Overview of all graduation ceremony speakers
2012
Dr. Sven Norberg, Jur. Dr. h. c. Former Judge of the EFTA Court; Director at Directorate-General Competition, EU Commission (1995-2005); Director Legal Affairs EFTA (1982-1993); before that Permanent Secretary and Chief Legal Officer, Ministry of Commerce, Stockholm and Judge at the Svea Court of Appeal, Stockholm.: "The EEA - more relevant than ever for Switzerland!"
2011
Prof. Dr. Thomas Maissen, Universität Heidelberg, Germany: "EWige Schweiz in veränderlichem Europa?"
2010
Prof. Dr. Roland Vaubel, Universität Mannheim, Germany: "Rechtfertigt die Finanzkrise die Bankregulierungen der EU?"
2009
State Secretary Dr. Jakob Kellenberger, President of the ICRC, Geneva: "The ICRC facing old and new challenges"
2008
Prof. Dr. Carl Baudenbacher, President of the EFTA-Court of Justice and Professor at the University St. Gallen, Switzerland: "Der Dialog der Gerichte als Element regionaler und globaler Integration."
2007
Botschafterin Maria-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch, seco, Switzerland: "Die Zukunft des WTO-Systems: Chancen und Risiken"
2006
Prof. Dr. Kemal Kirisçi, Bosporus University Istanbul, Turkey: "Will Turkey ever become a member of the European Union?"
2005
Prof. Dr. Thomas Cottier, Chair of European and Economic Law, University of Bern, Switzerland: "Der Beitrag des freien Handels zum Weltfrieden."
2004
Prof. Dr. Richard E. Baldwin, Graduate Institute of International Studies, HEI, Geneva, Switzerland: "The Constitutional Treaties. Devil in the details."
2003
Prof. Dr. Peter Burke, Historian, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom: "Cultural Exchanges in Early Modern Europe"
2002
Wolfgang Petritsch, High Representative of the International Community, Bosnia-Herzegowina: "The Policy of Peace of the European Union in Former Yugoslavia"
2001
Prof. Dr. Guido Tabellini, Bocconi University Milano, Italy: "Testing the speed limit for Europe"
2000
Prof. Dr. Jutta Limbach, President of the Constitutional Court, Germany: "Der Schutz der Grundrechte in Europa"
1999
Otto Schily, Minister of the Interior, Germany: "National Citizenship in a Changing World"
1998
Piotr Nowina-Konopka, Secretary of State, Poland: "Europe at Stake. A View from Poland."
1997
Madeleine May Kunin, US-Ambassador in Switzerland: "The United States and European Security"
1996
Dr. Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister, Luxemburg: "The European Monetary Union and its impacts"
1995
Franz Blankhart, Secretary of State, Bern, Switzerland: "Die Konsequenzen eines möglichen GATT-Beitritts der Schweiz"
1994
Alexandre Lamfalussy, President of the European Monetary Fund: "The Monetary System of the European Union"