First day: October 01, 2020
Second day: October 02, 2020
01 OCTOBER 2020
10:15 - 11:00
Official opening
- Guy Parmelin (Federal Councillor in charge of Economy and Tourism)
- Philippe Leuba (Membre of the Cantonal Government, in charge of economics and tourism affairs)
- Représentant Montreux
11:00 - 12:30
Swiss tourism: what strategies?
- Jacqueline de Quattro (National Councillor, Member of the Committee of the Swiss Tourism Federation)
- Christian Laesser (Professor at the University of St. Gallen, Centre for Tourism and Transport Research)
- Casimir Platzer (President of GastroSuisse)
- Anja Wyden Guelpa (Member of the Switzerland Tourism Committee)
- Andreas Züllig (President of HôtellerieSuisse)
- Sophie Hostettler (Moderator)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:00
Keys to crisis management
- Achim Schmitt (Professor at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL))
15:00 - 16:00
Business tourism / MICE
- Daniel Egloff (CEO of Basel Congress and Chairman of the SCIB Committee)
- Sébastien Tondeur (CEO MCI)
- Paul Zilk (CEO of Reed)
16:00 - 16:30
Break
16:30 - 17:30
Importance of sustainable development
- Guy Bigwood (Managing Director Global Destination Sustainibility Index (GDS-Index))
- Christophe Clivaz (National Councillor and Professor at UNIL, Institute of Geography and Sustainability)
- Sarah Pearson Perret (Secretary of Pro Natura in western Switzerland)
- Martin Sturzenegger (CEO Zürich Tourismus)
17:30 - 18:30
Transports of tomorrow
- Mathieu Fleury (Member of the SBB Management Board, Head of Customers services)
- Berno Stoffel (CEO of Cableways Switzerland)
- Lorenzo Stoll (Managing Director western Switzerland SWISS)
- Ueli Stueckelberger (CEO of the Public Transport Union )
19:00 - 23:00
Gala Dinner
02 OCTOBER 2020
09:00 - 10:00
Wine tourism
- Frédéric Borloz (National Councillor and President of the Swiss winemakers' federation)
- Benjamin Gehrig (CEO of the Vaud wines (OVV))
- Philippe Masset (Professor at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL))
- Yann Stucki (Specialist in wine tourism)
10:00 - 11:30
Digitisation topics / Contribution of the communities
- Nicolas Bürer (CEO Switzerland Digital)
- Guillaume De Roquefeuil (CEO EuroPass)
- Peter Lochbihler (Director Public affairs Booking.com)
- Daniel Luggen (CEO Zermatt Tourismus)
- Roland Schegg (Professor at the HES-SO, Scientific Coordinator of the Tourism Institute of Sierre)
11:30 - 13:00
European Tourism Strategy
- Julia Grundmann (International Markets & Cooperation Management at Deutsche Zentrale für Touridmus)
- Christian Mantei (President of ATOUT France)
- Martin Nydegger (CEO of Switzerland Tourism)
- Petra Stolba (CEO von Österreich Werbung)
- Sophie Hostettler (Moderator)
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Arts and Culture
- Alexis Georgacopoulos (CEO of ECAL)
- Mathieu Jaton (CEO of the Montreux Jazz Festival)
- Marco Solari (President of the Locarno Film Festival)
15:30 - 16:30
Farwell cockatil