8:30am - Registration, Breakfast & Networking

 

9:00 am - Welcome

• Peter Riehle, President of the German-American Chambers of Commerce (AHK USA), President of the AHK USA-Chicago and President & CEO, WITTENSTEIN holding, Corp.

• Peter Heydenbluth, President, Potsdam Chamber of Industry and Commerce

• dr Martin Wansleben, General Manager, DIHK

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Moderator:dr Melinda Crane, journalist, presenter, chief political correspondent at Deutsche Welle TV

• Peter Riehle, President of the German-American Chambers of Commerce (AHK USA), President of the AHK USA-Chicago and President & CEO, WITTENSTEIN holding, Corp.

• dr Thomas Dalstein, President & CEO, Beumer Corporation 

• Daniel Schultze, Managing Director, Tresky Automation GmbH

 

11:15 am - Coffee break & networking

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11:30 a.m. - Investment location USA: German Business Matters

• Daniel Andrich, President and Managing Director, Delegate of German Business

 

11:45 a.m. - Investment location USA: A multitude of possibilities

Moderator:Mark Tomkins, General Manager, AHK USA-Chicago​

• dr Jana Dorband, Regional Senior Investment Specialist, US Embassy Berlin/Department of Commerce/International Trade Administration, Select USA

• Tricia Braun, Deputy Secretary/COO, Wisconsin Economic Development Corp

• Sara Schneider-Hamai, Deputy Director Europe, JobsOhio

• Stephen Heller,Business Development Representative Europe, Minnesota Trade Office,Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

• Sabine Klauer, Executive & Project Assistant, European Representative Office Hamburg, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development

• Nicola Michels,Managing Director, Europe Office,Choose New Jersey

• Jan Wiedemann, Managing Director, Indiana Economic Development Corporation & US State of Indiana, European Office, IBR Indiana Berlin Representation GmbH

• Lukas Josten, Director Germany - Missouri International Trade & Investment Office, Missouri Department of Economic Development 

• Sergio Domingues,Managing Director - State of Georgia Europe Office,Georgia Department of Economic Development

 

13:00 - Lunch Break & Networking

 

​2:30 pm - workshops part 1

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Market entry: legal framework

Moderator:  Susanne Gellert, Attorney | Attorney at Law, Associate General Manager and Head of Legal & Business Development Consulting Practices, AHK USA-New York

• Anthony Brosnan, Vice Consul, US Embassy Berlin
• ​Maximilian Conrad, CLO, Statista GmbH
• Hilde Holland, Partners, Wuersch & Gering, LLP
• dr Alexander Imberg, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs LLP

• dr Harald Mollberg​, Managing Director, Speechagain Inc.​​​

• dr Mathias Schulze Steinen, Partner, DLA Piper LLP

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Market cultivation & growth: Sales strategies and sales structure

Moderator: Michaela Schobert, Director, Consulting Services, AHK USA-Atlanta

• Achim Brommer, Management / Sales, SHW Storage & Handling Solutions GmbH

• Claus Dörner, Head of Sales, ALB GOLD Pasta GmbH

• Andreas Essendorfer, owner and managing director, Essendorfer Genussschmelzerei GmbH

• Filipp Pachomov, Head of Sales, Schmid & Wezel GmbH

 

Industry theme: medical technology

Moderator: Susanne Rehse, branch manager, AHK USA-Philadelphia

• dr Arne Dethlefs, Head of Production, Garz & Fricke GmbH
• Sven-Rene Friedel, Managing Director, Berlin Heart GmbH
• Marco Kalms, Founder & CEO, Kalms Consulting GmbH
• Thomas Weber, CQO, Director Quality and Regulatory Affairs, Löwenstein Medical Technology GmbH + Co. KG

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3:45 p.m. -  Coffee break & networking

 

4:15 p.m. - Workshops part 2

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Market entry: Personnel search, hiring of employees as well as training and further education

Moderator: Stefanie Ziska, Managing Director, AHK USA-Atlanta​

• Nadine Hellmig, Head of HR International, Gerresheimer Regensburg GmbH
• Ralf Moosmann, Training Coordinator Americas, IMS Gear SE & Co. KGaA

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Market development & growth: production set-up and expansion

Moderator: Gerrit Ahlers, Director, Consulting & Corporate Development Services, AHK USA-Chicago

• Philipp-Michael Kusche, Manager Strategic Marketing and Sales, Körber Logistics
• Manuel Merkt, President & COO, Hermle USA Inc.
• Klaus Schute, Managing Director, Graepel Löningen GmbH & Co. KG

 

Industry topic: Industry 4.0

Moderator:  Kristian Wolf, CEO, Representative of German Business for the Western US​

• dr Stephan Beyer, Managing Director, BigRep GmbH

• Claus Cremers, Sales Representative and Business Development, Siemens MindSphere

• Alexandros Mikros, Head of Key Accounts and Member of the Executive Board, Würth Industry

• David Petrikat, Global Director of Marketing, relayr Inc.

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5:30pm - End of event