The SME Forum

The video conference will unite Rostock, the Leningrad Region and St. Petersburg. In a live broadcast, key representatives of various circles will discuss the current joint projects between the regions and the prospects for Russian-German cooperation. The event is organized by the State Chancellery of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Chambers of Industry and Commerce of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the East Institute Wismar and by the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce.

Moderators
Falk Tischendorf, Official representative of the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany) in Russia, Attorney-at-law, Managing Partner BEITEN BURKHARDT Russia
Michael Schmidt, Journalist

Panellists
Dagmar Braun, Managing Director of Braun Beteiligungs GmbH and Member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)
Sviatoslav Bychkov, Director of Communications, Ilim Timber Group, St. Petersburg, Wismar
Oliver Hermes, Chairman of the German Eastern Business Association
Harry Glawe, Minister of Economics, Labor and Health of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Alexander Drozdenko, Governor of Leningrad Region
Susanna Masson, Managing Director, Masson GmbH
Sergei Nechaev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Germany
Reinhard Ontyd, Chief Commercial Officer, Nord Stream 2 AG
Vasily Osmakov, First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Eyk-Uwe Pap, Managing Director, Baltic Diving und Salvage Company Rostock GmbH
Matthias Platzeck, Chairman of the Board of the German-Russian Forum
Georgy Semenenko, General Director, Kirovskiy Zavod
Manuela Schwesig, Prime Minister of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Matthias Schepp, Chairman, Russian-German Chamber of Commerce; Delegate of the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in the Russian Federation