PROGRAMME WEDNESDAY 50TH EDITION Programme WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021 | THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021 | FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021 TIME 1 THE FUTURE OF INSURANCE: DISRUPTION FROM WITHIN AND WITHOUT (CEST) Florian Brokamp, Chief Executive Officer& Founder, Thinksurance; Andreas Berger, Chief Executive Officer Corporate Solutions, SwissRe; Riz Khan, International Journalist 07:30 – MORNING YOGA ON THE EXECUTIVE CAMPUS 2 BEYOND POLARISATION: REIMAGINING THE ROLE OF MEDIA 08:00 Maria Exner, Editor-in-Chief, ZEITmagazin; Paul Ostwald, Co-Founder and Editor-at-Large, Forum.eu; Pia Frey, Co-Founder, Opinary GmbH SESSION BREAK WITH CONFERENCE HOST LIVE PROGRAMME 3 ROLE MODELING VULNERABILITY IN MODERN LEADERSHIP 10:00 OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 50TH ST. GALLEN SYMPOSIUM Prof. Antoinette Weibel, Professor of Human Resources & Trust Researcher, University of St.Gallen; Jonas Gebauer, – Dominic Barton, Canadian Ambassador to China; Lord Brian Griffiths of Fforestfach, Vice-Chairman, Goldman Sachs; Co-Founder and Executive Coach, Homecoming Academy; Jerh Collins, Chief Culture Officer, Novartis International AG 10:30 Swan Gin Beh, Chairman, Singapore Economic Development Board; International Students’ Committee 4 THE POWER OF CROSS-GENERATIONAL DIALOGUE IN REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST CONFERENCE STUDIO INTERVIEW WITH PETER VOSER Prof. Ladislaub Löb, Professor Emeritus of German, University of Sussex; Dan Sharell, Representative, Gamaraal Foundation BANKS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS: THE CURRENCY SOZIALER DIALOG: VERTRAUEN IN DER KRISE? OF TRUST (GERMAN TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH) 10:45 5 TRUST MATTERS – THE PERSPECTIVE FROM LIECHTENSTEIN – Philipp Rickenbacher, Chief Executive Officer, Julius Bär; Rainer Dulger, Chairman, Employer’s Association Germany; Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein; Peter A. Fischer, Economics Editor-in-Chief, Neue Zürcher Zeitung 11:30 Klaus Wellershoff, Chief Executive Officer, Wellershoff & Reiner Hoffmann, President, German Trade Union Con- Partners federation; Prof. Sascha Spoun, President, Leuphana University of Lüneburg 6 REVIVING THE TIES THAT BIND BETWEEN ASIA AND EUROPE Li Xin, Vice President, Caixin Media; Edward Chia, Minister of State, Member of Parliament and Deputy Chairman, Government Parliamentary Committee for Manpower, Singapore; George Yeo, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Singapore and Senior SESSION BREAK WITH CONFERENCE HOST LIVE PROGRAMME Advisor, Kuok (Singapore) Limited 12:00 – INSIGHT SESSIONS 12:45 1 A LOOMING DIGITAL IDENTITY CRISIS: (NOT ONLY) A CYBERSECURITY CHALLENGE Prof. Damian Borth, Professor of AI & Machine Learning, University of St.Gallen; Jeffrey Bohn, Senior Advisor, Swiss Re Institute; SESSION BREAK WITH CONFERENCE HOST LIVE PROGRAMME Prof. Katerina Mitrokotsa, Professor for Cyber Security, University of St.Gallen; Prof. Öykü Isik, Professor of Digital Strategy & Cybersecurity, IMD Business School FUTURE-PROOFING THE ECONOMY IN THE WAKE OF THE COVID-19 CRISIS 14:00 Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times; Marianne Janik, Area Vice President, Microsoft; – Prof. Stephanie Kelton, Author & Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Stony Brook University; Kira Marie 2 ST. GALLEN SYMPOSIUM AT 50: TODAY’S RELEVANCE OF CROSS-GENERATIONAL DIALOGUE 14:45 Peter-Hansen, Member, European Parliament; Alvin Tan, Minister of State, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth & Dominic Barton, Canadian Ambassador to China; Prof. Wolfgang Schürer, Founder of the St. Gallen Symposium; Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore Nadine Merz, Head of the Organising Committee, International Students’ Committee SESSION BREAK WITH CONFERENCE HOST LIVE PROGRAMME 3 A CONVERSATION WITH ARTIST LEON LÖWENTRAUT (GERMAN) 15:00 BEYOND THE DISTRUST PANDEMIC IN EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE (GERMAN TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH) Leon Löwentraut, Artist; Maggie Childs, Journalist & Media Entrepreneur – Sebastian Kurz, Chancellor of Austria; Prof. Miriam Meckel, Professor of Communication Management, University of 15:45 St.Gallen 4 THE BIDEN PRESIDENCY: RESTORING UNITY? SESSION BREAK WITH CONFERENCE HOST LIVE PROGRAMME Prof. Michael Sandel, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University; Marcela Escobari, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Zach Wahls, Iowa State Senator; Prof. James Davis, Professor of International Politics, University 16:00 of St.Gallen – INSIGHT SESSIONS 16:45 5 TRUST MATTERS: VOICES OF THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW 2021 SESSION BREAK WITH CONFERENCE HOST LIVE PROGRAMME Andreas Neus, Director, Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions; Virginia Stagni, Business Development Manager, Financial Times; Heather Evans, Project Coordinator, CDL Rapid Screening Consortium; Tycho Onnasch, Co-Founder & COO, Deedmob LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW 17:00 Prof. John L. Hennessy, Chairman, Alphabet; Brian Bosire, Founder & CEO, HydroIQ; Prof. Linda Hill, Wallace Brett – Donham Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Founder/Mentor, Power to Girls 18:00 Aisha Addo, 6 WHAT CHAMPIONS DO DIFFERENTLY! Foundation Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Winner FIS Alpine Overall Worldcup Title in 2019/20; Prof. Wolfgang Jenewein, Professor of Business Administration, University of St.Gallen SOCIAL SESSIONS 18:45 After Programme Workout A Very Swiss Story About Trust – 7 AIMA INDIA SESSION: STRENGTHENING TRUST IN INDIA AS A GLOBAL PARTNER 21:00 Dinner for Partners Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog, Government of India; Shradha Sharma, Founder & Chief Editor, Your Story Dialogue Continues Programme might be subject to changes. 1 ETHICS AND FAIRNESS IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME THURSDAY Niniane Paeffgen, Managing Director, Swiss Digital Initiative; Doris Leuthard, Chairwoman, Swiss Digital Initiative; Anthony Lamy, Chief Revenue Officer, Wecan Group WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021 | THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021 | FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021 2 THE NEW WORLD OF FINANCE Mathias Imbach, Co-Founder & Group CEO, Sygnum; Søren Mose, Chairman of the Board of Directors, TWINT; Arthur Vayloyan, Chief Executive Officer, Bitcoin Suisse TIME (CEST) 3 GAINING TRUST FOR IMPOSSIBLE IDEAS 07:30 Madees Khoury, General Manager, Taybeh Brewing Company; Cindy Chow, Executive Director, Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund; – MORNING YOGA ON THE KLOSTERPLATZ IN ST. GALLEN Pranjal Sharma, Contributing Editor, Business Standard; Shradha Sharma, Founder & Chief Editor, Your Story 08:00 4 VERLORENES VERTRAUEN: KATHOLISCH SEIN IN DER KRISE (GERMAN) SESSION BREAK WITH CONFERENCE HOST LIVE PROGRAMME Pater Klaus Mertes, Jesuit & Author; Prof. Bernhard Ehrenzeller, President, University of St.Gallen 09:00 ST. GALLEN GLOBAL ESSAY COMPETITION AWARD 5 THE POST-PANDEMIC WORLD ECONOMY: NEXT STOP INFLATION? – Riz Khan, International Journalist; Ritesh Agarwal, Founder & CEO, Oyo Rooms; Prof. Georg von Krogh, Professor Lord Brian Griffiths of Fforestfach, Vice-Chairman, Goldman Sachs; Paul Achleitner, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, 09:40 for Strategic Management and Innovation, ETH Zurich Deutsche Bank; Prof. Manuel Ammann, Chair of Finance, Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance, University of St.Gallen SESSION BREAK WITH CONFERENCE HOST LIVE PROGRAMME 6 TRUST IN FINANCIAL SERVICES Edmund Koh, President Asia Pacific, UBS Group; Loh Boon Chye, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Exchange; Lisa Schröder, THE FUTURE OF WORK AND LEARNING TRUST MATTERS: LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD APAC Operations, vestr; Warren Fernandez, Editor-in-Chief, Singapore Press Holdings Prof. Oliver Gassmann, Professor of Technology Manage- Dominic Barton, Canadian Ambassador to China; Mark 09:45 ment, University of St.Gallen; Co-Founder Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé 7 TRUST MATTERS IN GHANA AND BEYOND – Nicole Büttner, Schneider, 10:30 & CEO, MerantixLABS; Peter Terwiesch, President of Pro- Aisha Addo, Founder/Mentor, Power to Girls Foundation; Patrick Awuah, Founder and President, Ashesi University, Accra; cess Automation, ABB Ltd.;Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chief Franklin Cudjoe, Founding President & CEO, IMANI Centre for Policy and Education; Simon Batamya Aseno, Founder, Afro Executive Officer, HCL Corporation Technologies and People’s Foundation for Health and Education Development; Tim Segessemann, Diplomatic Attaché, Embassy of Switzerland to Ghana; Harriet Nartey, Broadcast Journalist, Pan African TV SESSION BREAK WITH CONFERENCE HOST LIVE PROGRAMME 11:00 1 ENERGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE – AN INDUSTRY IN TRANSFORMATION – INSIGHT SESSIONS Henrik Andersen, Chief Executive Officer, Vestas Wind Systems; Anna Krutikov, Head of Sustainable Development, Glen- 11:45 core; Prof. Rolf Wüstenhagen, Professor for Management of Renewable Energies, University of St.Gallen; Marie-Claire Graf, Co-Founder, Sustainability Week for Business; Fabian Ziegler, Managing Director, Shell Germany Oil GmbH SESSION BREAK WITH CONFERENCE HOST LIVE PROGRAMME 2 IT’S THE POLITICS, STUPID! THE CRISIS OF TRUST IN DEMOCRACY JUBILEE CEREMONY: 50 YEARS ST. GALLEN SYMPOSIUM Prof. Michael Zürn, Director of the Research Unit Global Governance, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB); Nathalie Tocci, 13:00 Wolfgang Schürer, Founder of the St. Gallen Symposium; Karin Keller-Sutter, Federal Councillor of Switzerland; – Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali 13:45 Peter Voser, Chairman of the St. Gallen Symposium Board of Trustees; Christian Sutter, President, ISC Alumni; Inter- national Students’ Committee 3 THE FUTURE OF EUROPE IN A DE-GLOBALISING WORLD Chairman Erste Stiftung, President Forum Alpbach; Professor of International Trade PRESENTATION OF THE LATEST GLOBAL TRADE ALERT AT OUR CONFERENCE HOSTS Andreas Treichl, Prof. Simon Evenett,