On October 10 and 11, 2014 over 400 experts from the business, political and academic world will come together at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce to discuss the state of the Sino-European economic relations. The sixth “Hamburg Summit: China meets Europe” will discuss broad topics like the roles of China and the EU in the global economy as well as innovative issues like urbanisation and how to "green" the Chinese economy. The sixth “Hamburg Summit: China meets Europe” will be honoured by the presence of Li Keqiang, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China.
The “Hamburg Summit” has today an international reputation as the most relevant Sino-European economic forum, as the participation of the leading Chinese politicians like Wen Jiabao (2006), Ma Kai (2010) and Wan Gang (2012) exemplifies.
The “Hamburg Summit” was initiated by the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce in 2004 as a platform for an open dialogue between Europe and China with the goal to improve the economic relations and the understanding of each other.
Board Members and a Working Group / Forum Chairs of the European Chamber are invited for free to the “Hamburg Summit: China meets Europe”.
Confirmed Speakers:
• Joel Backaler, Author “China Goes West”; Associate Vice President, Frontier Strategy Group, USA
• Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
• Charles-Edouard Bouée, Chief Executive Officer, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, France
• Dr. Martin Brudermüller, Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE; Speaker of German business for China of APA (Asia Pacific Committee of German Business), Hong Kong
• Reinhard Bütikofer, MEP (Germany), European Parliament, Belgium
• Günter Butschek, Chief Operating Officer, Airbus SAS, France
• Björn Conrad, Associate Vice President for Research and Director of the Innovation and Environment Research Area, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Germany
• Karel De Gucht, EU Trade Commissioner, European Commission, Belgium
• Karsten Engel, President & CEO, BMW Group Region China, P.R. China
• Dr. He Linbo, Managing Director and Head of Private Equity Investment Department, China Investment Corporation (CIC), P.R. China
• Prof. Sebastian Heilmann, President, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Germany
• Lothar Herrmann, President & CEO, Siemens Limited China; Chairman of the Board of Directors, German Chamber of Commerce in North China, P.R. China
• Shada Islam, Director of Policy, Friends of Europe, Belgium
• Li Keqiang, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China
• Li Yizhong, Chairman, China Federation of Industrial Economics, P.R. China
• Li Yunpeng, Director of Board and President, China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO), P.R. China
• Prof. Dr. Mao Zhenhua, Chairman, China Chengxin Credit Management Co. Ltd.; Director, Institute of Economic Research, Renmin University, P.R. China
• Mei Yan, Senior Partner, Brunswick Group, P.R. China
• Fritz Horst Melsheimer, President, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Germany
• Dr. Mo Fan, Chairman, Shanghai YOUDE Energy-saving Tech Development Co. Ltd., P.R. China
• Nan Cunhui, Chairman, CHINT Group, P.R. China
• Matthias Nass, International Correspondent, DIE ZEIT, Germany
• Astrid Oldekop, Founder & Managing Director, MediaPoint Düsseldorf | Beijing, Germany
• Dr. Stefan Sack, Vice President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China; CEO, COMAU China, P.R. China
• Olaf Scholz, First Mayor and President of the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany
• Nikolaus W. Schües, Conference Chairman; Former President, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce; Shipowner, Reederei F. Laeisz, Germany
• Dr. Margot Schüller, Deputy Director, GIGA Institute of Asian Studies, Germany
• Dr. Axel Schweitzer, CEO, ALBA Group plc & Co. KG; Chairman, Administrative Board of ALBA SE, Germany
• Dr. Song Hailiang, Vice President, China Communications Construction Company Ltd.; Chairman, Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., P.R. China
• Dr. Sabine Stricker-Kellerer, Member of the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum, Germany
• Sun Yi, Head of China Business Services Germany, Switzerland and Austria; Partner, Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst & Young GmbH, Germany
• Marc Szepan, Co-Director of the Economy and Business Research Area, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Germany
• Dr. Richard Weber, President, EUROCHAMBRES, Belgium
• Dr. Xu Heyi, Chairman, Beijing Automotive Group Co. Ltd., P.R. China
• Xu Lejiang, Chairman, Baosteel Group Corporation, P.R. China
• Yao Shenhong, Executive Vice Chairman and Secretary General, China Association of Trade in Services, P.R. China
• Yang Qing, Executive Vice President, State Grid Corporation of China, P.R. China
• Zhang Xiangui, Chief Executive Officer, WISCO International Tailored Blanks GmbH, Germany
• Zhang Xiaogang, President, Ansteel Group Corporation, P.R. China
For more information please visit www.hamburg-summit.com