Jasmin Wölke moderates congresses, conferences and corporate events across Switzerland, in English and in standard German. The conference moderator from Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart reaches Zurich by direct train and lists travel costs transparently in her offer.
Four cities, four profiles
Nobody organises an event in Switzerland in general, you organise it somewhere specific. Zurich is the financial centre with a growing tech scene: banks, insurers, a major Google engineering site and the ETH environment fill rooms with people who love precise questions. Basel lives on pharma and sits right on the German border, so many guests travel in from Baden-Württemberg. Bern is the federal capital and home to associations, while Geneva stages the international organisations, with programmes that often run entirely in English. Jasmin prepares each of these stages differently: a different industry, a different audience, a different tone. What all Swiss rooms share is the expectation that the programme delivers what the invitation promised, without show effects and without dead air.
English, standard German and the language plan
In Switzerland, the language question is the first question in any briefing. Business events in the German-speaking part run in standard German, the foyer speaks Swiss German, and in many companies English has long been the working language. Jasmin hosts in standard German and English, including a planned switch within one programme: a bilingual welcome, a panel in English, an award ceremony in German. The bilingual moderation hub shows how that works in practice. For purely French-language programmes she is honestly not the right choice; English-language events in the French-speaking part, however, she gladly takes on. That clarity up front saves organisers surprises in the room.
Closer than you think
The train from Stuttgart to Zurich runs without a change, about three hours via Singen. Basel lies just across the border, Bern and Geneva are well connected. For morning slots Jasmin arrives the day before, and the previous evening is reserved for the technical check or dress rehearsal. Many Swiss enquiries actually start at desks in Germany: corporations with Swiss subsidiaries, associations with members across the DACH region, event series that rotate between countries. If you need the same logic for Austria, see the hub moderator for Austria. What a booking costs is explained in what does an event moderator cost?
Enquire about your event in Switzerland
Send the city, format, date and languages through the contact form. You will receive a quick feasibility assessment and, after the briefing, a written offer with a fixed fee including travel costs.