T R A N S AT L A N T I C
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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
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CO-ORGANIZERS
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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.
Bernhard Mattes
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Ulrich Grillo
President, Federation of
German Industries (BDI)
Tim Bennett
Ulrich Grillo
Dr. André Hülsbömer
Dr. André Hülsbömer
Managing Director,
F.A.Z.-Institut
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Program
Overview
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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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Welcome
Moderator
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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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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.
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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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Closing Panel
4:45 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
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Create and Connect – The Networked World of Tomorrow
Moderator
Speakers
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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11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
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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
Speakers
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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Cybersecurity – Standardized IT Security as a
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Moderator
Speakers
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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Workshops I
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
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Workshops
II
3:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m.
T R A N S AT L A N T I C
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?
Speakers
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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Speakers
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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Workshops II
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
Business Conference
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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Frank Riemensperger
Campus Kronberg 1
D-61476 Kronberg im Taunus
Telephone: +49 6173 94-99
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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
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German American Chamber of
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New York
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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
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Konradinerallee 9
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Bockenheimer Landstr. 2–4
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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
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Sven Jansen
Lindenplatz 1
D-85540 Haar
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Internet: www.msd.de
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Bockenheimer Landstr. 20
D-60323 Frankfurt/Main
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Internet: www.whitecase.com
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Uwe Detering
Görlitzer Str. 1
D-41456 Neuss
Telephone: +49 2131-1548941
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.ups.com
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