TLS 2019 I Agenda

Dear participants, we are looking forward to presenting you the preliminary agenda of the Transcultural Leadership Summit 2019 focusing on Europe:

14 November 2019
1:00 – 1:05 pm Welcome | Student project leads
1:05 – 1:20 pmWelcome Adress | “Welcome to the Transcultural Leadership Summit” | Andreas Schell (Rolls-Royce Power Systems)
1:20 – 1:45 pmKeynote | Facts & Figures – The potentials of Europe” | Prof. Dr. Alexander Kritikos (German Institute for Economic Research)
1:45 – 2:05 pmOpening Adress | “Europe – A network of relations” | Prof. Dr. Josef Wieland (Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin | LEIZ)
2:05 – 2:10 pmIntroduction to the concept of the Transcultural Leadership Summit | Student project team
Part I | Europe – A hub of value creation
2:10 – 2:30 pm Keynote | “Transcultural leadership in practice – Insights from a European company” | Dr. Sabine Klauke (Airbus Defence and Space)
2:30 – 2:40 pmOpen Discussion
2:40 – 3:00 pm Keynote | “Europe – its role in global value creation” | Dr. Franz Fischler (European Forum Alpach, Austria)
3:00 – 3:15 Open Discussion
3:15 – 4:15 pmCoffee, Cake & Culture
Part II | Europe – A cluster of nations or an open network?
4:15 – 4:35 pm Keynote | “Cross-border experiences in the business context” | Dr. Clemens Däschle (SAP Labs Network)
4:35 – 4:55 pmKeynote | “European civil society as a common good” | Dr. Rupert Graf Strachwitz (Maecenata Foundation)
4:55 – 5:15 pmKeynote | “What is Europe?” | Prof. Dr. David Engels (Instytut Zachodni, Poland)
5:15 – 5:30 pmOpen Discussion
5:30 – 6:00 pmCoffee, Cake & Culture
Part III | Europe – Distinct identities, shared values or a community of practice?
6:00 – 7:00 pm Panel Discussion with representatives from the European civil society, politics and economy chaired by Prof. Dr. Josef Wieland (Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin)
Marie-Isabelle Heiss (Volt Europa)
Dr. Hannah White (Outsider – Journey through a changing Europe)
Andreas Schell (Rolls-Royce Power Systems)
Conference Dinner
7:00 pmDinner Speech | “Reflections on Transcultural Leadership” | Carlo Bevoli (SAP Sustainability Labs)
15 November 2019
8:00 – 9:00 amArrival | Breakfast
Part IV | Europe – Creating transculturality through (liberal) arts?
9:00 – 10:00 am Panel Discussion with transnational European artists and representatives of the “liberal arts” chaired by Dr. Lennart Brand (Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin)
Dr. Samuel Martín-Barbero (Independent Scholar, Spain)
Prof. Dr. David Engels (Instytut Zachodni, Poland)
Valerio Vincenzo (Exhibition Borderline – Frontiers of Peace, Italy)
Part V | Workshops – Success stories from Europe
10:00 – 11:00 amIntroduction & first session of workshops
| “Europe – A hub for sustainability?” | Carlo Bevoli (SAP Sustainability Labs)
| “Successful mobility strategies and Transcultural Leadership in the European automotive industry” | Dr. Albert X. Kirchmann (Former CEO and Chairman Daimler Trucks Asia) and Claudia Schickel (MAN Truck & Bus SE)
| “Salut Kultur! – Transcultural cooperation in Germany and France in the cultural sector” | Dr. Dirk Lupberger (Business Consultant | Finance & Law)
| “The changing space for civil society in Europe” | Dr. Graf Strachwitz (Maecenata Foundation) and Dr. Asif Afridi (brap, UK)
| “Sales networks of the future” (N.N)
| “Europe in the world – A geopolitical approach” | Julian Caletti (UNITAR, Switzerland)
11:15 – 11:45 amCoffee, Croissant & Culture
11:45 – 1:15 pmSecond session of workshops
1:15 – 2:15 pmLunch
Part VI | Europe – ready to set sails!
2:15 – 2:45 pmKeynote | “A vision for Europe” | Ann Cathrin Riedel (LOAD e.V.)
2:45 – 3:15 pmKeynote | “The future of European education” | Dr. Diana Beech (University of Warwick, UK)
3:15 – 3:30 pmOpen Discussion
3:30 – 4:00 pmClosing remarks | Prof. Dr. Josef Wieland (Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin)
4:00 – 4:15 pmThanks and Goodbye | Student project team
4:15 pmCoffee, Cake & Culture

Find out about this year’s workshops and speakers.

*Subject to change, a final version will be published before the conference in detailed form with specification of speakers and workshop leaders.