Stephan Lendi hosts conferences, panel discussions and corporate events live in English, German, French and Italian.
Since 2016, he has completed 266 paid engagements for 79 clients, from the Congress of the Swiss Abroad with the President of the Swiss Confederation to a conference for the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Berlin and EuroBLECH in Hannover.
For international audiences and VIP clients, he hosts events and livestreams in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Switzerland. He has hosted more than 500 podcast episodes, including corporate podcasts for Volvo Trucks, Novo Nordisk and Pfizer. Stephan Lendi has completed mediation training through the Harvard Program on Negotiation.
Stephan Lendi – Hosting Formats and Key topics
Hosting Formats
- Conference hosting and moderation
- Award shows and galas
- Panel discussions and fireside chats
- On-stage interviews
- Hybrid events and livestreams
- Live podcasts
- Corporate podcasts
Key topics
- Energy and infrastructure
- Finance, insurance and risk management
- Artificial intelligence and digital transformation
- Industry
- Architecture and urban development
- Moderating controversial debates
- Rooms Where Tensions Rise – How to Lead Conversations When Interests Collide
Stephan Lendi has spent 20 years in front of audiences and cameras. Since 2016, he has completed 266 paid engagements for 79 clients, many of whom have rebooked him over the years. These include the SIRM Forum for insurance and risk managers and the Paul Scherrer Institute Energy Briefing for five consecutive years, the Swisspower congress of Swiss city utilities on four occasions, and the Zurich Film Festival, where he has hosted 13 events over ten years.
He also hosts events at government level, including the Congress of the Swiss Abroad 2022 in Lugano with the President of the Swiss Confederation, Ignazio Cassis, events featuring Federal Councillors Simonetta Sommaruga and Albert Rösti, and the closing conference of ValiKom Transfer in Berlin for the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, bringing together representatives from government, employers and trade unions.
His strongest area of expertise is energy and infrastructure, followed by finance and insurance, artificial intelligence and digitalisation, industry, architecture and the built environment. He presents the architecture programme RaumkulturTV and conducted an on-stage interview with Pritzker Prize laureate Jean Nouvel during the 25th anniversary celebrations of KKL Lucerne.
Other notable on-stage interview guests include Hugh Herr (MIT Media Lab), Chris Anderson (formerly WIRED), Claus Meyer (Noma) and Danielle Feinberg (Pixar).
Stephan Lendi draws on his mediation training through the Harvard Program on Negotiation and his accreditation as a mediator (CIArb), particularly when discussions become controversial and different interests collide.
Alongside his work as a conference host and moderator, he has hosted more than 500 podcast episodes, including corporate podcasts for Volvo Trucks, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Zurich, PostFinance, Swica and Coop. His experience also includes livestreams and live podcasts on stage.
Stephan Lendi holds an MBA in Global Marketing & Communications from the University of Liverpool. He is based near Zurich and works internationally as a conference host and moderator.