Academia meets Business - Welcome Reception for the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Delegation

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演讲嘉宾

Yiran Li

Chief Representative China, Berlin Business Desk China (BBDC)

Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal

President, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Dr. Constanze Wang

Head of Government Affairs & Advocacy, AHK Greater China

Volker Hofmann

Managing Director, Humboldt-Innovation

Dr. Isabelle Harbrecht

Strategic Partnership Manager Asia/Pacific, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Dr. Anna Janus

Head of Culture & Education, German Embassy Beijing

Dr. Xiaolong Ma

Chief Representative, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Representative Office China

Prof. Dr. Claudia Mareis

Vice-Provost for Research, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Dr. Yoan Vilain

Vice-Provost for International and European Affairs, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Julia von Blumenthal is president of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since October 1st 2022. She received her degree in political science, international law and Russian literature from Hamburg University and her doctoral degree (2001) as well as her Habilitation (2007) in political science from the University of the Federal Armed Forces (today: Helmut-Schmidt-University) in Hamburg. Between 2007 and 2009 she was a visiting fellow in Canberra followed by temporary professorships at the universities in Lüneburg and Gießen. Julia von Blumenthal has been a Professor of German Politics at the Department of Social Sciences of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since 2009. As a political scientist she has conducted research on German politics, especially on federalism and parliaments and on the role of higher education institutions for the integration of refugees. In 2014, she became Founding Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. From October 2018 to October 2022 she was President of the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). In May 2024, she was elected as president of the European university alliance Circle U.

Dr. Isabelle Harbrecht, the Strategic Partnership Manager for the Asia/Pacific of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, holds a PhD in Sinology. She lived in China for ten years, working in international development and educational cooperation. Upon returning to Germany, she served as Head of the Northeast and Central Asia Department at the Hanns Seidel Foundation, where she oversaw projects in China, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia and Central Asia. As Director of the International Office at Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, she was responsible for all aspects of internationalisation, developing the institution's first internationalisation strategy. Isabelle Harbrecht studied East Asian Regional Studies at the University of Cologne, earning her PhD from Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg in 2019.

Prof. Dr. Claudia Mareis is an expert in design and cultural history. Since April 2021, she has held a professorship in Design and History of Knowledge at the Institute for Cultural History and Theory at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Since 2019, she has been co-spokesperson for the interdisciplinary Cluster of Excellence “Matters of Activity. Image Space Material” at HU Berlin. Her research addresses 20th-century design history and theory, knowledge cultures in the design, the cultural history of creativity, as well as material culture studies.

After initial training in graphic design, she studied design, art, and cultural studies in Zurich, Berlin, and Linz. In 2009, she received her doctorate with a discourse-analytical thesis on design as epistemic culture. She worked as a research lecturer from 2009 to 2011 at the Bern University of the Arts, from 2011 to 2013, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the NCCR Iconic Criticism „eikones” at the University of Basel. Research visits took her to the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin in 2009 and to the MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2012. From 2013 to 2021, she held a professorship in design theory and research at theAcademy of Art and Design Basel FHNW. There, she headed the Institute for Experimental Design and Media Cultures as well as the Critical Media Lab, which she founded.

Since 1 October 1 2025 she has been appointed as Vice Provost for Research.

活动日程

2026年09月09日

主要日程

下午 5:30 - 晚上 6:00

Registration

晚上 6:00 - 晚上 6:05

Opening & Moderation

Yiran Li

晚上 6:05 - 晚上 6:10

Welcome Remark

Dr. Anna Janus will deliver the welcome remarks on behalf of the German Embassy Beijing.

Dr. Anna Janus

晚上 6:10 - 晚上 6:15

Remarks

Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal will deliver remarks on behalf of the delegation of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal

晚上 6:15 - 晚上 6:30

Keynote Speech: From Egosystem to Ecosystem

Volker Hofmann

晚上 6:30 - 晚上 7:15

Panel Discussion: Perspectives on the future of Sino-German cooperation

Dr. Isabelle Harbrecht

Dr. Constanze Wang

Dr. Xiaolong Ma

Prof. Dr. Claudia Mareis

Dr. Yoan Vilain

晚上 7:15 - 晚上 9:00

Networking

Berlin Business Desk China (BBDC)

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Academia meets Business - Welcome Reception for the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Delegation

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演讲嘉宾

Yiran Li

Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal

Dr. Constanze Wang

Volker Hofmann

Dr. Isabelle Harbrecht

Dr. Anna Janus

Dr. Xiaolong Ma

Prof. Dr. Claudia Mareis

Dr. Yoan Vilain

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2026年09月09日

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Academia meets Business - Welcome Reception for the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Delegation

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演讲嘉宾

Yiran Li

Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal

Dr. Constanze Wang

Volker Hofmann

Dr. Isabelle Harbrecht

Dr. Anna Janus

Dr. Xiaolong Ma

Prof. Dr. Claudia Mareis

Dr. Yoan Vilain

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2026年09月09日

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