Group photo of the organizers
The DocNet Management Symposium serves as a platform for a top-class exchange between academia and practitioners on groundbreaking issues of the business world.
With the topic of demographic change, this year's symposium took up one of the central economic and socio-political challenges of the 21st century.
In order to take into account the various facets of the topic, the symposium took an interdisciplinary approach. This was also reflected in the composition of the 120 participants, which consisted of internationally active managers, professors and scientists as well as doctoral and master students of the University of St.Gallen. This mix of participants from research, teaching and practice resulted in an intensive and lively discussion, which took into account the complexity of the topic and showed innovative approaches and possible solutions.
Program
| Thematic Focus |
Program Item Type |
Speaker(s) |
| Drivers and global effects of demographic change and economic implications for labor markets and health care systems |
Lecture and
Panel-Discussion |
Prof. Dr. Norbert Walter, former chief economist of the Deutsche Bank Group
Prof. Dr. Kapitza, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Prof. Dr. Wilenius, University Turku |
| Innovation and marketing perspective ("Older customers as new target group") |
Panel-Discussion |
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| Human resources perspective ("Dealing with older employees, avoiding disability and incapacity to work" and "Age diversity in the workplace") |
Panel-Discussion |
moderated by Prof. Dr. Stephan Böhm
Participants:
Prof. Dr. Heike Bruch (University of St.Gallen)
Kurt Hörhager (CEO Consenec AG)
Dr. Günther Pfeiffer (Chief Human Resources Officer Swisscom AG) |
| Challenges in the fields of health, pensions, education, migration and spatial planning |
Closing speech |
Prof. Dr. Roman Herzog, former President of Germany |
Impressions
Prof. Dr. Walter on the drivers and global effects of demographic change |
Dr. Stephan Böhm presents the former German Federal President Prof. Dr. Roman Herzog with a gift
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