Your preferred place for dialogue
The Centre for Global Dialogue nurtures trust building between you and your stakeholders. It is designed as an agora for dialogue, for relationship building, for knowledge transfer, and to come up with new ideas.
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Get a sense of the beauty of the Centre, but also the communication and conferencing technology that is available to create tailored experiences for your stakeholders.
Our aspiration is to exceed expectations of your guests
The Centre inspires you to forge strategic and content-driven stakeholder relationship management. We want to be your partner for modern and bespoke events, education & innovation programmes, and business meetings. Our rooms, video infrastructure and online communication platforms allow you to host best-in-class and individualized programs. You can run offline, hybrid as well as online event concepts and switch flexibly in case some of your guests are prevented from travelling to the Centre (see further down our "Dialogue guarantee"):
Offline events
Classic conferences, forums, roundtables, workshops, seminars, retreats, etc. to engage at the Centre with up to 220 participants. Delegate package includes:
• Room rental, standard room equipment (Flipcharts, Whiteboard, etc.)
• Water and juices available in seminar room
• Room start-up support
• Welcome coffee, morning and afternoon coffee breaks
• Lunch (3-Course) including non-alcoholic Beverages
• Event Manager for venue-related services and consulting
• Parking and WiFi
Daily delegate rate: CHF 175.00
Half-day delegate rate: CHF 160.00
Package including 4-course dinner, overnight stay and breakfast: CHF 485.00
Hybrid events
Events hosted with blended formats to engage offline and online audiences. Mixed set-up combining video studio with seating concepts for up to 200 participants. Flat rate package includes:
• Room with studio set-up and seats for up to 80 guests in-person
• 4-5 Cameras for High Definition (HD) video production
• Neutral Backdrop (not branded), blue, grey or brown
• Modular stage for up to 8 panelists, 2 LCD Screens
• Communication technology (video-to-video for up to 250 participants)
• Cisco Video Conferencing system
• Streaming (100 online viewers for 2 hours included in package)
• Dry-run (1 hour included in package)
• Area for preparation work and make-up
• AV and IT technicians, Personal Event Manager for venue-related services
• Video recording, rough cut (MP4)
• Further complements included: Parking, WiFi, water and juices in studio room
Flat rate: CHF 14'500.00
Flat rate half day: CHF 11'500.00
Board and lodging
• Welcome Coffee, starts from CHF 9.00
• Coffee Break, starts from CHF 15.00
• 3-Course dining incl. non-alcoholic beverages, starts from CHF 85.00
• 4-Course dining incl. non-alcoholic beverages, starts from CHF 120.00
• Hotel room including breakfast CHF 230.00
Online events
Video studio set up to host an all-virtual event, webinar, or meeting. Flat rate package includes:
• Room with studio set-up for host, moderator and speakers
• 4-5 Cameras for High Definition (HD) video production
• Neutral Backdrop (not branded), blue, grey or brown
• Modular stage for up to 8 panelists
• 2 LCD Screens (e.g. to dial in remote speakers with video and audio)
• Communication technology (video-to-video for up to 250 participants)
• Cisco Video Conferencing system
• Streaming (100 online viewers for 2 hours included in package)
• Dry-run (1 hour included in package)
• Area for preparation work and make-up
• AV and IT technicians, Personal Event Manager for venue-related services
• Video recording, rough cut (MP4)
• Further complements included: Parking, WiFi, water and juices in studio room
Flat rate: CHF 14'500.00
Flat rate half day: CHF 11'500.00
All-virtual event without use of the Centre: CHF 4'000.00*
*Cost estimate for a standard half day programme, or virtual event series. CHF 220.00/hour for co-conceptualisation, CHF 130.00/hour for technical support.
Centre for Global Dialogue
The Centre is Swiss Re's premier conference facility for offline, hybrid, and online business events. Swiss Re partners and third party organisations can book this venue for events, programmes, and meetings.