Global signals. Swiss focus.

Future economics and tech strategy. Inside Future is a think tank and digital & AI institute. We identify what is changing finance worldwide and bring it into focus for boards and executive teams of the Swiss financial industry.

  • Founded 2019
  • Briefings by invitation only
  • Engelberg  46.82° N  8.40° E

Real opportunity, not innovation theater.

Founded in 2019, Inside Future has quickly become a key advisor to boards and executive teams of the Swiss financial industry.

Our expertise is the evaluation of digital transformation. Together with a global network of leading experts, we continuously assess the latest studies and insights on digital change in finance, then go deep with the people who know most, always with the Swiss financial centre in mind. Our reports and expert analyses help clients tell genuine opportunities apart from innovation theater.

We see the accelerating shifts in economy and society as opportunities, and we want to understand the rules behind them. By identifying clear trends and developments, we show which transformations are coming and where new business areas emerge. We don’t just observe change: we help firms and decision-makers build forward-looking strategies for the next generation of the Swiss financial hub.

  • Only the future

    We work exclusively on what comes next for the Swiss financial industry: technologies, trends and the rules that drive change.

  • World-class experts

    Our team and associated experts worldwide assess current research on digital change, and test it against Swiss reality.

  • Made for boards

    Our events are organised in consultation with our clients. We don’t hold public briefings: every conversation is confidential.

From insight to impact, in four steps.

Our core engagement takes you from a first briefing to hands-on guidance. Select a step to see what it involves.

Understand tomorrow’s challenges today.

We equip your team with targeted tech and trend research and systematic analyses: a solid foundation for your digital strategy. Each study is tailored to your requirements and makes trends, markets and strategic options transparent and easy to grasp.

Format
Tailored briefing for your team
You get
A shared view of what’s coming
Snow-covered peaks above Engelberg in winter

Future Finance Circles

Retreats at the historic Engelberg Monastery for board members and executives of the Swiss financial industry. Instead of presentations, open discussion with leading experts about the trends and shifts shaping the future of finance.

  • Up to 9guests per circle
  • Invitationpersonal, by invitation only
  • EngelbergBenedictine monastery

Two further formats

Beyond the four steps, we bring decision-makers and leading experts together in person: in small circles at Engelberg Monastery and on stage.

Speaking engagements

Talks on handling new technologies, future research, megatrends in the financial economy and the societal changes shaping the digital future of the Swiss financial industry.

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Current briefing topics

No off-the-shelf content: every briefing is tailored to your organisation. Open a topic to see what it covers.

The 8 digital megatrends in the financial industry

New opportunities and risks for the next five years: which digital developments will change the financial industry, and what they mean for your business model.

Virtual world tour: eight global hotspots

We visit eight hotspots and flagship projects of the global financial industry and show what the future of modern customer service looks like.

AI essentials: what generative AI can do today

A concise session on the latest applications of AI, showing the current capabilities and limits of generative AI, and keeping your leadership team up to date with the cutting edge.

The new marketing in finance

Customer communication is becoming far more personal and faster. We show how, where the opportunities lie and how the industry is set to evolve.

Controlling, reinvented with AI copilots

New solutions such as Microsoft Copilot make controlling significantly more efficient. We demonstrate how data analytics will evolve in the coming years, and which opportunities are already available today.

Interested in a topic that isn’t listed? Our briefings are built around your questions. Tell us what is on your agenda.

The Engelberg valley with the monastery in the foreground and the glaciated peaks behind

Engelberg Monastery

A sanctuary of inspiration, and the home of our most confidential conversations.

Nestled in the heart of Engelberg, Canton of Obwalden, the Benedictine abbey has shaped its valley for nine centuries and helped turn a mountain village into an internationally renowned destination.

Thanks to the monastery’s renowned hospitality, we hold our events within its walls. Beyond exceptional infrastructure, it offers what our conversations need most: a confidential atmosphere far from daily business, and a community that thinks in centuries and welcomes discussions on the future, values and technology.

The baroque buildings of Engelberg Monastery below a forested slope
The abbey today: among the grandest baroque complexes in Central Switzerland.
  1. 1120

    Konrad von Sellenbüren founds the abbey; its first monks come from Muri.

  2. 1729

    A fire destroys the monastery. The baroque rebuild still defines it today.

  3. 2019

    Inside Future is founded as a think tank for the Swiss financial industry.

  4. 2020

    The abbey marks 900 years of unbroken presence in the valley.

The people behind Inside Future

Led by its two founders and supported by associated experts around the world.

  • Portrait of Martin C. Meyer

    Martin C. Meyer

    Co-Founder, Managing Partner

    Former Global Head Innovation & Customer Experience, Global Wealth Management at UBS. CEO of ATLASS Technology AG, Senior Partner of the Graduate School of Applied Technology & Management in Zurich and lecturer at ETH Zurich and other universities.

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  • Portrait of Christina Kehl

    Christina Kehl

    Co-Founder, Partner

    Co-Founder and Executive Chairwoman of the Innovationsverband Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt (ISA). Featured in Forbes, listed among the Top 100 Women in AI and member of the Swiss Federal Council’s digital advisory board.

    LinkedIn profile of Christina Kehl (opens in a new tab)

Behind every briefing stands a worldwide network of associated experts in digital transformation, technology and future research.

Start a conversation.

Tell us what is on your board’s agenda. We’ll come back to you with a proposal tailored to your organisation.

Our events are organised in consultation with our clients and held by personal invitation. We do not hold public briefings.

Inside-Future GmbH Vorderstockli 16
6390 Engelberg, Switzerland

+41 44 586 34 74
hello@inside-future.com