Many thanks to our spokesman!
We would like to thank all of our speakers for their support at the 2017 German-American Business Day.
Rainer Aits
Managing Director, P3 group
Konrad Augustine
Investment Director & Head of E.ON SCI US, E.ON Innovation
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dr Stephen Beyer
Managing Director, BigRep GmbH
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dr Vera Demary
Head of the Competence Field Structural Change and Competition,
Institute of the German Economy Cologne eV
Suzanne Gellert
Head of Department Legal & Business Development Consulting,AHK USA-New York
Bernd Gross
CEO, Cumulocity GmbH
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Rene van den Hoevel
Branch Manager, AHK USA-San Francisco
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Michael R Keller
US Consul General, Consulate General Düsseldorf
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dr Walter Maisel
President & CEO, KOSTAL North America, Inc.
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Christopher Petri
Regional Manager, Weishaupt America Inc. - South East Location
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dr Jan Fritz Rettberg
Head of Innovation Management, ie³ Institute for Energy Systems, Energy Efficiency and Energy Economics, Technical University of Dortmund
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Amadeo Gaigl
CEO and Co-Founder, Bohème Digital GmbH
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dr Friedrich-Hans Grandin
CEO, HUESKER Synthetic GmbH
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dr Stephen Hardt
Managing Director, MeteoViva GmbH
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dr Herbert Jacoby
Head of the foreign trade department, Ministry for Economics, SMEs, Energy, Industry and Crafts of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Thomas hostage
Lord Mayor, state capital Düsseldorf
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Ekaterina Grigorieva
Senior Manager, Energy and Climate Policy, Federation of German Industries
dr Christian Henry
CFO & Founder, scoutbee GmbH
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Stefanie Jehlitschka
Managing Director, AHK USA-Atlanta
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Andrew Kluth
Editor-in-Chief, Handelsblatt
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Caroll H. Neubauer
Chairman & CEO, B.Braun of America Inc.
dr Lutz Raettig
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Morgan Stanley Bank AG
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Peter Riehle
President & CEO, WITTENSTEIN, Inc.
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Freya Lemke
Vice President, RGIT
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Sebastian Patta
Personnel and Organization Manager, SITECH Sitztechnik GmbH
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dr Matthew Rauhut
Managing Director, DREWSEN SPEZIALPAPIERE GmbH & Co. KG
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dr Matthew Rauhut
Managing Director, DREWSEN SPEZIALPAPIERE GmbH & Co. KG
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dr Hans Wilhelm Schiffer
Executive Chair World Energy Resources, World Energy Council
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Andrew Schmitz
President of the Düsseldorf Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of HSBC Germany Holdings GmbH, Düsseldorf
Werner Streich
Sales Managers | Business Development, SCHAEFFLER Engineering GmbH
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Maximilian P. Wagner
CEO, SMS digital GmbH
Frank Sportolari
President UPS Germany
Vice President, American Chamber of Commerce in Germany eV
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dr Michael Tal
Managing Director, BusyLamp GmbH
Robert Werner
Managing Director, Heindl Energy GmbH
Andy Stecher
President/CEO, Plasmatreat North America
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Mark Tomkins
Managing Director, AHK USA-Chicago
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