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June 16, 2016 | Frankfurt, Germany

 

Frankfurt am Main Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Stock exchange 4
60313 Frankfurt am Main

 Agenda 

8:30am     Registration & Breakfast

 

9:00am   Welcome and Introduction

 

  • Mark Tomkins, President & CEO, German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, Inc.

  • Prof. Dr. Mathias Müller, President, Frankfurt am Main Chamber of Commerce and Industry

  • Martin Richenhagen, Chairman of the German American Chambers of Commerce of the US (GACCs)

  • Thomas Metz, State Secretary, Hessian Ministry of Justice

  • Anke Goebel, Director, State of Iowa European Office, Frankfurt & Mike Kirchhoff, President & CEO, Clinton Regional Development Corporation

 

9:30am   Opening Panel: German-American Business Relations

 

  • W. David Braun, Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP 

  • Caroll H. Neubauer, Chairman & CEO, B. Braun of America Inc. 

  • Andreas Povel, General Manager, American Chamber of Commerce in Germany

  • Martin Richenhagen, Chairman, President & CEO, AGCO Corporation

 

10:30am   Coffee Break

 

11:15am  WORKSHOPS

 

1.Energy & Environmental Technologies

  • dr Severin Beucker, CO-Founder & CEO, Senior Researcher, Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability

  • dr Stefan Hardt, Managing Partner, MeteoViva GmbH

  • Florian Andreas Kolb, Managing Director, RWE New Ventures LLC

  • Walter Lamparter, CEO, MICRODYN0-NADIR Group

 

2. Fintech

  • Christian Hoppe, Founder Director, main incubator

  • dr Jochen Biedermann, Senior Advisor, Frankfurt Main Finance

  • Moritz von der Linden, Director Sales, Product & IT, CRX Markets AG 

  • Ramin Niroumand, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, FinLeap

 

3. Future of mobility

  • Stefan Erdmann, Technical Director, Aluminum Norf GmbH

  • Frank Leimbach, Division Manager, DEKRA Technology Center, DEKRA Automobil GmbH

  • Dipl.-Ing. MBA Gerhard Pluppins, International Business Development Manager, Ubimax GmbH

  • dr Joachim Taiber, Chief Technology Officer, International Transportation Innovation Center

 

4. Medtech

  • Marius Balger, CEO, BIT Analytical Instruments GmbH

  • Caroll H. Neubauer, Chairman & CEO, B. Braun of America Inc. 

  • Dirk Driver, International Sales Director, Bauerfeind AG

 

12:45pm   Lunch Break and Networking

 

2:15pm   WORKSHOPS

 

1. CFO panel

  • Wolfgang Hoffman

  • Barbara Lang, CFO, MAN Diesel & Turbo North America Inc.

  • Andy Stecher, CEO, Plasmatreat USA

  • Crispin Teufel, CFO, Lincare Holdings

 

2. International Development Institutions

  • Karsten Fuelster, Representative for Germany, Austria & Switzerland, International Finance Corporation

  • Dipl.-Ing. Wolf-Dietrich Geitz, Managing Partner, Railistics GmbH

  • Eeva Karsta, Director Government Relations, Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA

 

3. Legal Framework & Risks

  • Ralph Hartwig, Managing Director, Materna GmbH

  • Sebastian Jagsch, Managing Director, eluminocity GmbH

  • Rainer Art, CEO, Art and Colleagues Communications Agency GmbH

  • dr Haiko van Lengen, COO & CFO, Market Logic Software AG

 

4. Sales Strategies

  • Jörg-Tilman Heyl, Managing Partner, Gebrüder Heyl Analyzentechnik GmbH & Co. KG

  • Torsten Korb, CEO, Müller & Schmidt Pfeilringwerk GmbH & Co. KG

  • dr Walter Maisel, President & CEO, KOSTAL North America, Inc.

  • Peter Riehle, President & CEO, WITTENSTEIN Inc.


5. Startups

  • Gitte Bedford,Vice President, Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH

  • Karsten Böhrs, CEO, simpleshow

  • Matthias Notz, Managing Director, German Entrepreneurship

  • Ludwig Preller, Founder & Managing Director, CLEVIS Research GmbH

  • dr Alexander von Frankenberg, Managing DirectorDirector, High-Tech Gründerfonds

 

3:45pm    Coffee Break and Networking

 

4:15pm  Closing session

 

5:00pm    End of Event

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