10 Break-Out Sessions

  • Time: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

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Annual Theme

The St. Gallen Symposium promotes cross-generational dialogue on the most pressing issues of our time. Every year, we focus our annual main symposium, our year-round dialogue initiatives and our publications on a core theme. This serves to inspire our cross-generational community of leaders of today and tomorrow to reflect and act upon key questions in five thematic areas, related to business, governance, sustainability, technology, and the social and generational contract.

Briefs and research explore the complexities and opportunities related to our core theme. Our annual publication SYMPACT synthesises the main findings of our debates, and outlines questions in need of further exploration.

“Finding concrete solutions that also consider the impact on future generations: That’s what responsible leadership is.”

JUSTIN TRUDEAU
Prime Minister of Canada, at the St. Gallen Symposium

“The climate crisis is something that is happening right now, not something that is coming in the future.”

VANESSA NAKATE
Climate Activist, at the St. Gallen Symposium

“If you want to write an intergenerational contract, you need to make sure people speak the same language and get the same flow of information.”

NUSEIR YASSIN
Founder and CEO, Nas Daily, at the St. Gallen Symposium

“Each generation lives its responsibility with the eye on enabling future generations to do the same. We are in this together.”

MAMPHELA RAMPHELE
Co-President of the Club of Rome, at the St. Gallen Symposium

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