Program 2022

From 08:30

PLATTFORM OPENING

09:30Welcome

A Welcome from Handelsblatt

Nicole Bastian — Nicole Bastian
Head of Handelsblatt‘s
foreign affairs department

Dana Heide — Dana Heide
China correspondent, Handelsblatt

09:45

Opening Words

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

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

09:55Impuls & Q&A

Shared interests in a divided world

David Liao — David Liao
Co-Chief Executive, Asia Pacific, HSBC

Focus-Topic: geopolitical risk management

10:15KEYNOTE

China – looking ahead from BASF‘s perspective

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

10:30PANEL DISCUSSION

How sustainable is the Asia-business transacted by the german economy?

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

Wolfgang Niedermark — Wolfgang Niedermark
Member of the Executive Board, BDI e.V.

Dr. Nadine Godehardt — Dr Nadine Godehardt
Senior Associate, Research Division Asia, German Institute for International and Security Affairs

11:00Perspective Japan/Korea

Martin Kölling — Martin Kölling
Asia correspondent, Handelsblatt

11:05

Coffee Break

11:30Journalist’s Insights

„China is sealing off – Experiences from three Years on-site“

Dana Heide — Dana Heide
China correspondent, Handelsblatt

Nicole Bastian — Nicole Bastian
Head of Handelsblatt‘s
foreign affairs department

11:35PANEL DISCUSSION

Supply chain - resilience: where can we reduce the dependance?

Peter Mohnen — Peter Mohnen
CEO, KUKA AG

Dr Helena Melnikov — Dr Helena Melnikov
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the German Association for Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Logistics (BME)

Samir Hifri — Samir Hifri
Global Head of Supply Chain & Logistics Asia Pacific, Covestro AG

12:00Live Podcast „Economic Challenges“

Globalisation – what’s next?

Prof. Dr. Bert Rürup — Prof. Dr. Bert Rürup
President, Handelsblatt Research Insitute and Chief economist, Handelsblatt

Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther — Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther
Director and Member of the Presidium, German Economic Institute

12:30

Lunch Break

01:45

Welcome Back

01:45IMPULS „ECONOMIC OUTLOOK“

Challenges and change: Asia’s economic prospects for 2023 and beyond

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

02:05PANEL DISCUSSION

Climate protection & energy security - the largest Asian economies are changing course, what is the impact for German companies?

Arvea Marieni — Arvea Marieni
Partner & Board Member, Brainscapital & Technical Director Regenerative Society, Foundation

Bettina Schön-Behanzin — Bettina Schön-Behanzin
Regional Representative Asia, Freudenberg Group & Vice President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce China

Dr. Sebastian Schulte — Dr Sebastian Schulte
Chairman of the Board of Management, Deutz AG

02:40Impuls

Cyber-Security along the global value chain

Dr. Sandro Gaycken — Dr Sandro Gaycken
Cybersecurity Expert, Hochschule ESMT Berlin

02:55INTERVIEW

Alan Fan — Alan Fan
Head of Intellectual Property Rights Department, Huawei

Sabine Gusbeth — Sabine Gusbeth
China correspondent, Handelsblatt

03:00PANEL DISCUSSION

Technological sovereignty (inter alia: International patents and property rights / Introduction China-standard)

Yann Ménière — Yann Ménière
Chief Economist, European Patent Office

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Stepken — Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Stepken
CEO, TÜV SÜD AG & Board, Ostasiatischer Verein (OAV)

Fabian von Heimburg — Fabian von Heimburg
Co- Founder and Managing Director Hotnest Technology

Claudia Barkowsky — Claudia Barkowsky
Managing Director, VDMA Verbindungsbüro China, Beijing Representative Office

03:30Ambassador-Talk

South East Asia as the profiteer of the geopolitical rejections

S.E. Arif Havas Oegroseno — S.E. Arif Havas Oegroseno
Ambassador for the Republic of Indonesia in Germany

Nicole Bastian — Nicole Bastian
Head of Handelsblatt‘s
foreign affairs department

04:00

Closing