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PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
* The agenda is subject to change
** Location of the Conference Programme: Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas
Thursday, 29 October 2026
13:00 - 18:00
Early Badge Collection at the Registration Desk, 2F Conference Venue
19:00
APK Welcome Reception by Deutsche Bank, Location: The Shilla Seoul
Friday, 30 October 2026
08:30
Badge Collection & Coffee
09:30-12:00
Opening of the 19th APK
Moderation
Isabelle KÖRNER, German Moderator
Ayoung SHIN, Korean Moderator
09:30
Words of Welcome
Kirsten SCHODER-STEINMÜLLER, Vice President, German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)
Stefan ROUENHOFF, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Roland BUSCH, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business, President & CEO, Siemens
09:50
Opening Keynote
Friedrich MERZ, Federal Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany
09:40
Opening Keynote
HAN Seongsook, Prime Minister, Republic of Korea
10:00
Speaker
Opening Talk: How do Global Power Shifts Impact the Economic Relations
Between Germany and the lndo-Pacific?
Jung-Kwan KIM, Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources, Republic of Korea
Stefan ROUENHOFF, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Tobias MEYER, CEO, DHL
Roland BUSCH, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business, President & CEO, Siemens
Moderation
Isabelle KÖRNER, German Moderator
Ayoung SHIN, Korean Moderator
11:00
Coffee & Networking
11:40
Speaker
Scenario-Pitch & Discussion: German-Asia-Pacific Trade Scenarios in 2030
Patrick BERNAU, Incoming Head of the Geoeconomics Newsletter, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Rajiv BISWAS, CEO, Asia-Pacific Economics
Cyn Young PARK, Executive Director, South-East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre
Moderation
Isabelle KÖRNER, German Moderator
12:30
AHK Business Lunch Sessions
Korea (2F Orchid) I India & Sri Lanka (2F Magnolia) I Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore (5F Rose)
14:30
Speaker
Driving Innovation Across Asia-Pacific : AI & Manufacturing
Hanno BLANKENSTEIN, Co-Founder and CEO, Unleash Live
Shashank DESHPANDE, CEO, Boehringer Ingelheim
Andreas PECHER, CEO, Carl Zeiss
Moderation
Isabelle KÖRNER, German Moderator
15:30
Startup Pitch & Discussion: 2nd AI Startup Award
Startups
Vineet DRAVID, Oorja, India
Haksoo JUNG, ModigenceVision, Korea
Jonathan JIE, MarinaChain, Singapore
Dzung Do NGUYEN, Enfarm, Vietnam
Zeping CHEN, YanYin, China
Challengers
Moderation
Stefan ROUENHOFF, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Anna Maria BRAUN, CEO, B.Braun
Roland BUSCH, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business, President & CEO, Siemens
Ayoung SHIN, Korean Moderator
17:00
End of Conference Day 1
Saturday, 31 October 2026
08:30-09:30
Simultaneous Breakfast Sessions
08:30
Navigating Uncertainty: German CEOs on Corporate Strategies Across Trade Scenarios (2F Orchid)
Closing the Loop: Raw Materials, Carbon, and Supply Chains in a Circular Economy (2F Magnolia)
Speaker
Daniel HAGER, CEO, Hager Group & President of the Association of Germany’s Electro and Digital Industry (ZVEI)
Markus KAMIETH, CEO, BASF
Tobias MEYER, CEO, DHL Group
Karl DEPPEN, President & CEO, Archion
Toralf HAAG, CEO, Aurubis
LEON Vin Sen, Managing Director, Equalithium Holdings Pte Ltd
Moderation
Julia BRAUNE, CEO, Germany Trade & Invest
Isabelle KÖRNER, German Moderator
08:30
Communication, Cooperation & Coffee - Startup Ecosystem Exchange: AI Innovation & Cross-Border Partnering
(5F Rose)
Claus J. KARTHE, CEO Asia, German Accelerator
Janina JAENSCH, Director-General SMEs, Future Technologies, Startups, BMWE
Marta ALLINA, Director South Korea, German Accelerator
Jungwook LIM, Executive Director, Startup Alliance
Tilman KUBAN, MdB
Andreas LENZ, MdB
Volker HOFMANN, Co-Founder, AI Nation
Stefan Drews, Governmental Director, BMWE
09:40
Moderation
Opening of Conference Day 2
Kirsten SCHODER-STEINMÜLLER, Vice President, German Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Isabelle KÖRNER, German Moderator
Ayoung SHIN, Korean Moderator
09:45
Speaker
Tech Dialogue on Industrial AI
Roland BUSCH, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business, President & CEO, Siemens
Soo-yeon CHOI, CEO, Naver
Moderation
Jennifer MOON, Journalist & TV Host
10:30
Speaker
Partners from Connected Hemispheres: Asia, Europe and Common Security Interests in the Indo-Pacific
Happymon JACOB, Founder and Director, Council for Strategic and Defence Research (CSDR), New Delhi
Chang-Beom KIM, Vice Chairman, Federation of Korean Industries
Lynn KUOK, Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asia Studies, Brookings Institution
Neset TÜKENMEZ, CEO & President, Aerodata AG
Moderation
Zsuzsa Anna FERENCZY, Member of Academic Council, Wilfried Martens Centre
11:15
Coffee & Networking
11:35
Speaker
Corporate Financing in Asia: Thriving Amid Geopolitical Risk
JANG Beomsik , CEO, The Asia Business Daily
Miguel Ángel LÓPEZ BORREGO, CEO, Thyssen Krupp AG
Alexander VON ZUR MUEHLEN, CEO for APAC & EMEA, Member of the Management Board, Deutsche Bank
Moderation
Ayoung SHIN, Korean Moderator
12:20
AHK Business Lunch Sessions
Greater China (2F Orchid) I Japan, Australia & New Zealand (5F Rose) I Vietnam, Thailand & Philippines (2F Magnolia)
14:00
Speaker
An Oxford Style Debate on Industrial Policy
Sonali CHOWDHRY, Trade Economist, DIW Berlin and Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Agatha KRATZ, Partner, Rhodium Group
Ludger SCHUKNECHT, Vice President for Policy & Strategy, AIIB
Yanmei XIE, 2026 TOY Senior Fellow, Asia Society Switzerland
Moderation
Bernhard BARTSCH, Director External Relations, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
15:00
Speaker
Debate Review: Business Perspectives on Industrial Policy
Francesco SCIORTINO, Co-Founder & CEO, Proxima Fusion
Peter WU, CEO, Taiwan AI Cloud
Moderation
Isabelle KÖRNER, German Moderator
15:15
Coffee & Networking
15:45
Speaker
Corporate Strategies Towards Resilience: Global Challenges, Asia-Pacific Perspectives
Dirk HOKE, President & CEO, Voith Group
Peter LEIBINGER, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Trumpf & President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)
Sabine NITZSCHE, CFO, TÜV SÜD
Taro SHIMADA, President & CEO, Toshiba
Moderation
Jie-Ae SOHN, Invited Professor, Ewha Womans University
16:45
Closing of the 19th APK
Roland BUSCH, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business, President & CEO, Siemens
Marie Antonia VON SCHÖNBURG, President & CEO, Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry
17:00-19:00
Sundowner
