MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2018
From 08.00
Registration, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce (Vestibül)
09.00 - 09.30
Official opening of the conference (Albert-Schäfer-Saal)
Welcome addresses
- Tobias Bergmann, President, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Germany
- Dr. Peter Tschentscher, First Mayor and President of the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany
Opening speeches
- Li Yizhong, Chairman, China Federation of Industrial Economics (CFIE), P.R. China
- Gerhard Schröder, Former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Honorary Chairman of the "Hamburg Summit: China meets Europe"
09.30 - 10.45
Keynote speeches "The new Silk Road" (Albert-Schäfer-Saal)
Introduction by the Conference Chairman
- Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Schmidt-Trenz, Conference Chairman, Germany
Keynote speakers
- Victor Chu, Chairman and CEO, First Eastern Investment Group, Hong Kong "Investment along the New Silk Road"
- Angela Titzrath, CEO, HHLA, Germany “The New Silk Road from the German perspective"
10.45
Contact break (Börsensaal)
11.15
Panel: China's changing economic landscape - defining new drivers of growth (Albert-Schäfer-Saal)
- Victor Chu, Chairman and CEO, First Eastern Investment Group, Hong Kong
- Pui Shan Lee, Partner, KEKST CNC, Hong Kong
- Ling Yiqun, Vice General Manager, China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group), P.R. China
- Kurt Sievers, President, NXP Semiconductors N.V., Germany
- Nathalie Errard, Senior Vice President, Head of Europe and NATO Affairs, Airbus, Belgium
- Moderator: Dr. Margot Schüller, China expert at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies, Germany
12.15
Lunch break (Börsensaal)
13.30
Two parallel sessions:
Panel A: Trade relations between China, Europe and the US - how to rebalance and strengthen global trade ties (Albert-Schäfer-Saal)
- Yu Zenggang, Executive Vice President, China COSCO Shipping Corporation Ltd., P.R. China
- Dr. Angela Stanzel, Senior Policy Fellow and editor of China Analysis, European Council on Foreign Relations, Germany
- Denis Redonnet, Director "WTO, Legal Affairs and Trade in Goods",Directorate General for Trade in the European Commission, Belgium
- Peter Helis, Vice Chairman, South China Chapter board, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC), P.R. China
- Moderator: Prof. Dr. Henning Vöpel, Director and CEO, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI)
Panel B: Pathways to a green future - the rise of sustainable solutions for China's and Europe's economies (Plenarsaal)
- Liu Guangying, Executive Vice President, State Grid Corporation of China, P.R. China
- Marion Finney, Executive Director, Customer Scrap Solutions, Aurubis AG
- Robert Schoellhammer, Representative, Europe, Asian Development Bank, Germany
- Dr. Michael Mainelli, Co-founder and Executive Chairman, Z/Yen Group, United Kingdom
- Moderator: Dr. Sabine Stricker-Kellerer, Member of the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum, Germany
14.30
Contact break (Börsensaal)
15.15
Two parallel sessions:
Panel A: China's "Belt and Road Initiative" - opportunities and challenges for Sino-European economic relations (Albert-Schäfer-Saal)
- Dr. Song Hailiang, President, China Communications and Construction Company (CCCC), P.R. China
- Andreas Hube, Global Vice President, Head of China Liaison Office, SAP SE, Germany
- Thomas P. Lamnidis, Senior Partner and Vice-President, KLC Law Firm, Greece
- Dins Merirands, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Latvia
- Jens Meier, CEO, Hamburg Port Authority AöR, Germany
- Gunnar Wiegand, Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific, European External Action Service (EEAS), Belgium
- Moderator: Prof. Dr. Eberhard Sandschneider, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Panel B: The future of mobility - innovative concepts to move China and Europe forward (Plenarsaal)
- Björn Avemark, Head of Business Development & Portfolio Management, Daimler Mobility Services, P.R. China
- Hu Yong, Assistant to the General Manager, FAW (First Automotive Works) Group Co., Ltd., P.R. China
- Simon Hou, Co-founder and COO, XCharge, P.R. China
- Corinne Abele, Head of Foreign Trade Information Bureau, Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI), P.R. China
- Henrik Isaksen, Founder and CEO, Green Mobility A/S, Denmark
- Moderator: Bernhard Bartsch, Senior Expert, Program ‘Germany and Asia’, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany
16.15
Contact break (Börsensaal)
17.00
Panel: EU-China investment cooperation – from record flows to reciprocity? (Albert-Schäfer-Saal)
- Sun Yi, Head of China Business Services Germany, Switzerland and Austria; Partner, Transaction Advisory Services, EY, Germany
- Zhou Yubo, Chairman, China Reform Holdings Corporation Ltd., P.R. China
- Reinhard Bütikofer, MEP, European Parliament, Belgium
- Wang Jimin, Member of the board, Ningbo Jifeng Auto Parts Co., Ltd., P.R. China
- Dr. Mikko Huotari, Deputy Director, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Germany
- Dong Haochun, VP, Geely Commercial Vehicle Group, United Kingdom
- Moderator: Knut Engelmann, Partner, Kekst CNC, Germany
from 18.00
Networking reception (Börsensaal)
from 18.00
Shuttle service to evening event location (limited to 230 persons)
18.45
"China meets Europe" evening
Venue: dgroup, Esplanade 40, 20354 Hamburg