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October 2013 USA – Canada Hanseatic CityofHamburg Delegation oftheFree and

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Senator Frank

Minister Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Economy, Transport and Innovation, Transport and Innovation Free and Hanseatic of Hamburg Alter Steinweg 4 | 20459 Hamburg, Phone +49 40 / 4 28 41 16 22 Fax +49 40 / 4 28 41 17 00 [email protected] | www.hamburg.de

Dr. Frank Nägele

State Secretary Ministry of Economic Affairs, Employment, Transport and Technology Schleswig Düsternbrooker Weg 94 24105 , Germany Phone +49 431 / 9 88 - 44 06 Fax +49 431 / 9 88 - 44 08 [email protected] | www.mwavt.schleswig-holstein.de Kolja Harders

Director of Foreign Division Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Economy, Transport and Innovation Transport and Innovation, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Alter Steinweg 4 | 20459 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 4 28 41 14 48 | Fax +49 40 / 4 27 94 13 61 [email protected] | www.hamburg.de

Martin

Policy Offi cer for the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Economy, Transport and Innovation, Transport and Innovation Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Alter Steinweg 4 20459 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 4 28 41 14 10 | Fax +49 40 / 4 27 94 11 55 [email protected] | www.hamburg.de Susanne Meinecke

Press Offi cer Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Economy, Transport and Innovation, Transport and Innovation Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Alter Steinweg 4 20459 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 160 / 98 97 48 13 | Fax +49 40 / 42 79-4 10 56 [email protected] | www.hamburg.de Klaus Ahrens

Chief Executive Offi cer pilot Hamburg GmbH & Co. KG Neue Rabenstraße 12 20354 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 30 37 66 - 12 Fax +49 40 / 30 3766 - 99 [email protected] www.pilot.de

Founded in 1999, pilot has always been tising for consumers in the digital age. pilot at the forefront of advertising innovation, has both the right specialist teams and the developing exceptional media, creative and most comprehensive online and offl ine tools technical solutions for small and large cli- to ensure that our clients’ media spend in ents. pilot is an independent agency group digital or traditional media channels is both delivering modern brand communication quantifi able and successful. services, primarily in the German market. We utilize the opportunities of a changing media landscape to create effective adver-

Bernd Aufderheide

President and Chief Executive Offi cer Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH Messeplatz 1 20357 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 35 69 - 22 00 Fax +49 40 / 35 69 - 22 03 [email protected] | www.hamburg-messe.de

Hamburg Messe und Congress is a full-ser- Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH is a vice provider with outstanding skills in member of the Renewable Energy Hamburg organizing and conducting national and Cluster Agency. international exhibitions and conferences. Hamburg’s strong industrial clusters form the basis for its remarkable portfolio. Mirko Baß

Business Development Manager , Middle East, & Cisco Systems Neuer Wall 77 20354 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 37 67 46 76 Cell +49 175 / 2 60 00 81 [email protected]

Back in 1984 husband Len Bosack and multi-protocol router. Since then Cisco has his wife Sandy Lerner, both working for shaped the future of the Internet by creating Stanford University, wanted to email each unprecedented value and opportunity for other from their respective offi ces located in our customers, employees, investors and different buildings but were unable to due ecosystem partners and has become the to technological shortcomings. A technology worldwide leader in networking – trans- had to be invented to deal with disparate forming how people connect, communicate local area protocols; and the result of solv- and collaborate. ing their challenge was – the birth of the

Prof. Dr. Werner Beba

Professor of Marketing and Head of CC4E Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW) / Competence Centre for Renewable Energies and Energy Effi ciency (CC4E) Alexanderstraße 1 | 20099 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 4 28 75 - 69 37 | Fax +49 40 4 28 75 - 98 69 [email protected] | www.cc4e.de

The HAW Hamburg aims to develop sustain- In the CC4E, HAW Hamburg aims to bundle able solutions to society’s energy problems diverse interdisciplinary capabilities and by expanding academic courses in this fi eld, skills in order to create broad potential for through innovative, application oriented solutions to energy problems. This approach research and by means of comprehensive widens the impact of existing capabilities transfer partnerships with business enter- in the faculties of Life Sciences, Engineer- prises and institutions. ing and Computer Sciences, Business and Social Sciences, and Design, Media and Information. Thorsten Becker

Founder & Managing Director Management Angels GmbH Atlantic House | 16th fl oor Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 113 20359 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 44 19 55 - 10 Fax +49 40 / 44 19 55 - 55 [email protected] www.managementangels.com

Management Angels is an agency that We are a market leader, backed by a pool of provides interim managers within Germany, more than 1,500 interim managers, a track & . We advise and record of over 1,000 completed projects support our clients in change situations and and 14 years of market experience; with 20 geographical expansion into Europe, where employees we generate turnover of around shortages of executives or technical manag- 12 million $. Based in Hamburg and Frank- ers must be countered without delay. furt, we are the only interim management provider to focus on the technology sector (TMT).

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Benecke

Director / Head of Institute Fraunhofer Institut für Siliziumtechnologie ISIT Fraunhofer ISIT Fraunhoferstraße 1 25524 , Germany Phone +49 48 21 / 17 42 10 Fax +49 48 21 / 17 42 50 [email protected] | www.isit.fraunhofer.de

Fraunhofer ISIT is a world-leading R&D ISIT addresses applications in the fi elds center for power electronics and MEMS. of power electronics, renewable energies, ISIT operates an 8 inch Si wafer and an life sciences, IT, the automotive industry, 8 inch MEMS fab, both used for R&D and and industrial systems. ISIT is currently mass production in close cooperation with establishing an ‘Application Center for the companies VISHAY and X-FAB. ISIT Power Electronics’ at the applied sciences also has strong activities in packaging, test university HAW (Hamburg) and employs & reliability and in Li-polymer-batteries around 160 high- experts. (pilot-line for industrial-scale fabrication). Dr. Jens Peter Breitengroß

Vice-President Hamburg Chamber of Commerce Adolphsplatz 1 20457 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 3 61 38 - 2 12 Fax +49 40 / 3 61 38 - 2 20 [email protected] www.hk24.de

The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce is economy. Located in Europe’s “gateway one of the most infl uential Chambers of to the world”, the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce in Europe. As an independent, Commerce is very closely involved in foreign self-governing body of the Hamburg busi- trade affairs. It provides support to foreign ness community, the Chamber represents companies seeking to establish a foothold the interests of 175,000 member fi rms. It in Europe and helps its member companies is active in all sectors of political lobbying in all matters of foreign business. and business services and functions as an independent advocate of the free market

Holger Breitling

Member of the Management C1 WPS GmbH Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30 22299 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 51 32 26 82 Cell +49 1577 / 2 37 42 18 [email protected] www.c1-wps.de

C1 WPS GmbH is a Hamburg-based IT con- vate. Based on twenty years of experience sulting company with fi fty employees. We with software architecture, we counsel the design and develop high quality software managers of various companies in Germany that allows our customers to transform on IT strategy and the management of their their business processes, leading to greater enterprise architecture. Our main fi elds of effi ciency and better service quality. We expertise are in the fi nancial sector and integrate mobile devices and tangible user harbor logistics. interfaces into the complex applications landscape and help our customers to inno- Jan Bringezu

Managing Partner neusta fi nancial services GmbH Borselstraße 26 22765 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 3 99 99 03 - 20 Fax +49 40 / 3 99 99 03 - 29 [email protected] www.neusta-fs.de

neusta fi nancial services is a team of processes such as payments, cash man- industry experts and IT specialists. Our agement or treasury. We put together the enterprise is a member of team neusta, right team for the job in hand. Our current and we implement complex projects in a focus is migration to the new SEPA payment wide range of industries. In addition to its system and the establishment of one-stop own team, neusta can call on a network ecommerce solutions in cooperation with of external specialists for services. other experts in team neusta. and service providers rely on us. Our clients include corporations with issues relating to

Hartmut Carl

Managing Partner Carl Konferenz- & Eventtechnik GmbH & Co. Winterhuder Marktplatz 10 22299 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 46 88 54 -16 Fax +49 40 / 46 88 54 -19 [email protected] www.konferenztechnik-carl.de

Conferences and Events with Carl: • Light, sound, stage equipment Full-service company specialising in the creative • Interpreting, conference, video equipment planning, production and technical implementation • Voting systems of corporate events of all kinds throughout Germany • Capture technology for 3D space and Europe. • ON SCREEN studio offers creative video You profi t from our many years of experience, wide editing and 3D animation spectrum of technical know-how, cutting-edge Rely on us to create an impact-making event! facilities and the benefi t of one-stop shopping for www.carl-gruppe.de / www.on-screen.info all of the following: Per Dalheimer

Managing Director eBook.de Libri.de Internet GmbH Friesenweg 1 22763 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 8 53 98 - 72 16 Fax +49 40 / 8 53 98 - 78 22 [email protected] www.ebook.de eBook.de is a brand of the Libri.de Internet backed up by good customer service, eBook. GmbH. Since 1999 the company has been de is the fi rst choice for e-book novices and a leading e-commerce company dealing experienced e-book readers alike. In Octo- with books and media; it is also a pioneer ber 2012, the specialist magazine Compu- in the fast growing e-book market. In 2012 terbild (www.eBook.de/Testsieger) lauded the company accordingly changed its brand eBook.de’s expertise and rated eBook.de name from Libri.de to eBook.de. Offering a best German e-book shop. service that is exceptionally easy to use and a broad range of digital and printed books

Karsten Darga

Head of Online Sales freenet AG Deelbögenkamp 4c 22297 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 513 06 - 2 75 [email protected] www.freenet-group.de

The freenet Group is the largest network-in- well as additional services catering to the dependent telecommunications provider in mobile internet/digital lifestyle. Germany. The Group offers its 14 million freenet’s primary sales channels are; 530 customers a comprehensive portfolio of branded shops operated under the main services and products, primarily in the fi eld brand, mobilcom-debitel; online sales; of mobile voice and data services. about 6,000 additional sales points at retail- In addition, the freenet Group sells mobile ers, electronics dealers and superstores; communications devices and accessories as direct-to-customer sales. Robert Derksen

Managing Director BLUE OCEAN SERVICES GmbH & Co. KG Englische Planke 2 20459 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 3 91 04 88 Fax +49 40 / 3 91 04 13 www.blue-ocean-services.de

BLUE OCEAN SERVICES are experts in the The portfolio of Blue Ocean Services covers fi eld of environmental issues that affect matters such as International Maritime Or- the maritime industry, and offer a variety of ganization regulations, port initiatives and relevant consulting services. The company proposed new legislation by the European provides all necessary services to enable Union, etc. customers to comply with new regulations or initiatives.

Udo Dewies

Head of Public Affairs and Corporate Communications Carlsberg Deutschland Holstenstraße 224 22765 Hamburg, Germany Cell +49 173 / 5 35 50 33 [email protected]

Beer is an important part of German culture. There acquired one of Germany’s leading breweries – are about 1,300 breweries in Germany – more than Holsten-Brauerei in Hamburg. in any other country – and German beer has an The history of Holsten-Brauerei is closely associ- excellent reputation for quality. ated with that of Hamburg and Altona, where the Carlsberg brands have been exported to Germany brewery was founded in 1879. From its early days, for decades, so it was natural for the Group to gain the brewery has been an active player in licensed a foothold in the country. In 1988 Carlsberg took production, both in other European countries and in over Hannen-Brauerei, which was an “Alt-Bier” Africa and . brewery in Mönchengladbach, and in 2004 we Dr. Felix Dinger

Senior Associate, Rechtsanwalt Norton Rose Fulbright (Germany) LLP Bleichenbrücke 10 20354 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 9 70 79 91 39 Cell +49 173 / 5 93 02 21 | Fax +49 40 / 9 70 79 91 11 [email protected] | www.nortonrosefulbright.com

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global legal In Germany, we have offi ces in , practice providing the world’s pre-eminent Hamburg and from where we offer corporations and fi nancial institutions with a full range of legal services to national a full business law service. We have more and international clients. With a local team than 3800 lawyers based in over 50 of US-qualifi ed lawyers, we are able to across Europe, the , Canada, provide advice for companies which operate Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the commercially in both Germany and the US. Middle East and Central Asia.

Thomas Dittrich

President and CEO EMBA European Media- and Business-Academy GmbH Osterfeldstraße 12 – 14 22529 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 4 60 09 47 10 | Fax +49 40 / 4 60 09 47 19 [email protected] www.emba-medienakademie.de

The European Media and Business Academy The internationally accredited bachelor’s EMBA is a collegiate academy in “public- degree courses are focused on future mar- private-partnership” with the state-run kets such as media, marketing and the IT University of Applied Sciences Mittweida industry. The private university offers ideal (). More than 500 students are conditions for practice-oriented studies at a currently enrolled in the EMBA, which was high academic level with the added benefi t founded in 2007 and employs nearly 250 as- of a state-recognized graduate degree. sociate professors and lecturers at its three sites in Hamburg, and Duesseldorf. Arne Ehlers

Partner /CEO BREMER REEDEREI E & B GmbH Anne-Conway-Straße 1 28359 , Germany Phone +49 421 / 32 27 8 - 20 Fax +49 421 / 32 27 8 - 78 Cell +49 172 / 4 26 23 54 [email protected] www.breb.de

Shipping company Bremer Reederei, founded 1951, Our fl eet of geared ships often transports cargoes located in Bremen and , also offers full such as wind-energy components (on and offshore) shipbroker and port agent services. for a variety of projects in the North and Baltic We operate, own, and offer for long-term charter Seas. modern multipurpose vessels with cargo carrying Our agency departments in Bremen, capacities between 4,000 – 6,000 metric tons. and Cuxhaven handle all kinds of ships during their We are specialized in general cargoes / bulk from stay at shipyards or in dry dock. Germany and Belgium into the Mediterranean and from the Adriatic to North Africa.

Thorsten Faltings

Founder & CEO Elbnetz GmbH Hegestraße 40 20251 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 6 09 44 43 10 Fax +49 40 / 6 09 44 43 19 [email protected] elbnetz.com

Elbnetz develops and hosts websites based traditional agencies. To meet German clients’ exclusively on WordPress. We leverage the needs and data protection policies, our serv- huge worldwide WordPress community to ers are located exclusively in Germany. offer small businesses and media enterpris- Our customers appreciate our endeavors es top notch, superbly functioning blogs, to remove all technical challenges and our websites and e-shops in modern web design. provision of trainings and worldwide webi- Our new business model allows customers to nars that enable users to refresh websites save up to 80% of their budget compared with themselves. Rolf Fremgen

CEO Offshore Safety – Trainingscenter Cuxhaven GmbH & Co KG Cassen-Eils-Straße 3 27474 Cuxhaven, Germany Phone +49 4723 / 5 00 78 85 [email protected] www.ost-cuxhaven.de

Our facility offers safety training for offshore situations. Issues addressed by safety training • Sea survival incl. fi rst aid and medical • -fi ghting, treatment • Communication, safety awareness and • Helicopter underwater escape training self-rescue (HUET) • Ability to work at great heights, high mo- • Safety on board ships, transfer training, bility and use of PPE (personal protective equipment)

Prof. Dr. Michael Fröba

Director Institute of Inorganic and Applied Chemistry Representative for Energy Research Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6 | 20146 Hamburg, Germany | Phone +49 40 / 4 28 38 31 00 Fax + 49 40 / 4 28 38 63 48 | [email protected] http://www.chemie.uni-hamburg.de/ac/froeba/index.html

Our research group is involved mainly in a ed directly to the storage of energy, ranging number of material science issues which from electrochemical processes in high-per- have a specifi c common basis: optimization formance batteries and super-capacitors and the development of new materials and to heat storage and materials that can be processes in such a way that additional used to store gaseous energy carriers like interface or porosity can be made available hydrogen or methane. or benefi cially functionalized. The focus is placed upon organic-inorganic hybrid and functional materials. Many topics are relat- Dr. Norbert Gebbe

Investment Promotion Director Renewables Agroindustries Innovationszentrum Niedersachsen Strategie und Ansiedlung GmbH Schillerstraße 32 | 30159 Hannover | Germany Phone +49 511 / 76 07 26 51 | Fax +49 511 / 76 07 26 19 Cell +49 172 / 6 29 98 01 | [email protected] | www.nds.de

The “Innovationszentrum Niedersachsen the think tank for the State of Strategie und Ansiedlung (IZ)” is a state and advises on all policy matters in connec- owned business development agency. tion with innovation and technology. IZ provides you free, comprehensive consultancy in establishing or expand- ing business in Lower Saxony and offers supports throughout the entire process of your investment project. Furthermore, IZ is

Dr. Judith Gentz

CEO milabent GmbH Alsterdorfer Straße 2a 22393 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 22 69 17 84 [email protected] http://milabent.com

milabent is an SaaS startup founded in 2010 in Hamburg. milabent offers a self-ser- vice marketing platform for small and medium-sized businesses that provides an easy way to advertise locally and get best results from very slim budgets. Dr. Ulrich Getsch

Lord Mayor City of Cuxhaven Rathausplatz 1 27472 Cuxhaven Phone +49-4721 / 70 06 10 Fax +49-4721 / 70 09 08 [email protected] www.cuxhaven.de | www.offshore-basis.de

Home to key sectors of the ports and logis- Cuxhaven offers – with the support of tics industry and popular with tourists, the the EU and farsighted investments by the city of Cuxhaven also has thriving fi shing, government of Lower Saxony – excellent pharmaceutical, biotechnology and health- infrastructure for the and care industries, plus a strong renewable logistics industries, and for companies energies sector. Cuxhaven’s unique geo- involved in the maintenance and service of graphical location has allowed the city to offshore wind farms. develop into one of Europe’s leading centers of offshore wind energy. The offshore base

Wilfried Gillrath

CEO LichtBlick Holding AG Zirkusweg 6 20359 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 63 60 - 10 00 Fax +49 40 / 63 60 - 21 00 [email protected] www.lichtblick.de

LichtBlick is Germany’s biggest green energy LichtBlick uses mini CHP units manufac- provider and the market leader for green elec- tured by to provide fl exible tricity and gas, serving 600,000 private and “swarm electricity” to balance fl uctuations commercial customers. The innovative energy in wind and solar power. and IT company has developed “SchwarmDi- LichtBlick employs 480 people at its rigent” (“SwarmConductor”), technology-in- headquarters in Hamburg and generated a dependent software designed to intelligently turnover of 711 million € in 2012. link and manage decentralized power plants, energy storage and consumption. Alexander von Glasow

Sales Oracle Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG Kühnehöfe 5 22761 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 89 09 15 24 Fax + 49 40 / 89 09 12 50 [email protected] www.oracle.com

Oracle is lifting IT out of the business enter- Corporation, with around 120,000 employ- prise and reducing complexity by engineer- ees, generated GAAP revenue of US$ 37.2 ing hardware and software to work together billion in FY 2013 from the sale of appli- – in the cloud and in the data center. By cations software, infrastructure software, eliminating complexity and simplifying IT, hardware and services. Oracle enables its customers – 400,000 of them in more than 145 countries around the world – to accelerate innovation and create added value for their customers. Oracle

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Gönnert

Deputy Head of Division Agency of Roads, Bridges and Water Sachsenfeld 3 – 5 20097 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 4 28 26 - 25 11 Fax +49 40 / 4 28 26 - 25 83 [email protected] www.hamburg.de

The LSBG is responsible for the con- must also be modernized to refl ect technical struction and maintenance of Hamburg’s progress. Flood protection structures must transportation infrastructure and protecting be designed with due consideration of public areas from fl ooding. Flood protection meteorological data derived from models structures need to be continuously adapted that predict how the climate might develop to urban planning processes and the chal- in future. lenges posed by rising water levels; they Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Grabe

Vice President Research Head of the Institute for Geotechnical Engineering and Construction Management Hamburg University of Technology Harburger Schloßstraße 20 21079 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 4 28 78 37 62 | Fax +49 40 / 4 28 78 40 20 [email protected] | www.tu-.de/gbt

The Institute for Geotechnical Engineering parks, and usage of geothermal energy. The and Construction Management at Ham- institute includes a soil mechanics research burg University of Technology, founded in laboratory and a strong research group 1998 by Prof. Jürgen Grabe, has focused working on computer simulation of geotech- its research activities on geotechnics in nical processes. At the moment the group general and marine geotechnics in par- includes 20 PhD assistants and post-docs as ticular. Selected research fi elds are pile well as 5 laboratory assistants. foundations under different loadings, harbor constructions, foundation of offshore wind

Jan-Menko Grummer

Ernst & Young GmbH Partner I Head of Assurance North- Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Rothenbaumchaussee 78, 20148 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 36 13 21 14 78 Fax +49 181 / 3 94 31 14 78 [email protected] | www.ey.com

EY – worldwide, in Germany and in Hamburg With 167,000 employees in 140 countries, knowledge and combine them with our the global EY organization is a leader in exceptional client service to help start-ups assurance as well as in tax, transaction and established companies achieve their and advisory services. In Germany, EY has entrepreneurial goals. Our global purpose is 22 locations with more than 7,700 em- to drive progress and make a difference by ployees – around 600 of them in Hamburg. building a better working world – for our cli- We leverage our services, experience and ents, for our people and for our communities. Alexander Harsema-Mensonides

Sales Director Marine Service GmbH Mattentwiete 1 20457 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 36 90 31 67 Fax +49 40 / 36 90 32 64 [email protected] www.ms-de.eu

Marine Service of Hamburg, Germany, is leaders in the introduction of LNG as a fuel a marine consultancy with global reach; for inland waterway barges and sea-going the fi rm is specialized in LNG shipping and ships in the US and Canada. Marine Service shipbuilding, the use of LNG as a marine contributes its experience of over 50 years fuel, and offshore wind power converter to cooperation agreements with American platforms. Safety, reliability, effi ciency and Canadian companies serving the North and maintainability are the assets Ma- American marine and wind power markets. rine Service’s solutions deliver to clients. Marine Service is one of the key technology

Tina Heine

Managing Director ELBJAZZ GmbH Große Elbstraße 277a 22767 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 85 38 88 50 Fax +49 40 / 85 38 89 99 Cell +49 178 / 45 454 24 [email protected] www.elbjazz.de

ELBJAZZ GmbH organizes the international as well as Berklee College of Music ELBJAZZ Festival in Hamburg. With 10 in Boston. Promoters FKP Scorpio and stages positioned in various parts of Ham- Karsten Jahnke Concerts are shareholders burg port – at the Blohm+Voss shipyard, for in ELBJAZZ, as are Tina Heine and Nina example – and 20,000 visitors on 2 days, Sauer. ELBJAZZ receives support from, e.g., ELBJAZZ has gained a name among the the City of Hamburg, , Blohm+Voss world’s leading international jazz festivals. Shipyards, Volksbank and ZEIT- The Festival involves international partners Stiftung. like the City of , Innovation Frank-Martin Heise

Head of the Waterways and Port Hamburg Wilstorfer Straße 100 21073 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 4 28 66 50 00 Fax +49 40 / 4 28 66 50 19 [email protected]

Hamburg Waterways Police undertake gen- Special tasks: immigration and border con- eral police duties and the task of policing trol, monitoring compliance with mandatory shipping within the boundaries of Hamburg regulations on the transport of dangerous Port, on the river and inside the limits goods, and investigating environmental of Germany’s territorial waters. Their job crimes; there is also a special unit for train- is to detect dangers to and from shipping ing and task force duties. traffi c, including hazards to the waters and marine environment and to investigate maritime casualties and ships’ accidents.

Uli Hellweg

Managing Director IBA Hamburg GmbH Am Zollhafen 12 20539 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 22 62 27- 3 10 Fax +49 40 / 22 62 27- 3 15 [email protected] www.iba-hamburg.de

In the heart of the city of Hamburg the IBA A stone’s throw from Hamburg’s inner city, seeks answers to the most urgent questions IBA Hamburg gives fresh impetus to urban posed by contemporary urban planning. Wil- design; socially, technically and culturally. helmsburg, Europe’s largest inhabited river IBA is building for and with local residents, island, and Harburg’s inland port are is creating housing and constructing a new the venues for the over 60 IBA projects due city within the city. IBA is taking a stand for to be completed by 2013. more education and greater interpersonal communication, and is working on new ways to protect the climate and the environment. Hans D. Henseleit

Managing Director videociety GmbH Esplanade 38 20354 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 46 00 18 21 Fax +49 40 / 46 00 18 18 [email protected] www.videociety.de

videociety, a German video-on-demand (VoD) The user may choose whether to digitally rent or provider, operates streaming and download services buy movies. Purchased movies are stored in the in Germany and Austria and will soon expand into user’s personal cloud locker (UltraViolet). Switzerland. Currently videociety’s VoD apps are The company licences feature fi lm content from pre-installed on smart TVs and Blu-ray players major international studios such as Warner Bros. from Samsung, LG, Panasonic, and Sharp. In and from national, independent rights holders. All addition the service is available on PCs and Macs. VoD clients, apps and backend infrastructure are By the end of 2013 it will also be available for iOS developed and maintained in-house. devices.

Hans-Jochen Hinz

General Manager Agency of Roads, Bridges and Water Sachsenfeld 3 – 5 20097 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 4 28 26 - 22 00 [email protected] www.hamburg.de

The LSBG is responsible for the con- must also be modernized to refl ect technical struction and maintenance of Hamburg’s progress. Flood protection structures must transportation infrastructure and protecting be designed with due consideration of public areas from fl ooding. Flood protection meteorological data derived from models structures need to be continuously adapted that predict how the climate might develop to urban planning processes and the chal- in future. lenges posed by rising water levels; they Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carlos Jahn

Fraunhofer-Center für Maritime Logistik und Dienstleistungen CML Schwarzenbergstraße 95 D 21073 Hamburg Phone +49 40 / 4 28 78 - 44 50 Fax +49 40 / 4 28 78 - 44 52 [email protected] www.cml.fraunhofer.de

The Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logis- Fraunhofer CML is part of Fraunhofer, Eu- tics and Services CML conducts profession- rope’s largest application-oriented research al contract research for private and public organization. sector clients in the maritime industry, including ports, terminal operators, shipping companies and logistics service provid- ers. CML plans, develops and implements innovative, customer focused problem solutions for the maritime supply chain. The

Marlis Jahnke

Founder / CEO INPROMO GmbH Gasstraße 6a 22761 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 23 88 17- 88 Fax +49 40 / 23 88 17- 78 [email protected] www.inpromo.de

INPROMO provides online communication cam- tertainment industry, such as Paramount, Universal paigns. Our core competences include PR, social and Warner, among its loyal clients. media marketing, online monitoring, app promotion, We develop and implement the best strategic and SEA and SEO. creative approach for corporate online channels Founded in 1999 by Marlis Jahnke and based in and product-based campaigns. Get in touch with Hamburg, INPROMO’s payroll has since grown to us to discuss your upcoming online activities for more than 30. . INPROMO serves a wide range of e-commerce and brand clients and numbers major players in the en- Matthias Kirschke

Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft New--Ring 13 22297 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 63 78 82 50 Fax +49 40 / 63 78 10 35 [email protected] www.pwc.de

Our clients face diverse challenges, strive to network in 158 countries. Building a trusting put new ideas into practice and seek expert ad- and cooperative relationship with our clients vice. They turn to us for comprehensive support is particularly important to us – the better we and practical solutions that deliver maximum know and understand our clients’ needs, the value. Whether for a global player, a family more effectively we can support them. business or a public institution, we leverage PwC Germany. 9,300 dedicated people at 28 all of our assets: experience, industry knowl- locations. € 1.49 billion in turnover. The lead- edge, high standards of quality, commitment ing auditing and consulting fi rm in Germany. to innovation and the resources of our expert

Doortje Koch

Manager Chartering / Key Accounts Coli Schiffahrt & Transport GmbH & Co KG Großer Grasbrook 10 20457 Hamburg Phone +49 40 / 33 97 18-13 Fax +49 40 / 33 00 79 Cell +49 160 / 90 22 98 83 [email protected] www.coli-shipping.com

The COLI Group provides solutions to a Whether conventional, heavy lift, submers- comprehensive range of worldwide marine ible, or roll-on/off methods of cargo han- transportation issues, drawing on its dling, you name it, COLI and their trusted considerable knowledge of the markets, partners will fi nd the transport solution to project experience and its invaluable skills match, ensuring that both customer and and know how in the brokerage and agency carrier benefi t from our services. business. Dr. Jörn Könke

Managing Director EPEA Internationale Umweltforschung GmbH Trostbruecke 4 20457 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 43 13 49 - 0 Fax +49 40 / 43 13 49 - 49 [email protected] www.epea.co

Founded by Professor Dr. Michael Braungart in design concept all materials become part of a 1987, the Encouragement biological or technical cycle. Agency (EPEA) Internationale Umweltforschung EPEA’s core competence is integrating science GmbH works with clients worldwide to apply the with industrial innovations to recreate materials, Cradle to Cradle® methodology to the design of products and supply chain partnerships so they have new processes, products and services. positive impact. Materials are employed with respect for their EPEA’s head offi ce is in Hamburg, with subsidiaries intrinsic value and their useful afterlife in recycled and partnerships in more than 15 countries. or even “upcycled” products. In the Cradle to Cradle

Axel Konjack

Managing Director hamburg.de GmbH & Co. KG Rothenbaumchaussee 80b 20148 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 68 87 57- 6 10 Fax +49 40 / 68 87 57- 8 00 Cell +49 175 / 9 36 80 42 [email protected]

hamburg.de is the offi cial portal of the Free Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, posting three local banks. With more than 4.2m events, services and information for locals visits monthly, 280,000 active mobile apps, and tourists. Users can book tickets and 800,000 fans on Facebook and over 35,000 hotels online, or search for jobs and houses. followers on Twitter, hamburg.de is one of hamburg.de offers e-government services Europe’s foremost regional multi-channel like a digital public authorities fi nder. The portals. It has twice been named “Website company is a public private partnership of the Year”. between media group , the Bodo Kräter

Managing Partner Skillnet GmbH Van-der-Smissen-Straße 9 22767 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 28 01 54 - 0 Fax +49 40 / 28 01 54 - 55 [email protected] www.skillnet.com

Founded in 1995, Skillnet is the fi rst - In the corporate fi nance fi eld, we typically tancy specialized in management consulting provide due diligences for corporations, VC & corporate fi nance for global Fortune 100 or PE fi rms and investment banks. Since companies and investors in the TIMES 1999, we have conducted more than 350 sector. We’ve led projects in more than 40 DDs. On the capital increase, M&A, IPO, countries in the USA, Asia and Europe. Our and SPAC side, we have aided 16 IPOs and client base comprises over 300 companies. more than 150 transactions with a total volume of about $ 6 bn.

Michael Krüder

Softwareentwicklung team neusta GmbH Konsul-Smidt-Straße 24 28217 Bremen, Germany Phone +49 421 / 2 06 96 - 0 Fax +49 421 / 2 06 96 - 99 offi [email protected] www.team-neusta.de

team neusta is a collaboration of various Our core business remains focused on the independent and clearly distinct companies. consultation, development and realization The group has been growing steadily since of comprehensive and essentially web- its foundation in Bremen in 1992. Having based software solutions. The group’s initially specialized in the IT market, today a service portfolio is rounded off with profes- team of 500 people is dedicated to ensuring sional marketing, conceptual design, HR, the sustainable improvement of our clients’ usability, design and social media services. value creation. Hendrik Krüger

Managing Director Xcontrol GmbH Mönckebergstraße 13 20095 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 2 44 24 28 - 13 Fax +49 40 / 2 44 24 28 - 29 [email protected] www.xcontrol.de

Xcontrol specializes in providing compre- Xcontrol is the cruise industry’s leading hensive software solutions for complex IT provider of guest and crew iCafé (internet challenges. We are consultants, solution access) solutions and guest service portals. architects and developers who help custom- Xcontrol’s clients include: Carnival Cruises, ers build their IT strategies, advising on the Hapag Lloyd Cruises, TUI Cruises, Aida Cruises, process analysis, design and implementa- Airlines, Aon, German Federal Min- tion of customized IT solutions. istry of Education and Research, Federal Mari- time and Hydrographic Agency of Germany.

Till Kubelke

CEO Kuborgh GmbH Pinnasberg 47 20359 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 8 19 77 37 70 Fax +49 40 / 8 19 77 37 79 [email protected] www.kuborgh.de

Since 2003 Kuborgh has become an Using leading open-source products as eZ established internet agency with a strong Publish, Magento and Symfony, we have technology bias. created “best-practice-bundles”, which are reasonably priced and form a reliable In 10 years of existence we have used state- design basis for each of our projects. Of of-the-art technology to develop high-quality course we fi t each project exactly to the projects for a variety of agencies and cus- needs of our clients and thereby arrive at tomers in many areas such as CMS, e-com- customized solutions. Our motto is: we love merce, mobile, HTML5 and social media. technology! Heinz Kuhlmann

General Manager MTC Marine Training Center Hamburg GmbH Schnackenburgallee 149 22525 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 5 33 0742 01 Fax +49 40 / 5 33 0742 69 [email protected] www.mtc-simulation.com

The training center was founded in 2009 ECDIS training, GMDSS, engine operation by eleven prominent marine companies and maintenance, liquid cargoes, safety and organizations in Hamburg to provide and offshore operations. Our expertise and education and training for pilots, nauti- the equipment are also used for simulation cal offi cers, engineers, consultants, civil studies which can serve as a basis for port servants and all other personnel engaged in development and nautical regulations. the maritime industry. Using state of the art simulators, the sophisticated, effi cient train- ing courses cover ship handling, radar and

Bodo Liesenfeld

Liesenfeld International GmbH Honorary Representative of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Hamburg, Gemany Boston, USA Neuer Wall 46 | 20354 Hamburg 63 Country Drive | Weston, MA 02493 Phone +49 40 / 87 97 67 9 - 0 Home +1 (781) 6 47 - 09 04 Fax +49 40 / 87 97 67 9 - 27 Cell +1 (781) 6 97 - 72 20 Cell +49 173 / 239 82 91 [email protected] [email protected] Dr. Carola Lilienthal

Member of the Management C1 WPS GmbH Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30 22299 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 51 32 26 82 Cell +49 170 / 1 84 77 11 [email protected] www.c1-wps.de

C1 WPS GmbH is a Hamburg-based IT con- vate. Based on twenty years of experience sulting company with fi fty employees. We with software architecture, we counsel the design and develop high quality software managers of various companies in Germany that allows our customers to transform on IT strategy and the management of their their business processes, leading to greater enterprise architecture. Our main fi elds of effi ciency and better service quality. We expertise are in the fi nancial sector and integrate mobile devices and tangible user harbor logistics. interfaces into the complex applications landscape and help our customers to inno-

Jan Marquardt

CEO mindsmash GmbH Grosse Elbstraße 145f 22767 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 6 09 40 00 - 70 Fax +49 40 / 6 09 40 00 - 79 [email protected] www.mindsmash.com

We are mindsmash, the digital agency from nity or as an advanced project platform, Hamburg, Germany. Our team of digital na- Coyo has made it amazingly simple to tives helps fi rms around the world improve collaborate with colleagues, partners and their digital efforts, processes and business customers by combining effi cient productivi- models. ty tools with modern communication. We are the creators of Coyo, one of the world’s leading enterprise social networking solutions. Whether as an intranet, commu- Michael Märtin

Managing Director atlantis media GmbH Haferweg 26 22769 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 85 18 14 00 fax +49 40 / 85 18 14 44 [email protected] www.atlantismedia.de

Hamburg-based atlantis media GmbH has system), TYPO3 (content management sys- been a successful business since 1994. We tem) and SugarCRM (customer relationship are one of the leading e-commerce agen- management). cies. Our company invents and executes atlantis media GmbH is a full service provid- fresh B2B and B2C e-business projects as er in key areas. We draw on long experi- well as sophisticated IT solutions for your ence of connecting and linking all systems business. This is why atlantis media GmbH involved to create an integrated business is your specialist and partner for Open process. Source Solutions Magento (online shop

Dr. Andreas Mattner

Managing Director Offi ce, Traffi c, Industries & Corporate Communications ECE Projektmanagement G.m.b.H. & Co. KG Heegbarg 30, 22391 Hamburg, Getmany Phone + 49 40 / 6 06 06 - 62 93 Fax + 49 40 / 6 06 06 - 63 20 [email protected] | www.ece.de

Since he took offi ce ECE has become the ECE has realized more than 550,000 m² European market leader in the fi eld of inner (nearly 6m square feet) of logistics premises city shopping centers with 3,300 employees in the industrial sector alone, among them and 189 shopping malls under management. projects for global players such as Hermes, Moreover, ECE develops and realizes logis- Kühne + Nagel, and the Otto Group. tics centers, industrial buildings, company headquarters, offi ce complexes and hotels. Kai Matzdorf

COO milabent GmbH Alsterdorfer Straße 2a 22393 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 22691783 [email protected] http://milabent.com

milabent is an SaaS startup founded in 2010 in Hamburg. milabent offers a self-ser- vice marketing platform for small and medium-sized businesses that provides an easy way to advertise locally and get best results from very slim budgets.

Jens Meier

Chief Executive Offi cer HPA Hamburg Port Authority AöR Neuer Wandrahm 4 20457 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 4 28 47 22 04 Fax +49 40 / 4 28 47 20 70 [email protected] www.hamburg-port-authority.de

Since 2005, the Hamburg Port Authority has ture, the navigational safety of shipping, been providing future-oriented port man- port railway facilities, port property man- agement services. As an institution under agement and business conditions within the public law, the HPA is in charge of paving port area. The HPA ensures the provision the way for the effi cient, resource-friendly of land as required, carries out all statutory and sustainable implementation of infra- duties and provides port industry services. structure projects. The HPA is the contact point for all kinds of questions concerning the waterside and the landside infrastruc- Dr.-Ing. Karl

Managing Director WTM ENGINEERS International GmbH Ballindamm 17 20095 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 35009-226 Fax +49 4035009-426 [email protected] www.wtm-engineers.de

WTM is an established Consulting Compa- German cities. Other important aspects of ny with its headquarters in Hamburg and our work are coastal protection issues, port offi ces in Berlin and Munich. The company development and construction for water- has more than 75 years of experience in ways. At the moment WTM is helping the civil and structural engineering. WTM is Whitney of American Art in New specialized in water engineering and since York design fl ood defenses to protect its 1962 has been involved in planning numer- new building in the Meatpacking District. ous fl ood control measures for the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and other

Uwe-Jens Neumann

Managing Director HWF Hamburg Business Development Corporation President & CEO, Hamburg@work Association Habichtstraße 41 | 22305 Hamburg, Germany Phone + 49 40 / 22 70 19 - 19 | Fax: +49 40 / 22 70 19 - 43 [email protected] www.hamburg-economy.de / www.hamburg-media.net

HWF Hamburg Business Development Corp. The association Hamburg@work is the is a private-enterprise consultancy company largest cluster network of its kind in that supports growing companies in their Germany, providing gateways to Germany’s plans to expand, restructure or invest in the digital economy; it has 2,500 members from greater Hamburg region. HWF acts as single 650 IT and media companies. Services are point of contact, consultancy and service based on members’ needs and depend on partner for companies from all economic their participation. In short: Hamburg@work sectors. provides business contacts and information and facilitates networking. Gerd Nicklisch

CEO IMPALA Consulting GmbH Rödingsmarkt 20 20459 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 30 06 87 30 [email protected] www.impala.de

The consulting services of IMPALA focus on in consulting, software development for companies in the TIMES sector. Young and mobile and web applications and IT man- innovative companies are advised about the agement. process of building the business, trade issues IMPALA and its extensive network offer and the IPO. IMPALA also invests in compa- U.S. companies opportunities to establish nies and helps start-ups to raise capital. branches in Germany and Europe. Clients and the type of company in which we invest include enterprises working

Sven C. Oehme

President and CEO Sven C. Oehme, LL.M. (Fordham Law School) The European-American Business Organization, Inc. Honorary Representative of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg 405 Lexington Avenue, 37th Floor New York, NY 10174 Phone +1 212 9 72 30 35 ; Fax +1 212 9 72 30 26 [email protected] | www.eabo.biz

The European-American Business Orga- ning, public relations strategies, and legal nization, Inc. (EABO) is a consulting fi rm assistance. The EABO team unites decades specializing in transatlantic business devel- of experience in these fi elds and speaks the opment and international tax services for majority of the ’s principal SMEs and government agencies. It offers a languages. multitude of services including market entry and expansion strategy, EU compliance such as CE marking and REACH, strategic partner search, international trade show plan- Andreas Pfannenberg

CEO Pfannenberg Group Holding GmbH Werner-Witt-Straße 1 21035 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 73 41 21 23 Fax +49 40 / 73 41 21 00 [email protected] www.pfannenberg.com

Pfannenberg is a medium-sized electro- buildings, industrial processes, disaster technology company. We are established warning and hazardous areas. Light art all over the world, ready with innovative and illumination projects are also part of solutions, wherever they may be necessary. the portfolio. Offering successful solutions We not only develop and manufacture a and services, we would like to introduce comprehensive range of thermal manage- our company as a professional, fl exible and ment products for electrical enclosures but reliable partner. also visual and audible signaling devices for various applications; security, fi re alarms,

Stephan Piworus

Head of Offi ce Hamburg Maritime Cluster Habichtstraße 41 22305 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 22 70 19 - 4 92 Fax +49 40 / 22 70 19 - 7 80 [email protected] www.maritimes-cluster-nord.de

The Maritime Cluster Northern Germany companies and port management. The (MCN) is a network linking the various MCN is your partner for innovative projects; actors in the maritime industry in the it promotes technology and cooperation, federal states of Hamburg, Lower Saxony internationalization and transfers between and Schleswig-Holstein. The Maritime industry, academia and government. Cluster’s management focusses primarily on the shipyard and supplier sectors, offshore technology and ocean engineering, and their interactions with shipping, shipping Olaf Preuß

Editor Business Section Hamburger Abendblatt Axel-Springer-Platz 1 20350 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 4 / 34 72 40 58 [email protected] www.abendblatt.de

The Hamburger Abendblatt is the leading I work as a reporter and editor for the busi- daily newspaper for Hamburg and a noted ness section of the Hamburger Abendblatt. regional newspaper beyond Northern My focus topics are the maritime business Germany. The circulation is around 200,000 – shipping companies, shipyards, ports – copies on weekdays and some 250,000 on and the “Energiewende”, Germany’s drive Saturdays. The brand also includes the on- to replace nuclear power, especially as it line channel abendblatt.de, which reaches relates to the growing onshore and offshore an increasingly wide audience, and books wind power business in the coastal region. on local and regional topics etc.

Ralf-Thomas Rapp

Director LNG-Hybrid Becker Marine Systems GmbH & Co. KG Neulaender Kamp 3 21079 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 35 70 34 63 Fax +49 40 / 2 80 18 99 Cell +49 171 / 7 71 08 65 [email protected] | www.lng-hybrid.com

Becker Marine Systems is well-established to ships in port. Becker Marine Systems in the maritime industry as the market accepts a responsibility for sustainable and leader for high performance rudders and environment-friendly growth by continuous- energy-saving devices for any type of ship. ly reducing the carbon footprint of Becker Furthermore, the Hamburg-based company products. has a reputation for pioneering innovative structures such as the LNG Hybrid Barge – a fl oating power station that provides energy with signifi cantly reduced emissions Jens O. Redenius

General Manager IndiTango AG Gänsemarkt 35 20354 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 3 68 07 88 - 1 01 Fax +49 40 / 3 68 07 88 - 1 99 [email protected] www.inditango.com

IndiTango is an international IT Manage- Today, IndiTango consists of about 35 con- ment Consulting company founded in 2001. sultants working on international projects Our mission is to align IT activities with for global companies. Projects include IT business goals to maximize the contribution outsourcing, IT process optimization and IT of IT to corporate success. Key essentials project management. are innovation, effi ciency and reliability; these three are integrated in a way that ensures the companies’ business processes derive the maximum value from their IT.

Jan Rispens

Managing Director Renewable Energy Hamburg

Habichtstraße 41 22305 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 69 45 73 10 Fax +49 40 / 69 45 73 29 [email protected] www.eehh.de

Renewable Energy Hamburg is one of the 5 offshore project developers and utilities most dynamic cleantech cluster networks currently located in the city manage over in Germany. It strives to consolidate the 60 % of all German offshore wind projects. activities of more than 180 individual The Hamburg area presently businesses and institutes into a single comprises more than 1,400 businesses and dynamic platform representing the entire service providers representing the width industry. Hamburg is a stronghold of wind and breadth of the renewables sector: wind, power companies in North-Germany. The solar and bioenergy. 11 turbine manufacturers and more than Dr. Stephan Romahn

Head of Mobility, Energy, Environment IABG mbH Einsteinstraße 20 85521 Ottobrunn, Germany Phone +49 89 / 60 88 - 42 00 [email protected]

IABG was founded in 1961 as a central For over 50 years we have followed the life analysis and testing organization for the cycles of technical systems, in particular industry and the Ministry of the development, qualifi cation and - Defense as part of an initiative by the Ger- tional phases. In so doing, we make use of man government. Today, IABG is a leading the synergies arising from the combination European technology and science service of the various competencies within the provider. company.

Dr.-Ing. Peter Ruland

Managing Director M.ASCE certifi ed expert on hydraulic engineering in coastal region IMS Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH Stadtdeich 7 20097 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 32 81 80 Fax +49 40 / 32 81 81 42 [email protected] | www.ims-ing.de

The IMS Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH (IMS) this is an excellent foundation for fi nding have been consultant engineers for more solutions to unusual challenges that require than 40 years. IMS has served as problem technical creativity and innovative skills. solver and advisor on small and big projects involving hydraulic, offshore and environ- mental engineering; the company also undertakes project management. Over the years our team has accumulated a vast body of knowledge and experience. We believe Dr.-Ing. Silke Sadowski

Editor in Chief DVV Media Group GmbH Schiff&Hafen / Ship&Offshore Nordkanalstraße 36 20097 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 23 71 41 43 Fax +49 40 / 23 71 41 54 [email protected] www.schiffundhafen.de | www.shipandoffshore.net

DVV Media Group’s monthly periodical present current trends and developments “Schiff&Hafen” and the bimonthly publica- from all areas of the maritime sector, focus- tion “Ship&Offshore” are two related prod- sing on shipbuilding, marine technology and ucts offering specialist information for the offshore technology. market. The two magazines

Frank Schnabel

Managing Director Brunsbüttel Ports GmbH SCHRAMM group GmbH & Co. KG Elbehafen 25541 Brunsbüttel Phone +49 48 52 / 8 84 35 Fax +49 48 52 / 8 84 26 [email protected] | www.schrammgroup.de

The group of Ports at Brunsbüttel – Elbe- conveniently located, the ports offer an hafen, Oilport and Port of Ostermoor - is extensive range of maritime services for ideally located at a strategic point where every aspect of freight shipment and their the lower Elbe meets the Kiel-. From cargo terminals thus attract customers Brunsbüttel there is direct access to the from the largest industrial conglomeration , and Europe’s inland in Northern Germany and the metropolitan waterways. Brunsbüttel is a short distance area of Hamburg. from Hamburg and industrial areas are available next to the port. Apart from being Henrik Steffen

Managing Director top concepts GmbH e-commerce with passion Karnapp 25 21079 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 30 30 69 00 Fax +49 40 30 30 69 099 [email protected] www.topconcepts.com

Henrik Steffen is managing director and concepts works primarily with the e-com- founder of top concepts. Starting his own merce standard software OXID eShop and business in 1995 at the age of 17, Henrik the mail-order system pixi*. top concepts Steffen today employs 18 people and runs was awarded the Golden Cart for the best one of the most experienced e-commerce b2b webshop in 2012 which is used by their consulting companies in Hamburg. top customer www.zajadacz.de, an electron- concepts plans and implements sophisticat- ics wholesaler with 25 stores in Northern ed shopping cart solutions for both b2c and Germany. b2b merchants throughout Germany. top

Dr. Hans-Joachim Stietzel

Managing Director Cuxhaven Harbor Development Company Gorch-Fock-Straße 29 27472 Cuxhaven, Germany Phone +49 160 / 90 41 96 40 Fax +49 4721 / 59 96 29 [email protected] www.offshore-basis.de | www.cuxhafen-gmbh.de

The Cuxhaven Harbor Development install wind power components and supply Company (Cuxhavener Hafen Entwicklungs- services to offshore wind farms. gesellschaft GmbH) is in charge of devel- oping and letting commercial and industrial estates in close proximity to the offshore base in Cuxhaven port. The company offers special infrastructure geared to the require- ments of the offshore wind power sector. Ideal for enterprises that produce and / or Kerstin von Stürmer

Radio + TV Journalist NDR Rothenbaumchaussee 132 20149 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 41 56 34 16 Fax +49 40 / 41 56 14 34 16 [email protected] www.ndr.de/hamburg

The NDR is the largest electronic media enterprise see them as their major source of daily listening in northern Germany. The radio program NDR and information. In addition ndr.de/hamburg offers 90.3 and Hamburg Journal on NDR television are all residents and visitors a round the clock service both produced in the NDR broadcasting center in of and information about the city - anywhere, Hamburg; around 600,000 of Hamburg’s residents anytime. We are Hamburg!

Jens Suhrbier

Partner, Rechtsanwalt Norton Rose Fulbright (Germany) LLP Bleichenbrücke 10 20354 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 9 70 79 91 50 Fax +49 40 / 9 70 79 91 11 Cell +49 173 / 5 93 40 68 [email protected] | www.nortonrosefulbright.com

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global legal In Germany, we have offi ces in Frankfurt, practice providing the world’s pre-eminent Hamburg and Munich from where we offer corporations and fi nancial institutions with a full range of legal services to national a full business law service. We have more and international clients. With a local team than 3800 lawyers based in over 50 cities of US-qualifi ed lawyers, we are able to across Europe, the United States, Canada, provide advice for companies which operate Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the commercially in both Germany and the US. Middle East and Central Asia. Oliver Süme

Attorney at Law Deputy Chair of the Board eco Association of the German Internet Industry Marienstraße 12, 10117 Berlin Germany Phone +49 30 / 20 21 56 70 Fax +49 30 / 2 02 15 67 11 [email protected] www.eco.de

Since 1995 eco has been representing and Law - we operate an extensive network the interests of the internet industry. We of experts, together with a team of over 40 develop markets and promote technologies. employees, addressing an enormous range As the largest internet industry association of Internet topics. One of eco’s most import- in Europe, with nearly 700 members, we are ant tasks as an association is to represent shaking up the industry. With our com- its members’ interests in political arenas and petence groups - Security, Infrastructure, international bodies. We have offi ces in Ber- Mobile Internet, Cloud Computing, E-Com- lin and , to ensure a presence in the merce, Games, Names & Numbers, Politics centers where political decisions are made.

Dirk Tangemann

Director Comoveo GmbH Hoheluftchaussee 95 20253 Hamburg, Germamy Phone: + 49 40 / 22 61 15 75 Cell + 49 170 / 3 34 86 36 www.comoveo.de [email protected]

Mobility is one of the most pressing issues Since 2009, the Comoveo GmbH in Ham- of our time. Without a global strategy, ap- burg has been working to integrate public propriately implemented at local level, there and private transportation modes within will be neither healthy social development cities, regions and countries into one single nor individual freedom, and globalization mobility platform. The pilot version of the will not work properly either. Important comove® app has now gone live in Ham- drivers are environmental issues and the burg, the nationwide roll-out will follow increasing demand for energy. But how can soon. comove® – for people on the move. all needs be satisfi ed equally? Alexander Tebbe

Managing Partner Auerbach Schifffahrt GmbH & Co. KG Esplanade 23 20354 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 3 60 99 20 00 Cell + 49 171 / 7 47 10 00 [email protected] www.aship.de

Founded in October 2010 by two young three modern multipurpose vessels with German shipping professionals (Alexander the equity of only a handful of investors. Tebbe & Lucius Bunk), Auerbach Schiff- Auerbach Schifffahrt focusses exclusively fahrt is one of the youngest companies on one selected segment of the shipping on the international shipping scene. With industry only; its ambition is to become an strong fi nancial backing from entrepreneurs international player and a familiar name in highly experienced in the shipping business the medium-size multipurpose market. and Hamburg-based families, Auerbach Schifffahrt succeeded in building a fl eet of

Olaf Terhorst

Partner mgm consulting partners GmbH Holländischer Brook 2 20457 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 80 81 28 - 4 32 Fax +49 40 / 80 81 28 - 3 88 [email protected] www.mgm-cp.com

mgm consulting partners deliver excellent and fi nance sectors, specializing in strategic consulting results to top management. IT management for IT functions and ICT Founded in 2005, we employ some 50 service providers. We analyze the effects professionals to create robust, acceptable of external and internal infl uences, develop foundations for path-breaking changes. strategies and resilient business concepts, Together with the mgm technology partners, accompanying their implementation through Munich (IT Consulting), we generate a com- program & change management. bined turnover of over 30 m €. We concen- trate on the utility, logistics, e-commerce Dr. Helmut Thamer

Managing Director TuTech Innovation GmbH Harburger Schloßstraße 6 – 12 21079 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 7 66 29 60 01 Fax +49 40 / 7 66 29 61 19 [email protected] www.tutech.de

TuTech Innovation GmbH (TuTech) is a oration between all institutes of higher private company with a public mission to and provide services promote effective transfer and exploitation to universities and businesses further afi eld. of knowledge, especially by sharing and TuTech is at home in all disciplines; topics using science and technology for wealth range from participatory democracy to creation and the benefi t of society. For aircraft construction. almost two decades we have been helping businesses work with Hamburg University of Technology. Today we support collab-

Hauke Thun

Managing Director PM FIREFIGHTERS Project Management, LLC 200 South Wacker Drive, Suite 3100 , IL 60606 Phone +1 – 312 / 2 42 37 66 Fax +1 – 312 / 6 74 45 01 [email protected] www.pm-fi refi ghters.com

PM Firefi ghters provide project manage- The PM Firefi ghters strategy combines the ment services to facilitate the conclusion of best values of two business cultures: the complex projects even in critical situations. risk-taking commitment and quick adoption They become involved when a client’s re- of change for which American entrepreneur- sources are no longer suffi cient, when there ship is known, and the high quality brand is a lack of specifi c project management “made in Germany”, which is based on know-how or when projects are on the brink advanced planning and perfectly structured, of failing. meticulously organized work methods. Carsten Tietje

Managing partner Logistic Center Heideweg 1 29614 Soltau, Germany Phone +49 5191 / 69 90 Fax +49 5191 / 69 91 39 [email protected] | www.soltau-logistic-center.de

SLC offers a full package of warehousing to 280,000 sqm (69.2 acres) by acquiring and logistics services. The storage ca- adjacent properties in order to provide pacity of 55,000 pallets in bays includes 180,000 sqm (44.5 acres) for container stor- 28,000 slots in a fully automated high bay age, an upstream or intermediate station, area. Outside offers a further 60,000 sqm a depot for empty containers or a consoli- (645,840 sq. ft.) of space. SLC services also dation point for container traffi c bound for feature 34 loading gates, large truck depot North Sea ports. spaces and a railroad side track with load- ing ramp. It is planned to expand the facility

Petra Vorsteher

Co Founder & Executive Vice President Strategic Alliances Smaato [email protected] | www.smaato.com USA Germany 240 Stockton Street, 10th Floor Gerhofstraße 2 San Francisco, CA 94108 20354 Hamburg Phone 650 / 2 86 11 98 Phone +49 40 / 3 48 09 49 33 Cell 650 / 7 04 88 33 Cell +49 178 / 88 92 28

Smaato is the leading global mobile RTB ad Smaato serves more than 45 billion ads per month exchange. around the globe. More than 80,000 mobile app developers and pub- It is connected to 100 + DSPs and 90+ ad networks lishers utilize Smaato’s global platform to access to give publishers instant access to global ad advertising inventory in over 200 countries. inventory, including some of the largest brands in Smaato runs one of most sophisticated global the world. real-time bidding exchanges in the mobile adver- Smaato’s Global HQ is in San Francisco, its Europe- tising industry, for which it has received numerous an HQ in Hamburg, and the APAC HQ in Singapore. prestigious awards. Marcus A. Wassenberg

Chief Financial Offi cer REpower Systems SE Überseering 10 22297 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 5 55 50 90 - 42 00 Fax: +49 40 / 5 55 50 90 - 42 20 [email protected] www.repower.de

REpower Systems SE is one of the world’s and maintenance, transport and installa- leading manufacturers of onshore and tion, foundation planning and construction. offshore wind turbines. The international With around 3,300 employees worldwide, mechanical engineering company devel- the Hamburg-based company draws on ops, produces and markets turbines for experience gained from the manufacture almost any location – with rated outputs and installation of over 5,000 wind turbines of 1.8 MW to 6.15 MW. Furthermore, the around the world. company offers its customers project-spe- cifi c solutions for turnkey options, service

Sarik Weber

Partner Yoints GmbH Klopstocktraße 5, 22765 Hamburg Phone +49 40 / 39 10 96 63 Fax (+49 40 / 39 10 96 64 [email protected] www.yoints.com

Yoints offers an innovative loyalty program length of stay, in-store navigation, interests in the form of a mobile shopping app de- and buying habits. Yoints offers various signed to help retailers gain new customers benefi ts for both sides. The app users gain a and boost loyalty. App users are encouraged “rewarding” new shopping experience and to visit the trade partners in order to get retailers benefi t from happier customers in yoints, which are redeemable for attractive best spending mood. rewards. For retailers, Yoints is the perfect opportunity to extend their CRM model. It offers quality data about customers’ Dirk Weipert

Managing Partner FCI FundersClub GmbH, Hamburg Moorfuhrtweg 17 22301 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 53 70 95 32 Cell + 49 170 / 9 66 33 51 [email protected] www.fundersclub.de

FundersClub Hamburg sees itself as a mediator best investments that are to be found in between successful entrepreneurs and start-up the trade and media region of metropolitan founders. Hamburg is home of the most suc- Hamburg and beyond. cessful family-owned companies in Germany FundersClub members wishing to participate and has a long history of entrepreneurship. in substantial and promising investments As a club for investors, FundersClub brings benefi t from pre-selection by experienced the right start-ups together with the right people – and invest directly or as part of club investors. It assists in the selection of the deals in the most exciting new ventures.

Matthias Wendel

Managing Director / CEO DONG Energy Markets GmbH Van-der-Smissen-Straße 9 22767 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 2 38 00 47 14 Fax +49 40 / 2 38 00 47 15 [email protected] www.dongenergy.de

DONG Energy is one of the leading energy area. Riffgrund 1 is our fi rst German groups in and headquar- wind farm now under construction. The tered in . The business is based on business unit Customers & Markets handles procuring, producing, distributing and trad- our customer and market-related activities. ing energy and related products in Northern We are the optimal partner for all energy Europe. In Germany we are present with procurement and energy effi ciency matters. two business units: Wind Power develops, Our efforts ensure the commercial viability constructs and operates wind farms in of our customers. Northern Europe and is market leader in this Dr.-Ing. Markus Wetzel

senior partner / owner Wetzel & von Seht Friesenweg 5 E 22763 Hamburg Phone +49 40 / 8 89 16 70 Cell +49 172 4298595 Fax +49 40 88916767 [email protected] www.wetzelvonseht.de

Very few planning offi ces in the world can The engineering offi ce is an owner-man- look back on one hundred and thirty years of aged partner-ship under German civil law civil and structural engineering experience. (BGB company). The cho-sen legal form of Despite that, however, Wetzel & von Seht is personal liability expresses our high level of a modern consulting company. In Hamburg personal commitment toward every client. and Berlin there are about 60 highly quali- The repeated and long term success of fi ed members of staff, dealing with national cooperation with our clients tells us that our and international projects. entrepreneurial phi-losophy is the right one.

Reinhard Wieck

Managing Director, Offi ce Washington DC Deutsche Telekom 1020 19th St, NW, Washington, DC 20036 Phone +1 202 452 91 00 Cell +1 202 7 25 33 39 [email protected]

Deutsche Telekom is one of the world’s customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in leading integrated telecommunications some 50 countries and has over 231,000 companies with 144 million mobile custom- employees worldwide. The Group gen- ers, 32 million fi xed-network lines and over erated revenue of EUR 58.2 billion in the 17 million broadband lines (as of June 30, 2012 fi nancial year – over half of it outside 2013). The Group provides fi xed-network, Germany (as of December 31, 2012). mobile communications, Internet and IPTV products and services for consumers, and ICT solutions for business and corporate Jens Wille

Managing Director Ubilabs GmbH Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter / Juliusstraße 25 22769 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 6 09 46 61- 24 [email protected] www.ubilabs.net

We realize customized location-based Whether web or mobile application - what services: from idea generation, concept and matters most to Ubilabs is fi nding the design and development to ongoing support, optimal solution. We build on an agile we provide all services under one roof. Our development process and ongoing process focus lies on applications for location-relat- optimization to provide all services from one ed content, based on Geo products. source.

Martin Willmann

CEO, Founder mStore by M&M:Trading! Business GmbH Bachstraße 145 22083 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 22 74 57 - 0 Fax +49 40 / 24 87 07 04 [email protected] www.mStore.de | www.m-magazin.net mStore is Germany’s largest pre- tion system to manage hotel guest relations mium reseller. Customers will fi nd a full and now used by well-known brands includ- range of Apple products and accessories in ing Ritz Carlton. our stores. Our staff of nearly 200 (100% Martin Willmann (CEO) and Martin Dencker Apple-certifi ed) ensures maximum cus- founded the parent company in 1989. tomer satisfaction. With a dedicated team of business specialists we also develop “m – Das Magazin” is Germany’s big- new innovations, such as the “digital hotel gest-selling lifestyle and Apple products room” – an Apple based in-house informa- magazine and is available at newsstands. Nils Winkler

Chairman of the Board, Yapital Member of the Otto Group 5 Rue Eugène Ruppert 2453 / Luxembourg Phone +352 / 20 31 01 00 Fax +352 / 20 31 01 01 [email protected] www.yapital.com

Yapital is the fi rst European cashless covers all business and service channels, cross-channel payment solution: stationary, so that marketing channels can double as mobile, online and by invoice. It is fast, sales channels. Yapital was established in secure and easy to use: after registering 2011 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the online, the user can immediately send and Otto Group and is licensed in Luxembourg receive cash via all channels. For business as an electronic money institution. customers, Yapital is a guaranteed payment solution, providing process reliability and reducing administrative costs. Yapital also

Markus Wissmann

Manager, Smart + Connected Communities Europe, Middle East, Africa & Russia Cisco Systems Hansaallee 249 40549 Düsseldorf, Germany Phone +49 211 / 52 02 95 93 Cell +49 173 / 7 20 95 02 [email protected]

Back in 1984 husband Len Bosack and multi-protocol router. Since then Cisco has his wife Sandy Lerner, both working for shaped the future of the Internet by creating Stanford University, wanted to email each unprecedented value and opportunity for other from their respective offi ces located in our customers, employees, investors and different buildings but were unable to due ecosystem partners and has become the to technological shortcomings. A technology worldwide leader in networking - transform- had to be invented to deal with disparate ing how people connect, communicate and local area protocols; and the result of collaborate. solving their challenge was - the birth of the Ulrich Wrage

CEO DAKOSY Datenkommunikationssystem AG Mattentwiete 2 20457 Hamburg, Germany Phone + 49 40 / 3 70 03 - 3 05 Cell + 49 172 / 4 18 16 10 [email protected] www.dakosy.de

DAKOSY was founded in 1982 as the Port Com- With users of our “Software as a Service” munity System (PCS) for the , solutions numbering around 10,000, DAKO- Germany. More than 2,000 companies and au- SY is also a leading provider on the market thorities involved in the transport chain use the for international freight forwarding and assistance of our neutral, intelligent workfl ow customs clearance IT. platform to optimize their import, export and transit processes, including services for customs clearance, handling hazardous goods, hinterland transports and shipping traffi c information.

David Zeller

President The American Club of Hamburg e.V. c/o Park Hyatt Hamburg Bugenhagenstraße 8 20095 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 80 90 811 62 [email protected] www.americanclub.de

The American Club of Hamburg is one of the local and national government, chambers most established and respected business of commerce, economic development and associations in Germany. We host exquisite trade organizations on both sides of the receptions and dinners in Hamburg on a Atlantic. If you are interested in attending monthly basis, tailored to enhance net- an event or becoming a member, please working among professionals, with keynote contact us. All nationalities are welcome. speeches in English from top politicians, corporate executives and cultural icons. Members benefi t from close relations with Michael Zillmer

Chief Operative Offi cer InnoGames GmbH InnoGames Harburger Schloßstraße 28 21079 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49 40 / 78 89 33 50 Fax +49 40 / 7 88 93 35 21 [email protected] www.innogames.com

With more than 100 million registered play- its games are becoming available for mobile ers, InnoGames is one of the world’s leading devices (smartphones and tablets). developers and providers of online games. InnoGames currently has about 250 employ- The Hamburg-based company has scored ees from more than 20 nations and plans major successes with games such as Tribal to continue expanding the payroll in the Wars, Forge of Empires and Grepolis. The months ahead. The offi cial offi ce language company started as a browser based games at InnoGames is English. fi rm and is now developing into a provider of cross-platform games, which means that