Programs

Leadership Summit

The Leadership Summit focuses on the State of U.S.-Swiss relations and will bring together a cross-section of leaders from both countries. Sessions will be arranged around interconnected topic areas such as trade and business policy, security policy, energy, pharma, and more.

The Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue has been purposefully selected as our venue for dialogue, relationship building, knowledge transfer, and the freedom to come up with new ideas in partnership with one another.

The Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue

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INNOVATION FORUM

The Innovation Forum fosters collaboration and creates meaningful points of connection with ASF’s community, bringing together leaders across the United States and Switzerland engaged in continued dialogue and shared initiatives. With a strong footprint of Swiss-American leaders, Swiss companies, and a robust network of prestigious universities, Boston is the perfect location for the intercultural, cross-sectoral, and knowledge transfer objectives of the Innovation Forum.

The inaugural class of Innovation Fellows is a distinguished group of state Secretaries of Labor from across the United States.

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New York Stock Exchange

The American Swiss Foundation programming at the iconic New York Stock Exchange features key Swiss and American business and diplomatic leaders. Through wide-ranging conversations, the leaders examine the state of U.S.-Swiss relations and the broader transatlantic relationship. The conversations bring together distinguished members of both the Swiss and American communities, underscoring the importance of fostering strong Swiss-American relations.

The New York Stock Exchange provides a unique backdrop for these exchanges that reflects the role of business, innovation, and entrepreneurship in shaping global connections and shared economic activity.

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GREAT AMERICAN SPEAKERS

The Great American Speaker Series was founded by the late Ambassador Faith Whittlesey to bring American thought leaders to Switzerland. In 2023, the ASF’s Great American Speaker was T. Ulrich Brechbuhl, 33rd Counselor of the United States Department of State. In 2022, the ASF featured Dr. Alex Karp, co-founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies. Past Great American Speakers have also included a Supreme Court Justice, Chairman of the SEC, and U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization.

From left: Dr. Christoph Eisenring (Young Leader 2003) and Dr. Alex Karp

GALLATIN FORUM

The Gallatin Forum is a series of events for alumni of the American Swiss Foundation's Young Leaders Conference and others interested in U.S.-Swiss relations. Named after the Swiss-born Secretary of the Treasury, Senator, and Representative Albert Gallatin (1761 - 1849), it serves as a forum for discussion of all aspects of the relations between the U.S. and Switzerland.

Photo above featuring the Hon. Donald Norcross (YL 2006)

The inaugural class of Innovation Fellows is a distinguished group of state Secretaries of Labor from across the United States. To