The 2020 German Business Day will be part of the 5th Brisbane German Week. Jointly organised by the German Honorary Consulate in Brisbane, the Queensland Chapter German Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the German Australian Business Council, the German Australian Business Association and the German Australian Business Women Association, this event will be dedicated to gaining a better understanding of the success factors behind the tremendous improvements in corporate performance we have seen in response to COVID-19.

Organisations across various industries have excelled – they accelerated, scaled, converted to an extent never seen before. How to make such leapfrogging the new normal and how do we emerge even stronger, anti-fragile, will be key questions we answer during the German Business Day. We will explore related collaborative pathways between Queensland–based and German corporations ranging from established to emerging organisations.    

High-profile international speakers
We've secured a great line-up of international speakers and panellists for this joint event:

• Adrian Schrinner, Lord Mayor of Brisbane (welcome address)
• Paul Martyn, CEO, Trade Investment Queensland 
• Paul Sansom, CEO, Audi Australia
• Volker Richter, Head of Total Vehicle Technology & Quality Management, BMW 
• Dr Alexander Dreiling, Founder & CEO, Clipchamp
• David Gahan, Chief Commercial Officer, RxMx
• Andrew Cramsie, Head of European Operations, RxMx
• Dr Silvia Pfeiffer, CEO & Director, Coviu Global
• Tea Dietterich, CEO & Founder, 2M Language Services
• Dr Ivonne Ranisch, Strategic Management Consultant, Octalo Negotiation