Global Connect 2022 | Messe Stuttgart | 14 November 2022 | TBA

The range of information covers everything from planning the first steps into international markets to optimizing existing cross-border economic activities. Global players as well as smaller enterprises who are new to the international business find answers to their questions on international operations. Use the variety of forums for export and internationalization to establish valuable contacts and showcase your company to your target group.

2022 Speakers

CHAIR:

Mr. Steffen Wurzel
Creator, ARD Podcast Welt.Macht

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Robert Matschoss
Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI)

Bernhard Bachleitner
Director, ABA-Invest in Austria

Daniel Chladek
Regional Manager FDI (Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Israel (& the Americas), Vienna Business Agency

Mirko Ross
CEO, asvin

Frank Karlitschek
Managing Director, Nextcloud GmbH

MODERATOR:

Dr. Andrea Despot
CEO/Chair of the Board of Directors Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future

SPEAKERS:

Johannes Jung
Head of the Department of Strategy/Law, Foreign Trade and Europe in the Ministry of Economics, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg

Dmytro Shevchenko
Consul, Consulate General of Ukraine in Munich

Prof. Dr. Rainer Lindner
Chairman of the Executive Board, Heine+Beisswenger Group

Philipp Haußmann
Spokesman of the Board of Ernst Klett Aktiengesellschaft and Member of the Board of the Ost-Ausschuss

Dr. Ewa Łabno-Falęcka
Head of Corporate Communication & External Affairs, Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Poland

Prof. Dr. Rainer Lindner
Chairman, Executive Board of the Heine+Beisswenger Group

Olga Trofymova
President, CMC-Ukraine / Director of Internationalization, Ukrainian Cluster Alliance

Dr. Gerd Meier zu Köcker
RegioClusterAgency for Innovation and Transformation, Baden-Württemberg

Dragomir Dimitrov
Consul General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Munich

Norman Thatcher Scharpf
Consul General, AmConsulate General Frankfurt

Jürgen Ostertag
Partner and Chair, German Practice

Hagen Glatzle
Business English & Culture Trainer, Chatterbird | Inh. Hagen Glatzle

Matthias Beier
President & CEO, Transatlantic Business and Investment Council (TBIC)

Petra Steck-Brill
Südlicher Oberrhein Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Michael Rössler
Deputy Director, Handwerk International

Lena Gatz
Hochrhein-Bodensee Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Heide Schmidt
Senior Advisor European Markets IHK Rhein-Neckar, Enterprise Europe Network

Frédéric Carrière
Südlicher Oberrhein Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Mirza Karahodza
Rhein-Neckar Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Dorothee Minne
Team Leader International Industries/Foreign Trade and Services Department, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Stuttgart region

Dr. Christine D. Althauser
Ambassador, Skopje) / Retired Consul General (Shanghai)

Mr. Henning Vogelsang
Baden-Württemberg's Business Representative in China

Dr. Ing. Elmar Stumpf
Chairman of the Executive Committee, Baden-Württemberg China Network)

Mr. Gunter Fauth (Managing Director, Valegra GmbH)

PANELISTS:

Dr. Christoph Schemionek
German-American Chambers of Commerce, Washington office

Tilman Bender
Managing Partner + Founder - Executive Search | Personalvermittlung, TH Bender

Ralph Heckmann
Vice President Sales Automotive, Team Technik GmbH

Professor Gerhard Wegen
American Chamber of Commerce in Germany (AMCHAM)

2022 Partners

• Baden-Württemberg
• BW_i
• Enterprise Europe Network
• Handwerk International Baden-Württemberg
• IHK
• Wirtschaftsministerium BW