Program

ASIA BUSINESS INSIGHTS 2021

Tuesday, 02.11.2021, 09.30 am to 05.30 pm

09:00

WELCOME & REGISTRATION

09:30

Welcome by Handelsblatt

Nicole Bastian — Nicole Bastian
Head of Foreign Affairs
Handelsblatt

Stephan Scheuer — Stephan Scheuer
Team Leader Technology, Handelsblatt and long-time China correspondent

09:35OPENING WORDS

Sebastian Matthes — Sebastian Matthes
Editor-in-chief, Handelsblatt

Nicolo Salsano — Nicolo Salsano
Chairman of the Management Board, HSBC Germany

09:55IMPULSE

”New opportunities: Navigating the EU-Asia relationship in a post-Covid world“

Surendra Rosha — Surendra Rosha
Co-Chief Executive, Asia Pacific, HSBC

10:20KEYNOTE & Q&A

“Delivery Hero – 3 Key Opportunities in Asia”

Niklas Östberg — Niklas Östberg
Chief Executive Officer, Delivery Hero

10:50

COFFEE BREAK

11:15Handelsblatt Interview

”China’s Regulatory Tech Crackdowns“

Kendra Schaefer — Kendra Schaefer
Partner, Tech, Trivium China

11:30IMPULSE

”Looking for steadier ground: Asia’s economic prospects beyond the pandemic“

neumann — Frederic Neumann
Co-head of Asian Economics, Managing Director, HSBC

11:45PANEL DISCUSSION

”Supply Chains in the Post-Pandemic Era“

IMPULSE

Dr. Markus Kamieth — Dr Markus Kamieth
Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE

TALK

Marcus A. Wassenberg — Marcus A. Wassenberg
Chief Financial Officer & Financial Services, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen

Rüdiger Mohr — Rüdiger Mohr
SVP Corporate Purchasing, CLAAS Gruppe

Prof. Dr. Lisandra Flach — Prof. Dr Lisandra Flach
Head of the Ifo Center for Foreign Trade and Professor of Economics at LMU Munich

12:15IMPULSE & Q&A

”Policy making during Uncertain time: India‘s response to the Covid Shock“

Sanjeev Sanyal — Sanjeev Sanyal
Principal Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India

12:40

LUNCH BREAK

14:00VIDEO INTERVIEW FROM BEIJING

Dana Heide — Dana Heide
China correspondent, Handelsblatt

Steven Li — Steven Li
General Manager of Overseas Logistics Planning, JD.com

14:10PANEL DISCUSSION

”Asia‘s Consumer Market Potential for the German Economy“

Dr. Erich Schiffers — Dr Erich Schiffers
CEO, ZWILLING J.A. Henckels AG

Dr. Wan-Hsin Liu — Dr. Wan-Hsin Liu
Senior Researcher, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Coordinator, Kiel Centre for Globalization

14:35

Ambassador‘s Talk

S.E. WU Ken — S.E. WU Ken
Ambassador of the People’s Republic China in Germany

15:00IMPULSE & TALK

”Growth Region Asia Pacific: A Challenge to Europe‘s Industry Strategy“

Robert Bosch — Dr Roland Busch
President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG and Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business

15:30

CONCLUSION