Transatlantic Business Conference

CONFERENCE PROGRAM - November 12, 2020

3:00 PM – 3:10 PM: Welcome & Opening Remarks

• Frank Sportolari, President, AmCham Germany
• Prof. Dieter Kempf, President, BDI

3:10 PM – 4:10 PM: Moderated Talk incl. Q&A "US Election: What Can We Expect Now?"

• Ambassador Richard Burt, Managing Partner, McLarty Associates
• Nelson W. Cunningham, President & Co-Founder, McLarty Associates
• Juliane Schäuble, US Correspondent, Verlag Tagesspiegel
• Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution

5 Min Break 

4:15 PM – 4:35 PM: Viewpoints from the Industry

• Peter Albiez, Chairman of the Board, Pfizer Deutschland GmbH
• Matthias Dietel, Head of Corporate Citizenship, IBM Germany

10 Min Break 

4:45 PM – 5:45 PM: Panel Discussion incl. Q&A “The Road to Economic Recovery: The Transatlantic Partnership Post COVID-19”

• Dr. Thomas Schiller, Member of the Executive Committee and Managing Partner Clients & Industries, Deloitte Germany
• Roland Boehm, Divisional Board Member and Head of Corporates International, Commerzbank AG
• Jeff Bullwinkel, Associate General Counsel and Regional Director of Corporate, Legal & External Affairs, Microsoft Europe
• Jennifer Turner, Head of Regions Development, Evonik Industries AG

5:45 PM – 6:25 PM: Closing Speech 

• Federica Mogherini, Rector, College of Europe, and former High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission

6:25 PM – 6:30 PM: Farewell

• Frank Sportolari, President, AmCham Germany