German-Japanese Leadership Dialogue 2025 in Frankfurt

Am 3. November findet der erste German-Japanese Leadership Dialogue statt, der federführend von der Deutschen Außenhandelskammer in Japan und dem Ostasiatischen Verein in Hamburg organisiert wird. Hochrangige Vertreter deutscher und japanischer Unternehmen sowie anderer Institutionen diskutieren dort Herausforderungen für die deutsche und japanische Wirtschaft im Angesicht aktueller geopolitischer Entwicklungen. Mit von der Partie ist Prof. Dr. Frank Rövekamp im Panel Strategic Realignment und Economic Security, wo u.a. Fragen sicherer Lieferketten und Zugang zu kritischen Technologien wie Halbleitern erörtert werden.

Program

13:00 Registration

13:30 Welcome remarks

• Dr. Jürgen Ratzinger, Head of International Department, Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Marcus Schürmann, CEO AHK Japan and Delegate of German Industry and Commerce in Japan
• Almut Rößner, Executive Member of the Board, OAV – German Asia Pacific Business Association

13:40 Opening speech

• H. E. Mitsuko Shino, Ambassador of Japan to Germany

13:50 Beyond the rising sun: My Japan Engagement Story

• Hubertus von Baumbach, Chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH

14:10 Scaling global ambition: Japan’s strategic role for growth and business development

•  Moderator: C. Michael Illies, President & CEO, C. ILLIES & Co. (GmbH & Co.) KG and Member of the Board, OAV
• Hubertus von Baumbach, Chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
• Yosuke Hamasaki, President, Sumitomo Deutschland GmbH
• Marion Mühlberger, Director and Head of Economic and European Policy Research, Deutsche Bank

15:00 CEO Talk
Resilience & Realignment: Evolving Strategies in German-Japanese Cooperation

• Moderator: Nicole Bastian, co-head of podcast, video and live-journalism, Handelsblatt
• Karl Deppen, President and CEO, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Company, Member of the Board of Daimler Truck AG

15:30 Coffee Break and Networking

16:00 Beyond the Bubble’s Legacy: Japan’s Economic Challenges and Strategic Responses

• Andreas Glunz, Managing Partner International Business, KPMG in Germany

16:20 Strategic Realignment and Economic Security: German-Japanese Business Responses to Global Disruption

• Moderator: Dr. Shogo Akagawa, Editor-at-Large for EMA at The Nikkei
• Prof. Dr. Frank Rövekamp, Director of the East Asia Institute of the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society
• Koichiro Tsuchiya, Senior Advisor, JX Advanced Metals Corporation Frankfurt Office
• Dr. Philipp Walter, Executive Vice President, Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

17:10 Closing remarks

• Almut Rößner, Executive Member of the Board, OAV – German Asia Pacific Business Association
• Marcus Schürmann, CEO AHK Japan and Delegate of German Industry and Commerce in Japan

17:15 Get-together and flying buffet

Anmeldeinformationen: https://japan.ahk.de/de/events-veranstaltungen/ahk-event/1.-german-japanese-leadership-dialogue-2025