World.minds

WORLD.MINDS (formerly ZURICH.MINDS) is a non-profit foundation set up in June 2008 by Rolf Dobelli.[1] The goal of the WORLD.MINDS Foundation is "to create a bridge between the science, business and cultural communities". Members of the board are: Rolf Dobelli (Chairman), Pascal Forster, Michael Hengartner, Thomas Ladner, Hans Jürg ("Schoscho") Rufener and Alex Wassmer.

Gerhard Schröder (ex Chancellor of Germany) and Rolf Dobelli on stage at ZURICH.MINDS (12 Dec 2012)

Its annual meeting has received some coverage in local media, such as the Switzerland edition of The Wall Street Journal,[2][3][4][5] Swiss national television[6] amongst others.[7][1]

Members include Nobel prize laureate Kurt Wuthrich, former Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schröder, philosopher John N. Gray of the London School of Economics, director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development Gerd Gigerenzer, writer and politician Matt Ridley,[8] economist Paul Romer, Investor and author Guy Spier,[8] neuroeconomist Ernst Fehr, experimental psychologist Roy Baumeister[8][9] and investor and entrepreneur Daniel Aegerter.

In 2016, the foundation changed its name to WORLD.MINDS.

References
  1. Von: Dirk Ruschmann (2011-11-11). "Zurich Minds: Forschung meets Business". bilanz.ch. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
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  8. "2011". zurich.minds. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  9. "Selbstkontrolle ist auch nur ein Muskel - Mensch - derStandard.at › Wissenschaft". Derstandard.at. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
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