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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
18:30
APK Welcome Reception by Deutsche Bank, Location: The Shilla Seoul
Friday, 30 October 2026
08:30
Registration & Coffee
09:30
Moderation
Opening of the 19th APK
Isabelle Körner, German Moderator
A-Young Shin, Korean Moderator
09:30
Word of Welcome
Peter Adrian, President, German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)
09:35
Opening by APK Chairpersons and Host Country
Roland Busch, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business, President & CEO, Siemens
Katherina Reiche, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Federal Republic of Germany
tba
10:00
Speaker
Discussion: How do Global Power Shifts Impact the Economic Relations Between Germany and the Indo-Pacific? - Talk with Ministers from Asia-Pacific
Katherina Reiche, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Federal Republic of Germany
tba
11:00
Coffee & Networking
11:20
Keynotes by & Three Questions to the Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and the President of the Republic of Korea (tbc)
12:05
Speaker
Moderation
Scenario-Pitch & Discussion: German–Asia-Pacific Trade Scenarios in 2030
Cyn Young Park, Executive Director, South-East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre
tba
Dr. Dirk Jandura, President, Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services (BGA)
12:45
AHK Business Lunch Sessions
Korea I India & Sri Lanka I Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore
14:30
Speaker
Moderation
Panel: Driving Innovation Across Asia-Pacific – AI & Manufacturing
Hanno Blankenstein, Co-Founder and CEO, Unleash Live
Shashank Deshpande, CEO, Boehringer Ingelheim
Jochen Hanebeck, CEO, Infineon
tba
Isabelle Körner, German Moderator
15:30
Speaker
Startup-Pitch: Launching the German Asia-Pacific Startup Award
Roland Busch, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business, President & CEO, Siemens
tba
17:00
End of Conference Day
19:00-21:00
Korea Evening
Saturday, 31 October 2026
08:30-09:30
Simultaneous Breakfast Sessions
08:30
Speaker
Moderation
Navigating Uncertainty: German CEOs on Corporate Strategies Across Trade Scenarios
Daniel Hager, CEO of Hager Group & President of the Association of Germany’s Electro and Digital Industry
Markus Kamieth, CEO of BASF
Tobias Meyer, CEO of DHL
Klaus Rosenfeld, CEO, Schaeffler AG
tba
Julia Braune, CEO, Germany Trade & Invest
08:30
Speaker
Moderation
Closing the Loop: Raw Materials, Carbon, and Supply Chains in a Circular Economy
Toralf Haag, CEO, Aurubis
Lisa Mclean, CEO, Circular Australia
tba
Isabelle Körner, German Moderator
09:45
Speaker
Moderation
Tech Dialogue on Industrial AI
Roland Busch, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business, President & CEO, Siemens
tba
tba
10:30
Speaker
Chair
APA & Munich Security Conference:
Partners from Connected Hemispheres: Asia, Europe and Common Security Interests in the Indo-Pacific
Michael Schöllhorn, CEO, Airbus Defence and Space
tba
Helga Schmid, Vice President, Munich Security Conference (MSC)
11:00
Coffee & Networking
11:35
Speaker
Corporate Financing in Asia: Thriving Amid Geopolitical Risk
Christian Sewing, CEO, Deutsche Bank
Miguel Ángel López Borrego, CEO, Thyssen Krupp AG
tba
12:20
AHK Business Lunch Sessions
Japan, Australia & New Zealand I Vietnam, Thailand & Philippines I Greater China
14:00
Speaker
Moderation
An Oxford Style Debate on Industrial Policy
Agatha Kratz, Partner, Rhodium Group
tba
Yanmei Xie, Senior Associate Fellow, MERICS
15:00
Speaker
15:15
Debate Review – Business Perspectives on Industrial Policy
Ralf Wintergerst, Group CEO, Giesecke+Devrient
tba
Coffee & Networking
15:45
Speaker
Moderation
Corporate Strategies towards Resilience: Global Challenges, Asia-Pacific Perspectives
Peter Leibinger, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Trumpf & President of the Federation of German Industries
Taro Shimada, President & CEO, Toshiba
tba
Jie-Ae Sohn, Invited Professor, Ewha Womans University
16:45
17:00 - 19:00
Closing of the 19th APK
Roland Busch, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business, President & CEO, Siemens
Katherina Reiche, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Federal Republic of Germany
Sundowner
