Along our year round events we had the great honor to host the Luxembourg Reception 2022 at the Chambre de Commerce about the Topic “Collaborative Advantage”.

The introduction speech by Joanne Rimbeaux, host of the event and responsible at the
St. Gallen Symposium for Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, was followed by welcoming words of Carlo Thelen, CEO of the Chamber of Commerce. He explained how important Collaboration in case of the Chamber of Commerce as central player is for the success and support to Luxembourgs business.

Bernhard Dedenbach, Moderator of the panel discussion, introduced the topic of “Collaborative Advantage” to the audience by defining it as ability to firm effective and rewarding partnerships with others for mutual benefit. We had than the honor to welcome the following speaker to the panel:

• Julie Becker, CEO of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
• Marc Angel, Member of the EU Parliament, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
• Nicolas Mackel, Chief Executive Officer of Luxembourg for Finance
• Tonika Hirdman, General Manager of the Foundation of Luxembourg

The room was colorfully filled with ambassadors from Switzerland, Turkey, Poland, the Netherlands and the Britannic Majesty next to members of the University of Luxembourg, alumni of the University of St. Gallen and various executives from Luxembourg.

The discussion has been closed and the apero opened by Swiss Ambassador Markus Dutly.

It seemed that the guests really appreciated the format of a physical panel discussion and especially the gender balanced choice of panelists.

Lukas Schindler