stars Webinars

stars Webinars provide food for thought from top business leaders and experts about future-oriented topics such as leadership, geopolitics, technology, climate change and health. stars Webinars are open to the public. Participation is limited to 100 seats – first come first served.

Upcoming

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Leading the Transformation of the World’s Largest Transhipment Hub in an Age of Extraordinary Disruption
21 October 2021, 9.00-9.30 (CET)

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Sustainability: Our Way to Becoming a Net Zero Company
28 October 2021, 9.00-9.30 (CET)

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Making History: Kamala HARRIS, America’s First Female Vice President – and President?
4 November 2021, 17.00-17.30 (CET)

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Covid-19 Pandemic: Monitoring Asia
11 November 2021, 9.00-9.30 (CET)

Recordings

The Afghan Crisis from an East Asian Perspective
“Not Nation-Building, but Society-Building should be Key”
Urs SCHOETTLI, Consultant on Asian Affairs; Former East Asia Correspondent of Neue Zuercher Zeitung; Member, stars International Board, Tokyo/Zurich
2 September 2021

Can the U.S. Lead Again?
“We’re in a competition, not a confrontation, with China”
Ivo H. DAALDER, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Member, stars International Board, Chicago, United States
17 June 2021

When Will Autonomous Electric Vehicles Hit the Road?
“It’s a pivotal time for technology leaders to truly become business leaders”
Mamatha CHAMARTHI, Head, Software Business and Product Management, Stellantis, Michigan, United States
10 June 2021

5G and the Global Race for Connectivity
“There is a growing call for a Digital Bretton Woods and a WTO 2.0”
Andrew WILLIAMSON, Vice-President and Economic Adviser, Global Government Affairs, Huawei, Shenzhen
4 June 2021

How to Stop AI Warfare Before It Starts?
“Hyperwar could become reality within the next ten years”
John R. ALLEN, President, The Brookings Institution; Retired U.S. Marine Corps Four-star General; Former Commander, NATO ISAF and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, Washington D.C.
6 May 2021

Saving the World from COVID-19: The View from BioNTech
“There is power in just daring to start”
Prof. Dr. Ugur SAHIN, Co-Founder and CEO, BioNTech, Mainz, Germany
Dr. Özlem TÜRECI, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, BioNTech, Mainz, Germany
16 April 2021

How Can Foreign Companies Be Successful in China in 2021?
“China is still really hard to beat in terms of efficiency and supply chain”
Michael BARBALAS, Senior Consultant, PRI; Former President, American Chamber of Commerce in China, Beijing
26 March 2021

Will Artificial Intelligence Make Us Happier?
“Happy people show an universal pattern of unconscious physical motion”
Kazuo YANO, Fellow of Hitachi and CEO of Happiness Planet, Tokyo, Japan
12 March 2021

Remaking Humanitarian Action for a New Era of Conflict and Change
“Humanitarian action has to go from the traditional fundraising model to a model of investing in human capital”
Peter MAURER, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva
26 February 2021

Leadership Dialogue with Jayne PLUNKETT, Group Chief Risk Officer of AIA
“Risk plays an important role in enabling business”
Jayne PLUNKETT, Group Chief Risk Officer, Member of the Group Executive Committee, AIA; Member, stars International Board, Hong Kong
5 February 2021

What To Expect From U.S.-China Relations Under Biden?
“China sometimes forgets that it has real agency in the U.S.-China relationship”
Paul HAENLE, Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair, Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, Beijing, China
21 January 2021