The document summarizes information about the 5th Zermatt Summit taking place from June 26-28, 2014 in Zermatt, Switzerland. The summit will focus on inspiring participants to have the courage to dare and implement projects that make a positive impact. Over the three-day event, there will be keynote speeches, workshops, and networking opportunities. Confirmed speakers include leaders from business, non-profits, and politics who will discuss topics like social entrepreneurship and creating a more sustainable and just world.

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2. The Zermatt Summit
The Zermatt Summit provided a
great opportunity to re-engage and
re-inspire for the challenges ahead.
Rob Cameron
SustainAbility
The Zermatt Summit is a world
recognized platform that is helping
to make our planet more sustainable,
economically, socially and environmentally by developing a practical
consensus among a wide range of
influential decision makers.
Mohan Munasinge
Nobel Peace Prize co winner
The Zermatt Summit was a spark
for the Blueprint for Better Business
initiative.
Charles Wookey
Blueprint for Better Business
Created in 2010 as a primary international platform,
the Zermatt Summit promotes a constructive, action
oriented dialogue between key stakeholders from
different universes who share the same purpose.
Its role is to inspire, connect and empower high
profile entrepreneurs, economists, political and
spiritual leaders and NGO representatives who
strive to be catalysts of a more inclusive and human
globalization.
Through a uniquely designed program, the Zermatt
Summit team takes participants on an intense
three-day journey to share a vision for a better society, develop models for a more human and sustainable world and change their hearts and minds in
the process.
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The Zermatt Summit Foundation is an independent
non-profit organisation of public interest recognized by the Swiss Government. It is committed to
changing the hearts and minds of leaders for a
more human and sustainable world.
Since 2010, it has empowered, inspired and connected over 800 leaders who want to put meaning
in their actions and “humanize globalization”.
The Convener
Christopher Wasserman
is President and
co-founder of the Zerma
tt Summit, the Swiss
registered Foundation wh
ose
respect of the human per credo is that the
son is not incompatible
with success in business
enterprises.
Mr. Wasserman is also fou
nder and president
of the TeroLab Surface Gro
up, based in Lausanne
(Switzerland), one of the
leading European
companies in the field of
surface engineering
by thermal spraying. Chr
istopher Wasserman
has a MBA from New Yor
k Un
United States. He has bee iversity in the
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and shareholder of the Eut ior executive
ectic Castolin Group.
Christopher Wasserman
is the founder of the
Fondation Ecophilos.
The Zermatt Summit Foundation engages its community and promotes values such as the dignity
and value of people, reciprocity, integrity, solidarity
& fairness, sustainability, accountability and courage. It fosters responsible participation of all of society’s stakeholders and engages them to serve the
common good and the human person.

3. preview 2014
Dare to care, dare to innovate, dare to serve, dare to en
With the drastic changes created by globalization
in the economic, social and political fabrics of our
societies, some issues appear to be so complex to
address that it can be difficult to have the courage
to dare to start changing the world we live in.
The 2014 edition of the Zermatt Summit will focus
on success stories of people who had a dream and
made a significant impact in their environment by
daring to implement a project that had meaning.
Through a uniquely designed program combining
inspirational keynote interventions, well structured
brainstorming sessions, practical workshops and
genuine interactions, the Zermatt Summit team
will create the context to inspire and empower the
participants to have the courage to dare.
WHY PARTICIPATE?
You are a leader and innovative achiever of wideranging intellectual interests who share the values
underlined in the Zermatt Summit Declaration and
Manifesto.
The Zermatt Summit will help you to:
– establish genuine dialogue built on substantive
content
– be part of an inspiring journey with people having
decided to engage in actions in favor of the human
person and for the Common Good
– engage in networking and building new relationships with a range of business, civil society and
thought leaders
– unite with the leaders of today and tomorrow
through an alpine event designed to forge lifelong
friendships, spawn innovative ideas and make
our world a better place
– change hearts and minds
Highlights 2014
BLUEPRINT FOR BETTER BUSINESS
With the goal to unite corporate purpose and personal values to serve society, Blueprint for Better
Business comes with an expertise to guide leaders
in their decision making process and will make it
available at one of the Zermatt Summit workshops.
ASHOKA European Social & Business
co-creation competition
A partnership between Ashoka, Dynamic Parcel
Distribution, Guilé Foundation and the Zermatt
Summit Foundation, the competition will source
the best cases of social and business co-creation in
Europe. The awards ceremony for the competition
will be held before the Zermatt Summit Gala Dinner.
Impact Journalism at the summit
Sparknews is known for having put together the
“2013 Impact Journalism Day” that engaged 22
world’s leading newspapers from 20 countries to
share stories of hope, change and innovation with
their 50 million readers. The founder of Sparknews
will ensure that the stories shared at the summit
reach a larger audience and have the best impact.
Matterhorn Leadership Excursion
The Zermatt Summit will be concluded by the Matterhorn Leadership Excursion lead by the charismatic Rodrigo Jordan. The first South American to
reach the Mount Everest peak, Mr. Jordan is internationally known for his work in leadership, innovation and social development.
SWISS NIGHT DINNER
The SWISS NIGHT DINNER, held at the panoramic
Sunnegga, will be a unique opportunity for participants and speakers to share their ideas and the perfect venue for genuine networking.

4. 2014 speakers include
Advisory Board
Naftali Brawer
Ben ANDRADI
CEO, Spiritual Capital Foundation
Consultant, Private Equity
Hubert de Boisredon
Henri-Claude DE BETTIGNIES
CEO, Armor Group
Professor, INSEAD and CEIBS
Nicolas Buttet
Damien DE CHILLAZ
Founder, Eucharistein Fraternity
Head of Market Risk Advisory for the Americas,
Interest & Forex Derivatives Sales, Societe Generale
Francesca-Immacolata Chaouqui
Hernando DE SOTO
Member of the Economic Commission to reform the Holy See
Hannah Chung
Chief Creative Officer, Sproutel
Doraja Eberlé
Chairwoman, Erste Stiftung
Pierre-Yves Gomez
Economist / President, French Academy of Management
Pamela Hartigan
Executive Director Skoll Center, Said Business School,
Oxford / Cofounder, Volans Ventures
President, Institute for Liberty & Democracy
Shirin EBADI
2003 Winner, Nobel Peace Prize
Jean Luc FAVRE
CEO, ABB Sécheron
Rodrigo JORDAN
Executive Vice President, Vertical Inversiones S.A.
Bérangère MAGARINOS-RUCHAT
Vice President Sustainability Partnerships,
Firmenich / Chair, Global Compact
Erik Hersman
Arnaud MOUROT
Rodrigo Jordan
Gonzalo MUNOZ
CEO BRCK / Ushaidi founder / Ted fellow
Mountaineer / President, National Foundation
for Overcoming Poverty
Antonio Meloto
Founder, Gawad Kalinga
Melchior de Muralt
Managing Partner, Pury Pictet Turrettini /
Vice Chairman, Blue Orchard Finance
Chairman, Ashoka France, Belgium and Switzerland
Founder & CEO, Tricolos / Vice-President, Aconcagua Summit
Chandran NAIR
CEO, Global Institute for Tomorrow
Marcello Palazzi
Cofounder, B Lab, Europe
Paul Rose
Julien PITTON
Hisham el Sherif
Mallika V. SARABHAI
Explorer/ Broadcaster/
Vice President, Royal Geographical Society
Chairman, IT Investments Group / Founder, Nile Online
Edouard Tétreau
Managing Partner, Mediafin
Laurent Wauquiez
Mayor of Puy-en-Velay, France / Member of French Parliament /
former Minister of State
Jochen Zeitz
Cofounder & co-chair, The B-Team / Director, Kering /
Founder, Zeitz Foundation
Managing Director, Edmond de Rothschild Corporate, Finance
Treasurer, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Director, Darpana Academy
Andreas WIDMER
CEO, Seven Fund

6. ZermattSummit
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Zermatt Summit Foundation
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Join us! We look forward to
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Past editions of the Zermatt Summit featured speakers from the following entities:
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