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Annual General Meeting 2026

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Europe/Zurich
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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 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: