Entrepreneur-Success-Forum 2014

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The 11th annual Entrepreneur-Success-Forum took place on November 5th 2014 at Castle Bensberg. Prof. Peter May and Prof. Klaus Schweinsberg hosted the event on the subject of “AUFBRÜCHE. AUSBRÜCHE. UMBRÜCHE.” (Start. Outbreak. Transformation.). Speakers included Dr. Paolo Barilla, Dr. Klaus Hommels, Prof. Hans Georg Näder, Martin Noé, Prof. Eddie Obeng, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Reitzle and Norbert Scheuch as well as president of the German BDI industry association, Ulrich Grillo and the Chairman of the UBS Board of Directors and former President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Prof. Dr. Axel Weber (picture).

Cyber Security Summit 2014

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The third Cyber Security Conference took place on November 3rd 2014 in Bonn. The hosts Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference and Timotheus Höttges, Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Telekom AG welcomed high-ranking national and international political and economic leaders to develop security strategies against threats from cyberspace and provide impetus for networked digital defense measures. Among the speakers and panellists were Andy Müller-Maguhn, Managing Director of Datenreisebüro, Brigitte Zypries, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Federal Republic of Germany and Ashar Aziz, Founder and Vice Chairman of the Board and Chief Strategy Officer of FireEye. The closing panel discussion was led by Prof. Dr. Klaus Schweinsberg.

Exclusive Tutorial Update 2014

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The Exclusive Tutorial (Privatissimum) Update for (young) Boards of Directors and Boards of Advisers took place in October at the conference venue of the Centre for Strategy and Higher Leadership at Lake Constance. Among the speakers were lawyer Carsten Laschet, the chairman of the supervisory board of Kontron AG, Rainer Erlat, the chairman of the supervisory board of Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH, Franz M. Haniel (picture) as well as the chairman of the supervisory board of Blohm+Voss and former president of Vatican Bank Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR) Ernst Freiherr v. Freyberg-Eisenberg.

“Leading in Science”

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Working closely with the Heinz Nixdorf Foundation, the Helmholtz Association and the University of Heidelberg the Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation hosted the 10th Symposium for Higher Education Reform. Prof. Klaus Schweinsberg moderated the kick-off event at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of the Sciences. On the topic of ‘Leading in Science – Is success in science also a question of Leadership? Klaus Schweinsberg discussed with Hildegard Müller, Director General of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Eitel, Rector of the Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg, Dr. Horst Nasko, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Management of Heinz Nixdorf Foundation and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mlynek (picture on the right), President Helmholtz Association. (Picture copyright: joerss-fotografie.de)

FEICA European Adhesive & Sealant Conference

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Klaus Schweinsberg was keynote speaker at the FEICA conference taking place in September in Berlin. In his speech entitled: “Value Creation – in Times of Uncertainty” he addressed more than 550 delegates from 31 countries representing the European adhesive and sealant industry. Further speakers and panellists included Jan-Dirk Auris, Executive Vice President Adhesive Technologies Henkel, James J. Owens, President and CEO H.B. FULLER, Bernard Pinatel, Chairman and CEO BOSTIK as well as Jan Jenisch, CEO SIKA.