Annual General Meeting 2025

Together with our hosts of bdp Bormann, Demant & Partner, we look forward to our next Annual General Meeting!

DATE:
21 - 22 March 2025

LOCATION:
NH Collection Berlin Mitte Friedrichstrasse
Friedrichstr. 96
10117 Berlin
Germany

Programme for Delegates

Thursday, 20 March 2025

19.30                Informal dinner for those arriving early - Restaurant of NH Hotel

Friday, 21 March 2025: Seminar
NH Collection Berlin Mitte Friedrichstrasse

10.00 - 10.30     Welcome coffee & registration

10.30 - 10.45     Welcome & Introduction by EuropeFides President, Dr. Michael Bormann, bdp Bormann, Demant & Partner

10.45 - 11.30     Global Mobility - Secondment: Legal, Tax and Compliance Challenges in an International Context, ATAX Associati STP srl

11.30 - 12.00     ESG Update, Christin Hagemeier, bdp Bormann, Demant & Partner

12.00 - 12.45     M&A Collaboration Group

13.00 - 14.00     Lunch at Hotel 

14.00 - 15.30     Keynote Session: Ethics in Business

                            Keynote: Investing in Trust and Integrity
                            Professor Andreas Suchanek, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

                            Q&A and open discussion: Ethics in practice in advisory firms
                            case studies by members

15.30 - 16.00     Coffee break

16.00 - 16.30     Ethics and AI in practice & legal outlook on regulation and liability
                            Dr. Pratrick Bedué, IT auditor, bdp Bormann, Demant & Partner
                            Lars Christopher Krieger, lawyer, bdp Bormann, Demant & Partner

16.30 - 17.15     Communications: Talent Development
                            Sara Zimmermann & Antonia Schlote, bdp Management Consultants GmbH

17.30 - 18.00    Meeting of the Management Committee (Board members only)

19.00 - 22.00    Reception at Restaurant EINSTEIN Unter den Linden
                           Unter den Linden 42 - 10117 Berlin
                           18.45 meeting in hotel lobby to walk to restaurant (500m walk, 6minutes)

Saturday, 22 March 2025:

Morning: Annual General Assembly

09.30 - 10.30     Presentations by potential new members (to be announced)

10.30 - 11.00     Coffee break

11.00 - 12.30     General Assembly (members only)

12.30 - 13.00     Presentation: Beckham Law and the changes introduced in 2023 with the new regulation of Start-ups, Grupo Alcázar

13.00 - 14.00     Lunch at Hotel

Afternoon & Evening:
15.00 - 18.00     Sightseeing and networking afternoon - Guided Tour of Berlin Mitte
                           14.45 meeting in hotel lobby to walk to restaurant (500m walk, 6minutes)

20.00                  Dinner at Restaurant Baret
                            im Humboldt Forum - Schlossplatz - 10178 Berlin
                           19.30 meeting in hotel lobby to walk to restaurant (1,2km walk, 20minutes)

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Programme for Accompanying Persons

Thursday, 20 March 2025
19.30                  Informal dinner for those arriving early - Restaurant of NH Hotel

Friday, 21 March 2025
13:00 - 14.00     Lunch at NH Hotel
14.00 - 17.00     Sightseeing Programme for Accompanying Persons
                            Guided Tour: Berlin Underworlds
Tour of Berlin's underground world, revealing the city's hidden past. This tour explores historic WWII bunkers and the development of instructure, from old breweries to subway and sewer systems.
14.00                  meeting in hotel lobby departure for the tour (tour begin at 14.45) - Footwear: closed shoes, no high heels
19.00                  Reception at Restaurant EINSTEIN Unter den Linden -  Unter den Linden 42 - 10117 Berlin (meeting at 18.45 in hotel lobby)

Saturday, 22 March 2025
13.00 - 14.00     Lunch at Hotel
15.00 - 18.00     Guided  Tour of Berlin Mitte (14.45 meeting in hotel lobby)
20.00                  Dinner at Restaurant Baret im Humboldt Forum - Schlossplatz - 10178 Berlin (meeting at 19.30 in hotel lobby)