The Alpine Symposium 2020 is fully on track

The one-year timeout seems to have done the Alpine Symposium good: With Google's Chief Innovation Evangelist and Stanford University Adjunct Professor Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt, host and organizer Oliver Stoldt was able to have a top crack of global digitization on the affiche right away. Another highlight is the appearance of Carla del Ponte. The former UN chief prosecutor is coming to Interlaken with her latest book in her luggage.

Innovations by the meter

The digital giant Google owes its constant flow of innovations not least to Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt, originally from Lake Constance, who ensures that it does not dry up. Pferdt, who holds a doctorate in business education, initiated a community of 500 innovation evangelists and is the founder of Google's "The Garage" and creator of the first innovation lab. This is used by hundreds of teams a year, across all areas of Google - from YouTube, to hardware, Maps, the Android operating system and also Sales, Cloud, HR and Research. This to find creative solutions and test hundreds of never-before-seen ideas in as short a time as possible. The innovation expert teaches as an adjunct professor at Stanford University and was a research lecturer at Columbia University's EdLab. He uses his forward-thinking approach to advise governments, corporations, start-ups, and international organizations.

Lecture fireworks on digitization

Other highly attractive speakers await the audience at the Alpine Symposium 2020: Carla del Ponte, former UN chief prosecutor and Swiss ambassador, comes to Interlaken with her latest book "In the Name of the Victims - The Failure of the UN and International Politics in Syria". Next, we'll hear from Chris Riddell, an award-winning global futurist, about emerging trends in the hyper-connected, digital world. Pascal Kaufmann, founder of Starmind and Mindfire, knows all there is to know about Artificial Intelligence (AI). Anja Wyder Guelpa, founder of Geneva-based think tank civicLab, sees digitalization and disruption as an opportunity to question and change the way we lead today. iPad magician and digitalization expert Simon Pierro defines a new genre of magic.

People from business, sports and media at the Alpine Symposium 2020

Other competent speakers with high experience and knowledge potential are Cirque de Soleil star Christian Lindemann or German cyclist Kristina Vogel, who was paralyzed after an accident, Marcus Schögel, Director of the Institute for Marketing at the University of St. Gallen, SRF Middle East correspondent Pascal Weber and China & Middle East expert Martina Fuchs. Additionally on the program are Dr. Ingo Rauser (Capco), who will talk about the future of the finance industry, "Brain Store", idea merchant Nadja Schnetzler, Manuel von Allmen, owner of the Bernese Oberland shoe manufactory Kandahar and last but not least the excellently educated lawyer Kai Leonie Tschan, who has decided to become the sole hut warden at the Mittellegihütte.

Leading event for knowledge transfer

The SRF Tagesschau presenter and experienced foreign correspondent Florian Inhauser will now moderate the two-day event. The Alpine Symposium regularly brings together 950 participants at the Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa in Interlaken. Among entrepreneurs, CEOs, innovative entrepreneurs and representatives of SMEs, the event has established itself as one of the leading events for knowledge transfer and networking. This has also convinced UPC Business and Xing, which Oliver Stoldt was able to win over as a new Presenting Partner for the Alpine Symposium. As a result, tickets for the Alpensymposium can now be purchased both via the website www.alpensymposium.ch as well as about Xing be booked directly.