Program Preview and Registration
You will be able to register for events of the Asia-Pacific Weeks via our website in April. Under Downloads you can find a first overview of the Asia-Pacific Weeks and a draft of the programm.
Program Preview
May 18
- Political Impulses (Federal Foreign Office): Germany and the Asia-Pacific in an Urban World – Trends, Strategies and Common Options for Action
Top-ranking speakers from politics, the private sector, the academia and civil society share their analyses and assessments of chances and challenges of urbanization in Germany and the Asia-Pacific. Parallel thematic break-out sessions bring together distinguished Asian and German experts searching for solutions to issues of urban mobility, sustainable supply of energy and water, the benefits of modern information and communication technologies (ICT), and adequate governance and management structures for metropolitan regions. The full-day event gives a comprehensive introduction into the multiple dimensions of the „smart cities“-concept which guides this year’s Asia-Pacific Weeks.
Organizer: Federal Foreign Office, OAV, Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Research Berlin - Official opening ceremony (Federal Foreign Office): A variety of leading political and business representatives of Germany and Asia-Pacific are invited.
Organizer: Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Research Berlin
May 19
- Embassy Day Asia-Pacific (Federal Foreign Office): A variety of leading political and business representatives of Germany and Asia-Pacific are invited.
Organizer: Asia-Pacific Forum Berlin - The Embassy Day is followed by Mapping Southeast Asia: Contemporary Art and Public Space with reception, an event by the KfW Foundation.
Organizer: KfW Foundation
May 20
- Beginning of the trade show and congress Metropolitan Solutions (CityCube). Information on individual conferences and how to register you can find here.
- The Asian Century (tbc) followed by a reception is an exclusive event by the Bertelsmann foundation that discusses Asia's influence on the Western business world and society.
May 21 to 22
- Metropolitan Solutions (CityCube) and partner conferences
- Sustainable Urban China by ICLEI, Hexun Consulting, IHK (20.05., 10.00 - 18.00 h)
- 100 "Smart Cities" in India Smart & Sustainable Cities Summit by Indus Media (20.05.)
- Sustainable Development of Urban Regions: The Case of South-East-Asia by BMBF and DLR Bonn (21.05., 14.00 - 17.00 h)
- Business and Technology Conference Smart Solutions for Urban Challenges (CityCube Berlin, in conjunction with Metropolitan Solutions): The conference will inform about business and funding models, standards/metrics, Open Data, integrated planning, innovative procurement, urban technologies for Smart City solutions. It will provide a platform for business-to-business talks and offer expert tours to Smart City flagship sites in Berlin. Organizer: Berlin Partner for Business and Technology and Deutsche Messe AG
May 18 to 29
- A focus point of the second week is the topic Start-Ups and Innovation Labs which is discussed in different conferences and workshops:
Labs to Public: Europe-Asia Innovation Dialogue Future Workshop Senate Departement for Business, Technology and Research (27.05., 9.00 - 21.00 h)
Urban Matters Forum Berlin SAP/TU (27.05., 9.00 - 21.00 h)
Labs to Public: Europe-Asia Dialogue Global Innovation Barcamp Senate Departement for Business, Technology and Research (28.05., 9.00 - 21.00 h)
Smart Innovation, Smart City – Start Ups als Impulsgeber für Innovation in China MERICS Institute for China Studies
How Local Ecosystems can Support the Creation of Start Ups (Follow-Up) Connective Cities
Bridging Climate Entrepreneurship and Innovation between Europe and Asia Climate KIC
Developing an International Cleantech Ecosystem CleanTech Innovation Center Berlin und Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability
- An extensive and diverse partner program including exhibitions and events will complement the conferences at the German Federal Foreign Office and the CityCube Berlin. Public institutions, universities, museums and galleries will take part as third party organizers, either focusing on Smart Cities or on selected cultural, scientific, social, political or economic aspects of the Asia-Pacific region. Organizer: Asia-Pacific Forum Berlin (APFB)
