In a special dialogue at #53SGS with Ali Aslan, Russian democracy advocate Yulia Navalnaya reflected on the #scarcity of an intangible, precious good which is increasingly being threatened across diverse geographies: political freedom and democracy.
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Today on 3 May, we celebrate World Press Freedom Day. On this occasion, #53SGS saw the official launch of Reporters Without Boarders' 2024 World Press Freedom Index.

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Today, at the Dinner for Partners we had the honour of listening to Klitschko speak about the fight for democracy and the importance of preserving hope.
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Excited to welcome our Leaders of Tomorrow from over 60 nations to the 53rd St. Gallen Symposium🌍 Let the cross-generational dialogue begin!
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Symposium Week starts tomorrow! Here are more fantastic speakers, who will join us at the 53rd St. Gallen Symposium:
🇨🇭 Karin Keller-Sutter
🇱🇻 Egils Levits
🇱🇮 Daniel Risch
🇭🇷 Nikolina Brnjac
We can't wait to start the intergenerational dialogue!

The 53rd St. Gallen Symposium welcomes Dr. Wladimir Klitschko as a speaker at our pre-event on May 1st 2024. He will provide insights from the frontline of Ukraine’s resistance at an increasingly challenging and uncertain moment for the country and its people
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About half of the world's population is eligible to vote in elections. Simultaneously, the democratic process & political rights are increasingly at risk. We welcome Yulia Navalnaya as a speaker at the 53rd St. Gallen Symposium to reflect on her emerging work for an open society.

The winners of the Global Essay Competition of the 53rd St. Gallen Symposium have been chosen!🥳🎉👏
We’re deeply impressed by the outstanding quality and dedication showcased by our Leaders of Tomorrow. Swipe to the second slide to see the diverse nationalities of our winner.🇨🇭

Our team, the 53rd International Students' Committee, had the privilege of visiting Swiss Re today, and it was an experience filled with valuable insights and meaningful connections.

We're grateful for the knowledge shared and the partnership further enhanced :D

🌟We had a fantastic time at our annual St. Gallen Symposium - Luxembourg Reception!

Let’s continue the dialogue! 💬🇱🇺✨

I first met Ayọ (fka Opal) Tometi 🇳🇬🇺🇸 at the Web Summit in Lisbon in November 2021.

The Co-Founder of the Black Lives Matter movement kept her word and graced us with her visit and powerful speech at the 52nd St. Gallen Symposium yesterday!

Thank you so much ❤️

Keep up your fight! 💪🏿

We are very honoured to welcome the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Oleksandra Matviichuk (Oleksandra Matviichuk) from the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties (@ccl_ua), to this year's Max-Schmidheiny Session. #52sgs #NewGenerationalContract

Today, as the *Leaders of Tomorrow*, we pledge our commitment to a New Generational Contract 📃that is emerging from the 52st St. Gallen Symposium
Join us in embracing these principles as we work towards a more sustainable 🌱 and equitable ⚖️ future for all.
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This year we’ve introduced a new type of session. We are happy to announce that #SGSinTown was a great success.

In a public dialogue, locals had the opportunity to meet some interesting personalities and talk about the challenges of today and tomorrow.

“ #ClimateChange is not about the weather or the statistics, it’s about the people.” #ClimateJustice advocate Vanessa Nakate on climate crisis, #GenderEquality , and education. #52sgs
St. Gallen Symposium unisg.link/ffb2e4

On the occasion of the #52sgs St. Gallen Symposium we talked with Sal Khan Khan Academy about #education in general, universities in specific as well as the opportunities of #AI -powered tuition unisg.link/7a5f1f

“War turns people into numbers, but people aren’t numbers. People need to have their broken beliefs in the rule of law restored - they need to know justice is possible.” ⁦Oleksandra Matviichuk⁩ ⁦St. Gallen Symposium⁩ arguing the in favor of creating a special tribunal for #Ukraine now

„It‘s not a Ukrainian problem, it’s a global problem. We have taken our security for granted for too long.“

Oleksandra Matviichuk at the #52sgs

The opening of day 2 of #52sgs saw Mamphela Ramphele and our very own Max Südmark shine a spotlight on our joint initiative with the @ClubofRome for a New Generational Contract: symposium.org/ngc

Elliot Gunn wins this year's Global Essay Competition at the #52sgs St. Gallen Symposium. He called for the improvement of general #healthcare at the award ceremony. Read more about his essay and those of the other two winners Gaurav Kamath and Megan Murphy: unisg.link/73b3ce