Business and Science Forum: Exploring Opportunities for Transatlantic Cooperation

Prof. Dr. Armin Willingmann, Minister for Economy, Science and Digitalization of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, invites you to join the Business & Science Forum at the University City Science Center.

Dr. Willingmann will be accompanied by a German Delegation with representatives from science and economy.

For further information and to RSVP, please contact Lydia Sarson at AHP International: [email protected]

Agenda

9:00am Registration & Refreshments

9:30am Welcome Remarks

• Prof. Dr. Armin Willingmann, Minister for Economy, Science and Digitalization, Saxony-Anhalt
• David Briel, Executive Director, International Investment, Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development
• Samuel Chueh, Director of International Business, City of Philadelphia

Workshop 1 and 2 parallel, please choose one!

10:00am Workshop 1: “Scale-Up Your Business in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt”

• Saxony-Anhalt Investment and Marketing Corporation – Your partner in Germany
  Thomas Einsfelder, Managing Director, IMG Saxony-Anhalt
• Introduction to the Research Campus STIMULATE
  Prof. Dr. Georg Rose, Director Institute Medical Engineering, Chairman of the Executive Board Research Campus STIMULATE
• Progress of research and transfer into practice as advantage of location
  Prof. Dr. med. H. Lohmann, Director University Hospital of Orthopedy
• Early stage piloting: Why Saxony-Anhalt is a good place for Science and Investments
  Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häberle

10:00am Workshop 2: Roundtable-Session /Best-Practice-Exchange: Innovation and Research Funding, Research Spin-offs, Start-ups, Scale-ups

• Introduction
  Prof. Dr. Armin Willingmann, Minister for Economy, Science and Digitalization, SaxonyAnhalt 
• Coorporate!
  Dr. Antje Hoffmann, Chancellor, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences
  Prof. Dr. Christian Meisel, Project Director “Gruendet!”, Hochschule MagdeburgStendal – University of Applied Science
• Start-up Culture: The German Perspective - Introduction to the Weinberg-Campus
  Dr. Ulf-Marten Schmieder, Managing Director, Weinberg Campus Technology Park
• Challenges with the Internationalization of Spin-offs
  Dr. Gerald Boehm, Director Transfer and Entrepreneur Centre, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
• Financing your business expansion 
  Ekkehard Weiss, Regional Director, DKB Deutsche Kreditbank AG 
• US Innovation Panel
  

Q & A

11:30am Business Lunch & Networking