Welcoming Remarks: BARBARA STEUDLER, NiceFuture Director

Introduction to IMD: Professor DOMINIQUE TURPIN, IMD President

Presentation of the Center for Sustainable Management at IMD; AILEEN IONESCU-SOMERS, Deputy Director of the IMD Center for Sustainable Management

Welcoming Remarks: JEAN-CLAUDE MERMOUD, State Councillor, Department of the Economy

Official Opening of the Day: PASCAL GENTINETTA, economiesuisse, Chairman of the Executive Board

Making Economic Models Compatible with 21st-Century Challenges

WALTER STAHEL, Architect, author and specialist on service economy

DOMINIQUE BOURG, Professor at the University of Lausanne, member of Nicolas Hulot’s “Comité de Veille Ecologique”, specialist on circular and service economy

FRANCOIS GROSSE, Veolia, Special Advisor to the CEO, Veolia Proprete

Industry leaders share…

AGUSTIN LUCARDI, Référent développement durable Grands Comptes, InterfaceFLOR

MARKUS ABT, Unilever, Member of the Board and Communication and Public Affairs Officer, “The Business Case for Sustainability”

Stakeholder Challengers :

DOMINIQUE BOURG, Professeur à l’Université de Lausanne, membre du Comité de veille écologique de la Fondation Nicolas Hulot. Spécialiste de l’économie circulaire et de fonctionnalité

AILEEN IONESCU-SOMERS, Directrice Center for corporate sustainability Center (CSM), IMD

What Will Tomorrow’s Swiss Economy Look Like?

XAVIER COMTESSE, Avenir Suisse Director

FRANCOIS MARTHALER, State Councillor, Department of Infrastructure

GERARD FISCHER, Swisscanto CEO

SUZANNE ROSSELET, Deputy Director of the IMD Competitiveness Center

Stakeholder Challengers :

DOMINIQUE BOURG, Professeur à l’Université de Lausanne, membre du Comité de veille écologique de la Fondation Nicolas Hulot. Spécialiste de l’économie circulaire et de fonctionnalité

PHILIPPE LE BE, Journaliste à l’Hebdo

Choose to attend two of the eight available workshops (45 minutes) or attend the roundtable discussion.

Energy and Cleantech in Switzerland

CLAUDE BEGLE, SymbioSwiss Director, representing Cleantech in French-speaking Switzerland

PASCAL VINARD, AGEPP Project Manager and Director of SI-REN SA

ROGER NORDMANN, National Socialist Councillor, swissolar President and author of “Libérer la Suisse des énergies fossiles - Des projets concrets pour l’habitat, les transports et l’électricité”

DOMINIQUE ROCHAT, Responsable de projets, infrastructures et environnement, Economiesuisse

Stakeholder Challengers :

HERVE NAILLON, Auteur, consultant et spécialiste du marketing éthique

RICHARD MESPLE, Directeur adjoint, Chef de projet, Si-Ren

Industry leaders share…

GEORG WEINHOFER, COOP Switzerland, Director of the Energy and CO2 Department, “Objective: Carbon Neutral by 2023”

JOHANN ZUBLIN, MIGROS, Internal Sustainability Specialist

JACQUES ESSEIVA, swisspor, Quality, Security and Environment Director, “The Keys to Sustainable Success”

Stakeholder Challengers :

AILEEN IONESCU-SOMERS, Directrice du Center for corporate sustainability management de l’IMD (CSM)

HERVE NAILLON, Auteur, consultant et spécialiste du marketing éthique

Can we get out of the red through a more human and sustainable economy?

ISABELLE SORENTE, Author, « Addiction Générale. Une analyse de notre dépendance aux chiffres »

BETTINA FERDMAN GUERRIER, Philias Director

DANIEL ROSSELLAT, Director of the Paléo Festival and Mayor of the City of Nyon

GENEVIEVE MORAND, Rezonance Director

ROBIN CORNELIUS, Fondateur et Président de Switcher

Stakeholder Challengers :

SUZANNE ROSSELET, Deputy Director of the IMD Competitiveness Center

THIERRY PELLET, Secrétaire général Après-GE

Presentation of three innovative Swiss projects relating to sustainable development

RETO TARREGHETTA, Swisscanto, Swiss Market Director

Market Transformation

Moderator and Participant:
AILEEN IONESCU-SOMERS Expert in sustainable business management and Deputy Director of the IMD Center for Sustainable Management

NICOLAS LORNE, Head of Nestlé CARE Program

CHRISTIAN SINOBAS, PlanetFinance Advisory Services, Deputy Director

EDUARDO ESCOBEDO, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Conference, Economic Affairs Officer

Welcoming Remarks: BARBARA STEUDLER, NiceFuture Director

IMD in Switzerland: JIM PULCRANO, IMD Executive Director

Transparency and Dependence: A Force for Tomorrow’s Economic Markets

HERVE NAILLON, Author, consultant and specialist in ethical marketing

Illustrated by the following examples:

CEDRIC LOMBARD, Impact Finance Management, “How to Perform Social Audits in Big Businesses?”

THOMAS STREIFF, Sustainability Forum Zürich, Director

PHILIPPE SPICHER, Inrate Director

EDOARDO GAI, Sustainability Asset Management

Stakeholder Challengers :

HERVE NAILLON, Auteur, consultant et spécialiste du marketing éthique

GENEVIEVE BRUNET, Responsable des pages Finance de l’Hebdo

Industry leaders share...

ETIENNE BLEHAUT, Losinger, Deputy General Manager

CEDRIC EGGER, Nestlé Waters Europe, Water Resources & Environment Manager, “The Henniez Site : A Global Example of Respecting Biodiversity”

REINHARD STEINER, Swisscanto, Managing Member, “The Key to Achieving Sustainably by Investing in Ethical Funds”

SAMIRA KHELIFI, Professeure d'éthique des affaires, Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, Presentation of the BEST concept, “Transparency Applied to the Food Service Industry and Offered to the Consumers”

BASTIEN SACHET, TFT Director and JEAN MANUEL BLUET, Nestlé, Sustainable Development Director France, “Nestlé and TFT: For Sustainable Palm Oil”

Stakeholder Challengers :

STEPHANE DELETROZ, Journaliste RSR

HERVE NAILLON, Auteur, consultant et spécialiste du marketing éthique

AILEEN IONESCU-SOMERS, Directrice du Center for corporate sustainability management de l’IMD (CSM)

Choose to attend two of the eight available workshops (45 minutes) or attend the roundtable discussion.

The Challenges of Environmental Labelling

YVES LOERINCIK, Quantis Director

ROBIN CORNELIUS, President and Founder of Switcher

PASCAL GREVERATH, Assistant Vice-President, Head of Environmental Sustainability, Nestlé

Stakeholder Challengers :

HERVE NAILLON, Auteur, consultant et spécialiste du marketing éthique

VINCENT GIRARDIN, Co-fondateur et Directeur de Bleu-Vert Communication

How to Value Women’s Contributions to the Economy?

Moderator: ANNICK CHEVILLOT, Femina, Editor-in-Chief

GISOU VAN DER GOOT, Researcher and Professor at EPFL, Global Expert in Bacterial Protein Toxins

ANNE CATHERINE MENETREY- SAVARY, Psychologist and Past National Councillor

SYLVIE DURRER, Directrice du Bureau Fédéral de l'égalité entre les hommes et les femmes

MANON SCHICK, Directrice générale d'Amnesty Suisse

Stakeholder Challengers :

BARBARA STEUDLER, Directrice Association NiceFuture

AILEEN IONESCU-SOMERS, Directrice du Center for corporate sustainability management de l’IMD (CSM)

JEAN LAVILLE, Ethos Foundation, Deputy Managing Director, Summary

AILEEN IONESCU-SOMERS, Deputy Director of the IMD Center for Sustainable Management, Summary and Closing Remarks

Conférence de RAPHAEL DOMJAN, Initiateur, skipper et Président du projet "PlanetSolar", le premier tour du monde en bateau à l'énergie solaire

Presented by ANDREA LEHMANN and YVETTE JAGGI, Microcredit Supporters

Closing Remarks, BARBARA STEUDLER, NiceFuture Director

Cocktail Reception in Collaboration with Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne