Program - Dräger

Organizers
in cooperation with
PROGRAM
The Transatlantic Marketplace:
Challenges and Opportunities
Beyond 2011
Fifth Annual Transatlantic Business Conference
Strategic inspiration and impulses for the economic and political partnership
Nov. 8-9, 2011 쐍 Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt/Main 쐍 Marriott Hotel, Frankfurt/Main
Co-organizers
Organizers
American Chamber of Commerce
in Germany e.V.
Karl Mallach
Börsenplatz 7–11
D-60313 Frankfurt/Main
Telephone: +49 69 929104 - 51
Telefax: +49 69 929104 - 11
E-mail: kmallach@amcham.de
Internet: www.amcham.de
in cooperation with
F.A.Z.-Institut
für Management-, Markt- und
Medieninformationen GmbH
Dr. Meghan Davis
Mainzer Landstraße 199
D-60326 Frankfurt/Main
Telephone: +49 69 7591 - 2262
Telefax: +49 69 7591 - 2423
E-mail: m.davis@faz-institut.de
Internet: www.faz-institut.de
Federation of German Industries
(BDI)
Sigrid Zirbel
Breite Straße 29
D-10178 Berlin
Telephone: +49 30 2028 - 1559
Telefax: +49 30 2028 - 2559
E-mail: s.zirbel@bdi.eu
Internet: www.bdi.eu
Deloitte & Touche GmbH
Stefan Fröhlich
Franklinstraße 50
D-60486 Frankfurt/Main
Telephone: +49 69 75695 - 6515
Telefax: +49 69 75695 - 6722
E-mail: sfroehlich@deloitte.de
Internet: www.deloitte.de
Dräger Foundation
Petra Pissulla
Moislinger Allee 53/55
D-23558 Lübeck
Telephone: +49 451 882 - 2151
Telefax: +49 451 882 - 3050
E-mail: petra.pissulla@draeger.com
Internet: www.draeger-stiftung.de
Co-organizers
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
Dr. Sonja Kastin
Kaiserplatz
D-60261 Frankfurt/Main
Telephone: +49 69 136 - 22201
Telefax: +49 69 40565 - 4705
E-mail: sonja.kastin@commerzbank.com
Internet: www.commerzbank.de
TransAtlantic Business Dialogue
(TABD)
Jeffries Briginshaw
101 Rue Keyenveld
B-1050 Brussels
Telephone: +32 2 514 - 0301
Telefax: +32 2 514 - 0501
E-mail: jbriginshaw@eu.tabd.com
Internet: www.tabd.com
Welcome
Dear Participants of the Fifth Annual Transatlantic Business Conference,
The transatlantic relationship hit a rough patch again this past year. On all fronts – economic and political alike – there
were not many areas where the transatlantic partners could find common ground: the uncoordinated response to the
Arab spring, the diverging conclusions drawn from the nuclear disaster in Japan and the escalating sovereign debt crises
on both sides of the Atlantic are just three examples of the challenges that put the transatlantic relationship to the test.
At the same time, the winds of structural change continue to blow through the global economic system, and while the
transatlantic economic area’s weight and influence in the global arena are still high, they are dwindling nonetheless.
If the transatlantic partners want to continue to shape the global economic and political agenda, they have to address
such major challenges as these together.
Fred B. Irwin
President, AmCham Germany
How can the US and Europe remain competitive in the face of rapidly growing emerging markets? How will their huge
budget deficits impact governments’ ability to act, the international exchange-rate system and the world’s financial order?
What might a new energy infrastructure look like and can e-mobility really lead us to a greener future? Finding transatlantic answers to these questions will not be easy. But the search for these answers has the potential to breathe new
life into the long-standing relationship.
As a forum for decision-makers from the worlds of business and politics, the Fifth Annual Transatlantic Business Conference
aims to do just that. With inspirational keynote addresses, international panel discussions and in-depth workshops,
the conference intends to promote transatlantic dialogue each year and bring new vitality to this special relationship.
Jürgen R. Thumann
President of BusinessEurope,
Vice President of BDI
and Co-Chair of TABD
We hope this year’s conference will prove to be as inspirational and enjoyable as those of years past. We would also
like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to our co-organizers, supporters and contributors from both sides
of the Atlantic: without them, this exciting event would not be possible.
Volker Sach
Managing Director,
F.A.Z.-Institut
Fred B. Irwin
Jürgen R. Thumann
Volker Sach
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Program overview
Evening event on Nov. 8, 2011
Day conference on Nov. 9, 2011
쐍 7:00 p.m.: Cocktail reception
Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt/Main
쐍 8:45 a.m.: Registration
Marriott Hotel, Frankfurt/Main
쐍 7:30 p.m.: Welcome
Dr. Eric Strutz, Chief Financial Officer, Commerzbank AG
쐍 9:30 a.m.: Welcome
Fred B. Irwin, President, AmCham Germany
쐍 7:45 p.m.: Open Discussion
The Transatlantic Partnership in the Face
of Geopolitical Trends
쐍 9:40 a.m.: Opening Panel
Fighting for the Pole Position: The Transatlantic Business
Area and the Race for Global Competitiveness
Myron Brilliant, Senior Vice President,
International Affairs, US Chamber of Commerce
Daniel Caspary, MEP,
Member of the Committee on International Trade
Michael M. Maibach, President & Chief Executive Officer,
European-American Business Council
Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Transatlantic Fellow,
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Moderator: Tom Redburn,
Managing Editor, International Herald Tribune
쐍 Followed by: Networking
Registration and the latest
program information are available at:
www.transatlantic-marketplace.com
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Lorraine Hariton, Special Representative for Commercial
and Business Affairs, US State Department
Zhengrong Liu, Group Head of Human Resources, Lanxess AG
Jan Mühlfeit, Chairman, Microsoft Europe
Moderator: Carsten Knop,
Senior Business Editor, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
쐍 11:00 a.m.: Coffee break
쐍 11:30 a.m.: Panel I
The Era of E-Mobility? Concepts, Opportunities and
Challenges of Building a New Energy Infrastructure
Nani Beccalli, President & Chief Executive Officer,
GE Europe & North Asia, Chief Executive Officer, GE Germany
Murat Günak, Managing Director, mia electric GmbH
Jürgen R. Thumann, President BusinessEurope,
Vice President of BDI und Co-Chair of TABD
Moderator: Brent Goff,
Business News Anchor, Deutsche Welle
쐍 3:45 p.m.: Panel II
Where Are Sovereign Debt Crises, Financial-Market
Turbulence and the Global Loss of Confidence Leading Us?
The Future of the Global Financial Order
Erwin Faust, Member of the Executive Board, Aurubis AG
Dr. Jörg Krämer, Chief Economist, Commerzbank AG
Sandra Navidi, Chief Executive Officer, BeyondGlobal, LLC
Moderator: Gerald Braunberger
Senior Financial Markets Editor,
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (tbc)
쐍 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
쐍 5:00 p.m.: Coffee break
쐍 2:00 p.m.: Workshops I
쐍 E-Mobility – Will Consumers Jump on the Bandwagon?
(Deloitte)
쐍 Social Security Systems – A Burden for Companies
Or an Investment in the Future? (Genworth Financial)
쐍 The Future of Energy Supply – Renewables and Grid Expansion
after the Energy Reform (K&L Gates)
쐍 5:30 p.m.: Workshops II
쐍 Favorable Trade Winds – Renewable Energy in North America
(Commerzbank AG)
쐍 The Economic Impacts of Migration –
Comparing the US and Germany (Dräger Foundation)
쐍 Optimized Financing Structures for 2012
(Mayer Brown)
쐍 3:15 p.m.: Coffee break
쐍 6:45 p.m.: Reception
쐍 8:00 p.m.: President’s Dinner
with special guest
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Evening program and reception in the Commerzbank Tower
Open Discussion: The Transatlantic Partnership in the Face of Geopolitical Trends
The Arab spring, nuclear disaster in Japan, sovereign debt crises everywhere, US political deadlock and weak politics in the EU – the transatlantic
partnership is experiencing some dark days. Will the new geopolitical trends drive the partners further apart, or will they foster closer cooperation?
Given the serious domestic problems and foreign-policy constraints on both sides, will the transatlantic partners ever be able to find common
ground? Who has the time or energy to look beyond their borders? And what can be seen on the horizon?
Welcome
Moderator
Speakers
Dr. Eric Strutz
Chief Financial Officer,
Commerzbank AG
Tom Redburn
Managing Editor,
International Herald Tribune
Myron Brilliant
Senior Vice President,
International Affairs,
US Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Eric Strutz has been a
member of the Commerzbank
AG Board of Managing Directors since April 2004. Strutz
holds a doctorate in business
administration and began his
career at The Boston Consulting Group in 1993, where
he became Vice President,
Director and Partner in 2000.
A year later, he joined Commerzbank. There, Strutz served
as Executive Vice President
of Strategy and Controlling
until 2003 when he became
Chief Financial Officer.
Tom Redburn was named
Managing Editor of the International Herald Tribune in
December 2008. In his work,
he stays abreast of the latest
developments in finance in
Europe and the US. Redburn
has also been Deputy Business
Editor for The New York Times
since May 2004. Previous
positions include technology
editor and assistant business
editor at the NYT, where he
has worked since September
1993.
As Senior Vice President for
International Affairs, Myron
Brilliant is responsible for
driving the global business
strategy of the US Chamber of
Commerce. He represents the
Chamber before foreign government and business leaders
and oversees a team of policy
analysts committed to expanding global commercial engagement. Before joining the
Chamber in 1994, he was an
attorney with Stewart and
Stewart in Washington, D.C.,
where he specialized in international trade.
Daniel Caspary, MEP
Member of the Committee
on International Trade
Daniel Caspary was elected
to the European Parliament in
2004 as a representative of
the administrative district of
Karlsruhe. Caspary studied
technical economics at the
University of Karlsruhe and
has held positions at JP Morgan in Frankfurt and London
and MVV Energy AG in Mannheim. As a member of the
Committee on International
Trade, he currently concerns
himself with questions of
international trade within
and outside the euro zone.
He has served as Regional
Chair of CDU Karlsruhe-Land
since 2010.
Michael C. Maibach
President & Chief Executive
Officer, European-American
Business Council (EABC)
Michael Maibach has been
President & CEO of EABC
since 2003. He is known as a
leader in the ICT industry and
serves on the US State Department Advisory Council on International Economics. In the
1980s, he joined Intel Corporation to establish their Government Affairs Department
and was named an Intel Vice
President in 1996. While at
Intel, he was actively involved
in President Reagan’s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness as well as President
Bush’s National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors.
Dr. Constanze
Stelzenmüller
Senior Transatlantic Fellow,
The German Marshall Fund
of the United States
Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller
has been a Senior Transatlantic Fellow with The German
Marshall Fund of the United
States in Berlin since 2009,
previously serving as Director
of the Berlin office. From 1994
to 2005, she was an editor for
the Hamburg weekly DIE ZEIT.
Her work has appeared in
such publications as Internationale Politik, Financial Times
and the International Herald
Tribune. She is a regular guest
on TV and radio shows,
including Presseclub, National
Public Radio and the BBC.
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Opening panel
9:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Fighting for the Pole Position:
The Transatlantic Business Area and the Race for Global Competitiveness
Deindustrialization and financial collapse, faltering domestic markets, aging populations and the shortage of skilled workers – the current state
of and outlook for the US and European economies do not give reason for optimism. Powered by expanding populations and rising economic
performance, emerging markets will soon contribute more to global GDP than developed economies. How can global businesses in the US and
Europe remain competitive and maintain their economic appeal? What can they do to avoid being pushed into the wings of global economics?
Moderator
Speakers
Carsten Knop
Senior Business Editor,
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Lorraine Hariton
Special Representative for
Commercial and Business
Affairs, US State Department
Carsten Knop became an
editor at the Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung in 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.
Lorraine Hariton was sworn
in as the State Department’s
Special Representative for
Commercial and Business
Affairs in 2009. She served as
President/CEO of Apptera, CEO
of Beatnik and spent 15 years
at IBM. She is Chairman Emeritus of the Forum for Women
Entrepreneurs and Executives
and served as Treasurer of the
State of California Board of
Accountancy, on the board of
the Demand Response Smart
Grid Coalition and the Executive Committee of the National Center for Women and
Information Technology.
Zhengrong Liu
Group Head of Human
Resources, Lanxess AG
Jan Mühlfeit
Chairman,
Microsoft Europe
Zhengrong Liu has been
Group Senior Vice President
Human Resources at Lanxess
AG in Leverkusen, Germany,
since 2004. With 15,000 employees, the group generated
global sales of approximately
$10 billion in 2010. Before
joining Lanxess, he was based
in Shanghai as Head of HR for
Bayer’s polymer business in
the APAC region and in Beijing
from 1998 to 2001 as Head of
HR for Bayer (China) Ltd. Liu
studied linguistics in Shanghai
and education, political
science and Anglo-American
studies in Cologne, Germany.
Jan Mühlfeit has been with
Microsoft for almost 18 years
and Chairman of Microsoft
Europe since 2007. Prior to
this, he served as Vice President, Europe, Middle East and
Africa Corporate & Government Strategy in 2006 and as
Vice President of Microsoft’s
Public Sector team in EMEA
in 2005. From 2000 to 2005,
he led the central and eastern
European region division.
Mühlfeit is Vice Chair of the
Supervisory Board of the European Academy of Business in
Society and Co-Chairman of
the European Industry Leadership Board on e-Skills.
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Panel I
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
The Era of E-Mobility? Concepts, Opportunities and Challenges of Building a New Energy Infrastructure
Full mobility with zero emissions: that’s e-mobility’s big promise. In the US, car buyers are slowly developing an interest in economical (hybrid)
models. In Europe, armies of developers are conducting research on the drive systems of the future. But what is technically feasible and what makes
economic sense? Who should pay for the massive investments and what will be outdated before it is brought on line? Despite all good intentions,
full-fledged e-mobility is just as far away as transatlantic cooperation is on the road toward electrification.
Moderator
Speakers
Brent Goff
Business News Anchor,
Deutsche Welle
Nani Beccalli
President & Chief Executive
Officer, GE Europe & North
Asia,Chief Executive Officer,
GE Germany
Brent Goff is a Business News
Anchor for Deutsche Welle’s
English-language program. He
hosts a weekly business magazine show on the network
called “Made in Germany”
and provides analysis of American media, business and foreign policy for numerous German radio stations. Goff has
received several scholarships
and fellowships in Germany
and currently teaches journalism at Touro College in Berlin.
He previously held positions
at CNN in Berlin and Washington, D.C. In 1995, he was
awarded the Edward R.
Murrow Prize for excellence
in investigative journalism.
Nani Beccalli has been with
GE since 1975. In January
2011, he was named President
& CEO of GE Europe & North
Asia and CEO of GE Germany.
In his previous position as
President & CEO of GE International, he successfully built
up GE’s global team over nine
years. Prior to that, he held
leadership positions at GE
Capital and GE Plastics in
the US, the Netherlands and
Japan. A native of Italy,
Beccalli earned a master’s
degree in chemical engineering from the Polytechnic
University of Torino in Italy.
Murat Günak
Managing Director,
mia electric GmbH
Murat Günak is Managing
Director at mia electric, a
Franco-German electric car
company. In 1986, he joined
the Mercedes design team responsible for the first C-Class.
In 1994, he became a chief
designer at Peugeot and
returned to Mercedes in 1998
as the lead designer of its
passenger cars. Günak was assigned with the management
of the design department at
Volkswagen Group in 2004,
also working for its Skoda and
Bentley brands. Since 2007,
Günak has been devoting himself primarily to vehicles with
electric drive. He holds a master’s degree from the Royal
College of Art in London.
Jürgen R. Thumann
President of BusinessEurope,
Vice President of BDI
and Co-Chair of TABD
The former President of the
Federation of German Industries became President of the
European industry and trade
association BusinessEurope
in 2009. He is also Co-Chair
of the TransAtlantic Business
Dialogue representing EU
business. Trained in wholesale
and foreign trade, Thumann
took over his parents’ business
at age 19. In 1978, he founded
the Heitkamp & Thumann
Group where he serves today
as Chairman of the Advisory
Board. In 2009, he also took
over the majority of Heitkamp
Bau Group and became Chairman of its Supervisory Board.
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Panel II
3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where Are Sovereign Debt Crises, Financial-Market Turbulence and the Global Loss of Confidence
Leading Us? The Future of the Global Financial Order
Sovereign debt crises in Europe and the US are triggering massive upheaval in financial markets. Due to their lack of compelling concepts and
coordination, governments and central banks are fueling mistrust. The boundaries between monetary and fiscal policy are blurring. Is a new global
financial order taking shape? What role will the United States’ dependence on its principal creditor, China, play? Can a relapse into a second
recession still be avoided? And how can international companies continue to operate successfully under these conditions?
Moderator
Speakers
Gerald Braunberger
Senior Financial Markets
Editor, Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung
Erwin Faust
Member of the Executive
Board, Aurubis AG
Dr. Jörg Krämer
Chief Economist,
Commerzbank AG
Sandra Navidi
Chief Executive Officer,
BeyondGlobal, LLC
Since October 2008, Erwin
Faust has been CFO at Aurubis
AG. After studying economics
at St. Gallen Business School,
he began his career at Otto
Wolf Industrie-Anlagen GmbH
in Cologne. From March 1989
until 1995, Faust worked at
Volkswagen and managed
the set up of the controlling
department during the takeover of Skoda. Afterwards,
he held various management
positions at VAW Aluminium
in Bonn until 2007. Before
starting at Aurubis, Faust was
also CFO at Novelis Europe as
well as for the European rolled
products division of Alcan Inc.
Dr. Jörg Krämer has been Chief
Economist and Head of the
Research Section of Commerzbank AG since 2006. Previously, he held a similar position at
Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG. Krämer began his
career in 1992 at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
From 1996 to 1997, he served
as the economist for Germany
at Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Bank Ltd. He then joined
Invesco Asset Management
Deutschland GmbH, where he
initially served as a Senior
Economist and later became
Chief Economist.
Sandra Navidi is the Founder
and CEO of BeyondGlobal,
LLC. Previously, she was Director of Research Strategies and
Senior Relationship Manager
at Roubini Global Economics
(RGE). In 2001, she moved to
the US from Germany to work
as General Counsel at a multibillion dollar asset management company. Subsequently,
she worked as investment
banker at broker/dealer. In Germany, she was a manager in
the international capital markets department at Deloitte &
Touche, where she specialized
in alternative investment
structures. Navidi is licensed
to practice law in the state of
New York and in Germany.
Gerald Braunberger became
a business editor at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in
April 1988. In this position,
he focused on national and
international monetary policy,
banks and financial markets.
From May 1995 to July 2004,
Braunberger served as a Parisbased F.A.Z. correspondent
in France. Following that,
he returned to the Frankfurt
headquarters as an editor for
the Sonntagszeitung. He has
been Senior Financial Markets
Editor at the F.A.Z. since July
2007 and is also responsible
for the Business Books section
of the paper.
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Workshops I
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Deloitte:
E-Mobility – Will Consumers Jump on the Bandwagon?
Is e-mobility gaining traction? The results of a global empirical Deloitte survey regarding the market potential of e-vehicles and the barriers to
overcome from a consumer’s perspective will be presented and discussed in this workshop. Which role will public funding programs play in
increasing the acceptance of e-vehicles and how will they influence market perspective?
Moderator and speakers
Frank Burkert
Partner, Deloitte Hamburg,
Service Line Leader Business
Tax / R&D and Government
Incentives
Frank Burkert is Partner and
Service Line Leader of the
Deloitte Service Line Business
Tax/R&D and Government Incentives. He advises customers
in raising public funding for
investment and innovations
projects. His long-standing relationships with customers in
the field of renewable energy
are a testament to his extensive expertise in this sector.
Furthermore, he has extensive
knowledge in the area of
investment and innovation
funding on the federal, state
and EU level.
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Kerstin Dreizner
Senior Manager, Deloitte
Hamburg and Munich
Murat Günak
Managing Director,
mia electric GmbH
Dr. Martin Hoelz
Partner, Deloitte Stuttgart,
Head of Global Automotive
As Senior Manager in Service
Line Business Tax/R&D and
Government Incentives at
Deloitte, Kerstin Dreizner leads
the Munich-based team. She
has extensive experience in
consulting national and international companies in matters
of raising innovation and investment funding. Particularly
in the areas of renewable
energy and energy technology
she can look back on many
years of expertise. Risk management and carrying out
due diligence from a funding
perspective are her additional
areas of expertise.
Murat Günak is Managing
Director at mia electric, a
Franco-German electric car
company. In 1986, he joined
the Mercedes design team responsible for the first C-Class.
In 1994, he became a chief
designer at Peugeot and
returned to Mercedes in 1998
as the lead designer of its
passenger cars. Günak was assigned with the management
of the design department at
Volkswagen Group in 2004,
also working for its Skoda and
Bentley brands. Since 2007,
Günak has been devoting himself primarily to vehicles with
electric drive. He holds a master’s degree from the Royal
College of Art in London.
Dr. Martin Hoelz joined
Deloitte as a Consulting Partner in 2007. He leads the
global automotive industry
practice. Hoelz has spent his
career in the automotive industry since 1994, including
several leading management
positions in big automotive
companies. His professional
experience ranges from
medium-sized companies to
multinational corporations like
Daimler AG, Audi AG and
Volkswagen AG. He holds a
PhD in business economics
from the Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management
and a master’s degree in
computer sciences from the
University of Heidelberg.
Workshops I
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Genworth Financial:
Social Security Systems – A Burden for Companies Or an Investment in the Future?
On Jan. 1, 2012, the family care time law (Familienpflegezeitgesetz) will come into force. The law aims to improve the compatibility of work and
care to meet the growing problem caused by social pressure emanating from an increasing number of elderly people requiring care, matched by
increasing numbers of employees requesting time off to care for their relatives. Family care, thus, is representative of many developments in today’s
social security systems. If applied strategically, the new instruments offer many opportunities for attracting and retaining qualified staff in the future.
Moderator and speakers
Alexander Hoffmann
Country Manager and
Managing Director,
Genworth Financial Germany
Dr. Josef Hecken
State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior
Citizens, Women and Youth
Alexander Hoffmann is Managing Director and General
Manager of the Lifestyle Protection Division of Genworth
Financial in Germany and
Austria. Before joining the
company, he was Head of
Sales at HBOS-efs and worked
for 20 years in executive positions at leading international
finance institutions. As Managing Director of cash.life,
he introduced prize-winning
product innovations to the
market. Previously, Hoffmann
was Director of Operations at
AIG Financial Advisor Services.
Dr. Josef Hecken has served as
State Secretary in the Federal
Ministry for Family Affairs,
Senior Citizens, Women and
Youth since 2009. Prior to this,
he was President of the German Federal Insurance Office.
Hecken also served as Minister
for Justice, Health and Social
Affairs in the German state of
Saarland from 2004 to 2008
and was Chairman of the Bundesrat’s Healthcare Committee
as well as Vice Chairman of
its Legal Affairs Committee.
He has also served as Chair
of the Conference of German
State Ministers for Labor and
Social Affairs.
Zhengrong Liu
Group Head of Human
Resources, Lanxess AG
Zhengrong Liu has been
Group Senior Vice President
Human Resources at Lanxess
AG in Leverkusen, Germany,
since 2004. With 15,000 employees, the group generated
global sales of approximately
$10 billion in 2010. Before
joining Lanxess, he was based
in Shanghai as Head of HR for
Bayer’s polymer business in
the APAC region and in Beijing
from 1998 to 2001 as Head of
HR for Bayer (China) Ltd. Liu
studied linguistics in Shanghai
and education, political
science and Anglo-American
studies in Cologne, Germany.
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Workshops I
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
K&L Gates:
The Future of Energy Supply – Renewables and Grid Expansion after the Energy Reform
Germany is facing a fundamental restructuring of its energy supply. The recently approved energy-reform package presents the energy industry with
huge challenges. At the same time, the transition to new sources of energy offers unique opportunities. What incentives and tools for developing
renewable energy do the reforms foresee? How can the expansion of the power grid be implemented and what measures are being taken toward
grid integration? What strategies are energy suppliers employing as they adapt to new conditions and where are new market opportunities emerging?
Moderator and speakers
Dr. Christian Horn, LL.M.
Counsel, K&L Gates LLP,
Berlin
Dr. Christian Hullmann
Partner, K&L Gates LLP,
Berlin
Dr. Armin Steinbach
German Federal Ministry of
Economics and Technology
Dr. Christian Horn advises
companies, banks and investors on M&A transactions,
joint ventures and corporate
law. He has extensive experience in international transactions across various industries, particularly in the energy
sector. As part of the project
finance team for a leading US
solar company, Horn also oversaw large cross-border solar
power projects in Europe.
He is also admitted to the bar
of the state of New York.
Dr. Christian Hullmann advises
companies, investors and
the public sector on issues
pertaining to administrative
law. As a specialist on renewable energy, he has lent his
expertise to numerous wind,
biomass, geothermal and
photovoltaic energy projects.
Hullmann also counsels clients
on whatever questions they
may have about EEC regulations.
Dr. Armin Steinbach is an
advisor to the Federal Ministry
of Economics and Technology,
where he is responsible for
the expansion and integration
of renewable energy into the
grid. By contributing his technical expertise, he played a
significant role in shaping the
recently passed Grid Expansion Acceleration Act (NABEG).
He previously worked as a
lawyer for an international
law firm in Brussels and for
the World Trade Organization
in Geneva.
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Workshops II
5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Commerzbank AG:
Favorable Trade Winds – Renewable Energy in North America
Renewable energy in North America has great potential, but is a more complicated market to navigate given the lack of a long-term energy policy
and the reliance on tax policy to support growth. Nevertheless, North America is attracting capital from across the globe as this market is viewed as
a long-term growth area for renewable energy. This workshop aims to examine the key challenges facing the North American market as well as
opportunities for German companies to support this growth market.
Moderator and speakers
Jim Boyle
First Vice President MSB,
CoC Renewable Energies,
Commerzbank AG
Jim Boyle is responsible for
Commerzbank’s Renewable
Energy activities in the North
American market with a focus
on providing long-term financing solutions for wind and solar transaction for the bank’s
clients in this market. Boyle
has been in his current role at
Commerzbank since 2007 and
has over 10 years’ experience
in structured finance. Additionally, Boyle has held a diversity
of positions in the finance
industry during his 20-year
career.
Henning von Gersdorff
Head of German Desk,
Commerzbank AG
Henning von Gersdorff has
worked for Commerzbank AG
in various positions since
1993. In 2008, the agricultural
engineer assumed the position
of Senior Relationship Manager and Head of the German
Desk North America at the
New York branch of the bank.
Dr. Jan-Philipp Gillmann
Director, Center of Competence Renewable Energies,
Commerzbank AG
Dr. Jan-Philipp Gillmann is responsible for Commerzbank’s
renewable energy activities.
These include both corporate
banking to the relevant players in the industry, such as
manufacturers or developers,
as well as project finance in
Europe and North America.
The combined portfolio
amounts to EUR 4.5 billion.
Prior to joining Commerzbank
in 2008, Gillmann worked for
McKinsey & Company.
Ulrich Link
Senior Relationship Manager,
Commerzbank AG
Ulrich Link has worked in the
Corporate Banking department at Commerzbank AG for
about 20 years. Since 2008,
he has been employed as the
Senior Relationship Manager
of the International Desk at
the Frankfurt branch. Before
that, Link worked for Commerzbank in South Korea and
Singapore.
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Workshops II
5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Dräger Foundation:
The Economic Impacts of Migration – Comparing the US and Germany
According to the World Bank, almost 43 million migrants live in the US, the world’s biggest immigrant country, and almost 11 million live in
Germany, the world’s third biggest. What impact do immigrants have on economic development, labor markets and wages in their host countries?
How do changing economic situations in turn affect the attractiveness of a country? The workshop will focus on differences in dealing with
migration in the US and Germany and on immigration policies and regulatory requirements.
Moderator and speakers
Astrid Ziebarth
Senior Program Officer,
Immigration and Integration,
The German Marshall Fund
of the United States
Astrid Ziebarth is a Senior Program Officer based in GMF’s
Berlin office and currently
heads the Immigration and
Integration program. She is responsible for the Transatlantic
Forum on Migration and Integration and the public-opinion
survey Transatlantic Trends
on Immigration. She also coordinated GMF’s Transatlantic
Study Team on Climate
Induced Migration. Prior to
joining GMF in September
2005, Ziebarth worked with
the Smithsonian Center for
Folklife and Cultural Heritage
and the Goethe Institute in
Washington, D.C.
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Farhad Dilmaghani
Director of Corporate Communications, Marketing and
Governmental Relations,
European School of
Management & Technology
After studying politics, business and philosophy, Farhad
Dilmaghani began his career
in 1999 as a desk officer in
the Federal Finance Ministry,
later moving to the Federal
Chancellery. In 2005, he joined
Allianz SE as Head of Issue
Management. Since 2010,
he has headed Corporate
Communications, Marketing,
and Governmental Relations
at the ESMT. In the same year,
he helped found “DeutschPlus
– Initiative für eine plurale
Republik,” a project that supports migration and diversity.
Tamar Jacoby
President & Chief Executive
Officer, ImmigrationWorks USA
Tamar Jacoby is President
and CEO of ImmigrationWorks
USA, a national federation
of small business owners
working to advance better
immigration law. She is author
of “Someone Else’s House:
America’s Unfinished Struggle
for Integration,” and editor of
“Reinventing the Melting Pot:
The New Immigrants and
What It Means To Be American.” From 1989 to 2007,
she was a Senior Fellow at the
Manhattan Institute. Before
that, she was a senior writer
and justice editor for Newsweek as well as Deputy Editor
of The New York Times op-ed
page.
Kiana Mardi
Head of Business Development, Rocket Internet GmbH/
Zalando GmbH
A native of Tehran, Iran, Kiana
Mardi studied Business Administration at the University
of California at Santa Barbara
and the Ludwig Maximilian
University, Munich. During
her studies, she founded GA
Communications & Events in
Munich. After receiving her
degree, Mardi worked for
Swiss and German companies
as a restructuring and project
manager, until she took up
her recent position as Head
of Business Development at
Zalando GmbH in Berlin in
February 2010. She is a member of “DeutschPlus – Initiative für eine plurale Republik.”
Workshops II
5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Mayer Brown:
Optimized Financing Structures for 2012
Expiring mezzanine programs that need to be refinanced, low equity or debt capital availability, rising growth that leads to increased investment
needs, manifold new regulatory requirements: the need for financing and refinancing will be dominating the agendas of many businesses in 2012.
This workshop will examine the legal and tax-law aspects of different financing forms (e.g., equity, mezzanine, bonds, loans) and will provide an
overview of what you should consider in view of the current legal and economic developments in Germany and the US.
Moderator and speakers
Dr. Mark C. Hilgard
Partner, Mayer Brown LLP,
Frankfurt/Main
Ralf-Friedrich Fahrenbach
Partner, Mayer Brown LLP,
Berlin
Dr. Manfred Heemann
Partner, Mayer Brown LLP,
Frankfurt/Main
Dr. Simon G. Grieser
Partner, Mayer Brown LLP,
Frankfurt/Main
Dr. Mark C. Hilgard has extensive experience on advising
German and US companies
on their business activities and
cross-border issues as well as
representing them in litigation
and arbitration procedures.
He focuses his practice on
commercial, business and corporate law and he is the author of various publications
on corporate law and litigation issues. Hilgard is Chair of
the Regional Chapter RheinMain and Chair of the Corporate and Business Law Committee of AmCham Germany.
Ralf-Friedrich Fahrenbach
focuses his practice on corporate law, mergers and
acquisitions (including crossborder transactions), restructuring, joint ventures, and
litigation and arbitration.
Fahrenbach worked with
another major international
law firm before he joined
Mayer Brown in 2006.
Dr. Manfred Heemann focuses
his practice on acquisition and
real-estate finance, private
equity investments, financial
services regulatory law and
corporate finance issues.
He has extensive experience
representing lenders, borrowers and investors on their
business activities in Germany.
Heemann heads the German
finance practice at Mayer
Brown, and is author of several treatises and articles on
banking, capital markets and
financing law issues.
Dr. Simon G. Grieser advises
international clients on all
issues concerning banking
and finance law, financial
regulatory law and on securitizations. He focuses on nonperforming and performing
loan transactions, on which
he advises sellers, investors
and financiers. Grieser is a
frequent speaker at seminars
and conferences on banking
and capital market topics and
is author of several treatises
and articles in this field.
Dr. Ingo Kleutgens
Partner, Lawyer and Tax
Consultant, Mayer Brown LLP,
Frankfurt/Main
Dr. Ingo Kleutgens advises on
all tax issues related to M&A,
corporate, private equity, securitization and other corporate
and finance law related transactions. He is a dual-qualified
lawyer and tax consultant and
heads Mayer Brown’s German
tax practice. Kleutgens is the
Vice President of the Hessian
Chamber of Tax Consultants
and a member of the Committee on International Tax Law
at the Federal Chamber of Tax
Consultants.
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Additional information
Conference venues:
We recommend the following accommodation:
Day conference, Nov. 9, 2011
Marriott Hotel Frankfurt
Hamburger Allee 2, D-60486 Frankfurt/Main
Telephone: +49 69 7955 - 0
We have reserved rooms at the Marriott Hotel Frankfurt that you can book by
Oct. 11, by referencing “Transatlantic Conference.“
Please arrange room reservations and payment yourself.
Marriott Hotel Frankfurt
Hamburger Allee 2, D-60486 Frankfurt/Main
Telephone: +49 69 7955 - 2222
Overnight stay including breakfast:
Standard single room 1170
Executive single room 1209
Evening event, Nov. 8, 2011
Commerzbank Tower
Kaiserplatz, D-60311 Frankfurt/Main
Telephone: +49 69 136 - 20
Registration and the latest
program information are available at:
www.transatlantic-marketplace.com
For questions on the day of the conference, please contact:
Julia Knop, +49 173 6532247
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Partners
Genworth Financial
Alexander Hoffmann
Martin-Behaim-Straße 22
D-63263 Neu-Isenburg
Telephone: +49 6102 2918 - 140
E-mail: christel.liedke@genworth.com
Internet: www.genworth.de
K&L Gates
Meino von Oldershausen
Markgrafenstraße 42
D-10117 Berlin
Telephone: +49 30 220 029 - 455
E-mail: meino.oldershausen@
klgates.com
Internet: www.klgates.com
Media partners
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Hellerhofstraße 2–4
D-60327 Frankfurt/Main
Telephone: +49 69 7591 - 0
E-mail: info@faz.net
Internet: www.faz.net
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International Herald Tribune
Jörg Müller
Friedrichstraße 52
D-60323 Frankfurt/Main
Telephone: +49 69 716779 - 10
E-mail: jmueller@iht.com
Internet: www.global.nytimes.com
Mayer Brown LLP
Dr. Mark C. Hilgard
Bockenheimer Landstraße 98–100
D-60323 Frankfurt/Main
Telephone: +49 69 7941 - 2271
E-mail: mhilgard@mayerbrown.com
Internet: www.mayerbrown.com
Supporters
3M Deutschland GmbH
Günter Gressler
Carl-Schurz-Straße 1
D-41453 Neuss
Telephone: +49 2131 14 - 2330
E-mail: ggressler@mmm.com
Internet: www.3m.com
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
Philipp Baum
Binger Straße 173
D-55216 Ingelheim
Telephone: +49 6132 77 - 2093
E-mail: philipp.baum@
ing.boehringer-ingelheim.com
Internet: www.boehringer-ingelheim.com
CMS Hasche Sigle
Dr. Matthias Lichtblau
Lennéstraße 7
D-10785 Berlin
Telephone: +49 30 20360 - 1252
E-mail: Matthias.Lichtblau@cms-hs.com
Internet: www.cms-hs.com
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Rupert Christmann
Lufthansa-Basis, FRA P/VX
D-60546 Frankfurt/M
Telephone: +49 69 69628348
E-mail: rupert.christmann@dlh.de
Internet: www.lufthansa.de
Fidelity International
Christof Quiring
Kastanienhöhe 1
D-61476 Kronberg/Taunus
Telephone: +49 6173 509 - 3208
E-mail: christof.quiring@fil.com
Internet: www.fidelity.de
FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH
International Marketing of the Region
Dr. Hartmut Schwesinger
Unterschweinstiege 8
D-60549 Frankfurt/Main
Telephone: +49 69 686038 - 0
E-mail: info@frm-united.com
Internet: www.frm-united.com
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Joachim Weith
Else-Kröner-Straße 1
D-61352 Bad Homburg
Telephone: +49 6172 608 - 2302
E-mail: joachim.weith@fresenius.com
Internet: www.fresenius.com
General Electric
Gudrun Wengler
Leopoldstraße 8
D-80802 Munich
Telephone: +49 89 309072 - 111
E-mail: gudrun.wengler@ge.com
Internet: www.ge.com
Permira Beteiligungsberatung
GmbH
Ulrich Porwollik
Bockenheimer Landstraße 33
60325 Frankfurt am Main
Telephone: +49 69 971466 - 0
E-Mail: ulrich.porwollik@permira.com
Internet: www.permira.com
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG
Ernst-Wilhelm Frings
Olof-Palme-Straße 35
D-60325 Frankfurt/Main
Telephone: +49 69 9585 - 1344
Internet: www.pwc.com
Robert Bosch GmbH
Dr. Peter Biesenbach
Bismarckstraße 71
D-10627 Berlin
Telephone: +49 30 32788 - 515
E-mail: peter.biesenbach@de.bosch.com
Internet: www.bosch.de
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