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                        Asia-Europe Dialogue on Innovation
                        May 13–19, 2019
                        #AsiaPacificBerlin | www.APWberlin.de
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Content
 • Asia-Pacific Week Berlin (APW)

 • APW 2019 - Statistics
 • Asia-Pacific Week Berlin 2019

 • StartUp AsiaBerlin (SUAB)
 • We want your Feedback!

 • Contact

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Asia-Pacific Week Berlin

•   Since 1997, the Asia-Pacific Week
    Berlin (APW) has been Germany’s
    most important platform for
    dialogue and cooperation with Asian
    partners from business, culture,
    science and politics.

•   The APW is based on an ever-growing network of partners:
    enterprises, economic associations, ministries, embassies, cultural
    institutions, NGOs, universities from Germany and Asia.
•   Innovative events on fundamental topics          regarding   global
    developments characterize the program.

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APW 2019 Statistics: number of visitors (approx.)
•   Total number of visitors: 2,031 visitors
•   APW Opening: 322 visitors
•   Conference on Innovation: 200 visitors
•   Connecting Startup Cities-Conference: 493 visitors
•   Embassy Day: 400 visitors
•   Networking Boat Cruise: 120 visitors
•   Corporates meet Startups: 241 visitors
•   StartUp AsiaBerlin event: 75 visitors
•   FEBI Panel with Target Global: 45 Visitors
•   Blockchain Summit + Hackathon: 110 + 25 visitors

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Statistics: Speakers

•   in total: 223 speakers
    o COI and Opening: 24 speakers
    o Embassy Day: 56 speakers
    o Connecting Startup Cities: 77 speakers
    o Corporates meet Startups: 29 speakers
    o    SUAB Event: 8 speakers
    o BlockChain Summit: 22 speakers
    o FEBI panel with Target Global: 7 speakers

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Conference Program
   Monday                Tuesday                   Wednesday                Thursday                    Friday             Saturday     Sunday
   May 13                May 14                      May 15                  May 16                     May 17              May 18      May 19

                    4th Conference                                                              Raising Startup Funding
APW Opening        Connecting Startup           7th Embassy Day     Corporates meet Startups     within the FEBI project
                         Cities                    Asia-Pacific
                                                                           Organizer:                 Organizer:
                       Organizer:                                        SenWiEnBe in                SenWiEnBe in
 Organizer:            SenWiEnBe                   Organizer:       cooperation with Siemens    cooperation with enpact
 SenWiEnBe                                           APFB                      AG
                        Location:                                                                     Location:
  Location:            Spreewerk-                  Location:               Location:                Target Capital             Hackathon
    DIHK                 Stätten                  Spreewerk-             Siemensstadt
                                                    Stätten
                                                                                                                                Organizer:
                                                                                                                                LongHash
                                                                                                  Blockchain Summit
Conference on           Lecture:                                                                                               Location:
                                                                       „The Good Times“
 Innovation        “Easternisation” by                                                                                     Betahaus Neukölln
                    Gideon Rachman                                  StartUp AsiaBerlin (SUAB)
                                                                                                      Organizer:
                                                Investors Program         Organizer:                  LongHash
 Organizer:
 SenWiEnBe            Organizer &                                        SenWiEnBe in
                        Location:                                   cooperation with enpact
                  Bertelsmann Stiftung                                                                Location:
  Location:
                                                                            Location:             Betahaus Neukölln,
    DIHK
                                                                      Spielfeld Digital Hub

              ●   Furthermore: Cultural Program, FEBI Program, Partner Events

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APW Opening I: May 13
                                                 Dr. Ulrich Nußbaum

     Ramona Pop

                                             •   Berlin Mayor and Senator for Economics,
                                                 Energy and Public Enterprises Ramona
                                                 Pop opened the APW together with the
                               Joe Kaeser        new chairman of the Asia-Pacific
                                                 Committee of German Business (APA)
                                                 and CEO of Siemens AG Joe Kaeser, the
                                                 President of the Association of German
                                                 Chambers of Commerce and Industry
     Dr. Eric Schweitzer
                                                 (DIHK) and CEO of ALBA Group Dr. Eric
                                                 Schweitzer, the Chairman of the Board of
                                                 APFB and Head of SAP Labs Network Clas
                                                 Neumann, and State Secretary at the
                                                 Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and
                              Clas Neumann       Energy Dr. Ulrich Nußbaum

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APW Opening II: May 13

   Gaurav Gupta, IAS                                        The APW Opening ceremony
                                                            included Honorary Guests from
                                                            Asia:

                                                            •   Gaurav Gupta, Principal
                                                                Secretary Department of IT, BT,
                                                                and S&T, Government of
                                                                Karnataka and
                                                            •   Dr Rafaelita M. Aldaba,
                                                                Undersecretary for
                                   Dr Rafaelita M. Aldaba
                                                                Competitiveness and Innovation,
                                                                Philippine Department for Trade
                                                                and Industry

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Conference on Innovation: May 13

                                   The Conference focused on
                                   relevant forms and topics
                                   of innovation and global
                                   future themes, e.g. Digital
                                   transformation - and its
                                   boundaries, Corporate-
                                   startup innovation, Social
                                   innovation, German-Asian
                                   competition for key
                                   technologies, AI,
                                   blockchain ...

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Connecting Startup Cities (CSC) I: May 14

                                •   The CSC was opened by the
                                    Permanent Secretary of the
                                    Senate Department for
                                    Economics, Energy and Public
                                    Enterprises Christian Rickerts

                                •   CSC developed specific fields of
                                    innovation in keynotes, panels
                                    and workshops in order to
                                    produce innovative solutions in
                                    cooperation between the
                                    startup ecosystems of Germany
                                    and Asia.

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Connecting Startup Cities (CSC) II: May 14

                                  Topics:

                                   ●   Asia meets Europe
                                   ●   Female
                                       Entrepreneurship
                                   ●   Smart Cities
                                   ●   Green Tech
                                   ●   Energy / Mobility
                                   ●   Social innovation
                                   ●   Marketplaces

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Embassy Day Asia-Pacific: May 15

    ●   More than 10 Asian Embassies presented their national
        outlook selected projects around innovation and startups

    ●   Target groups were founders, investors, researchers and
        universities.

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Corporates meet Startups: May 16

Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG Cedrik Neike invited
together with the Berlin Senate to the first dialogue of German
companies with startups from Asia and Berlin in the new Startup Space
A32 in Siemensstadt.

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“The Good Times” StartUp AsiaBerlin (SUAB) Program:
Scaling internationally: May 16

                                  ●   StartUp AsiaBerlin invited to a
                                      dialogue about growing
                                      business in Asia and Europe
                                      with familiar and new faces
                                      from the SUAB network!

                                  ●   enpact and the Indonesian
                                      Agency for Creative Economy
                                      (BEKRAF) have signed a MoU
                                      startup cooperation between
                                      both countries.

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Female Entrepreneurship in Berlin and India (FEBI) I:
Within SUAB, the FEBI project supports the development of women-led
companies through networking, training, and delegation trips. The
project brings together female startup founders and support institutions
(such as accelerators, incubators, and NGOs) for programs and
delegation trips to India and Berlin.

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Female Entrepreneurship in Berlin and India (FEBI) II
●    With two delegations of female founders and programs from India, the APW
     was a great chance for training, connecting and cooperation, gathering
     multiple stakeholders that are bridging German and Asian startup
     ecosystems. Among the highlights of the week was Ayushi Mishra, founder of
     DronaMaps, winning the pitch competition at the Connecting Startup Cities
     Conference.

●    For more information about FEBI, please click here.

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Blockchain Summit & Hackathon: May 17 – 19

●    The Blockchain Summit focused on current Blockchain trends,
     including investment, Blockchain adoption and secured custody in
     Asia and Germany. LongHash hosted the Blockchain Summit on May
     17 in the newly opened Betahaus Neukölln, followed by a Hackathon
     on May 18 & 19.

●    For more information, please click here or watch the recap video.

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VC – Program: May 13-17, 2019
                                 We gave Asian investors (VCs
                                 and business angels) insights
                                 into the German capital as a top
                                 startup hub in Europe and
                                 connected them with the Berlin
                                 startup ecosystem.

  This program included the
  highlights of the APW and
  meetings with founders,
  venture partners, Company
  builders, incubators and
  accelerators and much more …

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VIP Boat-Trip: May 15

 Asian investors and key players in the Berlin and Asian startup
 ecosystem set sail on the Spree and had a chance to connect during
 an exclusive VIP trip on a boat

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Cultural program

In addition to the conference program, Berlin‘s cultural institutions
complemented and enriched the APW program by presenting specific
aspects of the Asia-Pacific region in terms of culture and society.
Organizers included museums, galleries, Asian cultural centers in
Berlin, foundations and associations, and science and education
institutions.

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About: StartUp AsiaBerlin (SUAB)
 ●   SUAB is a platform to connect the startup hubs between Berlin and Asia in order to
     build an intercontinental startup ecosystem through structured channels and contact
     points.
 ●   Participants are: international startups, corporates, accelerators, incubators, VC
     companies, co-working spaces etc.
 ●   Project objectives: Creating mutual interest and awareness, connecting hubs,
     cooperation, professionalization.
 ●   Project activities: Roadshows, conferences, workshops, matchmaking, infrastructure,
     mentoring.
 ●   SUAB meeting during the APW in Berlin
 ●   Delegation trips to Asia are planned in 2019 to Singapore and
     Indonesia, India, and China
 ●   For more information on SUAB and the delegation trips, please click here:
     www.startup-asiaberlin.com .

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Contact

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