We invite you to join us at our next “Zooming in” event on Thursday September 19 at 9:00 AM at the German-Danish Chamber of Commerce in Copenhagen. Here we explore the business opportunities for Danish companies in Germany, with a special focus on Thuringia.
Program
| 08.30 | Registration & Coffee | |
09.00 | Welcome by German-Danish Chamber of Commerce and German Embassy Copenhagen | Andreas Wenzel, CEO, German-Danish Chamber of Commerce Markus Bollmohr, Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy Copenhagen |
Market Opportunities in the GreenTech/CleanTech sector in Germany | Germany Trade & Invest / German-Danish Chamber of Commerce | |
Thuringia – Business Opportunities at the centre of Germany | Susann Martens, Director Investment Promotion Western Europe, LEG Thüringen | |
VELUX – A Danish Success Story in Thuringia | Christian Levorsen, Senior Vice President Global Logistics, VELUX | |
| Brief Introduction of Thuringian delegation | Anna Räder, Project Manager Europe, LEG Thüringen | |
| 10.10 | Networking Break | |
Legal & Tax: Key Considerations for companies when entering the German market | Jan Meyer-Sievers, Tax Consultant & Partner, DanTaxLegal | |
Roundtable Q&A from audience | LEG Thüringen / Germany Trade & Invest / VELUX / DanTaxLegal / ThEEn (Competence Network for Renewable Energies) / German-Danish Chamber of Commerce Moderator: Andreas Wenzel, CEO, German-Danish Chamber of Commerce | |
| 11.30 | Networking - Light Lunch | |
| 12.00 | End |
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Thuringia at a glance:
Central location in Germany
- Thuringia serves as a launchpad for accessing the German market: A lorry can reach every major German city within a maximum five hours.
- 280 million consumers can be reached within a radius of 800 km.
- High-speed train connections to Frankfurt (2:15 hours), Berlin (1:40 hours), and Munich (2:15 hours)
Greentech sector in Thuringia
- About 800 companies
- 11 research institutions
- 8 universities
- Energy storage technologies, such as battery storage solutions for automotive and stationary batteries, and the transition towards a hydrogen economy are important focus sectors in the region.
- Global players like Siemens Energy, CATL (one of the leading lithium-ion battery producers operating a gigafactory), ENERCON (Germany-wide training and service center for wind energy systems), and VATTENFALL (pumped-storage hydro electricity plant) are successfully operating in Thuringia.
- Thuringia is part of the European hydrogen backbone, stretching from Lubmin (Baltic Sea) to Southern Germany. Read more here.
- Energy-intensive industries in Thuringia like metal/steel, glass, ceramics and paper production need storage technologies to master the energy transition.
Thuringia is traditionally strong in:
- Environmental analytics and measurement technology
- Recycling and waste management
- Demand-side management and smart mobility and transportation solutions.
