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Thursday
03
September
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2nd Annual Flagship Conference | Public Programme

Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability
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The Flagship Conference takes place across Domaine Barton. Keynote sessions on 3 September will be held in the Jacques-Freymond Auditorium. Address: 132 Rue de Lausanne, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland | Link to access map.

 

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About the Event

Following a defining first year of global convening, the Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability will bring together leading scholars, policymakers, practitioners, and finance leaders once again for its second Flagship Conference. Held at Domaine Barton in Geneva, Switzerland, the 2026 gathering will continue to foster interdisciplinary dialogue at the intersection of sustainability, governance, economics, climate, and global systems transformation.

Please register to attend.

Featured Speakers

The conference will feature contributions from leading scholars and practitioners, including (listed alphabetically by last name):

  • Liliana Andonova — Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability
  • Johannes Böhm — Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability
  • Patrick Bolton — Imperial College London
  • Julia Cajal-Grossi — Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability
  • Estelle Cantillon — Université libre de Bruxelles
  • Tommaso Colussi — Catholic University of Milan
  • Mark Dincecco — University of Michigan
  • Nives Dolsak —Georgetown University
  • Douglas R. Eger — Intrinsic Exchange
  • Rui Esteves — Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability
  • Harald Fadinger — University of Vienna
  • Katja Gentinetta — Foundation Board of the Geneva Graduate Institute
  • Yuriy Gorodnichenko — University of California, Berkeley
  • André Hoffmann — Roche Holding Ltd. & World Economic Forum
  • Akanksha Khatri — World Economic Forum
  • Jean Lacroix — Université Paris-Saclay
  • Mirabelle Muûls — Imperial College London
  • Quynh Nguyen — Wyss Academy for Nature
  • Mathieu Parenti — Paris School of Economics
  • Dominic Rohner — Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability
  • Marie-Laure Salles — Geneva Graduate Institute
  • Zacharias Sautner — University of Zurich
  • Robert Staiger — World Trade Organization
  • Francesco Tripoli — Harvard Business School
  • Beatrice Weder di Mauro — Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability
  • Catherine Wolfram — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • Yuan Zi — Geneva Graduate Institute

Additional speakers and session participants will be announced as confirmations are received. The programme remains subject to change.

ATTENDEE | Public Programme

 

Practical Information

  • Registration desks will open from 12:00 on Thursday, 3 September. Badges will be distributed directly at the conference venue. Registration will remain available throughout the conference at all session sites. For those travelling in and out the same day or otherwise joining directly at the venue, unsupervised luggage drop-off will be available.
  • Coffee, tea, and refreshments will be available throughout the conference during scheduled breaks.
  • All conference sessions will be held in English. Please note that no simultaneous interpretation will be available. 

 

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