Programme
Speakers

Voices of the forum

Heads of state, economists, editors and executives who took the stage in Lugano.

Mercedes Ruehl, Switzerland and Austria Correspondent, Financial Times

Mercedes Ruehl

Switzerland and Austria Correspondent

Financial Times

Luca Pedrotti, Regional Director and Head Wealth Management Ticino, UBS

Luca Pedrotti

Managing Director, Regional Director & Head Wealth Management Ticino

UBS

Portrait of Joe Sarno

Joe Sarno

Executive Vice President, International Sales

Fortinet

Portrait of Zichen Wang

Zichen Wang

Deputy Secretary-General

Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

Portrait of Jay Obernolte

Jay Obernolte

U.S. Congressman, California’s 23rd District

U.S. House of Representatives

Portrait of Luigi Di Maio

Luigi Di Maio

EU Special Representative for the Gulf region

European Union

Portrait of Page Crahan

Page Crahan

General Manager, Tapestry

X, the Moonshot Factory

Paolo Gentiloni, Chair of the European Investment Bank Global Advisory Council

Paolo Gentiloni

Chair of the Global Advisory Council

European Investment Bank

Anja Fiedler, Chief Executive Officer of Switzerland Global Enterprise

Anja Fiedler

Chief Executive Officer

Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE)

Lionel Barber, author and former Editor-in-Chief of the Financial Times

Lionel Barber

Author and broadcaster

Former Editor-in-Chief, Financial Times

Bill Emmott, writer and former Editor-in-Chief of The Economist

Bill Emmott

Writer and consultant

Former Editor-in-Chief, The Economist

TBA

More speakers to be announced

The 2026 line-up is being confirmed