Beyond Uncertain Times - Thunderbird School of Global Management

Beyond Uncertain Times: A Growth Agenda GLOBAL BUSINESS DIALOGUE
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discussed in Berlin on May 25, 2012.
We invite you to participate.
Program Schedule *
Program Schedule *
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
1:30 p.m.
Registration
Keynote Address:
Jürgen Fitschen
Member of the Management Board
Deutsche Bank
“Perspectives on Europe and the Financial Crisis”
9:00 a.m.
Welcome / Opening Remarks:
• Sybille von Obernitz, Senator, Berlin Senate
• Philip Murphy, U.S. Ambassador to Germany
• Fred B. Irwin, President
American Chamber of Commerce in Germany
• Barbara Barrett, President
Thunderbird School of Global Management
9:30 a.m.
Opening Address:
John Bryson
U.S. Secretary of Commerce
2:15 p.m.
Dialogue: New Growth Agenda: Forward Visions I
• Dr. Heinrich Hiesinger, ThyssenKrupp
• Geoffrey E. Merszei, DOW
• Dr. Katharina Lichtner, Capital Dynamics
• Hubert Weber, Kraft Foods
3:15 p.m. Coffee Break
3:45 p.m.
• Ambassador Robert M. Kimmitt, Deloitte
• Friedrich Merz, Atlantik-Brücke
• Dr. Arend Oetker, BDI
Dialogue: New Growth Agenda: Forward Visions II
• Marne Levine, Facebook
• Beatrice Guillaume-Grabisch,
Beverage Partners Worldwide
• John Saunders, Fleishman-Hillard
• Bindi Karia, Microsoft
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
4:45 p.m.
9:45 a.m.
Dialogue: The Trans-Atlantic Relationship
Closing Remarks:
11:00 a.m.
Dialogue: The German Growth Model
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Gabor Steingart, Handelsblatt
Dr. Jürgen Friedrich, Germany Trade & Invest
Frank Riemensperger, Accenture
Stephan M. Heck, DZ Bank
12:00 noon Lunch
Master of Ceremonies
Barbara Barrett
President
Thunderbird School of Global Management
7:15 p.m. Gala Dinner
Keynote Address:
Dr. Philipp Rösler (invited)
Minister
Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology
Moderator
Jim Clancy
Todd Benjamin
One of CNN’s leading journalists having
served more than three decades covering the collapse of Communism, the fall
of the Berlin Wall, the siege of Beirut,
the Rwanda Genocide, and Iraq.
Award-winning journalist, professional
moderator and former anchor and
financial editor for CNN.
* Schedule/Program subject to change
Dialogue Participants *
Dialogue Participants *
Dialogue Participants *
Dialogue Participants *
John Bryson
Jürgen Fitschen
Geoffery E. Merszei
Robert Kimmitt
John Bryson was appointed by President Obama as the 37th Secretary of
Commerce and sworn into office on
October 21, 2011. Bryson has nearly
three decades of business experience,
including 18 years as Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Edison International.
Member of the Management Board
Deutsche Bank AG, Germany’s largest
bank and one of the world’s leading
financial service providers.
Executive Vice President of The Dow
Chemical Company; President of Dow
Europe, Middle East and Africa; Chairman
of Dow Europe. Dow is one of the largest
chemical manufacturers in the world.
Chairman of the Deloitte Center for
Cross-Border Investment. Robert
Kimmitt’s prior responsibilities were
Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury,
U.S. Ambassador to Germany, and Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
Dr. Heinrich Hiesinger
Frank Riemensperger
Marne Levine
Chairman of the Executive Board of
ThyssenKrupp AG, a leading technology
and materials company with operations in
more than 80 countries, including significant manufacturing presence in the U.S.
CEO Accenture Germany,
one of the world’s leading consulting and
technology companies, serving clients in
more than 120 countries.
Vice President, Global Public Policy,
Facebook. Marne Levine manages the
company’s global public policy strategy
fostering understanding and support for
Facebook’s innovative technologies.
Philip Murphy
Beatrice Guillaume-Grabisch
Hubert Weber
Friedrich Merz
U.S. Ambassador to Germany
The promotion of German-U.S. trade
and investment has been a hallmark of
Ambassador Murphy’s tenure.
CEO of Beverage Partners World-Wide,
a major joint-venture between The Cola
Cola Company and Nestlé.
Ms. Guillaume-Grabisch formerly headed
Cola Cola’s operations in Germany.
President, Kraft Foods Europe (Coffee).
Twelve of Kraft’s brands annually earn
more than $ 1 billion worldwide.
Hubert Weber has made sustainability one
of the hallmarks of his management of
Kraft Food’s Coffee.
Chairman, Atlantik-Brücke, one of
Germany’s leading associations promoting
German-American relations. Previously,
Mr. Merz was Chairman of the CDU/CSU,
a member of German Parliament and a
member of the European Parliament.
Fred B. Irwin
Gabor Steingart
Bindi Karia
Dr. Arend Oetker
Vice Chairman, Citigroup Deutschland &
President, American Chamber of
Commerce in Germany.
AmCham Germany is the largest
AmCham in Europe with over
3,000 members.
Editor-in-chief of Handelsblatt, Germany’s
leading economic newspaper.
Mr. Steingart is a well known author and
respected analyst of trans-Atlantic issues,
having served as Der Spiegel’s senior
correspondent in Washington, D.C.
Head of Venture Capital/Emerging
Business for Microsoft.
Bindi Karia leads one of the most innovative programs in the U.K. and Europe for
early-stage technology companies.
Vice-Chairman of the Federation of
German Industries (BDI), and Managing Director, Dr. Arend Oetker Holding
GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin. Dr. Oetker is
also Chairman of the German Council on
Foreign Relations.
Barbara Barrett
Dr. Katharina Lichtner
Dr. Jürgen Friedrich
John Saunders
Managing Director, Capital Dynamics,
managing over $26 billion in diverse
private equity holdings. Dr. Lichtner was
named one of the most influential women
in European finance.
President and CEO Germany Trade &
Invest. Dr. Friedrich heads the German
Federal Republic’s leading organization
promoting foreign trade and inward investment.
President, EMEA, Fleishman Hillard,
one of the world’s largest public relations
agencies, with an extensive global network including offices in 22 U.S. cities.
Secretary Bryson is a key member of President Obama’s
economic team working to implement the administration’s
top economic priority: accelerating job creation. He works to
strengthen the economic recovery and U.S. competitiveness,
and he serves as the voice for the business community in the
President’s Cabinet.
New York and grew up in Florida and Ohio. Shortly after receiving his
ersity, Mr. Irwin was Captain in the U.S. Army stationed at Frankfurt. He
ork City at Dun and Bradstreet Inc. While working at Dun and Bradstreet
ed to be involved with the military until his retirement as Colonel in 1995.
President, Thunderbird School of Global
Management; ranking consistently # 1
ed Citibank AG as Vice President and Business Head
and became
among
the world’s leading inter­national
ember of the Board and Chief Operating Officer of Citigroup Germany in
009 Mr. Irwin served as Citi Country Officer at Citigroup
& Citibank
business
schools. Barbara Barrett formerly
ecame Vice Chairman in 2009.
served as U.S. Ambassador to Finland.
sident of AmCham Germany since 1991. Previously, he was also a
isory Board of ifb AG and of goetzpartners Management Consultants
man of the Supervisory Board of Motorola GmbH from 2004 through
ember of the Atlantik-Brücke e.V., the Frankfurter Gesellschaft, and the
hüringen Advisory Board. He was a member of National Football League
ard from 2002 to 2007.
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s appointed by the German Chancellor as Chairman of the Opel Trust
ervise the investment of GM assets in Europe.
* other major speakers to be confirmed
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