25 April 2018. The student organising committee of the 48th St. Gallen Symposium also invites people to public lectures in the HSG Library Hall. The plenary sessions of the Symposium will be aired in the net via live stream. For the first time, the Symposium will organise the German-language Public Forum in the Einstein Congress Hotel in St.Gallen in order to expand the discussion about new worlds of work. The plenary sessions will be transmitted online at www.symposium.org.

Besides many other personalities, the following speakers will reflect on the topic of “Beyond the end of work” during the Symposium of 2-4 May 2018:

• Dirk Ahlborn, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc.
• Alain Dehaze, Chief Executive Officer of the Adecco Group
• Philippa Malmgren, Founder of the DRPM Group
• Jacqueline Poh, Chief Executive Officer of the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech)
• Jeremy Rifkin, Chairman of the Foundation on Economic Trends
• Kim Sung-Joo, Chairperson & Chief Visionary Officer, MCM Holding AG

Public discussions at the 48th St. Gallen Symposium

Background Session: Internet of Things and its impact on society (in English)

Thursday, 3 May 2018, 1.30-3.00 p.m., HSG Library Hall

• Volkhard Bregulla, VP Global Industries Manufacturing and Distribution, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• Hiroaki Kitano, President & Chief Executive Officer, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
• Marianne Janik, General Manager, Microsoft Switzerland
• Moderation: Prof. Elgar Fleisch, Director of the Institute of Technology Management at the University of St.Gallen

Background Session: Humanity’s to-do list for a better future (in English)

Friday, 4 May 2018, 1.30-3.00 p.m., HSG Library Hall

• Michael Møller, Director-General, Geneva Office, United Nations
• Moderation: Prof. Christoph Frei, Associate Professor, School of Economics and Political Science, University of St.Gallen

Public Forum: public discussion about approaches pursued by the 48th St. Gallen Symposium

Monday, 28 May 2018, 5.30-7.00 p.m, Einstein Congress Hotel, St.Gallen

• Hermann Arnold, Founder & Chairman, Haufe-umantis AG
• Thomas Meyer, CEO, Accenture Schweiz
• Marianne Janik, General Manager, Microsoft Schweiz
• Dominik Bilgeri, doctoral student and researcher, ETH Zurich
• Katrin Eggenberger, Chief of Staff, Office of the Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
• Prof. Dr. Thomas Bieger, President, University of St.Gallen
• Prof. Dr. Patrick Emmenegger, Professor of Political Sciences, University of St.Gallen
• Prof. Dr. Isabelle Wildhaber, Professor of Private and Business Law, University of St.Gallen
• Moderation: Urs Gredig, Editor-in-Chief, CNN Money Switzerland