8:30   Registration & Breakfast

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9:00   Begrweeding

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• Caroll H. Neubauer, Chairman of the German American Chambers of Commerce of the US (GACCs)

• Andreas Schmitz, President, Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Düsseldorf

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9:10   Keynote

• dr Herbert Jakoby, Head of the Foreign Trade Department, Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy, Industry, SMEs and Crafts, North Rhine-Westphalia

 

9:20   Ero.fOpening Panel: Transatlantic Relations 4.0

Moderator: Andreas Kluth, Editor-in-Chief, Handelsblatt Global

• Thomas Geisel, Lord Mayor, state capital Düsseldorf

• Michael R. Keller​, US Consul General, Consulate General Düsseldorf

• dr Walter Maisel,President & CEO, KOSTAL North America, Inc., Chairman of the Board of Directors of GACC Midwest and Chairman & President of GACC Midwest's Michigan Chapter

• dr Lutz Raettig, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Morgan Stanley Bank AG

• Frank Sportolari, President UPS Germany;VicePresident, American Chamber of Commerce in Germany eV

 

10:50   Coffee break

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11:15   Future Report: Wirtschaft 4.0

• dr Vera Demary, Head of the Competence Field Structural Change and Competition, Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft Köln eV

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11:30   Future Report: Energy

• dr Hans-Wilhelm Schiffer, Executive Chair World Energy Resources, World Energy Council

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11:45   Panel: Energy

Presenter: Dr. Jan Fritz Rettberg, Competence Center for Electromobility, Infrastructure & Networks,

Technical university Dortmund

• Ekaterina Grigorjeva, Energy and climate policy officer, Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie eV

• dr Stefan Hardt, Managing Director MeteoViva GmbH

• dr Hans-Wilhelm Schiffer, Executive Chair World Energy Resources, World Energy Council

• Robert Werner, Managing Director, Heindl Energy GmbH

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Networking

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14:00   Market entry workshops (75 min.) - Block 1

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Sales development USA

Moderator: Mark Tomkins, GACC Midwest

• Rainer Aits, Managing Director, P3 group

• dr Friedrich-Hans Grandin, CEO, HUESKER Synthetic GmbH

• Weishaupt America Inc. 

• Werner Streich, Sales Manager | Business Development, SCHAEFFLER Engineering GmbH

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Legal framework & risks

Moderator: Susanne Gellert, GACC New York

• Bernd Gross, CEO, Cumulocity GmbH

• dr Stefan Hardt, Managing Director, MeteoViva GmbH

• dr Matthias Rauhut, Managing Director, DREWSEN SPEZIALPAPIERE GmbH & Co. KG

• dr Michael Tal, Managing Director, BusyLamp GmbH

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Startups 4.0 - The old guy & the new guys

Moderator: Rene van den Hoevel, GACC West

• Konrad Augustin, Investment Director & Head of E.ON SCI US, E.ON Innovation / Strategic Co-Investments

• Amadeo Gaigl, CEO & Co Founder, Bohème Digital GmbH

• dr Christian Heinrich, CFO & Founder, scoutbee GmbH

• Maximilian P. Wagner, CEO, SMS digital GmbH

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15:15   coffee break

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15:45   Market entry WORKSHOPS (75 min.) - Block 2

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Sales development USA

Moderator: Mark Tomkins, GACC Midwest

• Rainer Aits, Managing Director, P3 group

• dr Friedrich-Hans Grandin, CEO, HUESKER Synthetic GmbH

• Weishaupt America Inc. 

• Werner Streich, Sales Manager | Business Development, SCHAEFFLER Engineering GmbH

 

Legal framework & risks

Moderator: Susanne Gellert, GACC New York

• Bernd Gross, CEO, Cumulocity GmbH

• dr Stefan Hardt, Managing Director, MeteoViva GmbH

• dr Matthias Rauhut, Managing Director, DREWSEN SPEZIALPAPIERE GmbH & Co. KG

• dr Michael Tal, Managing Director, BusyLamp GmbH

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Initial and continuing education

Moderator: Stefanie Jehlitschka, GACC South

• Freya Lemcke, Vice President, RGIT

• Sebastian Patta, Managing Director Human Resources and Organization, SITECH Sitztechnik GmbH

• Peter Riehle, President & CEO, Wittenstein North America

• Andy Stecher, President/CEO, Plasmatreat North America

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17:00   Networking reception

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​18:30   End of the event

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