FINANZ Speaker Highlights
FINANZ26
Thomas Süssli
Former Chief of the Swiss Armed Forces
Topic: New World Order
Dr. Stefan Legge
Lecturer & Economist at the University of St. Gallen; Deputy Director and Head of Tax & Trade Policy at the Institute of Law & Economics, University of St. Gallen
Topic: New World Order
Barend Fruithof
Group CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
Topic: New World Order
Monika Bütler
Economist and Independent Board Member, Former Professor of Economic Policy at HSG
Topic: The Future of Switzerland’s Financial Centre
Sabine Keller-Busse
President UBS Switzerland
Topic: The Future of Switzerland’s Financial Centre
Jan-Egbert Sturm
Director of KOF and Professor of Applied Macroeconomics, ETH Zurich
Topic: The Debt Problem: Risks and Consequences
Sergio P. Ermotti
CEO of UBS
Topic: The Future of Switzerland’s Banking Centre
Iwan Deplazes
Head of Asset Management, ZKB
Topic: What Makes Swiss Asset Management Strong – and What It Needs Now
Dr. Petra Tschudin
Member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank
Topic: Current Challenges Facing Central Banks
Roi Tavor
Managing Director, Google Cloud Switzerland & Austria
Topic: AI – Engine of Growth or Destructive Force for Society?
Christine Egerszegi
Former President of the Swiss National Council
Topic: ASIP Talk: 40 Years of Mandatory Occupational Pension Provision – What Comes After the Founding Generation?
Prof. Dr. Lars P. Feld
Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and Director of the Walter Eucken Institute
Topic: The Impact of Current Geopolitics on the Global Economy
FINANZ25
FINANZ24
Ueli Maurer
Former Member of the Swiss Federal Council
Topic: Ideas for a Future-Proof Swiss Financial Centre
Dr. Alexandra Janssen
CEO of ECOFIN,
Asset Management
Topic: Polarization – Where Current Developments Are Leading and Lessons from the Past
Prof. Klaus W. Wellershoff
CEO & Chairman of the Board, Wellershoff & Partners Ltd.
Topic: Polarization – Where Current Developments Are Leading and Lessons from the Past
Philip Mosimann
Chairman of the Board, Bucher Industries
Topic: The Swiss Economy in a Multipolar World
Dr. Suzanne Thoma
Executive Chairman, Sulzer AG
Topic: The Swiss Economy in a Multipolar World
Andreas Wieland
Chairman of the Board, Hamilton Medical AG
Topic: The Swiss Economy in a Multipolar World
Jürg Grossen
Member of the Swiss National Council (GLP, Bern) and Entrepreneur
Topic: Energy Strategy – What’s Next?
Prof. Ernst Baltensperger
Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Bern; Former Director of the Gerzensee Study Center of the Swiss National Bank
Topic: Are Central Banks Prepared for the Next Crisis?
Prof. Yvan Lengwiler
Professor of Finance, University of Basel
Topic: Are Central Banks Prepared for the Next Crisis?
FINANZ23
Additional Keynote-Speaker
Prof. Dr. Manuel Ammann, Universität St. Gallen
Gordon Brown, Former UK prime minister
Joschka Fischer, Ehem. Aussenminister & Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages
Oswald Grübel, Ex-CEO von Credit Suisse & UBS
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hens, Universität Zürich
Prof. Dr. Erwin W. Heri, Dozent Uni Basel und Swiss Finance Institute
Dr. Konrad Hummler, Partner Wegelin & Co
Prof. Dr. Thomas J. Jordan, Präsident des Direktoriums SNB
Prof. Dr. Daniel Kahneman, Nobelpreisträger für Wirtschaft 2002
Stephanie Kelton, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Stony Brook University
Václav Klaus, Tschechischer Staatspräsident
Manuel Leuthold, Präsident des Verwaltungsrates der Ausgleichsfonds AHV/IV/EO
Hans-Rudolf Merz, Bundesrat
Pierre G. Mirabaud, Präsident der Schweiz. Bankiervereinigung
Mike Moore, Former Director of the WTO and Prime Minister of NZ
Prof. Dr. Lucas Papademos, Ehem. griechischer Premierminister und Notenbankchef
Jim Rogers, Rohstoffexperte
Prof. Myron Scholes, Nobelpreisträger für Wirtschaft 1997, Standford University
Dr. Wolfgang Schlüssel, Ehem. österr. Bundeskanzler, ehem. Präsident Europ. Rat
Karl Schwarzenberg, Ehem. Aussenminister der Tschechischen Republik
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Werner Sinn, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peter Spuhler, Nationalrat, Inhaber Stadler Rail AG
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Stark, Ehem. Mitglied des Direktoriums der EZB
Prof. Dr. Thomas Straubhaar, Direktor Hamburgerisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut (HWWI)
Theo Waigel, Ehem. deutscher Finanzminister
Prof. Dr. Axel Weber, Verwaltungspräsident UBS
Dr. Fritz Zurbrügg, Vizepräsident des Direktoriums, Schweizerische Nationalbank
Since the founding of the financial fair in 1999, we have specialised in presenting top speakers from the financial industry, business, politics and academia in numerous lectures, presentations, roundtables and keynote speeches.
Our hand-picked line-up of experts, including names such as Gordon Brown, Sergio P. Ermotti and Prof. Dr. Thomas J. Jordan, offer deep insights into current and significant topics that directly affect the financial world. From the financial crisis to the role of central banks, the Swiss financial centre, ESG-related financial products to global conflicts and energy crises - our Finance Congress / Forum covers a wide range of topics that are not only politically relevant but also have a strong impact on the financial industry.