Appearances 2026

22 October, Metzingen (Germany), Company Event

26 June, Cologne (Germany), World Business Dialogue

15 June, Bilbao (Spain)/virtual, First Hidden Champions Forum Basque Country

29 May, Bonn (Germany), Company Event

7 May, Münster (Germany), Symposium Oeconomicum

20 March, Witten-Herdecke (Germany), Kongress für Familienunternehmen

18 March, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Simon-Kucher CEO Dinner

5 March, Gießen (Germany)/virtual, University Event Business Stars

22 January, Frankfurt (Germany), Simon-Kucher Conference

Appearances 2025

14 November, Berlin (Germany), Innovator Price

11 November, Copenhagen (Denmark)/virtual, SME Assembly – European Commission

4 November, Vallendar (Germany), WHU Conference Value Creation in the Family

29 October, Shanghai (China)/virtual, Bridging the Globe Conference

13 October, Munich (Germany), Book Presentation

23 September, Nantong (China), Hidden Champions and SMEs Dialogue

23 September, Taicang (China), Conference on Cooperation
between Jiangsu and Germany

22 September, Baoying (China), Hidden Champions Dialogue

20 September, Hefei (China), Global Manufacturing Conference

15 September, Bonn (Germany), Business Delegation from China

9 September, Vienna (Austria), Simon-Kucher Conference

22 July, Bonn (Germany), Business Delegation from China

27June, Bonn (Germany), Business Delegation from China

10 June, Bonn (Germany), Business Delegation from China

4 June, Moenchengladbach (Germany), Company Event

26 May, Bonn (Germany), Business Delegation from China

22 May, Cologne (Germany), Company Event

22 April, New York (USA), United Nations Global Industrial Co-Development Forum

3 April, Trier (Germany), Schonergie Expertenforum

2 April, Bonn (Germany), Business Delegation from China

26 March, Nanjing (China), Hidden Champions Dialog Tour

25 March, Bozhou (China), Hidden Champions Dialog Tour

23 March, Hefei (China), Hidden Champions Dialog Tour

7 March, Karlsruhe (Germany), Company Event

Appearances 2024

9 December, Beijing (China), Liu Run Live Stream

12 November, Frankfurt (Germany), 22. FAZ/Simon-Kucher Power Pricing Konferenz

7 November, Osnabrück (Germany), Smart Enterprise

24 October, Hamburg (Germany), Expertendialog

7 October, Warsaw (Poland), ICAB Kozminski University

26 September, Ordos (China), Global Hidden Champions Summit

24 September, Shouguang (China), Hermann Simon Business School

18 June, Sun Valley (Idaho, USA), Tugboat Institute Summit

13 May, Bonn (Germany), Visit of Delegation from China

25 April, Wiesbaden (Germany), Die Familienunternehmer, 75-jähriges Jubiläum

24 April afternoon, Bonn (Germany), Visit of Delegation from China

23 April, Bonn (Germany), Visit of Delegation from China

19 April, Bonn (Germany), Visit of Delegation from China

18 April, Bonn (Germany), Visit of Delegation from China

9 April, Las Vegas (USA), DMP Owners Forum 2024

19 March, Munich (Germany), IESE Business School

7 March, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Omnia Retail

1 March, Baden-Baden (Germany), Award ceremony Made in Baden

19 February, Berlin (Germany), German-Korean Innovation Partnership Forum

Appearances 2023

15 December, Bonn (Germany), Visit of Delegation from China

14 December, Kyiv (UKraine), MIM Business School

16 November, Zurich (Switzerland), Simon-Kucher B2B DACH Konferenz

11 November, Zurich (Switzerland), Bregal

10 November, Bonn (Germany), Visit of Delegation from Jinan, China

9 November, Koenigswinter (Germany), BSI Spirituosen Forum

8 November, Frankfurt (Germany), Lupus Alpha Conference “Es knirscht im Welthandel”

8 November, Frankfurt (Germany), FAZ/Simon-Kucher Power Pricing Conference

6-7 November, E-World Marketing Summit

2 November, Nashville (USA), Chief Executive Leadership Conference

29 September, Bled (Slovenia), IEDC Deans’ and Directors’ Summit

16 September, Cologne (Germany), Baden-Badener Unternehmergespräche

28 June, Tianjin (China), Davos-Tianjin World Economic Forum

27 June, Wenzhou (China), Lecture Tour

26 June, Suzhou (China), Lecture Tour

24 June, Zhengzhou (China), Conference “Silkroad in the air”

31 May, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Prestigio Leadership Forum

26 May, Barcelona (Spain), IESE Foundations of Scaling Program

11 May, Shanghai (China), 2023 China Brand New Consumption Summit

11 May, Deqing (China), World Brand Moganshan Summit

10 May, Guangzhou (China), South Reviews Economic Summit “China Makes, China Breaks”

27 April, Bonn (Germany), Visit of Huawei Delegation

19 April, Bonn (Germany), Visit of Delegation from Ansan (Korea)

18 April, Bonn (Germany), Visit of Delegation from Jinan (China)

5 April, Hilversum (Netherlands), Scale-up Summit

30 March, Simon-Kucher Industrials Webinar, Unlocking Commercial Growth

9 March, Helsinki (Finland), Good Sign Solutions Customer Event

3 March, Erfurt (Germany), 1. Thüringer Champions Meet

7 February, Cologne (Germany), Kautex Global Leadership Meeting

1 February, Bonn (Germany), Scopevisio Cloud Unternehmertag

25 January, Warsaw (Poland), ICAN Elite Leadership Program

Appearances 2022

17 November, Portoroz (Slovenia), Business Conference Portoroz

9 November, Brussels (Belgium), World Young Scientist Summit 2022

8 November, Shenyang (China), Global Digital Economy Forum for Small and Medium Enterprises 2022

6 November, Virtual, eWorld Marketing Summit 2022

4 November, Berlin (Germany), Innovator

17 October, Bled (Slovenia), IEDC

13 October, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Omnia Retail

12 October, Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Retail Days Uzbekistan

22 September, Cologne (Germany)/Linz (Austria), Zurich (Switzerland), Simon-Kucher

22 September, Frankfurt (Germany), Annual Conference Indo-German Centre for Business Excellence

15 September, Taipei (Taiwan), CommonWealth Publishing

14 September, Mumbai (India), ZS Associates

14 September, Tegernsee/Bavaria (Germany), Simon-Kucher

13 September, Cologne (Germany), DigitalX

7 September, Leuven/Louvain (Belgium), eDOCation & Matter of Facts

13 July, Beijing (China), China News Service

12 July, Shanghai (China), Shanghai Sino-German Industrial Promotion Center

22 June, Wesel (Germany), Wesel Marketing

20 June, Cologne (Germany), Spoga (Fair)

25 May, Warsaw (Poland), WeInnovators

13 May, Xiamen (China), Xiamen Torch Academy

11 May, Warsaw (Poland), Polish Marketing Association

11 April, Bonn (Germany), High-Tech Partnering Conference

27 March, Kitzbühel (Austria), Harvard Business School Alumni Club

16/17 March, Istanbul (Turkey), Simon-Kucher event

10 March, Düsseldorf (Germany), Celebration of 100 year anniversary of Association of Business Professors of German Speaking Countries/Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB)

7 March, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Simon-Kucher Office Inauguration

23 February, virtual/Greece, Pricing Conference

18 February, Sochi (Russia), The Second International Conference on Pricing in Retail “Shift Your Perspective To Next-Gen Pricing”

21 January, St. Vith (Belgium), Faymonville Talks

16 January, Beijing (China), Renmin University

10 January, Shanghai (China), Sofia Group

Online Appearances 2021

9 December, Nakhon Pathom (Thailand), AIB Asia Pacific Regional Conference

3 December, virtual event, European Conference of the Professional Pricing Society

16 November, Santiago de Chile (Chile), Hidden Champions in the Chinese Century: Ascent and Transformation

12 November, Mannheim (Germany), Mannheimer Peter Drucker Konferenz

1 November, Shanghai (China), Global Digital Economy Conference for Small and Medium Enterprises

28 October, Singapore, Simon-Kucher Topline Conference Asia Pacific

22 September, virtual event, 4th Global Conference on Creating Value

16 September, Odessa (Ukraine), 7th International Conference, International Humanitarian University

9 September, Braunschweig (Germany), Conference Protego Braunschweiger Flammenfilter

24 August, Jinan (China), First World Advanced Manufacturing Conference

30 June, Seoul (Korea), Asian Leadership Conference

17 June, Berlin (Germany), China am Mittag, presented by Chinahirn

9 June, Shanghai (China), Hidden Champions Award Consumer Technology and Innovation Show

2 June, St. Petersburg (Russia), St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

26 May, Tokyo (Japan), German Chamber of Commerce

20 May, Cologne (Germany), Rotunda Business Club

19 May, Wuppertal (Germany), Welcome address at event of City of Wuppertal,China International Investment Promotion Agency (CIPA), and Association of German Hidden Champions

18 May, Langfang (China), 4th China International Airport Economic Development High-end Conference

11 May, Shouguang (China), Opening Speech at Inauguration of Hermann Simon Business School

28 April, Hangzhou (China), Hangzhou Entrepreneurship and Innovation Conference for Startups and Unicorns

27 April, Cologne/Bonn (Germany), Welcome address Marketing Club Cologne/Bonn

21 April, Beijing (China), Beijing Sino-German Industrial Park Online Marketing Event

9 April, Vienna (Austria), Virtual Roundtable Austrian Hidden Champions Initiative, Wirtschaftsverlag

29 March, Hangzhou (China), Opening Ceremony International Research Center for Hidden Champions, Zhejiang University

28 March, Shanghai (China), Hidden Champions Conference Sino-Foreign Management Media

26 March, Trier (Germany), Masterclass Medien- und IT-Netzwerk Trier-Luxemburg

9 March, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Spotlight Interview Dubai English Speaking College

25 February, Xuzhou (China), Opportunities and Challenges for the City of Xuzhou

16 February, Warsaw (Poland), Expert talk by Hermann Simon and Marek Dietl, webinar by ICAN & Simon-Kucher

Online Appearances 2020

3 December, Lorange Network Webinar: Hidden Champions and Profit

24 November, Bonn, Simon-Kucher B2B-Covid-Online-Konferenzserie

6 November, Makati City (Philippines) E World Marketing Summit

30 October, Vienna, Peter Drucker Forum

26 October, Cologne, Greator Festival

21 October, Moscow, Open Innovations Forum

9 October, Interview mit Dr. Winfried Felser und Gunnar Sohn

27 August, Mumbai, Master Speak by Future Generali India Life

11 August, Interview on podcast Creative Mind

16 July, Shanghai, Global Digital Economy Forum for Small and Medium Enterprises

15 July, Interview on Corona, Hidden Champions and Pricing in English and Chinese

6 May, Reimagine the Future – How to Rethink Tomorrow for You and Your Organization

Presentations and Meetings 2020 (to be rescheduled)

20 October, Linz (Austria)

16 September, Ingolstadt (Germany)

24 June, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

17 June, Warsaw (Poland)

2 June, Paris (France)

23 May, Shouguang (China)

7 May, St. Gallen (Switzerland)

29 April, Linz (Austria)

18 March, Bad Homburg (Germany)

27 January, Brussels (Belgium)

21 January, Troisdorf (Germany)

Presentations and Meetings 2019

October-December 2019

3 December, Bonn (Germany)
30 November, Shaoxing/Zheijiang (China)
26 November, Berlin (Germany)
25 November, Zurich (Switzerland)
20 November, Frankfurt (Germany)
18 November, London (United Kingdom)
13 November, Berlin (Germany)
6-7 November, Shanghai (China)
4 November, Tsinghua University/Beijing (China)
3 November, Shouguang (China)
1 November, Qingdao (China)
30 October, Chongqing (China)
28 October, Chengdu (China)
22 October, Munich (Germany)
16 October, Heidelberg (Germany)
10 October, Warsaw (Poland)

July-September 2019

27 September, Dusseldorf (Germany)
20 September, WHU/Vallendar (Germany)
31 August, Bernkastel-Kues (Germany)
16 July, Bonn (Germany)

April-June 2019

27 June, Atlanta (USA)
20 June, Verona (Italy)
17 June, Siegen (Germany)
5 June, Tampere (Finland)
28 May, Hamburg (Germany)
13 May, Munich (Germany)
10 May, Shanghai (China)
5 April, Yale University/New Haven (USA)
3 April, Boston (USA)

January-March 2019

28 March, Cologne (Germany)
17 March, Quanzhou (China)
15 March, Shenzhen (China)
14 March, Hong Kong (China)
28 February, Stuttgart (Germany)
21 February, World Business Dialog, Cologne (Germany)
28 January, Korean delegation in Bonn (Germany)
16 January, Bonn (Germany)
15 January, Hagen (Germany)

Presentations July-December 2018

November 2018

30. Amsterdam (Netherlands)
21. Vienna (Austria)
15. Istanbul (Turkey)
12. Zurich (Switzerland)
07. Cologne (Germany)

October 2018

25. Tokyo (Japan)
23. Nanjing (China)
21./22. Hangzhou (China)
20. Zhengzhou (China)
19. Changshu (China)
18. Taicang (China)
16. Hefei (China)
14. Qingdao (China)

September 2018

26. Munich (Germany)
25. Frankfurt (Germany)
04. Krynica (Poland)

July 2018

03. Milan (Italy)

Presentations January-June 2018

June 2018

23. Beijing (China)
20. Hannover (Germany)
05. Bucharest (Romania)

May 2018

29. Frankfurt (Germany)
15. Bonn (Germany)
12. Jinan (China)
11. Ningbo (China)
10. Shanghai (China)

April 2018

21. Juist (Germany)
12. Amsterdam (Netherlands)

February 2018

16. Paris (France)

January 2018

30. Hanoi (Vietnam)
28. Singapore
27. Singapore
19. Geneva (Switzerland)

Presentations October-December 2017

October 2017

12./13. Seoul (Korea)
24. Vienna (Austria)

November 2017

01. Huizhou (China)
03. Taipei (Taiwan)
04. Taichung (Taiwan)
06. Foshan (China)
08. Shenzhen (China)
09./10. Taicang (China)
11. Shouguang (China)
20. Zurich (Switzerland)
22. Berlin (Germany)
28. Munich (Germany)
29. Hamburg (Germany)

December 2017

07./08 Nanjing (China)