events

Our invited guest speakers are composed of a distinguished group of business leaders, key policymakers in governmental and intergovernmental organizations, experts from academia and research institutes, and vocal activists from civil society organizations. Together they offer a comprehensive view on issues at stake with fresh perspectives from China, Europe, the U.S., as well as other developing countries.

Thomas Badegruber

Co-CEO of Crystalsol GmbH

Doris Albisser

CEO and Delegate of the Board of Directors of CLS
Communication AG

Raphaël Arrigoni

Founder of Linalis a successful ongoing IT service company in Geneva, co-founder of Pixelux Entertainment S.A. and board member of EverdreamSoft S.A

William Black

Senior Vice President & Senior Partner of Fleishman Hillard Washington, D.C.

Jian Chen

Vice Minister of Commerce and member of the CPC Leadership Group of MOFCOM

Tony Cheng

Managing Director, Huawei Technologies Switzerland AG

Shuaihua Cheng

Head of Division of Strategic Analysis and China at International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)

Jean-Luc Cornaz

Director Investment Promotion, OSEC

Ken Davies

A Senior Economist at the Vale Center on Sustainable International Investment under Columbia Law School and the Earth Institute at Columbia University

Chunhe Diao

Chairman of China International Contractors Association

Stéphane Graber

Delegate at the Economic Development Office, Department of Regional Affairs, Economy and Health from Republic and State of Geneva

Rufus H. Yerxa

Deputy Director General of WTO

Yafei He

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland

Ruth Hemelaer

 Director, International Tax, Pricewaterhous

Zhenyi Hu

Managing Director and Vice President of China Railway Construction Corporation

Lilu Huang

Editor-in-chief，China Entrepreneur magazine

Jean-Pierre Lehmann

Professor of International Political Economy, IMD Lausanne, Switzerland

Founding Director of the Evian Group

Senior Fellow, Fung Global Institute, Hong Kong Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong

 

 

Quan Li

A professor of international relations in the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University

Guoyong Liang

An Economic Affairs Officer at the Investment and Enterprise Division of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Qitao Liu

The president and executive director of China Communications Construction Company Ltd.

 

André Loesekrug-Pietri

Chairman & Managing Partner, A Capital Group

George McKarris

CEO of CleanFizz

Ricardo MELÉNDEZ-ORTIZ

ICTSD’s co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer since 1996

Josef M. Mueller

President of Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce Geneva Chapter

Jeremy Parrish

Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered, Switzerland

Githa Roelans

A senior specialist in the ILO’s Multinational Enterprises Programme

Hans Jakob Roth

the diplomatic advisor for Asian affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland

Fulai Sheng

The head of the Research and Partnerships Unit of UNEP

Sotiris Sotiriou

Director General of the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency (CIPA)

Jean-Marc Soustre

Owner Humaneye - Strategic Advisor to European Venture Club - Leader Investment Solutions at the Swiss Federal CTI (Commission for Technology and Innovation) - Expert at the European Commission

Francis Vorhies

the Executive Director of Earthmind

Associate managing editor of Caixin Media

Xiaobing Wang

Associate managing editor of Caixin Media 

Huabin Wang

Assistant General Manager of Bank of China London Branch and Chief Corporate Banking Officer of Bank of China UK Limited

Changqi Wu

Executive Director, Research Institute of International Business and Management, Peking University and Director of Cisco Leadership Institute, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

Biao Xie

VP of China National Machinery Industry Corporation

Xiaozhun Yi

Ambassador, Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of China to the WTO

Hui Zheng

Attorney, Allen & Overy LLP