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The Transatlantic Marketplace: Challenges and Opportunities Beyond 2014 Eighth Annual Transatlantic Business Conference Strategic inspiration and impulses for the economic and political partnership
PROGRAM Nov. 11–12, 2014 Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt/Main • Hilton Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt/Main ORGANIZERS
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IN COOPERATION WITH Dear Participants of the Eighth Annual Transatlantic Business Conference, What a difference a year makes: The elation that buoyed the transatlantic relationship following early negotiations on the highly
American Chamber of Commerce in Germany e.V. Mandy Elgner Börsenplatz 7–11 D-60313 Frankfurt/Main Telephone: +49 69 929104-30 Fax: +49 69 929104-11 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.amcham.de
F.A.Z.-Institut für Management-, Markt- und Medieninformationen GmbH Dr. Meghan Davis Frankenallee 68–72 D-60327 Frankfurt/Main Telephone: +49 69 7591-2262 Fax: +49 69 7591-802262 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.faz-institut.de
Federation of German Industries (BDI)
Trans-Atlantic Business Council (TABC)
Fabian Wendenburg Breite Str. 29 D-10178 Berlin Telephone: +49 30 2028-1421 Fax: +49 30 2028-2421 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.bdi.eu
Hilary Sama 919 18th Street NW, Ste. 220 Washington, DC 20006 USA Telephone: +1 202 828-9102 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.transatlanticbusiness.org
anticipated Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in mid-2013 has given way to a more sober sentiment. Critical challenges – from the conflict between Ukraine and Russia to the growing tensions in Iraq, Syria, Israel and Palestine – are urgently in need of solutions. At the same time, however, these crises present an opportunity to reinvigorate the transatlantic partnership and help overcome the mounting frustration surrounding the German-US dispute on intelligence gathering. Restoring mutual trust and respect will be key as the transatlantic partners work to reset the US-European relationship. By demonstrating how the transatlantic partners can work together, the ongoing TTIP negotiations could help lay the foundation for a renewed relationship buttressed by shared values and standards. The future of the relationship, though, will largely depend on the partners’ continued willingness to maintain open dialogue and build a stronger, deeper partnership on every level – on trade and investment, innovation, energy, financial regulation, data security and geopolitics.
CO-ORGANIZERS
Bernhard Mattes President, AmCham Germany
Tim Bennett Director-General/CEO, TransAtlantic Business Council (TABC)
The Annual Transatlantic Business Conference plays a key role in facilitating this dialogue and pinpointing avenues for joint action. Each fall, this forum for business executives and political leaders explores pivotal issues and challenges driving the US-European partnership and enables transatlantic leaders to make their voices heard through keynote speeches, international panel discussions and in-depth workshops.
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
Deloitte & Touche GmbH
Margarita Thiel Mainzer Landstr. 151 D-60327 Frankfurt/Main Telephone: +49 69 136-84169 Fax: +49 69 40565-1180 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.commerzbank.de
Stefan Fröhlich Franklinstr. 50 D-60486 Frankfurt/Main Telephone: +49 69 75695-6515 Fax: +49 69 75695-6722 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.deloitte.de
Thanks to our co-organizers, supporters and contributors from both sides of the Atlantic, the Annual Transatlantic Business Conference has evolved into one of the most important events for Europe’s transatlantic community. We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude for their support. Without them, this key transatlantic event would not be possible.
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Ulrich Grillo President, Federation of German Industries (BDI)
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Dr. André Hülsbömer Managing Director, F.A.Z.-Institut
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EVENING EVENT on Nov. 11, 2014
DAY CONFERENCE on Nov. 12, 2014
Cocktail Reception in the Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt/Main
8:45 a.m.
7:30 p.m.
Welcome Michael Reuther, Member of the Board of Managing Directors, Commerzbank AG
9:30 a.m.
Welcome Bernhard Mattes, President, AmCham Germany
9:45 a.m. 7:45 p.m.
Open Discussion: Stars and Strife – The Transatlantic Relationship 2014 ◾ Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO, Gallup, Inc. ◾ Jürgen Hardt, Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation, German Federal Foreign Office ◾ Annette Heuser, Executive Director, Bertelsmann Foundation, Washington, DC ◾ Dr. Werner Hoyer, President, European Investment Bank ◾ David McAllister, Member of the European Parliament; Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the US
Welcoming Remarks Ulrich Grillo, President, Federation of German Industries (BDI)
7:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m.
Moderator: Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger, Senior Editor for Foreign Affairs, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Followed by
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Registration in Hilton Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt/Main
Opening Panel: Trade and Investment – Pillars of Transatlantic Growth and Prosperity ◾ Prof. Dr. Dr. Andreas Barner, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, Boehringer Ingelheim ◾ Ferdinando Beccalli-Falco, President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Europe; CEO, GE Germany ◾ Laura Lane, President of Global Public Affairs, UPS ◾ David A. Ricks, Senior Vice President, Eli Lilly & Company; US Co-Chair, Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) ◾ Kasper Rorsted, Chief Executive Officer, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Moderator: Carsten Knop, Senior Business Editor, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Networking 11:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks John B. Emerson, US Ambassador to Germany
11:15 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:45 a.m.
Workshops I: ◾ Commerzbank: Who’s Afraid of Higher Standards? TTIP and Financial Services Regulation ◾ DIN German Institute for Standardization: Cybersecurity – Standardized IT Security as a Basis for Trustworthy Cooperation ◾ White & Case: US Economic and Trade Sanctions, German Antiboycott Laws and the Implications for International Business
1:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:30 p.m.
Keynote: Innovation, Energy, Infrastructure – Industrial value creation in Germany and the US Dr.-Ing. Heinrich Hiesinger, Chairman of the Executive Board, ThyssenKrupp AG
3:00 p.m.
Workshops II: ◾ Accenture: Accelerating Europe's Comeback – Digital Opportunities for Competitiveness and Growth ◾ Morgan Lewis: Cross-Border M&A Trends and Risks of Transatlantic Investments in Emerging Markets ◾ PricewaterhouseCoopers: Industry 4.0 – Opportunities and Challenges for Industrial Companies
4:15 p.m.
Coffee Break
4:45 p.m.
Closing Panel: Create and Connect – The Networked World of Tomorrow ◾ Matt Brittin, Vice President of Northern and Central Europe Operations, Google Inc. ◾ Timotheus Höttges, Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Telekom AG ◾ Martina Koederitz, General Manager, IBM Germany ◾ Wolf Lichtenstein, CEO DACH Region, SAS Inc.; General Manager, SAS Germany Moderator: Mathias Müller von Blumencron, Editor in Chief of Digital Media, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
6:00 p.m.
Dinner Reception sponsored by FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH International Marketing of the Region
7:00 p.m.
AmCham Germany President's Dinner with special guest
Followed by
Networking
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Evening Program and Reception in the Commerzbank Tower 7:00 p.m.
Evening Program and Reception in the Commerzbank Tower
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Michael Reuther Member of the Board of Managing Directors, Commerzbank AG
Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger Senior Editor for Foreign Affairs, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Jim Clifton Chairman and CEO, Gallup, Inc.
Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger is the expert on the US at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He lectures widely in the US, mostly under the auspices of the American Council in Germany. His broad experience in the country also includes a congressional fellowship in the US House of Representatives, a Marshall Fellowship at Harvard University and a Bosch Fellowship at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington, DC. In addition, he is a member of the Atlantik-Brücke association and the Trilateral Commission. Frankenberger has been an editor at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung since 1986.
Since 1988, Jim Clifton has served as the CEO of Gallup, a global leader in consulting and public opinion research and analytics as well as a specialist for the interfaces between economics and psychology. Clifton is the creator of The Gallup Path, an economic model that establishes the linkages among human nature in the workplace, customer engagement and business outcomes. He is the author of "The Coming Jobs War" and coauthor of "Entrepreneurial StrengthsFinder."
Open Discussion: Stars and Strife – The Transatlantic Relationship 2014 A roller-coaster year for the transatlantic relationship is drawing to a close. The environment in which this unique partnership grew strong has undergone rapid transformation. And there is no denying the fact that the US and Europe themselves have changed, a development spurred on by both intrinsic and extrinsic forces. As the number of challenges the relationship faced mounted – from spy scandals to the conflict in Ukraine and Russia to the Islamic State threat, one thing remained clear: the continued need for coordination and partnership even when transatlantic strife is at its deepest. Can the transatlantic partners overcome their current rough patch or have they drifted too far apart? With the trust that once defined the relationship at a critical low, what will become the glue that will hold it together?
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Michael Reuther is a member of the board of managing directors of Commerzbank, a position he has held since October 2006. In this role, he is responsible for Corporates & Markets, Treasury and Non-Core Assets Public Finance. Before joining Commerzbank, Mr. Reuther spent 19 years at Deutsche Bank in various positions. He worked in corporate finance and treasury in Frankfurt, London and New York, and he spent his last three years as global head of liquidity management and European treasurer. Mr. Reuther completed his law degrees at the universities of Göttingen and Freiburg as well as postgraduate studies at Leonard Stern Business School, New York, Harvard Business School and INSEAD, Fontainebleau.
Jürgen Hardt Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation, German Federal Foreign Office A member of the German Bundestag since 2009, Jürgen Hardt was appointed coordinator of transatlantic cooperation in the German Federal Foreign Office in April 2014. In addition, Hardt is also a member of the Bundestag's Defense Committee and Committee on the Affairs of the European Union as well as the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
Annette Heuser Executive Director, Bertelsmann Foundation, Washington, DC
Dr. Werner Hoyer President, European Investment Bank
Annette Heuser is founder and executive director of the Washington, DC, office of the Bertelsmann Foundation, a private, nonpartisan foundation that promotes and strengthens transatlantic cooperation. Before taking her talents to the US capital, Heuser established the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Brussels office and served as its executive director from 2000 to 2006. Heuser is a member of the Atlantic Council Board of Directors and its strategic advisers group as well as the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
Werner Hoyer was named president of the European Investment Bank and chairman of its board of directors in 2012. Hoyer served as a member of the German Bundestag from 1987 to 2011. In 2009, he was appointed minister of state at the German Foreign Office. Before his time in the Foreign Office, he was the deputy chairman and foreign affairs spokesman of the Free Democratic Party parliamentary group from 2002 to 2009.
David McAllister Member of the European Parliament; Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the US David McAllister was elected to the European Parliament in 2014. During the elections, he represented the Christian Democratic Union as its primary candidate. The German politician, who is also a British citizen, served as Lower Saxony's prime minister from 2010 to 2013 and as a member of the State Parliament of Lower Saxony from 1998 to 2014. In 2012, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Edinburgh.
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Welcome
Welcoming Remarks
Opening Remarks
Lunch Keynote
Bernhard Mattes President, AmCham Germany
Ulrich Grillo President, Federation of German Industries (BDI)
John B. Emerson US Ambassador to Germany
Dr.-Ing. Heinrich Hiesinger Chairman of the Executive Board, ThyssenKrupp AG
Bernhard Mattes has served as chairman of Ford-Werke GmbH since 2002. In addition, he also currently holds the position of vice president of the Ford Customer Service Division for Ford of Europe, which he took over in 2006. He initially joined Ford in 1999 as a member of the board for marketing and sales. He was elected president of AmCham Germany in June 2013.
Ulrich Grillo has been chairman of the Executive Board of GrilloWerke AG since 2004. He was unanimously elected president of BDI and took over at the start of 2013, following stints as vice president from 2011 to 2012 as well as chairman of the BDI Committee on Raw Materials Policy from 2007 to 2012. Prior to his role at BDI, he was president of the German non-ferrous metals association WirtschaftsVereinigung Metalle e.V. from 2006 to 2012.
The US Senate confirmed John B. Emerson as US Ambassador to Germany on Aug. 1, 2013. Before this, Emerson had been president of Capital Group Private Client Services since 1997. His previous political posts include serving on President Clinton’s senior staff from 1993 to 1997, where he led efforts to obtain congressional approval of the GATT Uruguay Round Agreement in 1994 and the extension of China’s MFN trading status in 1996. In 2010, President Obama appointed Emerson to the President’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.
Heinrich Hiesinger was appointed CEO of ThyssenKrupp AG in January 2011. Prior to his current position, Hiesinger served as vice chairman of the Executive Board. Before joining ThyssenKrupp in October 2010, Hiesinger was a member of the Managing Board of Siemens, where he was CEO of the Industry Sector and head of the central department Corporate Information Technology. Hiesinger holds a doctorate in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Munich.
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Opening Panel
10:00 a.m.–11:00 am. T R A N S AT L A N T I C
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Trade and Investment – Pillars of Transatlantic Growth and Prosperity The economic relationship between the EU and the US is the largest and most dynamic one in the world. It accounts for nearly 50 percent of global GDP, and the flow of goods and services between them amounts
Moderator
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Carsten Knop Senior Business Editor, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Prof. Dr. Dr. Andreas Barner Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, Boehringer Ingelheim
Ferdinando Beccalli-Falco President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Europe; CEO, GE Germany
Andreas Barner joined Boehringer Ingelheim in 1992. Barner was appointed to the Board of Managing Directors in 1999 and was named chairman in 2012. As such, he is responsible for human resources, research & development and medicine. He received a doctorate in medicine from the University of Freiburg and a PhD in mathematics from ETH Zurich. In 2008 he was conferred an honorary professorship by the Austrian president.
Ferdinando “Nani” BeccalliFalco has been with GE since 1975. He is a senior vice president of GE and a member of the company’s Corporate Executive Council. In January 2011, he was named president and chief executive officer of GE Europe and CEO of GE Germany. In his previous position as president and CEO of GE International, he successfully built up GE’s global team. Before that, Beccalli held leadership positions at GE Capital and GE Plastics in the US, the Netherlands and Japan.
to more than $1 trillion. Supporters claim that the harmonization of standards and regulations under a comprehensive bilateral free-trade agreement like TTIP would unleash the region’s full economic potential and reshape the rules of world trade in the transatlantic partners’ favor. How will such an agreement ensure the transatlantic marketplace remains the place to do business in the face of the rising rest? What are the implications for consumers? And what sticking points remain that might hinder sustained growth and prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic?
Opening Panel 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
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Carsten Knop has worked as an editor at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung since 1996. He served as a business correspondent in New York from 1999 to 2001 before moving to San Francisco to report on commercial activities on the West Coast, particularly in Silicon Valley. In the spring of 2003, he returned to the newspaper’s main office in Frankfurt/Main.
Laura Lane President of Global Public Affairs, UPS Laura Lane is currently responsible for all worldwide government affairs for the more than 220 countries and territories UPS serves. She previously worked as managing director and head of international government affairs for Citigroup and vice president for global public policy at Time Warner. Lane served in the US Foreign Service for seven years and in the Office of the US Trade Representative, where she was responsible for bilateral trade affairs with Middle Eastern and Mediterranean countries.
David A. Ricks Senior Vice President, Eli Lilly & Company; US Co-Chair, TransAtlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) Dave Ricks was named senior vice president of Eli Lilly & Company and president of its biomedicines division in 2012. He is also a member of the company’s Executive Committee. His responsibilities extend to Lilly's activities in more than 20 regions, including the US, Japan, Australia, Canada and Europe. In addition, Ricks serves as a US co-chair of the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue.
Kasper Rorsted Chief Executive Officer, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Kasper Rorsted has served as CEO of Henkel since 2008. He joined the company in 2005 as the executive vice president of human resources, purchasing, information technologies and infrastructure services. He previously held similar positions at Hewlett Packard, Compaq and Oracle. Rorsted attended the International Business School in Copenhagen and has completed executive leadership programs at Harvard Business School.
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4:45 p.m.–6:00 p.m. T R A N S AT L A N T I C
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Create and Connect – The Networked World of Tomorrow
Moderator
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Mathias Müller von Blumencron Editor in Chief of Digital Media, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Matt Brittin Vice President of Northern and Central Europe Operations, Google Inc.
Mathias Müller von Blumencron took over the newly created position of editor in chief of digital media at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in 2013. Before joining the publishing group, Müller von Blumencron was co-editor in chief of Der Spiegel and responsible for the magazine’s digital products. He began his career in 1992 at Der Spiegel magazine and was named Media Man of the Year by Horizont, a media trade magazine, in 2007.
Matt Brittin has been with Google since 2007. He has served as vice president of operations in northern and central Europe since 2011 and as managing director of the UK and Ireland since 2009. Before joining Google, Brittin held various leadership positions at Trinity Mirror plc and McKinsey & Company. He also serves as the director of two charities, The Climate Group and The Media Trust.
Smartphones, smart cities, smart grids, smart cars, smart refrigerators and smart industry: Connected devices are quickly pervading all aspects of our lives – at home, at work and on the go. At the same time, the integration of the physical and virtual worlds is raising fundamental questions related to digital governance as well as data protection and privacy. Just how are the networked world and smart devices changing business and trade? How can companies and governments on both sides of the Atlantic leverage the opportunities presented by the growing realm of connected technologies? Is the German government's Digital Agenda enough to increase the country's competitiveness? And what transatlantic regulatory framework will enable seamless and secure connectivity for individuals, enterprises and critical infrastructure alike?
Closing Panel 4:45 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
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Timotheus Höttges Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Telekom AG
Martina Koederitz General Manager, IBM Germany
Wolf Lichtenstein CEO DACH Region, SAS Inc.; General Manager, SAS Germany
Timotheus Höttges has been CEO of Deutsche Telekom AG since January 2014. From 2009 until his appointment, he served as the Group Board of Management member responsible for finance and controlling. From 2006 to 2009, he was also the Board of Management member responsible for the group's T-Home unit. In this position, Höttges’ responsibilities included fixed-network, broadband business and integrated sales and service in Germany.
Martina Koederitz has been with IBM Germany since 1987. Starting as a system consultant, Koederitz has now served as general manager of IBM Germany since 2011. Since 2013, Koederitz has also been general manager of IBM DACH IMT, where she is responsible for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Before assuming her current positions, Koederitz was a member of the board and vice president of sales at IBM Germany. Koederitz is also an active member of the industry associations BITKOM, BDI and VDMA.
In 2008, Wolf Lichtenstein joined SAS Deutschland as the company’s general manager. In May 2011, he also became CEO of SAS’s DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) region. Lichtenstein’s prior professional work includes heading European operations of the campaign management provider Prime Response and serving as CEO of a joint venture between McKinsey and General Atlantic as well as the the management consultancy People at Work. Lichtenstein is a member of various trade associations and boards, including the BITKOM Central Board.
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Workshops I
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. T R A N S AT L A N T I C
Commerzbank: Who’s Afraid of Higher Standards? TTIP and Financial Services Regulation
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For the past few years, the US and EU have been modeling their financial regulation reforms after the G20 agenda. However, implementation of the various regulations has diverged significantly across the Atlantic. The EU is making a concerted effort to include the topic of financial services regulation in TTIP negotiations – so far to little avail. How important is the inclusion of financial services regulation in TTIP negotiations? What would the advantages and disadvantages of this be? And what effect would non-harmonized financial regulation have on European and US financial institutions, on trade flows between
Workshops I 11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Workshops II 3:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m.
the two economic regions and on overall financial stability? Moderator
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John O’Donnell European Correspondent, Reuters
Daniel Caspary Member of the European Parliament
John O’Donnell has worked at Reuters as a European correspondent for Germany and Brussels since 2004. O’Donnell started his career as a journalist at Reed Elsevier and Australian Consolidated Press before he began reporting on British businesses for The Sunday Times in London from 1999 to 2004. He holds a degree with higher honors in business and legal studies from University College Dublin.
Daniel Caspary has served as a member of the European Parliament since 2004. In 2011, he became a member of the Baden-Württemberg Christian Democratic Union Central Committee as well as a member of the Transatlantic Policy Network. Aside from serving on the German Bundestag's European Affairs Committee, Caspary is coordinator of the European People's Party fraction in the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade, a position he has held since 2009.
Heiner Herkenhoff Senior Advisor to the Board of Managing Directors/Head of Public Affairs, Commerzbank AG Heiner Herkenhoff was named the senior advisor to the Board of Managing Directors of Commerzbank AG and the head of the bank's public affairs in 2009. Before joining Commerzbank AG, he served as a member of the management team at the Federal Association of German Banks from 2000 to 2009. Prior to this, Herkenhoff oversaw communications and marketing for KPMG Deutschland and served as head of the office of the CDU party leader, Chancellor Dr. Helmut Kohl, from 1995 to 1998.
Dr. Lutz R. Raettig Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Morgan Stanley Bank AG Lutz Raettig has served as chairman of the Supervisory Board of Morgan Stanley Bank AG since 2005. He previously served as chairman of the Management Board from 1995 to 2005 as well as vice chairman of Morgan Stanley Europe and country head for Germany and Austria. Before joining Morgan Stanley, he worked at Commerzbank AG, ending his career there as co-head of the bank's North American business in New York City. Prior to this he spent 18 years at WestLB in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London and New York City.
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DIN German Institute for Standardization: Cybersecurity – Standardized IT Security as a Basis for Trustworthy Cooperation
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Johannes Benjamin Helfritz Founder, Helfritz-Strategies, Concepts and Public Affairs (HSCPA)
Dr. Christian Ehler Member of the European Parliament (CDU/EPP)
Volker Jacumeit Group Manager, Technical Group 3.3, DIV e.V.
Christian Ehler has been a member of the European Parliament (CDU/EPP) since 2004. He serves on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy; the Committee on Foreign Affairs; and the Subcommittee on Security and Defense. In the last legislative period, he was also chairman of the EP delegation for US relations and, as such, involved in TTIP negotiations and issues of transatlantic cybersecurity. In addition, Ehler chairs the Cyber Security Coordination Group (CSCG).
Volker Jacumeit is managing director of the IT Security Coordination Center and of the Standards Committee on Information Technology and Selected IT Applications. Prior to joining DIN, he worked as a project manager in IT and communications at Siemens for many years. Most recently, he served as director for seamless government at Siemens’ headquarters, overseeing business development and portfolio development for e-government solutions, and led the Public Sector Innovation Center in Berlin.
IT is the backbone of all “smart” solutions, and its Achilles heel is information security. What is required to ensure maximum information security, especially in light of the NSA scandal, the increasing interconnection of business processes in the era of Industry 4.0 and the spread of connected devices? What steps must businesses take to win (back) the trust of users? What conditions are crucial, and what role does the German IT security industry play in transatlantic business?
Johannes Benjamin Helfritz founded Helfritz-Strategies, Concepts and Public Affairs, an agency for cooperative public affairs, in 2013. Early in his career, he codeveloped the online portals single.de and agentur.de. He has worked in strategic communications at the German Energy Agency and in governmental affairs at BOSCH Security Systems GmbH. Since 2007, he has organized WELT conferences on digitization issues. Helfritz also designs and implements the DIN’s KITS conferences on IT security and standards.
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Deborah Klein Senior Manager for Security and Raw Materials, Federation of German Industries (BDI) Deborah Klein is a senior manager in the Security and Raw Materials Department at BDI. From 2008 to 2012, she was with the North and Latin America Department. Klein has worked as a research assistant in the German Bundestag as well as a freelance project assistant for the political foundation Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. She is also a member of the steering group “IT Security in Business,” whose goal is to improve IT security for small and mediumsized enterprises.
Ramon Mörl Managing Director, itWatch GmbH
Dr. Hans-Christoph Quelle Founder and Managing Partner, Secusmart GmbH
Ramon Mörl has served as managing director of itWatch GmbH since 2002. He has held executive positions in Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and the US for such companies as HP, IBM, Siemens, ICL and Bull. As an independent evaluator and adviser for the European Union, Mörl focused on ECMA and ISO standards for IT security. Mörl worked as a consultant in IT security after earning a degree in computer science from the Technical University of Munich.
Hans-Christoph Quelle is founder and managing partner of Secusmart GmbH and oversees business development at the company. He previously served as director of corporate strategy at Nokia, where he held the positions of sales director and sales development director. Quelle gained international experience as a business development manager for international M&A at Deutsche Telekom and as an assistant to the president of Deutsche Telekom in France.
Dr. Ralf Rieken Chief Executive Officer, Uniscon GmbH; TeleTrust – IT Security Association Germany Ralf Rieken is chief executive officer of Uniscon GmbH, a provider of cloud solutions for cross-company collaboration and communication via the Internet. Before joining Uniscon, he held various senior positions at large IT and network suppliers. Until 2007, he served as CEO of a software company in Silicon Valley. Rieken also supports innovative IT companies in North America and Israel as an advisory board member.
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White & Case: US Economic and Trade Sanctions, German Antiboycott Laws and the Implications for International Business
Accenture: Accelerating Europe's Comeback – Digital Opportunities for Competitiveness and Growth
US sanctions programs against foreign countries present liability risks for German companies – even for businesses with no link to the US. However,
The European economy has still not fully recovered from the recent financial crisis, and it continues to face new challenges as well as great opportunities.
German law restricts the ability of German companies to comply with foreign sanctions regulations. These conflicting requirements must be addressed with
Business and political leaders have already recognized the power of digital technologies to boost competitiveness, growth and job creation in both the short
a risk-based approach and a solid understanding of the regulatory environment. What are the current trends in US sanctions and their enforcement?
term and over the long term. Which steps must be taken to accelerate the digitization of the economy and harness this new digital potential for enhanced
And which restrictions under German law must businesses take into account?
innovation, productivity and growth? And how will digital technologies influence and transform transatlantic business relations?
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Dr. Robert Weber Partner, White & Case, Frankfurt/Main Robert Weber has extensive experience advising national and international clients. His practice focuses on commercial, business and corporate law. He advises clients on corporate acquisitions and structural measures as well as members of managing and supervisory boards and managing directors on corporate governance, compliance and liability issues. He is the author of various publications on corporate law and on corporate litigation issues.
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Kenneth A. Caruso Partner, White & Case, New York
Dr. Constantin Lauterwein Associate, White & Case, Berlin
Kenneth Caruso is a partner in the white-collar and commercial litigation practice in the New York office of White & Case. He has handled numerous investigations, litigation and advisory/compliance assignments involving US sanctions. His expertise extends to foreign corrupt payments, money laundering and antiterrorism. Before entering private practice, Caruso served as a federal prosecutor in New York and in the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, DC.
Constantin Lauterwein advises companies and managers faced with government investigations or enforcement actions and businesses damaged by criminal conduct in all areas of whitecollar criminal law and corporate compliance. Lauterwein also conducts internal investigations and advises on the implementation and improvement of compliance programs. During his stint at White & Case’s New York office in 2012, he focused on compliance with the US sanctions programs administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Oliver L. Bittner Managing Director Technology Strategy for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Accenture Oliver Bittner is managing director of technology strategy for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at Accenture. Before assuming his current position, he headed the IT strategy and transformation practice in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Bittner has 20 years of consulting experience. His areas of expertise include business model design, post-merger integration and IT strategies.
Dr. Claus Jeschek Managing Director Technology Strategy, Accenture As a managing director of technology strategy at Accenture, Claus Jeschek oversees the company's energy and utilities services in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. His main client focus areas include businessdriven IT strategies and the digitization of business models at energy and utilities providers. Jeschek, who holds a PhD in physics, has more than 10 years of top-management-consulting experience.
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3:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m. T R A N S AT L A N T I C
Morgan Lewis: Cross-Border M&A – Trends and Risks of Transatlantic Investments in Emerging Markets
PricewaterhouseCoopers: Industry 4.0 – Opportunities and Challenges for Industrial Companies
“Emerging markets” include fast-growing developing countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. They are key targets for investors, but pose risks including
Industry 4.0, the term for the fourth industrial revolution, has developed into a buzzword within a short time. Science and industrial companies see great
volatile currencies, political instability and weak legal systems. What are the key trends facing German and US companies in such markets, and how can the
opportunities in the integration of the virtual IT world and the real production world. But do digitization investments really pay off? What challenges lurk
risks be managed? In this workshop, case studies on China, the Middle East and Russia will explore the hot topics of the cross-border M&A market.
behind these new opportunities? Learn what more than 200 companies in Germany think about the opportunities and challenges of Industry 4.0 and
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what their responses mean for the future of industry.
Speakers
Speakers
Ayman A. Khaleq Partner, Morgan Lewis, Dubai
Brian L. Zimbler Partner, Morgan Lewis, Moscow
Ayman Khaleq is a manager partner at Morgan Lewis’ Dubai office. His practice focuses on structured finance and debt capital markets transactions, with an emphasis on Islamic finance. Khaleq also advises on other issues relating to business in the Middle East.
Brian Zimbler is a managing partner at Morgan Lewis’ Moscow office. His practice focuses on cross-border investment and financial matters. Zimbler has more than 25 years of experience in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union, and has advised on some of the largest foreign investments in the region during this time.
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Dr. Christian O. Zschocke Partner, Morgan Lewis, Frankfurt/Main
Dr. Reinhard Geissbauer Partner, PwC Management Consulting, Munich
Christian Zschocke is the managing partner of Morgan Lewis‘ Frankfurt office. His practice focuses on international business transactions and antitrust law. Zschocke has more than 20 years of experience serving German clients in transatlantic business transactions.
As head of Industry 4.0, Reinhard Geissbauer oversees the industrial product team and supply chain management services of PwC Management Consulting. He has more than 18 years of industrial and consulting experience with multinational industrial equipment manufacturers, transportation companies and automotive suppliers. Geissbauer focuses on supporting leading companies in supply chain management, operations strategy development, global sourcing, global footprint design, overhead and process-cost optimization.
Volkmar Koch Vice President/Partner, Strategy and Practice EPS/DBT, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Frankfurt/ Main Volkmar Koch has more than 15 years of professional experience, with more than 10 of them in management consulting in different regions. He specializes in growth strategy, strategy-based transformation and reorganization, multichannel distribution and consumer loyalty as well as IT strategy and finance and controlling. Additionally, Koch is an expert on companies in the travel and tourism industry and specializes in big data and analytics.
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Accenture
DIN e.V.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Bayer AG
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Frank Riemensperger Campus Kronberg 1 D-61476 Kronberg im Taunus Telephone: +49 6173 94-99 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.accenture.de
Dr.-Ing. Torsten Bahke Am DIN-Platz Burggrafenstr. 6 D-10787 Berlin Telephone: +49 30 2601-0 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.din.de
Hellerhofstr. 2–4 D-60327 Frankfurt/Main Telephone: +49 69 7591-0 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.faz.net
Denise Rennmann W11 D-51368 Leverkusen Telephone: +49 214 30-47989 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.bayer.com
Dr. Ingrid Herzog Binger Str. 173 D-55216 Ingelheim Telephone: +49 6132 77-144393 E-mail: ingrid.herzog@ boehringer-ingelheim.com Internet: www.boehringeringelheim.com
Joachim Weith Else-Kröner-Str. 1 D-61352 Bad Homburg Telephone: +49 6172 608-2302 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.fresenius.com
German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern United States, Inc. Atlanta German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, Inc. Chicago
FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH International Marketing of the Region Eric Menges Unterschweinstiege 8 D-60549 Frankfurt/Main Telephone: +49 69 686038-0 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.frm-united.com
German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. New York Internet: www.ahk-usa.com Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG
International New York Times
GE Germany
Hessen Trade & Invest GmbH
Infosys Ltd.
Dr. Christian Zschocke OpernTurm D-60306 Frankfurt/Main Telephone: +49 69 71400-711 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.morganlewis.de
Dr. Ulrich Störk Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 35–37 D-60327 Frankfurt/Main Telephone: +49 69 9585-0 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.de.pwc.com
Jörg Müller Lersnerstr. 12 D-60322 Frankfurt am Main Telephone: +49 69 716779–0 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: INYT.com / NYTimes.com
Bernd Eitel Bleichstr. 64–66 D-60313 Frankfurt/Main Telephone: +49 69 450909-274 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.ge.com/de
Oliver Beil Konradinerallee 9 D-65189 Wiesbaden Telephone: +49 611 95017-8303 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.htai.de
Nicola Brocksiepe Bockenheimer Landstr. 2–4 D-60306 Frankfurt/Main Telephone: +49 69 269566-116 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.infosys.com
Lilly Deutschland GmbH
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH
Dr. Gerd Kräh Werner-Reimers-Str. 2–4 D-61352 Bad Homburg Telephone: +49 6172 273-2734 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.lilly-pharma.de
Vertriebsniederlassung Wilhelm-Leuschner-Str. 29 D-60329 Frankfurt/Main Telephone: +49 69 2554-451 Internet: www.LH.com
Sven Jansen Lindenplatz 1 D-85540 Haar Telephone: +49 30 209-45777 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.msd.de
White & Case LLP Dr. Robert Weber Bockenheimer Landstr. 20 D-60323 Frankfurt/Main Telephone: +49 69 29994-1370 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.whitecase.com
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United Parcel Service Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG Uwe Detering Görlitzer Str. 1 D-41456 Neuss Telephone: +49 2131-1548941 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: www.ups.com
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