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Welcome to the NextGen Forum, a global gathering where investors, family business leaders, entrepreneurs and students come together to drive change and build a more equitable future together.​
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Through MBA executive workshops, interactive panels and life-changing keynote presentations, as well as a startup pitch by students, the event turns networking into action by helping participants embed sustainability and succession planning into real-world business decisions that deliver lasting value.
At the heart of our mission lies
succession thinking:
making thoughtful choices today
that create a better future
for generations to come.
Who Should Attend
Family Business &
Family Offices
Family businesses willing to embed legacy and long term value creation into their strategies.
Private Equity & Venture Capital Investors
Institutional investors who aim to balance profitability with environmental and social impact.
Innovators & Startup Founders
Startups looking to showcase or refine their eco-friendly ideas while connecting with potential partners.
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High School Students
​High school students eager to make their mark in sustainability through the Youth Venture Camp, which includes mentoring, workshops and a startup competition.
Academic Partnership with INSEAD
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Conference & Executive Workshops:
INSEAD faculty delivers executive workshops specifically crafted to embed long-term value creation and succession thinking into decision-making.
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Youth Venture Camp:
Based on MBA-type workshops, the YVC is an intensive entrepreneurial accelerator, where students get knowledge on wealth management, business strategy and public speaking.
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Special Location
Caux Palace, Switzerland
Welcome to Caux Palace, Switzerland
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The NextGen Forum is hosted in the iconic Caux Palace, a historic landmark nestled in the heart of the Swiss Alps.
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The NextGen Forum brings generations together, forging genuine connections and trust among stakeholders to drive impactful, sustainable progress.
NextGen Forum 2026 Agenda
Main Conference
Keynote presentations, panel discussions and high-level leadership insights
10:00am – Registration & Networking Breakfast
11:00am – NextGen Forum – Introduction
11:20am – Theme 1: Strategic Capital Deployment – Purpose-Driven Alpha
12:00pm – Fireside Chat with André Hoffmann: Leading the New Nature of Business – Long-Term Value for People and Planet
01:00pm – Theme 2: Family Offices – Succession Planning and Family Values Alignment Across Generations
2:00pm – Lunch
3:00pm – Keynote: Family and Generational Strategy – Unlocking Children’s Potential as the Core of a Family’s Long-Term Vision
3:20pm – Theme 3: Beyond Returns – Leading Investments Through a Stakeholder Lens
4:20pm – Theme 4: Alternative Investment Sectors – Investing in Longevity, Wellbeing and Future Lifestyles
5:20pm – Recap & Next Steps
7:30pm – Gala Dinner & Innovation Awards
Gala Dinner & Innovation Awards
A Gala dinner to celebrate achievements of business leaders at the forefront of long term value creation
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INSEAD Workshops: Sustainability
Systems Leadership for the Circular Economy: How to Invest in Sustainable Businesses That Modify, Not Disrupt, Systems.
Participants will master three investment frameworks (Pace Layering, Drivers & Barriers, Trade-Offs) to identify and back truly scalable circular economy startups; understand why evolutionary innovation beats revolution in physical industries; and develop the critical eye to distinguish genuine systems-friendly progress from greenwash, equipping them to deploy capital and design initiatives that create lasting, defensible value within complex, interconnected markets.
Strategic Leadership In Investment: Orchestrating Stakeholders For Sustainable Advantage
This workshop develops the “systems orchestration” capability - the art of aligning divergent stakeholders around shared objectives while respecting their constraints and building trust.
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Capital deployment alone is insufficient in circular economy ventures. Leaders must understand power dynamics, competing incentives, governance structures, and communication flows across manufacturers, regulators, distributors, end-consumers, and financial partners.
INSEAD Workshops: Leadership
Leadership, Power & Trust for Cross-Generational Collaboration
The workshop equips family leaders with frameworks to manage founder-successor tension, align family values across generations, build trust in governance structures, and design sustainable family business systems that thrive across multiple generations. This capability is essential for family offices, family-controlled enterprises, and succession planning where intergenerational alignment determines both financial viability and family cohesion.
Art Thinking: Creative Decision-Making for Break-through Innovation
The workshop introduces Art Thinking as a complementary methodology to analytical decision-making frameworks, specifically designed to unlock creative solutions in complex, ambiguous business challenges. Participants learn to apply artistic practices - observation, questioning, metaphor, and paradox. The workshop bridges the rational and intuitive, enabling leaders to decode hidden meanings, anticipate emerging patterns, and generate original approaches to challenges that conventional business thinking might miss.
Tickets Options
NextGen Conference
Youth Venture Camp
Gala Dinner
Wednesday, March 25th
This elegant evening is an opportunity to nurture strategic relations and celebrate achievement in an unofficial environment of the Swiss Alps.
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The highlight of the night is the presentation of the NextGen Innovator Award.
Youth Venture Camp 2026
The Next Generation Speaks Up
The Youth Venture Camp, hosted by HIM Business School in Montreux from March 24–26, 2026, brings together over 50 high school students from the UK, Switzerland, UAE, and China for a three-day immersive entrepreneurial program led by INSEAD faculty.
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The camp features an intensive curriculum with MBA professors and industry leaders, hands-on workshops and mentorship focused on sustainable venture creation and professional skills, a collaborative environment fostering teamwork, and the NextGen Forum, where students pitch their ventures to more than 100 industry professionals.
50+
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM UK, SWITZERLAND, UAE, CHINA
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DAYS OF SUSTAINABLE VENTURE CREATION PROGRAM LED BY INSEAD FACULTY
Youth Venture Camp 2025
Previous Edition 2025 NextGen Forum - Contributors
Sponsorship Packages
Sponsorship packages at NextGen Forum offer targeted visibility among influential leaders shaping sustainable business. Join forces with a global community and directly support initiatives designed to drive measurable, long-term change.
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Keynote/Panel
​Shape the agenda with a prime speaking role and customized topic, amplifying thought leadership through co‑branding and recorded content that extends reach beyond the room.​​
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Prime speaking slot
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Topic customization
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Co-branding opportunities
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Video recording
INSEAD Executive Workshop
​Co-develop a practical case and co-brand an MBA‑style session with faculty, turning expertise into tools executives can deploy across their organizations.​​​​
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Case study development
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Faculty participation in the workshop
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Academic co-branding
Gala Dinner
Open the evening with welcome remarks and host VIP tables, using a curated setting to deepen relationships and integrate the brand into a high‑visibility moment.​​​
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Welcome remarks opportunity
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Table hosting for VIP guests
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Brand integration
Venture Showcase
​Help define selection criteria and co-brand the stage to surface scalable solutions, while media coverage magnifies the startups and the sponsor’s role in backing real innovation.​​
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​​Define seleciton criteria
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Co-branding opportunities
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Media coverage
Youth Venture Camp
​Mentor teams and co‑brand the workshops to accelerate student ventures, creating measurable youth impact and a pipeline to future talent and ideas.​​
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Mentorship opportunities
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Workshop facilitation
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Co-branding
