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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
Katherina Reiche, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Federal Republic of Germany
Jung Kwan Kim, Minister of Trade, Industry and Resource, Republic of Korea
Roland Busch, Chairman, Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business, President & CEO, Siemens
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
Jung Kwan Kim, Minister of Trade, Industry and Resource, Republic of Korea
Katherina Reiche, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Federal Republic of Germany
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11:00
Coffee & Networking
11:20
Keynotes by & Three Questions to the Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
12:05
Speaker
Moderation
Scenario-Pitch & Discussion: German–Asia-Pacific Trade Scenarios in 2030
Rajiv Biswas, CEO, Asia-Pacific Economics
Cyn Young Park, Executive Director, South-East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre
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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
Moderator
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
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Isabelle Körner, German Moderator
15:30
Speaker
Moderator
Startup-Pitch: 2nd AI Startup Award
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
A-Young Shin, Korean Moderator
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
Alexandra Kohlmann, CEO, ROWE
Tobias Meyer, CEO of DHL
Klaus Rosenfeld, CEO, Schaeffler AG
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
Vin Sen Leon, Managing Director, Equalithium Holdings Pte Ltd
Lisa Mclean, CEO, Circular Australia
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
Soo-yeon Choi, CEO, Naver
Jennifer Moon, Journalist & TV Host
10:30
Speaker
Session Chair
APA & Munich Security Conference:
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)
Lynn Kuok, Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asia Studies, Brookings Institution
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Helga Schmid, Vice President, Munich Security Conference (MSC)
11:00
Coffee & Networking
11:35
Speaker
Moderation
Corporate Financing in Asia: Thriving Amid Geopolitical Risk
Miguel Ángel López Borrego, CEO, Thyssen Krupp AG
Christian Sewing, CEO, Deutsche Bank
tba
A-Young Shin, Korean Moderator
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
Moderation
15:15
Debate Review – Business Perspectives on Industrial Policy
Ralf Wintergerst, Group CEO, Giesecke+Devrient
Peter Wu, CEO, ASUS Cloud
Isabelle Körner, German Moderator
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Coffee & Networking
15:45
Speaker
Moderation
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
Sabine Nitzsche, CFO, TÜV SÜD
Taro Shimada, President & CEO, Toshiba​
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
