Speakers at the FSS Security Talks
The FORUM SECURITY SWITZERLAND would like to thank all the speakers and panelists who contributed to a neutral and cross-interest Swiss security discourse as part of an FSS Security Talk.
Gallery
(alphabetical, function partly as of occasion)
Johann Alessandroni
Head of Information Security Governance, Excellium Services by Thales Group
Alexandra Arni
Head of ICT at Swiss Bankers Association and Vice President of the Swiss FS-CSC
Judith Bellaïche
Former National Councillor (GLP, ZH)
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Dr. Marcel Berni
Lecturer Strategic Studies ad interim, Military Academy (MILAK) at the ETH Zürich ​
Marianne Binder-Keller
Councillor of States (Die Mitte, AG); Member of the Security Policy Committee
Dr. Stefan Brupbacher
Director, Swissmem
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Anne-Marie Buzatu
Senior Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation
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Oberstlt i Gst Dino Candrian
LEA Ter Div 4, Swiss Armed Forces
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Josef Dittli
Council of States (FDP, Uri); Member of the Security Policy Committee
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Philipp Eder
Head of Drones & Robots, Swisscom Broadcast Ltd
Bruno Ehrler
Director Space C5I, RUAG
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Oberst Reto Ulrich Flühmann
Deputy Chief of Operations Group B, Swiss Army
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Dr. Stefanie Frey
Managing Director Deuter Cyber Security Solutions GmbH,
Member of Advisory Group ENISA
Dr. Katja Gentinetta
Political philosopher, University of Lucerne
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Franz Grüter
Chairman of the Board of Directors of green.ch Group; National Councillor (SVP, LU)
Dr. Hans Häfliger
Delegate for national economic supply, BWL
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Dr. Wolfgang Herles
Former Head of Political Affairs, ZDF
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Prof. Dr. Anna Jobin
President of the Federal Media Commission EMEK
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Hans-Jürg Käser
Head of joint security exercise 19 and former president of the KKJPD
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Margret Kiener Nellen
Former National Councillor (SP, BE)
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Jörg Köhler
Head of the Office for Military and Civil Defence, Canton of St. Gallen
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Dr. Wolfram Kuoni
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ferrexpo AG
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Martin Leuthold
Head of Security, Deputy MD, SWITCH
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Dr. Jörg Mäder
Freelance programmer and former National Councillor (GLP, ZH)
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Romain Markwalder
Deputy Coordinator OSCE, FDFA
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Nicolas Mayencourt
Founder & Global CEO, Dreamlab Technologies
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Markus Meile
Chief of Staff, Zurich Municipal Crisis Management Organization
Andreas Münch
Member of the General Directorate, Migros Cooperative Association
Moritz Oberli
Co-author of the study “Security in a Connected World” (2019) and Managing Partner, EY
Prof. Dr. Adrian Perrig
Head of the Institute for Information Security, ETH Zurich
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Pälvi Pulli
Head of Security Policy, DDPS
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Dr. Thomas Rothacher
National Councillor (FDP, AG); Member of the Security Policy Committee
Dr. Benjamin Scharte
Head of the Risk and Resilience Research Team, Center for Security Studies (CCS), ETH Zurich
Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter
National Councilor (Die Mitte, BL); Member of the Foreign Policy Committee
Jennifer Scurrell
Director of the Federal Office for Cybersecurity
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Laura Soltermann
Militia officer, Swiss Army
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Mauro Tuena
National Councillor (SVP, ZH); Mem-ber of the Security Policy Committee
Martin von Muralt
Delegate for the Swiss Security Association
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Dr. Jürg Wildi
BoD Member, Meteomatics AG |
Partner, v2sky
Stefan Wittwer
Director, Bildung Bern
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Viola Amherd
Federal Councilor, Head of the DDPS
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Claude-France Arnould
Former Managing Director European Defense Agency, EDA
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Armin Berchtold
President, Association of Swiss Security services company (VSSU)
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Peter Beschnidt
Former Military Attaché of the German Embassy in Bern
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Roland Borer
Former National Councillor (SVP, SO)
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Jürg Bühler
Vice Director, Federal Intelligence Service (NDB)
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Dr. Ladina Caduff
Director Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Schweiz
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Rainer Deutschmann
Head of Security & traffic, Migros Cooperative Association
Brigadier Raynald Droz
Commander of the Military Police and former Chief of Staff Operations Command, Swiss Army
Markus Eggenberger
Head of Security Police, Cantonal Police of Graubünden
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Prof. Dr. Simon Evenett
Professor of International Trade and Economic Development, University of St. Gallen
Patrick Fontana
Deputy Chief of Operations Group B, Swiss Army
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Dr. Peter Friedli
Partner, Eraneos Switzerland AG
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Johannes Goebel
Team Lead Special Risks & Cyber Scale-up, Helvetia
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Prof. Dr. Allan Guggenbühl
Director, Institute for Conflict Management IKM
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Christof Hartmann
State Councillor, Head of the Department of Security and Justice, Canton of St. Gallen
Dr. Stefan Holenstein
President, Association of Swiss Military Societies (VMG)
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Vera Jourova
Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency
Roger Keller
Regional Manager Aarau, New Aargauer Bank
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Generalmajor Georg Klein
Head of Operations Department, Armed Forces Base Command, German Bundeswehr
Dr. Martin Krummenacher
KPM doctrine research and development, Swiss Army
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David Lanz
Head of Conflict Mediation Department, swisspeace
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Adrian Lobsiger
Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner
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Lukas Mäder
Editor Technology & Geopolitics, NZZ
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Hernani Marques
Board member, Chaos Computer Club Switzerland
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Divisonär Claude Meier
Former Delegate for national economic supply, BWL
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Prof. Dr. Holger Mey
Vice President Advanced Concepts, Airbus Defence & Space
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Prof. Dr. Herfried Münkler
emeritus professor of political science at Humboldt University of Berlin
Estelle Pannatier
Policy & Advocacy Manager, AlgorithmWatch CH
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Simon Plüss
Minister, Deputy Head of Bilateral Economic Relations, SECO
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Dr. Jean-Marc Rickli
Head of Global and Emerging Risks, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
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Martine Ruggli
President, Swiss Pharmacists Association pharmaSuisse
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KKdt Aldo C. Schellenberg
Founder of Schellenberg Consulting; former Deputy Chief of the Swiss Armed Forces
Tobias Schoch
Chief Security Officer, AXA Switzerland
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Major General Jürgen Setzer
Deputy Inspector CIR and CISO, Bundeswehr
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Major General Thomas Starlinger
Militarty Representative of Austria to the European Union an NATO​​​
Dr. Julie Villinger
Head of Meteorology,
Meteomatics AG
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Dr. Armgard von Reden
Chairman Women in International Security Germany
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Paul Winiker
District President, Canton lucerne
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Thomas Würgler
Former. Commander at the Zurich Cantonal Police and Partner at Umbruch Lawyers
Gerhard Andrey
National Councillor (Greens, FR); Member of the Security Policy Committee
Sibel Arslan
National Councilor (Grüne, BS); Vice-President of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Regula Bernhard-Hug
Director, Kinderschutz Schweiz
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Larissa M. Bieler
Director, SWI swissinfo.ch
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Stefan Brem
Head of Risk Fundamentals and Research Coordination, BABS
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Dr. Maya Bundt
Head Cyber & Digital Strategy,
Swiss Re
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Micheline Calmy-Rey
Former Federal Councillor; former Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Prof. Dr. Oliver Diggelmann
Professor of International Law and Constitutional Law, University of Zurich
Dr. Myriam Dunn-Cavelty
Senior Lecturer in Security Studies, Center for Security Studies (CCS), ETH Zurich
Prof. Dr. Mark Eisenegger
Director, Research Center for the Public Sphere and Society, University of Zurich
Oberst i Gst Robert Flück
Project Command Cyber, Swiss Army
Prof. Dr. Christoph Frei
Political scientist and professor of international relations, University of St. Gallen
Katharina Fulterer
Partner, Eraneos Switzerland AG
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Dr. Thomas Gremiger
Director, Geneva Center for Security Policy
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Prof. Dr. Michel Guillaume
Head of the Centre for Aviation, ZHAW
Sandra Hauser
Head Transformation & Technology and Member of the Management Board, Zurich, Switzerland
Philipp Isler
Chief Safety & Security Officer, Swissgrid AG
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Prof. Dr. Lutz Jäncke
Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of Zurich
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Hans-Peter Kellerhans
Former division officer and deputy Editor-in-Chief, ASMZ
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Lisa Kondratieva
Former division officer and deputy Editor-in-Chief, ASMZ
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Peter Kummer
CIO, SBB
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Dr. Matthias Leese
Senior Researcher, Center for Security Studies (CSS)
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Chief of Armaments Urs Loher
Director of the Federal Armaments Office armasuisse
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State Secretary Markus Mäder
State Secretary for Security Policy
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Dr. Adrian Marti
Partner, Eraneos Switzerland AG
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Werner Meier
Former Delegate for national economic supply, BWL
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Dr. Alexander Muhm
Head of Freight Transport and Member of Group Management, SBB
Marcus Naef
CEO, Swiss Sign Group
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Dr. Michael Paul
Co-author of the study “Security in a Connected World” (2019) and Managing Partner, EY
Stefan Preuss
Head of the Institute for Information Security, ETH Zurich
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Maja Riniker
National Councillor (FDP, AG); Member of the Security Policy Committee
Werner Salzmann
Councillor of States (SVP, BE); Mem-ber of the Security Policy Committee
Daniel Schlup
Head of Emergency and Crisis Management, SBB
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Florian Schütz
Director of the Federal Office for Cybersecurity
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Christian Sigrist
Deputy Director of the FIS, Head of the Impact Centre Prevention (ICP)
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Thomas Süssli
Chief of the Army, Swiss Army
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General Jörg Vollmer
General (ret.), Bundeswehr; former Commander of NATO's Allied Joint Forces Command
Nick Wenger
Head of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Office, Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP)
Dominik Winter
Head of Physical Security & Safety, Swisscom
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Mariana Wyss Ross
Swiss Mission to the OSCE in Vienna, FDFA
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