Past topics and speakers

Speakers*:

• ​​​Jan Malte Jeddeloh, Master in Management candidate, ESMT Berlin 
• Veronica Schilling, Head of Culture, Diversity, Inclusion, Future of Work, Zalando SE 
• Responsible finance – Per Olsson, Professor of Accounting, ESMT Berlin 
• Resilient supply chains – Catalina Stefanescu-Cuntze, Professor of Management Science, ESMT Berlin 
• Jörg Rocholl, President, ESMT Berlin 
• Franziska Giffey, Governing Mayor of Berlin (virtual) 
• Ola Källenius, Chair of the Board of Management, Mercedes-Benz Group AG, and Chair of ESMT Foundation Board of Trustees 
• Dr. Roland Busch, CEO, Siemens AG 
• Ilka Horstmeier, Member of the Board of Management, BMW AG 
• Christian Klein, CEO, SAP SE 
• Heyo K. Kroemer, Professor and CEO, Charité 
• Eric Quintane, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, ESMT Berlin 
• Moderator: Monika Jones, Deutsche Welle 
• Tamer Boyaci, Dean of Faculty and Research and Academic Director of the Future Institute, ESMT Berlin, in discussion with Astrid Teckentrup, CEO DACH, P&G 
• Werner Baumann, CEO, Bayer AG 
• Björn Killmer, Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC 
• Dr. Markus Krebber, CEO, RWE AG 
• Emma Marcegaglia, Chair and CEO, Marcegaglia Holding 
• Lars-Hendrik Röller, Professor of Economics, ESMT Berlin 

*Position held at the time of the event

Speakers*: 

• Jörg Rocholl, President, ESMT Berlin 
• Ola Källenius, Chair of the Board of Management, Daimler AG, and Chair of ESMT Foundation Board of Trustees 
• Andrea Hendrickx, Country Head Infosys Germany, Infosys Ltd 
• Molly Nagler, Chief Learning Officer, PepsiCo 
• HiltrudD. Werner, Member of the Board of Management -Integrity and Legal Affairs, Volkswagen 
• Judith Wiese, CHRO and Member of the Managing Board, Siemens 
• Moderator: Angeliki Papachroni, Lecturer, ESMT Berlin 
• Gianluca Carnabuci, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Ingrid and Manfred Gentz Chair in Business and Society, ESMT Berlin 
• Francis de Véricourt, Professor of Management Science and President's Chair and Director of the Center for Decisions, Models and Data, ESMT Berlin 
• Catalina Stefanescu-Cuntze, Professor of Management Science and Deutsche Post DHL Chair, ESMT Berlin 
• Moderator: Monika Jones, Deutsche Welle 
• Martin Brudermüller, CEO, BASF SE 
• Timotheus Höttges, CEO, Deutsche Telekom AG 
• Ola Källenius, Chair of the Board of Management, Daimler AG 
• Carsten Spohr, CEO, Lufthansa Group 
• Moderator: Astrid Frohloff, TV moderator, journalist, and consultant 

*Position held at the time of the event

Speakers*: 

• Jörg Rocholl, President and EY Chair in Governance and Compliance, ESMT Berlin 
• Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the ESMT Foundation Board of Trustees 
• Stefanie Babst, Chief Strategic Policy Analyst, NATO 
• Dieter Kempf, President, Federation of German Industries (BDI) 
• Ruben Vardanyan, Impact Investor and Social Entrepreneur; Co-Founder, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative 
• Lolwah R M Al-Khater, Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar 
• Roland Busch, Member of the Board of Management, Siemens 
• Doris Höpke, Member of the Board of Management, Munich Re 
• Karl von Rohr, Member of the Board of Management, Deutsche Bank 
• Stefan Wagner, Associate Professor of Strategy and Director of PhD Studies, ESMT Berlin 
• Moderated by Melinda Crane, Journalist and Television Host 
• Özlem Bedre-Defolie 
• Sandro Gaycken 
• Olaf Plötner 
• Jens WeinmannGerd Müller, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, German Federal Government 
• Dennis Zuo, CEO, Huawei Technologies Deutschland 
• Wolfgang Huber, Theologian, Former Chairman of the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany 
• Lorena Jaume-Palasí, Executive Director, The Ethical Tech Society 
• Tom Plümmer, Co-Founder and CEO, Wingcopter 
• Arun Sharma, Founder, Infinite Potentials Consulting 
• Moderated by Melinda Crane, Journalist and Television Host 
• Corinne Michaela Flick, Founder and Chair, Convoco Foundation 
• Gisbert Rühl, CEO, Klöckner & Co 

*Position held at the time of the event

Speakers*: 

• Jörg Rocholl, President and EY Chair in Governance and Compliance, ESMT Berlin 
• Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management, Daimler; Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars 
• Carsten Spohr, Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer, Lufthansa Group 
• Baba Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Forge 
• Tom Enders, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus 
• Ayla Busch, Co-CEO and Co-Owner, BUSCH 
• Jack Cheng, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, NIO; Chief Executive Officer, XPT 
• Don Gao, Chief Executive Officer, Positec Group 
• Olaf Plötner, Professor, ESMT Berlin 
• Frank Stieler, Chief Executive Officer, KraussMaffei Group 
• Moderator: Julia Bauer, Television and Event presenter 
• Christoph Burger, ESMT Berlin 
• Johannes Habel, ESMT Berlin 
• Stefan Wagner, ESMT Berlin 
• de Véricourt, ESMT Berlin 
• Claire Cizaire 
• Patrick Oelze, Mazars 
• Chair: Bianca Schmitz, ESMT Berlin 
• Edzard Overbeek, Chief Executive Officer, HERE Technologies 
• Katrin König, Vice President Data Analytics Center of Excellence, Deutsche Post DHL Group 
• Nicolas Miailhe, Co-Founder, The AI Initiative; Co-Founder and President, The Future Society 
• Edzard Overbeek, Chief Executive Officer, HERE Technologies 
• Catalina Stefanescu-Cuntze, Professor of Management Science, Deutsche Post DHL Chair 
• and Dean of Faculty, ESMT Berlin 
• Yang Tao, Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Technologies Deutschland 
• Moderator: Ali Aslan, Journalist and Television Host 
• Peter Altmaier, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy 

*Position held at the time of the event

Speakers*: 

• Jörg Rocholl, ESMT Berlin 
• Dieter Zetsche, Daimler 
• Jean-Dominique Senard, Michelin Group 
• Francesco Starace, Enel Group 
• Carsten Kengeter, Deutsche Börse 
• Ingrid-Helen Arnold, SAP  
• Tamer Boyaci, ESMT Berlin  
• Florian Heinemann, Project A  
• Petra Justenhoven, PwC Europe 
• Keat Chuan Yeoh, Singapore Economic Development Board  
• Moderator: Manuela Kasper-Claridge, Head of Business and Science, Deutsche Welle 
• Linus Dahlander, ESMT Berlin 
• Xu Li, ESMT Berlin 
• Konstantin Korotov, ESMT Berlin 
• Johannes Habel, ESMT Berlin 
• Gianluca Carnabuci, ESMT Berlin 
• Franz Fehrenbach, Bosch 
• Carsten Kratz, The Boston Consulting Group 
• Kathrin Menges, Henkel 
• Anita Tillmann, Premium Group 
• Werner Zedelius, Allianz 
• Moderator: Ali Aslan, International Moderator and Journalist 
• Joachim Faber, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Börse 
• Peter Pühringer, Benefactor, POK Pühringer Foundation 
• Heinrich Hiesinger, thyssenkrupp 

Speakers*: 

• Jörg Rocholl, President and EY Chair in Governance and Compliance, ESMT Berlin 
• Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management, Daimler; Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars 
• Carsten Spohr, Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer, Lufthansa Group 
• Baba Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Forge 
• Tom Enders, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus 
• Ayla Busch, Co-CEO and Co-Owner, BUSCH 
• Jack Cheng, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, NIO; Chief Executive Officer, XPT 
• Don Gao, Chief Executive Officer, Positec Group 
• Olaf Plötner, Professor, ESMT Berlin 
• Frank Stieler, Chief Executive Officer, KraussMaffei Group 
• Moderator: Julia Bauer, Television and Event presenter 
• Christoph Burger, ESMT Berlin 
• Johannes Habel, ESMT Berlin 
• Stefan Wagner, ESMT Berlin 
• de Véricourt, ESMT Berlin 
• Claire Cizaire 
• Patrick Oelze, Mazars 
• Chair: Bianca Schmitz, ESMT Berlin 
• Edzard Overbeek, Chief Executive Officer, HERE Technologies 
• Katrin König, Vice President Data Analytics Center of Excellence, Deutsche Post DHL Group 
• Nicolas Miailhe, Co-Founder, The AI Initiative; Co-Founder and President, The Future Society 
• Edzard Overbeek, Chief Executive Officer, HERE Technologies 
• Catalina Stefanescu-Cuntze, Professor of Management Science, Deutsche Post DHL Chair 
• and Dean of Faculty, ESMT Berlin 
• Yang Tao, Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Technologies Deutschland 
• Moderator: Ali Aslan, Journalist and Television Host 
• Peter Altmaier, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy 

*Position held at the time of the event

Speakers*: 

• Prof. Jörg Rocholl, PhD (ESMT Berlin) 
• Dr. Dieter Zetsche (Daimler) 
• Dr. Jamie Shea (NATO) 
• Melissa Hathaway (Hathaway Global Strategies) 
• Frédérick Douzet (Paris 8 University) 
• Dr. Sandro Gaycken (ESMT Berlin) 
• Melissa Hathaway (Hathaway Global Strategies) 
• Dr. Stefan Heissner (EY) 
• Dr. Jamie Shea (NATO) 
• Moderator: Ali Aslan, journalist and television host 
• Prof. Joe Peppard, PhD 
• Annie Faulkner 
• Sebastian Fittko 
• Christoph Räthke 
• Stefanie Schramm 
• Kristen Herde 
• Prof. Konstantin Korotov, PhD 
• Andreas Bernhardt 
• Nora Grasselli, PhD 
• Anthony Salcito (Microsoft) 
• Prof. Francis de Véricourt, PhD (ESMT Berlin) 
• Shirine Khoury-Haq (Lloyd’s) 
• Frank Mattern (McKinsey & Company) 
• Prof. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger (University of Oxford) 
• Prof. Siegfried Russwurm (Siemens) 
• Peter Terium (RWE) 
• Moderator: Ali Aslan, journalist and television host 
• Dr. Sebastian Stricker (ShareTheMeal)  
• Heiko Hutmacher (METRO) 

Speakers*: 

• Jörg Rocholl, President and EY Chair in Governance and Compliance, ESMT Berlin 
• Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management, Daimler; Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars 
• Carsten Spohr, Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer, Lufthansa Group 
• Baba Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Forge 
• Tom Enders, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus 
• Ayla Busch, Co-CEO and Co-Owner, BUSCH 
• Jack Cheng, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, NIO; Chief Executive Officer, XPT 
• Don Gao, Chief Executive Officer, Positec Group 
• Olaf Plötner, Professor, ESMT Berlin 
• Frank Stieler, Chief Executive Officer, KraussMaffei Group 
• Moderator: Julia Bauer, Television and Event presenter 
• Christoph Burger, ESMT Berlin 
• Johannes Habel, ESMT Berlin 
• Stefan Wagner, ESMT Berlin 
• de Véricourt, ESMT Berlin 
• Claire Cizaire 
• Patrick Oelze, Mazars 
• Chair: Bianca Schmitz, ESMT Berlin 
• Edzard Overbeek, Chief Executive Officer, HERE Technologies 
• Katrin König, Vice President Data Analytics Center of Excellence, Deutsche Post DHL Group 
• Nicolas Miailhe, Co-Founder, The AI Initiative; Co-Founder and President, The Future Society 
• Edzard Overbeek, Chief Executive Officer, HERE Technologies 
• Catalina Stefanescu-Cuntze, Professor of Management Science, Deutsche Post DHL Chair 
• and Dean of Faculty, ESMT Berlin 
• Yang Tao, Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Technologies Deutschland 
• Moderator: Ali Aslan, Journalist and Television Host 
• Peter Altmaier, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy 

*Position held at the time of the event

Speakers*

• Prof. Jörg Rocholl, PhD (ESMT)  
• Dr. Dieter Zetsche (Daimler)  
• Brigitte Zypries (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy) 
• N. R. Narayana Murthy (Infosys) 
• Monica Dodi (Women’s Venture Capital Fund)  
• Prof. Paul Heidhues, PhD (ESMT)  
• Dr. Jürgen Heraeus (Heraeus Holding) 
• Alexander Kudlich (Rocket Internet)  
• Jörg Rheinboldt (Axel Springer Plug and Play)  
• Moderator: Manuela Kasper-Claridge, Head of Business and Science, Deutsche Welle 
• Wendy Kopp (Founder of Teach For America and CEO and Co-Founder of Teach For All) 
• Herman Van Rompuy (First President of the European Council) 
• Prof. Dr. Gregor Halff 
• Dr. Jens Weinmann 
• Prof. Matthew S. Bothner, PhD 
• Benjamin Rohé 
• Christoph Räthke 
• Dr. Nora Grasselli 
• Prof. Konstantin Korotov, PhD 
• Prof. Joe Peppard, PhD 
• Dr. Johannes Habel 
• Prof. Peter Bearman, PhD (Columbia University)  
• Prof. Matthew S. Bothner, PhD (ESMT)  
• Melanie Kreis (Deutsche Post)  
• Thomas Sattelberger (formerly Deutsche Telekom, Continental, Lufthansa)  
• Moderator: Ali Aslan, journalist and television host 

*Position held at the time of the event

Speakers*: 

• Prof. Jörg Rocholl, PhD (ESMT)  
• Michael Diekmann (Allianz) 
• Dr. Kurt Bock (BASF)  
• Peter Bakker (WBCSD)  
• Dr. Theo Freye (CLAAS)  
• Jayant Kohale (Larsen & Toubro)  
• Frank Riemensperger (Accenture)  
• Prof. CB Bhattacharya, PhD (ESMT)  
• Moderation: Gerrit Wiesmann, journalist 
• Dr. Jens Weinmann 
• Prof. Guillermo Baquero, PhD 
• Prof. Dr. Stefan Wagner 
• Katja Leppler 
• Veronika Naumann 
• Dr. Kirsten Fischer 
• Shirish Pandit 
• Dr. Franziska Frank 
• Prof. Joe Peppard, PhD 
• Jürgen Fitschen (Deutsche Bank)  
• Prof. Konstantin Korotov, PhD (ESMT)  
• David B. Peterson, PhD (Google)  
• Dr. Johannes Teyssen (E.ON)  
• Angela Titzrath (Deutsche Post)  
• Moderation: Ali Aslan, television host and journalist 
• Herman Van Rompuy (President of the European Council)  
• Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger (Global Head of Public Policy and Economic Research, Allianz and Chairman of the Munich Security Conference) 

*Position held at the time of the event