excellence passed down from generation to generation. Renowned for the precision of its craftsmanship, the quality of its creations and its local roots, it embodies a vision of luxury based on authenticity, technical mastery and enduring elegance.

With its emblematic “Les Gouttes d’Eau du Léman” collection, Maison Dejean transforms a symbol of Evian into a jewellery expression of refinement, memory and perfection. Inspired by Evian’s water and by family heritage, these creations celebrate at once a territory, an art and an emotion.

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