St. Gallen Symposium

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St. Gallen Symposium

Formation	February 1970
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
Location	Dufourstrasse 83, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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 held in May at the University of St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The event's stated goal is to bring together individuals from various sectors, including business, politics, and academia, to engage in intergenerational dialogue on economic, political, and social issues.^[1]

The St. Gallen Symposium was founded in 1969 by a group of students at the University of St. Gallen in response to the international student protests of 1968. The initiative was spearheaded by Wolfgang Schürer, Clemens Ernst Brenninkmeyer, Franz Karl Kriegler, Urs Schneider, and Terje I. Wölner-Hanssen, who established the International Students' Committee (ISC) as a platform for constructive dialogue between decision-makers and the younger generation.

The first event which was called the International Management Dialogue was held in 1970, and attracted 100 students and 100 business leaders. Over time, the event grew in stature and scope, with international speakers such as Kofi Annan, Josef Ackermann, and Christine Lagarde contributing to the symposium's increasing prominence.^[2][3]