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The Day of the Conference
09:00Welcome & Registration
09:30Greeting and introductory
Sven Afhüppe, Editor in chief, Handelsblatt
Carola von Schmettow, Chairwoman of the Management Board, HSBC Deutschland
KEYNOTE SPEECH & Q&A
Why Germany should stay the course in China
Helen Wong
Chief Executive Greater China
HSBC
KEYNOTE SPEECH & Q&A
Asia – challenges and success strategies
Dr. Markus Steilemann
Chair of the Board of Management
Covestro
IMPULSE
Brace, brace: Asia’s economic prospects in the Year of the Pig and beyond
Frederic Neumann
Co-Head of Asian Economic Research
HSBC
Coffee Break
11:20VIDEO-INTERVIEW WITH BEIJING
Sha Hua, Correspondent, Handelsblatt
He Xiaodong, Vice Director of AI Research and Director of Deep Learning, JD.com
IMPULS
Dr. Volkmar Tanneberger
Executive Vice President of Technical Engineering
SAIC VOLKSWAGEN Automotive Co. Ltd
SPECIAL TOPIC
Digital, innovative Asia. Is Asia overtaking us in the most important markets of the future?
Mobility
Martin Brandenburg, Managing Director for EMEA, DJI
Güngör Kara, Business Unit Management Digitalisation, Additive Minds and Chief Digital Officer, EOS
Jianfeng Mu, Senior Director Supply Chain Management, NIO
Dr. Volkmar Tanneberger, Executive Vice President of Technical Engineering, SAIC VOLKSWAGEN Automotive Co. Ltd.
Matthias Zentgraf, Regional President Europe, CATL
E-Commerce/Trade
Tim Petzinna, Corporate Vice President Global Sales Beauty Care, Henkel
Katja Busch, CCO DHL and Head of CSI, Deutsche Post DHL Group
Angela De Giacomo, Investment Manager, Bissell Family Office (Fabindia)
Mobile Payment/Software
Reinhard Höll, Associate Partner and Head of Mobile Payment Interest Group, McKinsey
Arun Mani, Managing Director Continental Europe, Freshworks
Aloke Palsikar, Senior Vice President & Head of Continental Europe, Tech Mahindra
Lunch break and Networking
14:30 – 15:05Parallel Sessions:
FORUM I – REGIONAL FOCUS
India‘s Start-up scene
Santhosh Jayaprakash
Managing Director
Ankercloud GmbH
COFFEE BREAK
15:05Intercultural communication
Post-merger reports on company participation Chinese investors in Germany
Shuwen Bian
Knowledge Management Consultant and PhD student, PhD course Global Social Policies and Governance
University of Kassel
FORUM II – Deep Dives
Cyber Security
with live demo
Sebastian Schreiber
Managing Director
SySS
COFFEE BREAK
15:05Digitising Trade: Key imperatives
Vinay Mendonca
Global Head of Product and Proposition, Global Trade and Receivables Finance
HSBC
15:35
COFFEE BREAK
16:00Ambassador speed chess: Ambassadors’ discussion
H. E. Arif Havas Oegroseno
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Germany
Focus on geopolitics: Protectionism, new trade agreements, tectonic shifts in international trade, update on the Silk Road
Prof. Gabriel J. Felbermayr, PhD, Manager, ifo Center for Foreign Trade
Angela Marcarino Paris, Head of Asia and Pacific Public Sector Operations, European Investment Bank
Dr. Margot Schüller, China expert, GIGA Institute for Asian Studies
Update Silk Road
Alexander Doll
Member of the Management Board for Freight Transport and Logistics
Deutsche Bahn
SUMMARY OF THE CONFERENCE
Look forward to exciting conversations and new contacts while enjoying the end of the conference day in the exclusive setting of the harbour point in the Hyatt Regency.
