MSC Klaus Schweinsberg and Bill Gates

Munich Security Conference 2017

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At this year’s Munich Security Conference (MSC) Klaus Schweinsberg moderated again the discussion of a side event with high ranking representatives from economy and politics, including Bill Gates (photo), Co-Chair Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Peter Thiel, Founder Thiel Capital and paypal, and Peter Maurer, president of the international committee of the red cross. Together with Professor Marco Gercke, Director of the Cybercrime Research Institute, he also presented a cybercrime simulation exclusively designed for decision makers from governments. The simulation included some of the most recent cyber attacks on states aimed at its elections and offered a view of the current risks and opportunities for action in the field of cybercrime. (Photo by MSC/Michael Kuhlmann)

Hamburg Conference on Foundation Law and the Law of Non-Profit-Organiziations 2016

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The Institute for Foundation Law at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg held its annual conference from 11th November to 12th November 2016, attracting  more than 250 lawyers, tax specialists and non-profit-practitioners. Experts from various disciplines discussed under this year’s general heading “Applying and Designing (tax) law for non-profit foundations and associations”. Klaus Schweinsberg took part in a panel discussion with Prof. Dr. Günter Franke, University of Constance; Rudolf Herfurth, Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung, Prof. Dr. Birgit Weitemeyer, Bucerius Law School and Dr. Rupert Graf Strachwitz, Maecenata Institute for Philanthropy and Civil Society, on “The efficiency of foundation companies and multi-company foundations”.

Villa Baron Hermann

Exclusive Tutorial Update 2016

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This year’s event for (young) members of Boards of Directors and Boards of Advisers attracted again high-ranking guests and speakers to the conference venue of the Centre for Strategy and Higher Leadership at Lake Constance. Speakers such as Eun-Kyung Park, Managing Director, TV Relations & Business Development, ProSiebenSat.1 TV Deutschland GmbH, Hartmut Ostrowski, former Chairman of the board Bertelsmann AG and Dr. Hubert Lienhard, CEO and President Voith GmbH provided valuable insights into their respective fields.

Deutsche Telekom AG: 24 hours 2016 at Schloß Hohenkammer, June 26 - 28, 2016

24 Hours 2016 – Today. Tonight. Tomorrow.

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Timotheus Höttges invited top-managers from all over the world to attend the “24 Hours” conference for the seventh time in succession. Klaus Schweinsberg served as moderator of the event. Among the speakers were Jaron Lanier, pioneer in virtual reality, computer scientist, artist and author, Kenneth Y. Goldberg, professor of industrial engineering and operations research in robotics, automation, and new media at UC Berkeley, ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, Vittorio Colao, CEO of Vodafone, Lord Richard Allan, director public policy Facebook Europe, the co-founder and partner of Mosaic Ventures, Simon Levene, Dr. Notker Wolf, author and abbot primate of the Benedictine Order as well as Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen, chairwoman of the German National Ethics Council.

Exclusive Tutorial 2016

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As in previous years, castle Ehreshoven served as the venue of the exclusive tutorial for (young) members of Boards of Directors and Boards of Advisers. The sixth edition of the format featured speakers like Professor Dr. Werner J. Bauer, chairman of the supervisory board of Nestlé Germany AG, Michael Werhahn, former member of the board and today member of the administrative board of Wilh. Werhahn KG and Dr. Reinhard C. Zinkann, managing partner of Miele & Cie. KG.