Jasmin Wölke moderates congresses, conferences, townhalls and galas in Basel, in English and in standard German. From Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart, the conference moderator reaches the Rhine knee in about three hours, by train via Karlsruhe or on the A5 motorway.
Where the life sciences are at home
Few cities are shaped by one industry as clearly as Basel is by the life sciences. Novartis and Roche have their headquarters here, Lonza, Syngenta and Straumann count among the defining addresses, and the University of Basel, the oldest in Switzerland, supplies the research behind it. That shapes the events: scientific symposia, conferences on development and regulatory affairs, investor days, site communication. Researchers sit next to regulatory and production colleagues, and whoever moderates there needs respect for the subject plus the nerve to ask again until the answer stands without jargon. Jasmin brings more than ten years of corporate experience at Bosch, SAP and Volkswagen and keeps dense specialist programmes on one red thread.
Three countries, one audience
Basel sits where Switzerland, Germany and France meet. Part of the workforce commutes in daily from Baden and Alsace, English is the working language in research and development, and beyond pharma the programmes are filled by logistics firms at the Swiss Rhine ports, the insurer Baloise and international institutions. On Basel business stages the default is standard German, with English carrying the international guests. Jasmin fixes in the briefing which part of the programme runs in which language and holds that plan on stage. The programme stays as coherent for the lab head from Basel as for the colleague joining from abroad.
From the exhibition grounds to a boat on the Rhine
For congresses and large specialist formats there is the Congress Center Basel on the exhibition grounds; Messe Basel is known far beyond the region through Art Basel. Festive evenings take place in the Stadtcasino on Barfüsserplatz, in the Volkshaus, in the guild houses of the old town or on a boat, with the Rhine right outside the door. Jasmin prepares every venue with the production team and organiser; for morning slots she arrives the day before. Assignments across the country are bundled in the hub moderator for Switzerland, multi-day formats are covered by the congress moderation hub, and the preparation is laid out in the briefing checklist.
Enquire about your event in Basel
Send the format, date, venue and languages through the contact form. You will get a quick assessment and, after the briefing, a written offer with a fixed fee; travel costs to Basel appear as a separate item.