Press Programme
Monday, November 26, 2018
From 08.00 Press registration: Main Entrance, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Adolphsplatz 1
09.00-09.30 Official opening of the conference (Live broadcasting in press workroom)
Welcome addresses (Live broadcasting in press workroom)
• 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 (Live broadcasting in press workroom)
• 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” (Live broadcasting in press workroom)
• 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
China-Europe Friendship Award Ceremony (Live broadcasting in press workroom)
10.45-11.15 Contact break (Börsensaal)
11.15-12.15 Panel: China’s changing economic landscape – defining new drivers of growth (Live broadcasting in press workroom)
• Victor Chu, Chairman and CEO, First Eastern Investment Group, Hong Kong
• Pui Shan Lee, Managing Director, Kekst CNC, P.R. China
• Ling Yiqun, Senior Vice President, 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 Group, Belgium
• Moderator: Dr. Margot Schüller, China expert at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies, Germany
12.15-13.30 Lunch break (Börsensaal)
13.30-14.30 Two parallel sessions:
Panel A: Trade relations between China, Europe and the US – how to rebalance and strengthen global trade ties (Live broadcasting in press workroom)
• 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 for "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
• Prof. 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
14.30-15.00 Exclusive Interview with Ragnar Kruse, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Smaato, Germany (Präses-Zimmer; please register: michaela.oelschlaeger@hk24.de) (Topic: China in – China out)
14.30-15.15 Contact break (Börsensaal)
15.15-16.15 Two parallel sessions:
Panel A: China’s „Belt and Road Initiative“– opportunities and challenges for Sino-European economic relations (Live broadcasting in press workroom)
• 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 General Manager & Director of Strategy Management and Business Planning Department, 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
16.00 - 17.00 Exclusive Interview with Olaf Rotax, Managing Director & Co-Founder, dgroup – part of
Accenture Consulting, Germany (Präses-Zimmer; please register: michaela.oelschlaeger@hk24.de) (Topic: China in – China out)
16.15-17.00 Contact break (Börsensaal)
17.00-18.00 Panel: EU-China investment cooperation – from record flows to reciprocity? (Live broadcasting in press workroom)
• 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, Assistant to General Manager, Ningbo Jifeng Auto Parts Co., Ltd., P.R. China
• Dr. Mikko Huotari, Deputy Director, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Germany
• Dong Haochun, Vice President, Geely Commercial Vehicle Group, United Kingdom
• Moderator: Knut Engelmann, Partner, Kekst CNC, Germany
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
From 7.30 Press registration: Entrance B, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Adolphsplatz 1 – left of main entrance
08.30-09.30
Keynotes speeches (Live broadcasting in press workroom)
- Prof. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, Germany
- Leng Yan, Executive Vice President, Daimler Greater China Ltd., P.R. China
China-Europe Sustainability Award Ceremony (Live broadcasting in press workroom)
09.30-10.30 Panel: China’s digital consumers – understanding the preferences of Chinese online shoppers (Live broadcasting in press workroom)
• Ragnar Kruse, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Smaato, Germany
• Karl Wehner, Managing Director (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Eastern Europe, Turkey), Alibaba Group, Germany
• Alan Yuan, CFO, Souche, P.R. China
• Dr. Huang Dinglong, Co-Founder and CEO, Malong Technologies, Co. Ltd., P.R. China
• Moderator: Olaf Rotax, Managing Director & Co-Founder, dgroup – part of Accenture Consulting, Germany
10.00-11.00 Press event “The evolution of Made in China 2025: Priority adjustments and implications for Europe’s innovation landscape ” by MERICS (Plenarsaal; for further requires for this event please contact Claudia Wessling, claudia.wessling@merics.de, Mobil: +49 171 834 77 04)
10.30-11.00 Contact break (Börsensaal)
11.00-12.00 Panel: Digital upgrade in manufacturing – on the track to “Made in China 2025” and “Industrie 4.0” (Live broadcasting in press workroom)
• Wang Yongzhi, CIO, CRRC Corporation Limited (CRRC), P.R. China
• Hala Zeine, President Digital Supply Chain, SAP SE, Germany
• Li Zheng, President, NXP Semiconductors, P.R. China
• Cui Haifeng, Managing Director, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei, Germany
• Toni Cheng, General Manager of DACH & CEE Region, Alibaba Cloud, Germany
• Zhao Mengda, Chief Strategy Investment Officer (CSIO), Tuya Smart, P.R. China
• Moderator: Frank Riemensperger, Chairman, Accenture Germany
12.15 Signing of the Golden Book of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce (Effektensaal; photo opportunities)
• Liu He, Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China
• Andreas Scheuer, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Margrethe Vestager, Commissioner for Competition, European Commission
12.30 Closing Lunch (Live broadcasting in press workroom; photo opportunities from Commerzsaal gallery on the first floor)
Welcome addresses (Live broadcasting in press workroom)
• 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
• Keynote speech by Margrethe Vestager, Commissioner for Competition, European Commission
• Keynote speech by Andreas Scheuer, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Keynote speech by Liu He, Vice-Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China
Closing remarks (Live broadcasting in press workroom)
• Robert Lorenz-Meyer, Deputy Conference Chairman, Germany
14.30-15.15 Exclusive Interview with Frank Riemensperger, Senior Managing Director, Geographic Unit Lead Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Accenture GmbH, Germany (Präses-Zimmer; ; please register: michaela.oelschlaeger@hk24.de) (Topics: Industrie 4.0; AI)
