Dr. iur. Philipp Gmür has been Chief Executive Officer of the Executive Management of Helvetia Group since 1 September 2016. Philipp Gmür is a member of the Board of the Swiss Insurance Association SIA, as well as a member of several other boards of directors and trustees. He has supported the StartWeek with Helvetia Insurance as Presenting Partner since 2014.
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| Dr. Jürg Ackermann is a journalist and historian. Since 2012, he has been working as an editor and member of the Editorial Board at the St.Galler Tagblatt. Previously, he reported for the Tages-Anzeiger as an eastern Switzerland correspondent. The subject of his dissertation at the University of Zurich was "Fussball und nationale Identität in Diktaturen". For the StartWeek, he serves as a media expert in the Documentation Team. |
| Umberto W. Ferrari has been working for nearly 30 years in the editorial office of the St.Galler Tagblatt in different roles. Since 1 October 2018, he has been Head of Production & Services and a member of the Journalistic Management of CH Media. In his spare time, Umberto W. Ferrari likes to dive in the open sea or in lakes and plays curling in winter. For the StartWeek, he serves as a media expert in the Documentation Team. |
Philip Kröger is the Managing Director of the university's educational radio station toxic.fm and head of the radio school Switzerland. He held a number of positions at radio aktuell in St.Gallen. From 2008 he worked also as a programme director and member of the programme management board for Radio FM1. For the StartWeek, he serves as a media expert in the Documentation Team Radio.
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| Jacqueline Gasser-Beck, lic. iur. EMBA HSG is the head of the "Teaching Innovation Lab" at the University of St.Gallen. Her team supports the faculty in the development of innovative teaching formats in the digital age. For the StartWeek, Jacqueline Gasser-Beck is engaged as a media expert in the Documentation Team digital. |
Luca Schmid is a specialist at the Media Lab of the University of St.Gallen and, in this role, brings the medium of video into his teaching. After studying economics at the HSG, he went into business for himself as a freelance video producer as "Film Schmid". In addition, he gives courses in video production in the youth cultural space flon. For the StartWeek, Luca Schmid is on board as a media expert with the Documentation Team digital.
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Sarah Wagner reports daily as a video journalist on current topics from Eastern Switzerland. Sarah Wagner has been working for various German-Swiss regional broadcasters since 2015. For the StartWeek Sarah Wagner is engaged as a media expert in the Documentation Team TV.
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| Claudius Krucker, lic. iur. HSG oversaw the introduction of the Bologna reform at the HSG as part of the team “Neukonzeption Lehre” (reorganisation of study programmes) and helped develop the concept of the StartWeek. After that, Claudius Krucker turned his passion into his profession and moved to culture, founding the art and exhibition platform "artagenda.com" and the Coworking Space "CreativeSpace". Claudius Krucker will give a keynote presentation at the StartWeek Seminar I and is the expert for the production of the Closing Event of the StartWeek. |
| Daniel Sager is Head of TV Southeast Switzerland at the SOMEDIA Media House in Chur since spring 2017.He began his career in radio followed by advertising agencies, film and video production companies, and subsequently he started working in television. Daniel Sager hosts the annual Closing Event of the StartWeek.
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