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| Formation | February 1970 |
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| Founder | Wolfgang Schürer, Clemens Ernst Brenninkmeijer, Franz Karl Kriegler, Urs Schneider, Terje Wolner-Hanssen |
| Type | Non-profit organisation |
| Legal status | Club |
| Headquarters | St. Gallen, Switzerland |
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| Origins | Student unrests of 1968 |
Region served | Worldwide |
Membership | around 30 students (ISC) |
Staff | 9 |
Volunteers | approx. 450 |
| Website | www.symposium.org |
The St. Gallen Symposium, formerly known as the International Management Symposium and the ISC-Symposium, is an annual conference taking place in May at the University of St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It hosts intergenerational debates on economic, political, and social developments between decision makers.[1]
The St. Gallen Symposium was founded in 1969 as a response to the international student unrests of 1968 and has since then been organised by the International Students' Committee (ISC), a student initiative at the University of St. Gallen.[2] The platform for dialogue hosts more than 1,000 participants, with over 70 nationalities every year. Past symposium participants include Kofi Annan, Josef Ackermann, Mohammad Khatami, Laurence D. Fink, Dominic Barton, Sigmar Gabriel and Christine Lagarde.[3][4]
- ^ "About". St. Gallen Symposium. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ St. Galler Tagblatt, 13 May 2011, St. Gallen Symposium.
- ^ Dünnenberger, Sabrina (16 May 2010). "Handfeste Praxis anstatt ECTS-Punkte 28 Studierende der Universität St. Gallen unterbrechen ihr Studium, um ein Symposium zu organisieren". NZZ Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ St. Galler Tagblatt, Ab und zu ein Lächeln entlocken, retrieved 10 December 2011.