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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

** The agenda is subject to change

Thursday, 29 October 2026

19:30 

APK Welcome Reception by Deutsche Bank

Friday, 30 October 2026

08:30

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:30

Word of Welcome by Peter Adrian, President of German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)

09:35

Opening by APK Chairpersons and Host Country

Roland Busch, Chairman of Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business / President & CEO of Siemens AG

Katherina Reiche, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy

10:00

Opening Panel “How do Global Power Shifts impact the economic relations between Germany and the Indo-Pacific?” by APK Chairs Roland Busch, Katherina Reiche and Asia-Pacific Economic Ministers

11:00

Coffee & Networking

11:20

Keynotes

12:05

German-Asia-Pacific Trade Scenarios in 2030

12:35 

AHK Business Lunch Sessions

14:30

Driving Innovation

15:30

Startup-Pitch and Tech Talk: German Asia-Pacific Startup Award

17:00

End of Conference Day

18:30

Korea Evening

Saturday, 31 October 2026

08:30 

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:00

Break-Out Sessions

09:45

Tech Talk: Industrial AI

10:30

Geopolitical and Geo-economic Challenges and Opportunities for German Asia-Pacific relations

11:15

Coffee & Networking

11:35

Corporate Financing in Asia: Thriving Amid Geopolitical Risk

12:20 

AHK Business Lunch Sessions

14:00

Oxford Style Debate

15:00

Coffee & Networking

15:30

Corporate Resilience in Asia-Pacific: Strategies for SMEs and Multinationals

16:30

Closing of the 19th APK

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