Closing Remarks and Outlook



Friday, 14. October 2016 | 13:00 Uhr

Speaker

Hans Groth

Organisation

President of Academia Engelberg Foundation

Reporting

In conclusion, Dr. med. Hans Groth, President of Academia Engelberg Foundation, thanked all the speakers and participants for the lively discussions and their contributions to scientific discourse.

 

“I’ve learned a lot and gained new inspirations,“ Hans Groth reflected on the three days. He advised that Academia Engelberg’s 16th Dialogue on Science would take place in October 2018: “We need a year of reflection.”

See Hans Groth’s full closing speech in the video.

Hans Groth

Hans Groth (MD, MBA) is President of the Academia Engelberg Foundation since January 2013. In addition, he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the St. Gallen-based World Demographic & Ageing Forum (WDA Forum) and Member of the Board of Directors of RehaClinic Bad Zurzach AG – a Switzerland-based chain of rehabilitation clinics.

After completing medical school and training in Internal Medicine he has been working with Pfizer Inc. for 24 years. He has comprehensive experience in over 30 healthcare markets including Western Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, the USA and Canada.

For the past 15 years, Dr. Groth has been studying the interaction between global demographic change, economic development, wealth and societal stability.

The focus of his research has built upon theories of economic development & productivity and employing the value of health, education and progress in societal governance as sustainable tools to unlock new ways to tackle the imminent challenges of demographic change. Since 2009 he is permanent guest lecturer at the University of St. Gallen (HSG).

 

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