Program overview 2018 - Asia Business Insights

9.30 – 18.40

THE CONFERENCE DAY – 28 FEBRUARY 2018

THE MORNING SESSION 9.30 – 13.30

welcoming address & introduction

Sven Afhüppe Carola von Schmettow

Sven Afhüppe, Editor in chief, Handelsblatt
Carola von Schmettow, Chairwoman of the Management Board, HSBC Germany

KEYNOTE SPEECH & Q&A

Asia: at the centre of global trade and growth

Mark Tucker
Group Chairman
HSBC

KEYNOTE SPEECH & Q&A

Sustainable success strategies for Asia

Kasper Rorsted
CEO,
adidas

IMPULSE PRESENTATION

Update on Asia’s economic growth prospects

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

10.50 – 11.20

COFFEE BREAK

IMPULS

How the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) plans to address global infrastructure challenge

Joachim von Amsberg
Vice-President
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

SPECIAL TOPIC

China’s industrial policies: the strategy on the road to internationalisation, digitisation and e-mobility

PANEL DISCUSSION

Belt and Road Initiative

Joachim von Amsberg Bernhard M. Kemper

Joachim von Amsberg, Vice-President, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Bernhard M. Kemper, CEO, EEW Energy from Waste

PANEL DISCUSSION

E-mobility – what is the significance of the planned electric car quota in China? How are German car manufacturers positioned?

Hui Zhang, Managing Director Europe, NIO
Gerd Hildebrand, Senior Vice President Design, Bordrin Shanghai

LIVE BROADCAST FROM BEIJING

Sha Hua
Correspondent China,
Handelsblatt

PANEL DISCUSSION

China’s digitisation strategy – how German companies can benefit

Jost Wübbecke, Head of Program Economy & Technology at Merics
Dr Frank Stieler, CEO, KraussMaffei Group
Hannes Streeck, Managing Director, Fiege Logistik Stiftung

13.30 – 14.40

LUNCH

2 parallel afternoon sessions = 4 presentations to choose from

Forum 1<br /> 14.40 – 16.25

14.40 – 15.25

China Insights: The Rise of New Retail

Presentation + Q&A

Hannes Streeck, CEO, Fiege Logistik Stiftung

15.25 – 15.40

COFFEE BREAK

15.40 – 16.25

Geopolitics in the spotlight – how is power shifting in Asia and what opportunities are arising from this?

Presentation + Q&A

Stefan Baron Prof. Dr. Xuewu Gu

Stefan Baron, Author and Communication Consultant
Prof Dr Xuewu Gu, Chair International Relations at the University of Bonn, Institute for Political Sciences and Sociology

Forum 2<br /> 14.40 – 16.25

14.40 – 15.25

Blockchain and the Digitalisation of Trade

Presentation + Q&A

Vivek Ramachandran
Head of Growth & Innovation
Commercial Banking, HSBC

15.25 – 15.40

COFFEE BREAK

15.40 – 16.25

The internationalisation of the renminbi: drivers, opportunities and risks for the German economy

Presentation + Q&A

Sven Jürgensen
Co-Head of Corporate Treasury Solutions,
Head of RMB Working Group, HSBC Deutschland

16.25 – 16.50

COFFEE BREAK

PLENARY SESSION 16.55 –18.45

KEYNOTE

China: Dynamics of the World’s Largest Automotive Market

Hubertus Troska
Member of the Board of Managemet
Daimler

PANEL DISCUSSION

“Make in India Mittelstand” initiative

Dr Annette Beller, Member of the Board, B. Braun Melsungen
Soumya Gupta, Second Secretary, Economic & Commercial, Embassy of In
dia in Germany
Dr habil. Christian Wagner, Senior Fellow, SWP Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

THE CONGRESS CONCLUSION

AMBASSADORS‘ POWERTALK

Ambassadors’ discussion

H.E. Sarah Al Bakri
Devadason
Ambassador of Malaysia to the Federal Republic of Germany

SUMMARY OF THE CONFERENCE

Nicole Bastian

Nicole Bastian, Head of Handelsblatt‘s foreign affairs department
Stephan Scheuer, Team leader for reports and profile, former China correspondent at Handelsblatt

GRAND RECEPTION IN THE EVENING 19.00

GALA RECEPTION „Dusseldorf Medienhafen“

dinner-speech

DINNER SPEECH & NETWORKING

Sven Afhüppe Sigmar Gabriel

Sven Afhüppe and Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Foreign Minister