Patronage
Here you can find the welcome speech of the Federal President on the occasion of the opening of the Asia-Pacific Weeks 2015.
Advisory Board
Chair: Cornelia Yzer, Senator for Economics, Technology and Research
Members (as of March 15, 2015)
Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy
Dr. Gerd Müller, Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development
Dr. Georg Schütte, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Dr. Hubert Lienhard, Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, President of the Goethe-Institut
Ulrich Grillo, President of the Federation of German Industry (BDI)
Dr. Eric Schweitzer, President of the DIHK
Prof. Dr. Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Liz Mohn, Vice-Chair of the Bertelsmann Stiftung Executive Board
Dr. Roland Busch, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG
Eckart von Klaeden, Head of Political and External Affairs of the Daimler AG (tbc.)
Clas Neumann,Senior Vice President & Global Head - SAP Labs Network
Dr. Johannes Evers, Chairman of the Board of Management of Landesbank Berlin Holding AG
Prof. Dr. Bernd M. Scherer, Director of the Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Dieter Ernst, Vice Chairman of the German Asia-Pacific Business Association
Dr. Martin Posth, Commissioner of the Asia-Pacific Weeks
