Advisory Board of the Asia-Pacific Weeks 2013

Chair: Cornelia Yzer Senator for Economics, Technology and Research

Members: Dr. Guido Westerwelle Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs

Dr. Philipp Rösler Federal Minister of Economics and Technology

Dirk Niebel Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development

Bernd Neumann Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor - Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

Thomas Rachel Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Peter Löscher Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business Siemens AG

Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Lehmann President of the Goethe-Institut

Ulrich Grillo President of the Federation of German Industries

Prof. Dr. Hans Heinrich Driftmann President of the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce

Prof. Dr. Hermann Parzinger President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

Liz Mohn Vice-Chair of the Bertelsmann Stiftung Executive Board

Dr. Roland Busch Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG

Dr. Johannes Evers Chairman of the Board of Management of Landesbank Berlin Holding AG

Gerd-Udo Hauser Director Intl. Diplomatic Relations & Administration Corp. Rep. Network Daimler AG

Prof. Dr. Bernd M. Scherer Director of the Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Volker Schlegel Ambassador Secretary of State, ret. President of the Asia-Pacific Forum Berlin e.V.

Dieter Ernst Vice-Chairman of the German Asia-Pacific Business Association

Dr. Martin Posth Commissioner of the Asia-Pacific Weeks