The Asia-Pacific Conference
of German Business (APK)
took place 2016 in Hong
Kong, before it will come to
Indonesia in 2018.
15
th
Asia-Pacific
Conference of German
Business 2016
16
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T
he 15
th
Asia-Pacific Conference of German
Business (APK), the key forum for decision-
makers in business and politics from Asia and
Germany, took place from November 3 to 5 in
Hong Kong.
Organized by the German Chambers of Commerce
Abroad in the Asia-Pacific Region, the Asia-Pacific
Committee of German Business (APA) and the German
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
(BMWi), APK 2016 brought together a record number of
more than 1,000 high-level decision makers from German
and Asian governments and institutions, as well as the
private sector.
The event was co-chaired by the German Vice-
Chancellor and Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy,
Sigmar Gabriel, and the Chairman of the Asia Pacific
Committee of German Business and President & CEO of
VOITH GmbH, Dr. Hubert Lienhard.
The Chief Executive of Hong Kong, the Prime
Minister of Sri Lanka, ministers from Australia, Indonesia,
Malaysia, New Zealand and Thailand, vice-ministers from
the Philippines and Vietnam as well as group CEOs and
top level manager from large German companies like
AIRBUS, BASF, BAYER, BMW, BOSCH, MERCEDES, SAP
and SIEMENS, discussed and shared their knowledge and
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