Institute for Trade and Innovation
Speakers
The IfTI Global Symposium 2022 discussed the topical linkages between innovation, trade, investment and green growth. It was hosted by the Institute for Trade and Innovation (IfTI) at Offenburg University. Co-hosts and supporters were Afreximbank, Deutsche Bank, EDC, EKF, LBBW, tr8fin and the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford.
Dr Ratnakar Adhikari
Executive Director, Enhanced Integrated Framework, WTO
Yuichiro Akita
Director General, NEXI
Johannes Augustin
Head, SDI in Germany
Ignacio Garcia Bercero
Director, DG Trade, European Commission
Dr Franziska Brantner
Secretary of State, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Astrid Bronswijk
Head of Division, Dutch Ministry of Finance
Neil Francis
Interim Managing Director, Scottish Development International
Sabine Gaber
CEO, OeEB
Dr Faisal Ghani
CEO, Solariskit
Neil Gray MSP
Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development, Minister with special responsibility for Refugees from Ukraine
Michael Groves
CEO, Topolytics
Dr Thomas Hale
Associate Professor, University of Oxford
Linda vom Hove
Head of Berlin, Euler Hermes State Business
Stephen Jamieson
Global Head of Circular Economy Solutions, SAP
Dr Marion Jansen
Director, OECD
Prof Andreas Klasen
IfTI Director, Offenburg University
Philip Koelle
Head of Project and Export Finance, Gauff
Nina Kopola
CEO, Business Finland
Mairead Lavery
CEO, EDC
Peder Lundquist
CEO, EKF
Michael Maurer
Global Head, LBBW
Xiana Margarida Méndez Bértolo
Secretary of State, Spanish Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism
Alex Michie
Head, GFANZ
Sarah Middlemiss
COO, Ecometrica
Stephen Milne
Director of Strategic Projects, CENSIS
Magnus Montan
CEO, SEK
Nazeem Noordali
COO, ITFC, Islamic Development Bank Group
Dr Joost Oorthuizen
CEO, Invest International
Prof Benedict Oramah
President and CEO, Afreximbank
Meinolf Otto
Global Business Development Specialist – Foreign Direct Investment, SDI
Dr Lars Ponterlitschek
CIO, SERV
Dan Riordan
Global Head of Political Risk and Credit, Vantage
Michal Ron
CIO, SACE and Berne Union President
Volker Schebesta MdL
State Secretary, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Johannes Schmidt
Export Finance Head, Siemens
Werner Schmidt
Global Head, Deutsche Bank
Iain Stirling
CEO, Arbikie Distillery
Louis Taylor
CEO, UK Export Finance
Steve Taylor
Senior Trade Specialist, Energy and Low Carbon Transition
Paul Teboul
Deputy Assistant Secretary, French Treasury
Prof Stephan Trahasch
Rector, Offenburg University
Martyn Tulloch
Head of Energy System Integration, Net Zero Technology Centre
Adam Turner
External Funding Service Lead, The Data Lab
Janusz Wladyczak
CEO, KUKE