From 14.5. until 15.5.2009 the “Swiss Economic Forum” with the central subject “re-think!” has taken place in Thun. The focus of the event has been values, rules and trust. 1200 CEOs of Swiss small and medium sized companies as well as top executives from industry, science, politics and media have participated.

Before the event, the CEO-brunch and CEO-dialogue has taken place in Schloss Schadau in Thun. From 9.00 until 13.00 a selected panel of 120 personalities from the economics field has met to maintain a personal dialogue and to network on actual issues and topics on CEO level.

In the context of this event, Dr. Hubert Weber (President and CEO of IGI) has given a lecture on the subject "Power, Trust and Ego in Alliance Management!". From 10.15 until 11.30 he presented the newest insights of his study and outlines with the participants the most important success factors of alliances and co-operations.

To register for the CEO-brunch or to view the complete program of the Swiss Economic Forum go to (http://www.swisseconomic.ch/).