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Dr Janka Oertel is the Director of the Asia Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations. She previously worked as a Senior Fellow in the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States’ Berlin office, where she focused on transatlantic China policy including on emerging technologies, Chinese foreign policy and security in East Asia. Prior to joining GMF, she served as a program director at Körber Foundation’s Berlin office.

She holds a PhD from the University of Jena. Her dissertation focused on Chinese policies within the United Nations. She was a visiting fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP Berlin) and worked at United Nations Headquarters, New York, as a Carlo-Schmid-Fellow. She has published widely on topics related to EU-China relations, US-China relations, security in the Asia-Pacific region, Chinese foreign policy, 5G and emerging technologies as well as climate cooperation.

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Joerg (Jörg) Wuttke is Partner at DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group. He brings over 25 years' experience as a senior executive working in the China market and Europe-China trade and investment corridor. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Wuttke served as the Chief Representative of BASF in China, based in Beijing, where he was responsible for guiding the company’s investment strategies for China, negotiating large projects, and leading government relations. Before BASF, Mr. Wuttke worked with ABB, a multinational power and automation technologies company, for 11 years on the development and financing of large projects in China, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Russia. In 1993, he became Chief Representative for ABB China in Shanghai and in 1994 moved to the President's Office of ABB China, where he was responsible for the development and financing of large-scale industrial projects.

Mr. Wuttke was President of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China from 2007 to 2010, 2014 to 2017, and 2019 to 2023. From 2001 to 2004, he was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China. From 2011 to 2019, Mr. Wuttke was Chairman of the BIAC China Task Force of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), a Paris-based body of major business associations that advocates with the OECD. From 2013 to 2016, and again from 2019 to 2023 Mr. Wuttke was Vice Chairman of the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, International Cooperation Committee, a group representing Multinational Companies in China.

Among other professional distinctions, Mr. Wuttke has been awarded the Order of Leopold II by King Albert II of Belgium, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by President Macron of France, the Order of Italian Star from the President Mattarella of Italy, and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstorden) by President Steinmeier of Germany. Mr. Wuttke serves on the Robert Bosch Internationale Beteiligungen AG Verwaltungsrat Supervisory Board and is a Member of Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) and the International Board of the Stars Foundation.

Mr. Wuttke earned his bachelor’s degree from DHBW Mannheim and studied Chinese in Shanghai and Taipei. He is based in Washington, D.C.

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Joachim Koschnicke works in the Corporate & Public Affairs Strategies Practice in the Berlin office. He focuses on advising companies on strategic stakeholder communications, campaigning and positioning in the political sphere.

Before Joachim joined Finsbury Glover Hering in 2018, he advised Chancellor Merkel as Head of Strategic Planning and Strategic Communications during the federal election in 2017 – as he did from 2005 to 2011. From 2013 to 2017 he worked at General Motors Europe / Opel&Vauxhall as Vice President Public Policy & Industry Strategy. From 2011 to 2013 he was Managing Director with a German company specialized on opinion surveys in the political, commercial & media environment.

Joachim started his career with Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances as Inhouse Consultant of the Board’s Strategic Planning Unit. Joachim studied Business and attended Executive Trainings with Insead and Stanford in Measuring Cooperate Performance and Transformational Leadership. He is Founder and Member of the Board of the NGO InCharge and Member of the Advisory Board of the Berlin based Quadriga University.

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Noah is a part of the Rhodium Group team advising government and corporate clients. He is also a Visiting Senior Fellow in the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and creator of the popular “Watching China in Europe” newsletter.

Previously he worked as a bureau chief, regional editor and roving Europe correspondent for Reuters, based in Berlin, Paris, London and New York. He has also written for publications including The Atlantic, The New York Times, Foreign Policy and Politico and is quoted regularly in leading international media. Noah has been a visiting fellow at the Mercator Institute for China Studies in Berlin and the American German Institute in Washington. He has testified in the U.S. Senate and the European Parliament, and is a regular speaker and moderator on European policy issues. Noah is also the author of a book on the euro. A native Californian, he has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and French from U.C. Berkeley and a Master’s degree from Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs.

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REINHARD BÜTIKOFER is a Member of the European Parliament (Greens/EFA). He sits on the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), where he serves as Greens/EFA foreign affairs spokesperson, and on the Committee on International Trade (INTA) as a substitute member. He is the Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the People’s Republic of China as well as a member of the Delegation to the United States and a substitute member of the ASEAN Delegation.

From 2012 to 2019 he was co-chair of the European Green Party (EGP). Before getting elected to the European Parliament in 2009, Mr. Bütikofer was the Co-Chair of the German Green Party BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN (from 2002 until 2008). He was the party’s Secretary General from 1998 until 2002. Prior to that he served as the Chair of the Greens in the Federal State of BadenWürttemberg. From 1988 until 1996 he served as a Member of the Baden-Württemberg State Parliament. His engagement with the German Greens began when he was elected as a member of the city council in Heidelberg in 1984.

Besides his positions in the party and parliament Mr. Bütikofer is a member of the Europe/Transatlantic Advisory Board and the General Assembly of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the NABUClub, the trade union ver.di, the German-Israeli Society and the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum,as well as the DGAP, the ECFR and the IISS.

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Professor FENG Zhongping is Director of the Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), also President of the Chinese Association for European Studies. Prof. FENG received PhD at the Department of history in the University of Lancaster, UK. His research focuses on the EU, Sino-European relations, transatlantic relations, NATO, etc. He is author of many books and papers both in Chinese and English.