Event Agenda 2025*

Welcome & Get Together
Terrace of Castillo Hotel Son Vida (Dress code: informal)

Welcome by hosts Sabine Christiansen and Willi Plattes

Presentation of Laureus Sports for Good with tennis legend Boris Becker
Auction featuring artwork by Noah Becker

Tennis star Dominic Thiem
Foosball World Champion Chris Marks (match him live if you like…)

Insight Table – Berlin Update
Michael Bröcker, Editor-in-Chief, Table.Briefings

Take off: Restart – Is Germany picking up speed again?
Conversation between Michael Bröcker and Dr. Carsten Linnemann, CDU Secretary General, Member of the Bundestag

On the right track? Rethinking and action – will a black-red coalition bring economic change?
Impulses:
Christian Miele, Investor
Susanne Wiegand, Quantum Systems (Defense Industry)
Reaction and Interview with Horst von Buttlar
Interview / Q&A

NEU DENKEN Recognition: Financial Success with Social Impact
Introduction: Sabine Christiansen
Award to: Dr. Simone Bagel-Trah, Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board and Shareholders’ Committee, Henkel Group
Guest of Honour: Prof. Michael Otto, pioneer of entrepreneurial social responsibility

“Shaping a global society responsibly and freely”
Acknowledgement and speech – Prof. Michael Otto

"Trouble in Paradise": Transatlantic Relations at a Crossroads
Panel I – Munich Security Conference
Trade surplus and trust deficit: consequences of the transatlantic trade dispute
Speakers:

Kenneth Weinstein, Foreign Policy Advisor to President Trump, Political Scientist
Steffen Kampeter, Chief Executive, German Employers' Confederation, former Parliamentary State Secretary
Christian Kern, Former Austrian Chancellor, CEO ELL Locomotives
Alexander Birken, Chairman, Otto Group
Simone Bagel-Trah (tbc)
Live connection: David James McAllister, Brussels
Moderator: Horst von Buttlar

Panel II – Munich Security Conference
America First – and Europe Home Alone? Taking more Responsibility for European Security
Speakers:

Thomas Enders, DGAP, former Airbus CEO
Susanne Wiegand, Quantum Systems
Jürgen-Joachim von Sandrart, Lt. General (ret.)
Kenneth Weinstein
Video Statement: Jens Stoltenberg, Finance Minister Norway, former NATO Secretary General
Moderator: Wolfgang Ischinger, MSC

Sundown Get-Together
Exclusive summer evening by invitation of the United Arab Emirates
YARA, Terrace and Restaurant, Puerto Portals

“Transformation Made in Germany – How Companies Must Rethink Future Readiness”

Dr. Marc Lakner, Managing Director, Kearney DACH
Dr. Sebastian Orbe, Managing Director, Blackstone DACH
Teresa Schawe, Partner at Kearney
Sabine Christiansen

Are You a Producer of Social Solutions? Wealth with Impact
Impact Invest LGT Panel

Julia Kleiser, LGT Private Banking
Nadja Swarovski, Impact Investor and Mentor
Anouk Hilti-Zingg, Investor, Board Member, Co-Founder of Assarée – Impact with Return
Moderator: Ulrich Reitz, NTV

Invest Again in Europe? Or Will Germany Only Research While the U.S. and China Reap the Profits?
Interview with:
David Knower, COO & GM, Cerberus Deutschland
Dr. Martin Lück, Founder & CEO Macro Monkey, former BlackRock Chief Strategist DACH
Horst von Buttlar

Europe’s Answer to Trump: Can a “Core Europe” Push the EU Out of Its Comfort Zone?
Discussion with:

Christian Kern, former Austrian Chancellor
Svenja Hahn, Chairwoman, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the EU Parliament
Christoph Ahlhaus, President, European SME Association
Michael Bröcker
Q&A with the audience