XVIIIth German Banking Congress

Monday, 24 April 2006 – Evening opening ceremony

7.00 pm	Opening of the congress
	Germany in the future – young people’s wishes and expectations Anna Lübbe Prize winner in the joint Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung /Association of German Banks project “Youth and economy”, Friderico-Francisceum Gymnasium, Bad Doberan
	Welcoming remarks Klaus-Peter Müller President of the Association of German Banks and Chairman of the Board and Managing Directors of Commerzbank AG
	Address Norbert Lammert President of the German Bundestag

Tuesday, 25 April 2006 – Conference

10.30 am	2006 – Year of change Klaus-Peter Müller President of the Association of German Banks and Chairman of the Board and Managing Directors of Commerzbank AG
11.15 am	A European perspective – challenges for values, policy and the economy Hans-Gert Pöttering Chairman of the Group of the European People’s Party and European Democrats in the European Parliament
11.45 am	Sound public finances and reform in Germany– conflict or connection? Peer Steinbrück German Federal Minister of Finance
2.00 pm	Panel discussion: In a globalised world: constraints and scope for action Josef Ackermann Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank AG Hubertus Heil Secretary General of the Social Democratic Party of Germany Bishop Wolfgang Huber Chairman of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany Hans-Peter Keitel Chairman of the Executive Board of HOCHTIEF AG and President of the Federation of the German Construction Industry Axel A. Weber President of the Deutsche Bundesbank Moderator: Bernd Ziesemer, Editor-in-chief, Handelsblatt
4.00 pm	Address Angela Merkel Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
	Closing remarks Klaus-Peter Müller
	Panoramafoto Gendarmenmarkt: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Berlin