Shaping the Future Day 2025

«Adapt for Continuity»
How to stay adaptable for continuous success.

Thursday, 25 September 2025

9:00 am to approx. 23:00 pm at JED Events

Dear Key People Community

We are happy to welcome you to this year’s Shaping the Future Day on 25 September in Zurich!

Last year's Shaping the Future Day explored bold scenarios to anticipate how changes in our context might impact our company – and we examined Swiss Life’s strengths and vulnerabilities in each context. The pace of change is such that elements of those imagined futures are already becoming reality.

At the start of this year, we launched our new corporate strategy, SL27, a strategy designed to strengthen our resilience and ensure continuity. But as we all know, continuity doesn’t mean standing still. It requires constant evolution – especially in times when not only technological progress is accelerating, but the world order as we’ve long known is being called into question.

That’s why this year’s Shaping the Future Day puts transformation at the center.
What must we do — as an organisation and as leaders — to remain adaptive and solidly positioned for what’s ahead?

Join us for a dynamic and thought-provoking day filled with insights, expertise and hands-on activation. We look forward to welcoming you to JED-Events in Zurich!

Let’s shape the future together!

If your travel plans change or you need to cancel at short notice, please contact the event organisation. See contact details below.

Schedule

Arrival & Check-in

  • Doors open from 9:00 am. Please show your QR-Code at the check-in onsite.

  • General Dress Code: Smart Casual.

Official Start

Welcome and Theme of the Day

Morning programme

  • Group CEO Welcome and ExB-Talk

  • Keynote by Khoi Tu: "To change, or not to change?"

  • Panel on transformations @ Swiss Life

Lunch break

Afternoon programme

  • KPP Review

  • Working Sessions: What needs to change and what stops us from changing?

  • Closing panel

End of Day's Programme, leisure time

Drinks, Graduation and Networking

Dinner

Dinner at Eve's Kitchen

End of Event

Key Note

Khoi Tu, Senior Partner at Korn Ferry

Khoi Tu is a leadership and culture expert with over 35 years of experience advising world-leading and fast-growth organisations at the intersection of strategy and cultural transformation. His work focuses on CEOs, senior leadership teams, and creative talent. Author of the Amazon No.1 bestseller Superteams, his insights are drawn from collaborations with elite groups such as the SAS, Ferrari F1, Pixar, and the British Red Cross. He chairs the Jamie Oliver Group and DAP, and serves as trustee and ambassador for several causes. A recognised thought leader, he regularly appears on CNN, BBC, and teaches at top business schools.

In his keynote, Khoi will ask "what if change was not a burden, but our strongest source of continuity and success?” He will invite us to embrace change as an act of leadership and – ultimately – culture: a conscious choice to anticipate, adapt, and move forward with courage.

Location & Travel Guidance

JED Events | Kongress- und Eventlocation Zürich

JED Events, Zürcherstrasse 39, Schlieren
8952 Schlieren

Arrival

We recommend arriving by public transport: From Zurich Main Station, you can reach Schlieren Station in approximately ten minutes via the S-Bahn (lines S11 or S12). From there, it’s about a five-minute walk to the JED site. Alternatively, you may take tram number 2 to the “Wagonsfabrik” stop.

If you are travellng by car, the JED site is accessible from Zurich via the A1 motorway (exit Schlieren), then follow Zürcherstrasse towards the city center. A limited number of parking spaces are available on-site (Building D, see site map). Alternatively, the “Parkside Schlieren” parking garage is located nearby.

Accommodation

Accommodation has been arranged based on your registration.
Please note that travel arrangements, including transfers to and from the event venues, are at your own expense. Kindly be aware that cancellations may incur a fee.

Motel One: Situated in the city center, approximately 30 minutes from the event venue via tram line 2. Rate: CHF 239.- per night

Placid Hotel: Location: Approximately 15 minutes from the event venue via tram line 2. Rate: CHF 260.- per night

Event organisation contact

For questions about your travel planning and the event, please contact us here:

Laura von Escher and Clemens Lützen
sponsoring@swisslife.ch
+41 (0) 43 284 77 92