Draft AGENDA

The times below are displayed in time (Eastern European Summer Time / EEST)

10:00 – 11:00 Welcome Speeches Sebsatian Metz, General Manager & Board Member AHK Michael Harms, General Manager, German Eastern Business Association Dr. Volker Treier, Head of Foreign Trade | Member of the Executive Board, Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) Claudia Dörr-Voß, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Cord Meier-Klodt, Ambassador, German Embassy in Bucharest Anca Dragu, President,

11:00 – 12:30 Romania Economic Outlook during and after pandemics

Keynote Speech Florin Cîțu, Prime Minister of Romania

Panel Discussion Florin Cîțu, Prime Minister of Romania Marcus Eisenhuth, President Industrial Europe, Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG Dr. Christian Bruch, President and CEO, Siemens Energy AG, Spokesman for the Energy and Sustainability working group in the German Eastern Business Association Vargha Moayed, Chief Strategy Officer, UiPath Inc. nn, President, AHK Romania Moderation: Robert Schwartz, Deutsche Welle

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch & Networking Break

13:30 – 13:35 Impulse Speech Dan Barna, Deputy Prime Minister of Romania

13:35 – 14:35 Thematic Workshop: Production, Industry 4.0, R&D Ciprian Teleman, Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitalization Valentina Saygo, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism Mihaela Toader, Public Administrator, Ilfov County Christian von Albrichsfeld, Country Head &GM Continental Automotive România (tbc) Günter Krasser, Vice President and Managing Director. Infineon Technologies Romania & CO SCS

13:35 – 14:35 Thematic Workshop: Green Deal Virgil Popescu, Minister of Energy Barna Tánczos, Minister of Environment, Water & Forests (tbc) Andreas Lier, Managing Director, BASF Romania Volker Raffel, Deputy General Manager, E.on Romania Petru Rușeț, Managing Director, Siemens Energy Romania Radu Merica, Managing Director, RER Group Moderator: Ionuț Georgescu, CEO, FEPRA

14:35 – 15:00 Coffee & Networking Break 15:00 – 16:00 Thematic Workshop: Infrastructure & Logistics Cătălin Drulă, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure (tbc) Florin Goidea, Managing Director, Port of Constanta nn, Emag (tbc) nn, DT Bahn (tbc) nn, Gebrüder Weiss (tbc)

15:00 – 16:00 Thematic Workshop: Smart Cities, Smart Regions Attila Cseke, Minister of Development, Public Works and Administration (tbc) , Mayor City of Cluj-Napoca (tbc) Dominic Fritz, Mayor City of Timisoara Adrian Veștea, President Brasov County (tbc) Marcel Ionescu-Heroiu, Senior Urban Development Specialist, World Bank (tbc) Diana David, Managing Director, SAP Romania (tbc) nn, Siemens (tbc) nn, BCR Moderator: Dr. Dragoș Anastasiu

With the kind support of