The St. Gallen Symposium, formerly known as the ''International Management Symposium'' and the ''International Students’ Committee (ISC) Symposium'', is an annual conference held every May at the

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in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The event gathers various sectors, like business, politics, and academia, to discuss economic, political, social, and other topics. The ISC Symposium was founded in 1969 at the University of St. Gallen in response to the international student protests of 1968, by a group of students led by Wolfgang Schürer, Clemens Ernst Brenninkmeyer, Franz Karl Kriegler, Urs Schneider, and Terje I. Wölner-Hanssen. The first event that was conducted by the ISC, International Management Dialogue, was held in 1970. The event attracted 100 students and 100 business leaders. Over time, the event received international speakers such as

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.St. Galler Tagblatt
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retrieved 10 December 2011.

Activities

The St. Gallen Symposium debates current economic, political, and social developments. This event presents as an intergenerational conversation, with smaller and more informal settings. For example, the "''Leaders of Tomorrow"'' debates with the "''Senior Leaders (Leaders of Today)"'' on equal footing. Handelsblatt News am Abend, 12 May 2011, ''St. Gallen stellt die Machtfrage''. The symposium's topic is chosen each year based on current events and issues. Topics vary from business-oriented to more holistic themes as embodied by the topics ''Growth – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'' (2016), ''The Dilemma of Disruption'' (2017), ''Beyond the End of Work'' (2018), ''Freedom Revisited'' (2020), and ''Shifting Global Power'' (2025).

History

The ISC organizes the St. Gallen Symposium alternating teams every year. In February 1970, Wolfgang Schürer (DE) founded the International Students' Committee (ISC) together with academics from the University of St. Gallen, named Clemens Ernst Brenninkmeyer (NL), Franz Karl Kriegler (AT), Urs Schneider (CH), and Terje I. Wölner-Hanssen (NO). They founded the ISC to replace the 1968 International Student Riots. The name, ''International Students' Committee,'' was chosen based on the different nationalities of the founders, namely Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland. On 30 June and 1 July 1970, the first ''International Management Dialogue'' (from the original German: ''Internationales Management Gespräch'') occurred at the

, with 100 students and many business leaders participating.International Students' Committee
About us: History
retrieved 22 November 2011.

Early years

After holding the first ''International Management Dialogue'', the founding presidents Wolfgang Schürer and Urs Schneider published a book with the presentations of the first meeting. After the first ISC event, Wolfgang Schürer institutionalized the ISC idea with the help of Urs Schneider. Around 200 people participated in the first event, and about half of them came from the upper echelons of the economy of 20 countries. The other half of the participants came from 40 different universities across

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. After the second ''International Management Dialogue'' in the following year, the symposium was recognized by the Rectorate of the University of St. Gallen. The

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'', analyzing the effect of exponential growth on a finite planet, was presented at the third symposium in 1972. Aurelio Peccei, and the Minister of Science of Lower Saxony, Professor Eduard Pestel, participated in that event. It was the first great forum in the German-speaking world at that time. The next symposium was not held in 1974, in theory, due to the global economic downturn caused by the

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, and problems with the continuity of the student initiative. After that, the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies emerged to continue the work of the International Students' Committee. The members supported the ISC over several years. In 1977, the St. Gallen Symposium made the headlines with a round table discussion with German Employers' President

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and DGB Chairman Heinz Oskar Vetter. The St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies developed the St. Gallen Symposia in the coming decades. Over the years, the ISC Symposium has become one of the most important forums in Europe, responsible for managing issues.

The 1980s

A change was introduced in 1989 when the International Students' Committee founded the ''St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award,'' which today has grown in size and is now called the ''Global Essay Competition''. The students were required to submit an essay. Only the 100 best students could participate in the St. Gallen Symposium. Moreover, authors of the best contributions were bestowed with the St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award, CHF 20,000.– in prize money, and the chance to present their essays at the St. Gallen Symposium ( see below). St. Galler Tagblatt, 13 May 2011, ''St. Gallen Symposium''.

1995-2010

Since the mid-1990s, the ISC has tried to raise the international profile of the symposium. In this restructuring, a new logo was introduced and the name "''International Management Symposium''" was changed to ''ISC-Symposium''. Moreover, the ISC gave financial support for the construction of the Executive Campus HSG at the University of St. Gallen during this period. In 2002, the

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commissioned the ISC to organize the International Conference on Federalism and maintain the structure of the symposium. The conference was attended by eight heads of state and government, sixteen ministers, three federal councilors, twenty government councilors, and their delegations. The current name, ''St. Gallen Symposium'', was introduced in 2005. The following year,

, Secretary-General of the

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, received the Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidheiny Foundation, already awarded in 2003. From 2008 to 2010, due to an extensive reconstruction of the University's main building and its auditorium, the symposium took place in a temporary tent city behind the Library building of the University of St. Gallen.

2010-2018

The 40th St. Gallen Symposium in 2010 introduced a few changes. For example, the duration of the event passed from half a day to two days. The Topic Leaders supplemented the group of speakers, organizing single events. The Knowledge Pool extended the selection of students. The Knowledge Pool consists of 100 people specifically invited to the symposium by the ISC, providing a counterweight to the 100 winners of the academic St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award (now the Global Essay Competition). Another innovation was the Global Perspectives Barometer (now the Voices Report), an annual survey of current and former student participants on current social issues in cooperation with the GfK Association (

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until 2013). The St. Gallen Symposium got a new office in

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in 2012. 2017 marked the start of the restructuring of the Symposium. The plan was to end by 2020. A new group of Aspiring Leaders took place, the holding of worldwide Year-Round events intensified, and the offering was adjusted. The Aspiring Leaders represent a group of young decision-makers who have reached the first milestones of their careers, intended to fill the gap between Leaders of Tomorrow and Senior Leaders. The Year-Round Events (approximately 10 in Europe and Asia) implement the aim of the St. Gallen Symposium to lead the intergenerational dialogue throughout the year. These include the Singapore Reception in November and the Zurich Reception in January. Since 2019 In September 2019, the St. Gallen Symposium adopted a new logo to emphasize the progressiveness and student character of the initiative. The new branding was further underlined by the motto "Where aspirations get inspired." At the 49th St. Gallen Symposium, a workshop session format "Interactive Session" was introduced. The "Interactive Sessions" take place in parallel with the "Insight Sessions". Postponement of the 50th Anniversary Symposium Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the 50th St. Gallen Symposium, scheduled for 10 March 2020, was officially postponed to 2021. It was the second time the St. Gallen Symposium could not be held at its planned time. New formats For the St. Gallen Symposium from 5 May to 7 May 2021, strategic further development of the physical dialogue with digital elements was realized, thus guaranteeing the security of the participants and more sustainability. Newly, the St. Gallen Symposium also took place through two hubs in New York and Singapore and worked with 8 Swiss embassies all over the world on new formats. Managers, politicians, and scientists were invited to the 50th edition of the symposium in May 2021 (under the motto Trust Matters) to broaden the discussion. German climate activist

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Programme and sessions

The St. Gallen Symposium happens for two days at the beginning of May. The official program includes different types of sessions: * Plenary Sessions introduce the main topics and raise controversial issues, a starting point for the following Insight Sessions. The Plenary Sessions are divided into ''One-on-One'', where two people meet on stage. The ''Keynote Panel'', a traditional panel discussion, and the ''Keynote Address'' are platforms where a speaker delivers a speech. * The roughly 30 Insight Sessions are held in smaller groups of about 25–35 attendees and serve as a follow-up to the Plenary Sessions. A characteristic of Insight Sessions is the personal framework. A speaker initiates the discussion, whereas the grand part of an Insight Session consists of a vibrant discussion moderated by a Topic Leader. To achieve a lively argument, the

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is applied. * Interactive Sessions take place simultaneously with the Insight Sessions. Unlike Insight Sessions, the Interactive Sessions focus on landing the Topic itself rather than the Topic Leader and Speaker. In this environment, participants can elaborate on possible solutions in an interactive and intimate environment. The Insight Sessions appear in a small setting with 20 participants at most. *Social Sessions enable the participants to continue engaging in informal dialogues beyond the official program, like Dinner Nights or lunches. *Furthermore, Public Insight Sessions aim to introduce the participants to complex issues and theories. Those sessions often only deal distantly with the topic of the St. Gallen Symposium. Public Insight Sessions are public to anyone interested in the St. Gallen Symposium and its initiative. Apart from Public Insight Sessions, the sessions are not open to the public. However, selected Plenary Sessions are live and broadcast on the St. Gallen Symposium's official YouTube channel. Furthermore, with the support of the Ria & Arthur Dietschweiler Foundation, key findings of the annual symposium are presented and discussed at the ''St. Gallen Symposium in Town'' Sessions''.''

Participants

The St. Gallen Symposium has three participant groups: the "Senior Leaders" (former Leaders of Today), the "Leaders of Tomorrow", and the "Aspiring Leaders".HSG Alumni
40. St. Gallen Symposium
, retrieved 11 December 2011. The "Senior Leaders" consist of 600 people from economic, political, social, and academic fields. They can be classified into the group's partners, participants, guests, speakers, and topic leaders, who moderate the discussions. The "Leaders of Tomorrow" are 200 participants below 30 years old. Their qualifications must be according to the criteria for the "Global Essay Competition" (former St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award) or the Knowledge Pool.wirtschaft.ch

retrieved 11 December 2011. The latter group of selected participants must respect the criteria such as topic relevance and past performance. The St. Gallen Symposium provides Leaders of Tomorrow with a platform where they can discuss with today's executives at eye level and challenge them so that new approaches to thinking and solutions can emerge. The "Aspiring Leaders" are participants who have the potential to take on a leading role in an industry.

Prize ceremony

Every year, the Winners of the Global Essay Competition (before the St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award) receive an award, during the St. Gallen Symposium. The Global Essay Competition is an essay competition for students from all over the world. In addition, from 1979 to 2003, the St. Gallen Symposium was the platform for the bestowal of the Max Schmidheiny Foundation's Freedom Prize.

The Global Essay Competition

The Global Essay Competition (former St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award) is an essay competition for students at the graduate or postgraduate level. The authors of the 100 best submissions can travel to St. Gallen for one week and participate in the St. Gallen Symposium. Since the essay's topic is always related to the symposium's main topic of discussion, the five best authors can present their essays in front of a global audience during the Conference. It has CHF 20'000. With more than 1000 contributions from over 60 different countries annually, the St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award belongs to one of the biggest student essay competitions of its kind.

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retrieved 11 December 2011. The evaluation process is anonymous and carried out by a preliminary and main jury. The first has PhD students from the University of St. Gallen and the ETH Zurich, whereas the main jury comprises professors, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and politicians. The current president of the preliminary jury is Heike Bruch, and the main jury's president is Georg F. von Krogh. Other members are Peter Day, Nigel Fretwell, Heike Bruch, Marcela Escobar, and Riz Khan. The Global Essay Competition was first launched in 1989 to select student participants for the symposium and was modified several times. The most important adjustment was restricting the eligibility to graduate and postgraduate students in 2009 and a simultaneous reduction of the invitations based on the essay competition from 200 to 100 invitations. The other 100 students have since then been recruited by the ISC through the so-called Knowledge Pool.

Freedom-Prize of the Max Schmidheiny Foundation

From 1979 until 2003, the Max Schmidheiny Foundation annually awarded its Freedom Prize during the symposium. The prestigious honourees include

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, and

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. In 2003, the Max Schmidheiny Foundation decided to focus on other activities and abandoned the Freedom Prize.

Organisation

International Students' Committee (ISC)

The St. Gallen Symposium, Since its establishment in 1969, was organized by the International Students' Committee, an independent non-profit organization and an accredited association of the University of St. Gallen. Every year, it consists of a team of about 30 students from the University of St. Gallen who pause their studies for one year. This team includes three – in former years- two members of the previous ISC Team who form the Head of the Organising Committee.

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ISC-Symposium: Praktisches Management in der Villa Kunterbunt
retrieved 12 December 2011. During the symposium, the ISC has a crew of about 450 volunteers, all students from the University of St. Gallen. Numerous old ISC members are now occupying leading positions. Some of the most well-known ISC alumni are: * Martin Blessing (former CEO,

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) * Walter Kielholz (former Chairman,

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) * Dr. Stephan Leithner (CEO,

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AG) * Dr. Christoph Loos (Chairman of the Board,

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AG) * Dr. Mathias Imbach (Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Sygnum Bank) * Tim Pietsch (Chief Financial Officer, Wefox) * Konrad Hummler (Chairman, Private Client Bank) * Claudius Senst (Member of the Executive Board Axel-Springer SE) * Clara Streit (Chairwoman

AG &

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)

St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies (SSIS)

The St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies acts as the supervisory body and ensures the continuity of the symposium given the annually changing organizing team. The foundation has about ten members, with Beat Ulrich being the current CEO. Former CEOs include Philip Erzinger (2008-2017), Andreas Kirchschläger (1997-2008), Eugen von Keller (1995-1997), Gerard & Ursula Stoudman and Wolfgang Schürer (1975-1993). The Board of Trustees supervises the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies with

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(Chairman

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) as its Chairman. Further members are Manuel Ammann (President

), Andreas Berger (CEO

), Sabrina Soussan (former CEO

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), Claudia Suessmuth Dyckerhoff (Board Member

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), Philipp Navratil (ISC Alumni, CEO

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), Steven Althaus (ISC Alumni, CEO Grenzebach Group), Clara Streit (ISC Alumni, Chairwoman

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) and Ulrike Landfester (Professor

(former CEO

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) is the honorary chairman and former member of the board. Conference Chairpersons are Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach, Dominik Barton and

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and from 2026 on Christoph Heusgen.

Funding

The 1974 established Circle of Benefactors constitutes the key element in the non-profit organization's funding. Currently, it encompasses more than 400 companies, which commit themselves three years at a time to support the St. Gallen Symposium with a financial amount. The Establishment of this long-term relationship continues, and the eventual cancelation of the event, like in 1979, can be prevented. The participants were invited to the Dinner for the Circle of Benefactors on Wednesday of the symposium, despite the St. Gallen Symposium's participation. This Circle of Benefactors has seven partners, providing special support in their respective areas:

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, BCG,

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, HCL Tech,

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, and the Max Schmidheiny Foundation. The St. Gallen Symposium has partnered with the Max Schmidheiny Institution and the University of St. Gallen, making the symposium's infrastructure available every year. With the support of the St. Gallen-based Ria & Arthur Dietschweiler Foundation, the St. Gallen Symposium Public Forum is enabled. Moreover, there are numerous donors who contribute to the funding.

External links

Official Website of the St. Gallen SymposiumOfficial Website of the Global Essay Competition

Coverage of the 33rd ISC-Symposium in the Schweizer Fernsehen

The interview series ''St. Galler Gespräche'' on Spiegel Online

References

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