On 16 March, we had the chance to host our Swiss Reception at the Auditorium of our Leader of Tomorrow Main Partner Swiss Re.

As part of the session entitled ‘A LoT about Collaborative Advantage’ (LoT is our acronym for Leaders of Tomorrow, Collaborative Advantage our annual topic), we invited a selection of our Leaders of Tomorrow to talk about their perspectives and experiences on key aspects related to our annual theme.

Following the opening remarks by Swiss Re CRO Christoph Nabholz, we heard from Jamilah Bahay on how to sustainably transform the financial system and Christian Zoll and Flurin Hess on how fostering collaborative advantage can help grow innovative ideas and digital literacy. Additionally, we had the unique and harrowing opportunity to listen to Anna Bulakh, a LoT alumna from Ukraine, speak about her current situation and how her life has changed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.

More than ever, different generations must listen and learn from each other to remain connected and build a more inclusive and prosperous world for all. We are convinced that facilitating dialogue across generations, disciplines, and countries plays an essential role in bringing people together to foster mutual understanding and solve our most difficult challenges. In these difficult times, it is paramount that we stand together as generations. Our anticipation for the 51st St. Gallen Symposium has grown due to this event’s discussions, and we are encouraged to work hard to make the symposium a memorable experience. We hope you will join us in St. Gallen this May to engage in dialogue, get inspired, and co-create with people of all generations from around the world.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our panelists and guests for their attendance and participation yesterday evening. We would also like to extend a special thank you to Enya Eggenberger, Gabriel Vogel, Olivier Benoit, and Sophia Gampp for organizing this event. It was a pleasure to welcome you!

Wall intervention: “The Enormous Room”
© Helmut Federle, 2014