Annual General Meeting 2026
Members only!
Registration will open soon!
It is an honor and pleasure to invite our members to the Annual General Meeting 2026!
Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker:
State Secretary Helene Budliger, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
Current Agenda
17:00 | Registration and welcome reception |
17:30 | Welcome address by Andreas Berger, Chair of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, and CEO of Swiss Re |
Video message by Guy Parmelin, President of the Swiss Confederation | |
Speech by Ambassador Callista. L. Gingrich, U.S. Ambassador to the Switzerland and Liechtenstein | |
Speech by Ambassador Ralf Heckner, Swiss Ambassador to the U.S. | |
17:50 | Statutory meeting |
18:15 | Conversation between State Secretary Helene Budliger, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), and Mercedes Rühl, Financial Times correspondent |
18:45 | Panel discussion on Swiss competitiveness and the role of the U.S. with Georges Kern, CEO Breitling, Thomas Schinecker, CEO Roche, moderated by Mercedes Rühl, Financial Times correspondent |
19:30 | Flying dinner |
Generous support for the Annual General Meeting 2026 by: