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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 by and Questions to the Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and the President of the Republic of Korea
12:05
German-Asia-Pacific Trade Scenarios in 2030
12:35
AHK Business Lunch Sessions
Korea I India & Sri Lanka I Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore
14:30
Driving Innovation Across Asia-Pacific - AI & Manufacturing
15:30
Startup-Pitch and Tech Talk: German Asia-Pacific Startup Award
17:00
End of Conference Day
19:00
Korea Evening
Saturday, 31 October 2026
08:30
Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:00
Breakout Session: Closing the Loop: Raw Materials, Carbon, and Supply Chains in a Circular Economy
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
Greater China I Japan, Australia & New Zealand I Vietnam, Thailand & Philippines
14:00
Oxford Style Debate: Industrial Policy
15:00
Coffee & Networking
15:30
Corporate Strategies towards Resilience: Global Challenges, Asia-Pacific Perspectives
16:30
Closing of the 19th APK
17:00
Sundowner
