Next to the plenary sessions, there are different formats of breakout and closed-door sessions taking place simultaneously. Additionally, social sessions provide networking opportunities. Their informal atmospheres round up the Symposium experience.
Gather with the entire global SGS community to collectively make sense of the core dimensions of our annual theme. Formats typically include thought-provoking cross-generational panels with plenty of time for audience interaction. Special sessions like our Global Essay Competition Award Ceremony and our Opening and Closing Ceremonies celebrate the most outstanding next generation ideas to move from insights to impact.
Spotlight Insight Session
Explore one of the key thematic areas of Shifting Global Power in panels and one-on-one conversations on one of our bigger stages. Audience voting and questions allow for participative and open debates.
Insight Sessions
Engage with world-leading experts in intimate formats to discuss specific cases and actionable implications of our annual theme. Set in university classrooms, Insight Sessions often follow Chatham House rules to facilitate critical discussions and deep thinking. A size of 30-50 participants ensures interactive exchanges.
SGS in town
Visit this public format in the city center of St. Gallen. The “St. Gallen Symposium in Town” series allows us to present our speakers to the region and therefore provide local and open dialogues with high-level personalities from the St. Gallen Symposium.
Leader of Tomorrow & Aspiring Leader Talks
Engage in a cross-generational, off-the-record conversation on a main guiding question. These intimate dialogue formats match a senior business or policy executive with a group of 8-10 Leaders of Tomorrow to inspire decision-making with the views and concerns of the next generation. (By invitation only)
Closed-Door Roundtables
Engage with a selected group of topic experts on a specific use case of our annual theme. Co-hosted with leading academic institutions, selected roundtables feed into publications, which summarise and distill actionable recommendations during the SGS. (By invitation only)
Co-Creation Sessions
Get off your seats and leverage the collective intelligence in the room to develop new approaches to cross-generational challenges. St. Gallen Talks: In collaboration with ZEIT ONLINE, we match participants with a different point of view on controversial, intergenerational issues. At a time of increasing polarisation, participants engage in an open and engaging conversation with someone who thinks differently. Cross-Generational Transformation Lab: Workshops bring together participants from business, policy, academia and civil society to co-create impact for greater intergenerational equity.
Flat Talks
Let yourself be invited to a local student’s apartment and enjoy a home-cooked meal and dive into a conversation in a small hand-selected group. (First come, first serve – there are only 30 flats available.)
