7.45 a.m. 

Working Breakfast

Time for East Central Europe – in dialogue about growth markets on our doorstep

 in cooperation with Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI)

• Fabian Möpert, Senior Manager EU/EFTA GTAI in dialogue with
• Christopher Fuß, GTAI correspondent for Poland

 

9 a.m.

Welcome Address

Dr. Dietmar Woidke, Prime Minister of Brandenburg

 

9.10 a.m.

Keynote and Q&A

Dr. Robert Habeck, Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Moderation: Gerald Braunberger, publisher Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)

 

9.40 a.m.

Panel Discussion

De- or Re-Industrialization: Where is East Germany heading? 

Panelists:

• Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm, Member of the Council of Experts for the Assessment of Macroeconomic Development, 
• Dr. Stephan Lowis, Chair of the Board, envia Mitteldeutsche Energie AG
• Prof. Dr. Siegfried Russwurm, President of the Federation of German Industries
• Andrea Sacher, Member of the Supervisory Board and Vice Chairwoman of the Central Works Council of Bayer AG
• Sven Schulze, Minister for Economic Affairs in Saxony-Anhalt

Moderation: Gerald Braunberger, publisher Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)

 

10.40 a.m.

Outlook on the program and short presentation of the Expert Labs

Dr. Philipp Mehne, CEO Land der Ideen Management GmbH

 

11.15 a.m.

Four Parallel Expert Labs

Recovery Ukraine – Business Opportunities in Future Industries

in cooperation with Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI)

Participants:

• Dr. Marcus Haberstroh, COO und CFO Spinlab – The HHL Accelerator
• Dr. Myroslava Lysak, Senior Project Manager VanOnGo
• Olga Lysak, CEO Lemberg Solutions GmbH & Head of AI Business Development
• Anke Parson, Co-Founder and Managing Partner Urban Beta
• Malte Patrik Rosenberger, Key Account Manager Thomas-Krenn.AG

Moderation: Achim Hartig, Managing Director Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI), Chair of the OECD Network of Investment Promotion Agencies, Member of OECD FDI Qualities Advisory Board, GTAI

 

Parallel

Climate-friendly freight: How sustainable infrastructure can lead to greater supply security and synergies for eastern Germany.

in cooperation with the Investment and Marketing Corporation Saxony-Anhalt (IMG)

Participants:

• Götz Ahmelmann, CEO Mitteldeutschen Flughafen AG
• Dr. Robert Franke, Managing Director Investment and Marketing Corporation Saxony-Anhalt (IMG)
• Thomas Horn, Managing Director Saxony Trade & Invest Corporation (WFS)
• Volker Ratzmann, Executive Vice President Corporate Public Affairs, Deutsche Post DHL Group
• Dr. Friedrich Rheinheimer, Managing Director MECOTEC GmbH
• Nicole Uhlmann, Nicole Uhlmann, Head of Sales Emons-Rail-Cargo GmbH, Terminal Manager Emons Container Service GmbH, Member of the Board Netzwerk Logistik Mitteldeutschland

Moderation: Maret Montavon, SVP Communications and Public Affairs Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG and Frauke Flenker-Manthey, Press Officer Investment and Marketing Corporation Saxony-Anhalt (IMG) (IMG)

 

Parallel

Sustainable Mobility – Innovation Opportunity for Eastern Germany?

in cooperation with the Economic Development Agency Brandenburg GmbH

Participants:

• Uwe Burckhardt, Head of Test and Event DEKRA Lausitzring
• Astrid Haas, Head of eMotor Advanced Materials & Technologies, Vitesco Technologies GmbH
• Dirk Harbecke, Chairman & CEO, Rock Tech Lithium Inc.
• Prof. Dr. Meike Jipp, Head of the Institute for Transport Research at the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center, DLR), Cluster Spokesperson Transport, Mobility and Logistics Berlin Brandenburg
• Inga Töller, Chief Marketing Officer ONOMOTION GmbH

Moderation: Dr. Steffen Kammradt, CEO of the Economic Development Agency Brandenburg  Executive Board, and Thomas Meißner, Head of Division “Mobility, Energy, Innovation” Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH

Parallel

Eastern Germany as a Pharmaceutical Location – Opportunities, Risks and Perspectives

in cooperation with Verband der Chemischen Industrie e. V. (Northeast)

Impulse
Carsten Schneider, Minister of State and Federal Commissioner for East Germany

Participants:

• Dr. Hans-Georg Feldmeier, CEO Dermapharm Holding SE, Chairman of the Board of Management Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie e. V. (BPI)
• Dr. Franziska Kersten, Member of the Bundestag for the Börde and Jerichower Land, SPD
• Dr. Christian Matschke, Member of the Executive Board BERLIN-CHEMIE, Chairman of the Executive Board Verband der Chemischen Industrie e. V., Landesverband Nordost
• Grit Müller, Managing Director Salutas Pharma GmbH

Moderation: Sven Astheimer, Head of Department „Corporate and Business”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)

 

12.45 p.m. 

Lunch Break

1.45 p.m.

Presentation of the Transformation Barometer

in cooperation with Civey and Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB)

Presentation

Janina Mütze, founder and managing director Civey GmbH

Discussion

• Tilo Hacke, Member of the Board Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB)
• Janina Mütze, Founder and Managing Director Civey GmbH

Moderation: Dr. Philipp Mehne, CEO Land der Ideen Management GmbH

 

2.30 p.m.

Three Parallel Deep Dives

Technology leaps for the energy transition: how start-ups are shaping the sustainable transformation

in cooperation with Sächsische Aufbaubank – Förderbank –

Participants:

• Philipp Arnold, Chief Financial Officer Additive Drives GmbH
• Dr. Günter Bellmann, Founder und Managing Director OCS GmbH
• Christian Bogatu, Innovation Manager, Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation SPRIND 
• Dr. Isabelle Canu, Partner Green European Tech Fund (GET), Founder and Managing Director respin UG
• Dr. Katrin Leonhardt, Chairwoman of the Board of Management Sächsische Aufbaubank – Förderbank -, Member im Sustainable Finance- Advisory Council of the Federal Government
• Prof. Dr. Jan J. Weigand, Professor TU Dresden, Department Chair Industrial Chemistry, Entrepreneur, consulting expert for the planned large-scale research center for sustainable chemistry near Leipzig

Moderation: Iris ten Have, Head of Science, Extantia Capital Management GmbH

 

Parallel

East German Elites: status assessment and perspectives – which paths lead to stronger representation?

in cooperation with Egon Zehnder International GmbH

participants:

• Isabelle Hoyer, Co-Founder and CEO PANDA – the Women Leadership Network
• Prof. Olaf Jacobs, University of Leipzig, Producer
• Benjamin Minack, CEO ressourcenmangel GmbH
• Dr. Andreas Möller, Head of Corporate Communications, Policy and Brand, TRUMPF SE + Co. KG
• Dr. Wasko Rothmann, Leadership Advisor Egon Zehnder International GmbH

Moderation: Stefan Locke, Correspondent Saxony and Thuringia, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)

 

Parallel

How can the hydrogen ramp-up succeed in Eastern Germany?

Workshop discussion
in cooperation with VNG AG

Introduction
Carsten Schneider, Minister of State and Federal Commissioner for East Germany

Participants:

• Carsten Franzke, Managing Director SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz GmbH
• Dr. Christopher Frey, Head of Public Affairs, Sunfire GmbH
• Katrin Lässig, Senior Vice President Sustainability & Real Estate | Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG
• Dr. Jutta Matreux, Site Manager, Wacker Chemie AG
• Cornelia Müller-Pagel, Director Grüne Gase, VNG AG

Moderation: Marco Seiffert, Journalist Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg

 

4 p.m. 

Break

 

4.30 p.m.

Keynote

Hubertus Heil, Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

 

4.45 p.m.

Impulse

Generation “Energiewender”: Via Competence Transfer and Innovation Culture to the Skilled Energy-Worker Pool 2.0

Thorsten Kramer, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG  (LEAG)

5.00 p.m.

Panel Discussion

Who will do the work in the future? 

• Carsten Schneider, Minister of State and Federal Commissioner for East Germany
• Sylvia Borcherding, Managing Director and Chief Human Resources Officer, 50Hertz
• Martin Dulig, Minister of State for the Economy, Labour and Traffic in Saxony
• Prof. Dr. Bettina Kohlrausch, Scientific Director, Hans Böckler Foundation; 
• Thorsten Kramer, Chairman of the Board of Management, CEO LEAG

 

Impulse: Christiane Scholz, Federal Chancellery

Study: Labor Demand and Migration – A Survey of East German Companies 

Moderation: Sven Astheimer, Head of Department „Corporate and Business”, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)

 

6.15 p.m.

Impulse

Classical against climate change

• Christoph Anacker, Orchestra Board of Directors Staatskapelle Berlin
• Markus Bruggaier, Board of Directors Orchester des Wandels e.V. und Founder of the Initiative

 

7 p.m. 

Dinner 

at the invitation of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG (LEAG)

 

9 p.m. 

Night Talk

The hut is burning! Demands of the industry to speed up the energy transition

in cooperation with CMS Germany; Capacity is limited.

 

Dialogue:

• Dr. Christof Günther, Managing Director InfraLeuna GmbH
• Cornelia Müller-Pagel, Director Grüne Gase, VNG AG
• Dr. Ursula Steinkemper, Partner, Head of  Energy & Climate Change, CMS Germany CMS Deutschland

Moderation: Dr. Ulrich Becker, Lawyer for Product Liability and Product Safety, cms.law

Tuesday, June 13

7:45 a.m.

Working Breakfast

Pathways to More (East German) Women in Top Leadership Positions

in collaboration with PANDA – The Women Leadership Network

Participants:

Jeanette Gusko, CEO Correctiv

with Hiltrud Werner, Chairperson of the Supervisory Board Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG

This session is exclusively for women; capacity is limited.

9 a.m.

Welcome

Frank Nehring, President East German Economic Forum (OWF)

 

9.05 a.m.

Panel Discussion

High-Tech Location East Germany – Opportunity and Challenge in a Global Competition

Participants:

• Prof. Dr. Reint Gropp, Ph. D., President Leibniz-Institut, Halle Institute for Economic Research(IWH)
• Dr. Robert Hermann, CEO Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI)
• Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulrike Köhl, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology Leipzig (IZI)
• Thomas Richter, CEO Infineon Dresden
• Prof. Dr. Jörg Steinbach, Minister für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Energie des Landes Brandenburg

Moderation: Gerald Braunberger, Herausgeber Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)

 

10.15 a.m. 

Overview of Deep Dives

Dr. Philipp Mehne, CEO Land der Ideen Management GmbH

 

10.20 a.m. 

Short Break

 

10.30 a.m.

Three Parallel Deep Dives 

From East Germany for East Germany – Raw Materials as Drivers of Value Creation

in cooperation with Contemporary Amperex Technology GmbH (CATL)

Participants:

• Konstantin Deichsel, Head of Strategy & Business Innovation Rock Tech Lithium Inc.
• Dr. Mathias Hüttenrauch, CEO CATL Europe
• Silvia Kohlmann, CEO envitecpro GmbH
• Wolfgang Tiefensee, Minister of Economics, Science and Digital Society in Thuringia

Moderation: Ulrich Deupmann, Senior Partner, Brunswick Group

 

Parallel

The pioneer region of Berlin Southeast and Brandenburg facing challenges of the time – the Neocity to cope with transformation tasks

in cooperation with Alpine Immobilien GmbH, Berlin Partner for Business and Technology, Berlinovo Immobilien GmbH, BNP Paribas Real Estate, Drees & Sommer, e.distherm Wärmedienstleistungen GmbH, Realace GmbH, SammlerUsinger Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB and Wista Management GmbH 

Participants:

• Dr. Kai Uwe Bindseil, Head of Division Life Sciences, Industry, Infrastructure Berlin Partner for Business and Technology GmbH
• Thomas Graf, CEO Alpine Immobilien GmbH
• Benjamin Herkommer, Director of Analytics, Realace GmbH
• Volker Hofmann, CEO Humboldt-Innovation GmbH
• Frank Reschke, Senior Teamleiter Drees & Sommer SE
• Gudrun Sack, CEO Tegel Projekt GmbH
• Roland Sillmann, CEO WISTA Management GmbH
• Alexandra Stammer, Managing Director BGG
• Sabine Usinger, Lawyer and Notary, SammlerUsinger Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
• Dr. Alexander Vogel, CEO e.disterm Wärmedienstleistungen GmbH
• Alexander Voigt, CEO HH2E AG
• Andreas Völker, Managing Director Consulting & Valuation, BNP Paribas Real Estate

Moderation: Leonardo Estrada, Senior Manager Drees & Sommer SE

 

Parallel

How can companies strengthen local politics and democracy?

Presentation of Best-Practice-Project „Demokratielabor Zeitz“

in cooperation with Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb)


Participants:

• Christin Baumert, Head Coworking Space, Ladenbau Baumert
• Björn Bloss, CEO WeCreate GmbH
• Reiner Eckel, Organiser Zeitzer Stadtlabor
• André Lang, CEO Norafin Industries (Germany) GmbH
• Joseph Langner, Co-CEO JoinPolitics gGmbH
• Ines Will, Head Wirtschaftsförderung Stadt Zeitz
• Larissa Zeichhardt, Shareholder and CEO LAT Gruppe

Moderation: Dr. Arno Barth, Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb)

 

12.00 p.m.

Break

 

12.20 p.m.

Impulse

Responsibility reinterpreted: Decisiveness as part of the corporate DNA

Larissa Zeichhardt, Shareholder and CEO LAT Gruppe

 

12.30 p.m.

Panel Discussion

How can Germany become faster? 

Participants:

• Daniela Kluckert, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport
• Dr. Holger Loclair, CEO, ORAFOL
• Aletta von Massenbach, Chairwoman of the Management Board, Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH
• Dr. Simone Peter, President of the German Renewable Energy Federation
• Wolfgang Tiefensee, Minister of Economics, Science and Digital Society in Thuringia

Acceptance Monitor

Impulse

Prof. Dr. Gernot Barth, Head IKOME, Steinbeis Mediation

Moderation: Holger Lösch, Deputy Director General Executive Board
BDI e.V.

 

1.30 p.m.

Farewell

• Dr. Philipp Mehne, CEO Land der Ideen Management GmbH
• Frank Nehring, President East German Economic Forum (OWF)

 

1.40 p.m.

Business lunch and closing of the conference