
If you have not received email updates in the past regarding Switzerland Area Alumni Chapter events, and you would like to be notified, send an email to Natalie Oesch in the Central Office. Please provide your full name, email address, and school name and year of induction into Beta Gamma Sigma. This is a great way to help us keep you informed about the happenings of your BGS Switzerland Area Alumni Chapter.
Welcome to Beta Gamma Sigma Switzerland & Liechtenstein,
Our chapter is based in the center of Europe and is proud to be the beautiful home to more than 550 BGS members. BGS Switzerland & Liechtenstein was founded in 2009 and has over 300 alumni actively participating in the chapter.
Come and join us at one of our upcoming events. They are being held regularly and offer a great opportunity to network, meet new friends and exchange ideas. People from all walks of life are members; backgrounds are multicultural. Our members work in industries such as finance, consulting, UN & NGOs, pharma & medical, machinery & capital goods, FMCGs, Telecom, IT, Energy and more.
I hope to welcome you at our next event and look forward to hearing from you.
Warm regards,
Chris Ulrich
+41 (0)79 360 57 20
bgs(AT)trulimex.com
Upcoming Events
Alumni Chapter Membership Drive
Business professionals are connecting in your area because they are Beta Gamma Sigma members. Don't miss out in joining them!
I would like to invite all members residing in the Switzerland to become official members of the Switzerland Alumni Chapter. A special welcome to the newest BGS inductees! At this point, there is NO COST to membership.
Membership to Beta Gamma Sigma is for a lifetime, and joining a local BGS alumni chapter means you can interface with BGS members in person throughout your career. Join the Switzerland Alumni Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma and you will be added to the chapter’s mailing list, hear about lecture, networking, and social events for BGS members in that area, and connect to other business professionals.
Here are some recent and upcoming events for the chapter:
-May 30, 2013: Wine & Tapas Networking Event at Restaurant Turm, Zurich
-July 11, 2013: Speaking Event hosted by the Rochester Bern Alumni Association in cooperation with SAMBA
and Beta Gamma Sigma
If you are interested in the chapter, apply using the form here. It will update the Central Office with your permanent email and contact information. This is especially important if BGS has a student email or mailing address on file. Email it back to Natalie Oesch, Manager of Alumni Operations at the BGS Central Office (noesch@betagammasigma.org).
Also find us on LinkedIn here and make sure to visit our website:
http://www.trulimex.com/betagammasigma.html
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4461266
We look forward to meeting you soon!

The Rochester Bern Alumni Association presents in cooperation with SAMBA and BGS: The Summer Event 2013
Date: Thursday, July 11, 2013
Program: 18.00 – 18.30 Cocktail
18.30 – 19.30 Speech & open discussion
19.30 – 22.00 Dinner
Location: Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville, Paradeplatz, 8001 Zurich
Phone: 044 215 25 25, www.savoy-baurenville.ch
Speech: Prof. Jan-Egbert Sturm - "Money-Printing – Economic Stimulus or Currency War?"
Prof. Dr. Jan-Egbert Sturm, KOF/ETH
Jan-Egbert Sturm is Full Professor of Applied Macroeconomics and Director at KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich since 2006.
The KOF Swiss Economic Institute is the largest and most prominent independent macroeconomic research institute in Switzerland. It is mainly engaged in the analysis and forecasting of the economic activity in Switzerland. The covered research fields are: macroeconomic and political economic analyses, economic growth, structural change, internationalisation, innovation economics and economic policy.
Jan-Egbert Sturm is also research professor at Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich, member of the European Economic Advisory Group (EEAG) and President of the Centre for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys (CIRET). Besides forecasting, he is further focusing at the current economic situation and problems of the Swiss Economy, including monetary- and economic policy as well as macro-economic questions. Professor Sturm earned his degree at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. In 2000, he held a professorship at the School of Business at Bond University, Australia. From 2001 to 2003, he was Head of Department, Economic Forecasting and Financial Markets at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich, Germany. After that, he became Director of the TWI – Thurgau Institute of Economics (Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut an der Universität Konstanz) in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland. In October 2005, he joined the ETH Zurich.
Language: English
Cost: The registration fee of CHF 139.-/person covers cocktail, 3-course dinner, wine and non-alcoholic beverages. To register, kindly click here. In case the link doesn't work, please access www.swissamba.ch and find it listed under upcoming events. Registration deadline: July 9th, 2013. Seats are limited and assigned on a first come - first served basis. No walk-ins. No refunds (ticket however transferable).
Registration: Please register for the event directly – as above mentioned – and as soon as possible.

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