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St.Gallen Strategy Days 2025

22nd - 23rd of May, 2025

Europe in a Multipolar World – A Strategic Simulation on Crisis and Cooperation

The St. Gallen Strategy Days, hosted by SQUARE, is an interactive two-day simulation where students and young professionals dive into Europe’s evolving role in a shifting multipolar world.

This year, over 150 participants will come together in teams, representing governments, international organizations, and private sector entities, to address Europe’s strategic autonomy in the face of geopolitical challenges. The 2025 scenario focuses on pressing issues such as the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, global trade shifts, and energy security, with particular attention to the complex dynamics involving Middle Eastern and regional powers.

Guided by experts, attendees will gain hands-on experience in strategy, leadership, and negotiation, developing practical skills to tackle high-stakes issues across political, economic, defense, and energy domains. This immersive simulation offers participants an invaluable opportunity to enhance their critical thinking and decision-making abilities while preparing for impactful roles in an interconnected global landscape.

Keynote Speakersexpand_less

Michael Elsener
Swiss satirist, impressionist, and stand-up comedian
Danja Frech
Experienced C-level executive with extensive international expertise in human resources, organizational development, and business transformation
Brigadier Christoph Roduner
Commander of the Mechanized Brigade 11 of the Swiss Armed Forces, responsible for the readiness, training, and leadership of his staff and troops
Prashanth Shanmugan
President and CEO of the Australian Council on Foreign Relations and Professor of Practice in Leadership at Nichols College
Major Huib Zijderveld
Staff Officer for Civil-Military Interaction at the multinational 1 (German/Netherlands) Corps and a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy
Col GS Stefano Trojani
Deputy Head of the Swiss Armed Forces’ Military Intelligence Service (MND)
Roger de Weck
Swiss publicist, former editor-in-chief of the Tages-Anzeiger and Die ZEIT, as well as former Director General of SRG SSR

Workshop Speakersexpand_less

Dr. Marcel Berni
Lecturer in Strategic Studies, Military Academy at ETH Zurich
Hugo Bezombes
Founder & Video Journalist, Into Europe
Niklas Koch
Training & Education, NATO CIMIC Centre of Excellence
Jordan Pettman
Senior Director at Insight222 & Career Coach
Patrick Wieland
Humanitarian Program Coordinator, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Diederik Stolk
Director at Goldsworthy, Stolk & Associates | Simulation Expert at NATO CIMIC Centre of Excellence | Co-Founder of the Utrecht Institute for Conflict and Crisis Simulation
Tim Goudriaan
Serious Games Developer at Stratsims and GS&A | AI Expert and Co-Founder of AI-AT
Dr. Lucia Görke
Global Head of People Analytics at Novelis | Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen
Dominic Keller
Head of Conference Operations
Nick Melloh
Head of Speaker Engagement

Dive into the conference

St.Gallen Strategy Days 2025 Conference Booklet

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Participant Reviews

“Its super nice to see how engaged everyone is and working together. At the same time, I realised how difficult it is to come to an agreement and that everyone also gets the same information.”
Nilani Sunthar, Student
“I gained a lot of insight into how diplomacy works, how the interactions between multinationals and governments work. It was also quite interesting to look into the perspective of companies, since the role of companies is usually underestimated.”
Boas Kaiser, Student
“Its quite fun, cause you can have a blank card, especially if you are like a business you can go into any direction. Its good value, the whole building is reserved, very well organised.”
Matthieu Dupraz, Student

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