an influential think tank on higher education issues

Over the past decade the Glion Colloquium has established itself as an influential think tank on higher education issues, in particular related to research intensive universities.

Leaders from renowned universities

Every two years the colloquium brings together in Glion, Switzerland, around twenty leaders from renowned universities and university organizations, along with influential figures from business and government, especially from Northern America and Europe, but also from leading institutions in other parts of the world.

“The Glion Declaration: the University at the Millennium”

The Glion Colloquium was launched in 1998 and immediately drew attention with the “The Glion Declaration: the University at the Millennium”, prepared for the 1998 Paris UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in the 21st Century.

Already six major books made available to university leaders and decision makers

The papers presented at each colloquium are published in a book that is sent to leaders of the world’s best research universities and is available for purchase to the wider public. Most volumes have been published by ECONOMICA in Paris and distributed by the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C. The volumes are also available online some time after their publication.

A non for profit Association based in Geneva

The supporting organization: The colloquia are organised by the non-profit Association Glion Colloquium, registered in Geneva, which raises the necessary funds, organizes the meetings and produces all the publications.

Lead by James J. Duderstadt and Luc E. Weber

The organizations commitee : The programme for each colloquium is organized by a different committee co-chaired by Professor Luc E. Weber (University of Geneva), Professor Werner Z. Hirsch (University of California, in 1998, 2000 and 2001), and, since 2003, Professor James J. Duderstadt (University of Michigan).