Programme 2020

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
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