KPMG Business Festival: event series for business experts enters the next round

High-calibre speakers discuss the major economic challenges of our time at four live digital events

KPMG Business Festival: Event series for business experts enters the next round

Berlin, 21 November 2024

KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft will kick off the virtual live event series "KPMG Future Summit" on Wednesday, 27 November 2024. Under the motto "Creating value in the ESG age: managing risks, implementing regulations", high-calibre representatives from business and academia will discuss a wide range of ESG topics together with KPMG experts. Among other things, they will address the question of how increasing regulatory requirements can be turned from a mandatory task into a competitive advantage and where the German economy stands on its decarbonisation journey to net zero. An overview of all the sessions on offer can be found here.

Speakers at the kick-off event include: Dr Anne Meckbach, Chief Compliance Officer at BestSecret Group, Jürgen Kern, CSO of KfW Bankengruppe, Jan von Mallinckroth, Head of Sustainability at Union Investment Real Estate and Dr Arnd Nenstiel, Senior Project Lead EU Green Deal at Bayer AG.  An der Auftaktveranstaltung nehmen als Speaker:innen unter anderem teil: Dr. Anne Meckbach, Chief Compliance Officer bei der BestSecret Group, Jürgen Kern, CSO der KfW Bankengruppe, Jan von Mallinckroth, Head of Sustainability der Union Investment Real Estate und Dr. Arnd Nenstiel, Senior Project Lead EU Green Deal der Bayer AG.  

ESG event kicks things off

The event marks the start of a series of four events in total. The other dates and focal points are

  • 19 February 2025, 15:00-17:00, focus: Performance & Strategy
  • 09 April 2025, 15:00-17:00, focus: Digital Transformation
  • 25 June 2025, 14:00-17:00, final with the focus on: ESG, Performance & Strategy, Digital Transformation, International Business and Governance & Compliance

"In a rapidly changing world, it is essential that we work together to build a future that ensures long-term success and prosperity. With the KPMG Future Summit, we want to create a platform to address the most pressing challenges of our time and develop solutions through expert dialogue. This year, among other things, we are addressing the major transformational tasks surrounding ESG and digitalisation and showing how the performance of companies can be maintained in this cost-intensive environment," says Ladislava Klein, CMO, KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft.

We cordially invite journalists to participate. Please register for the individual events using this link. Participation in the events is free of charge.

Press contact

Clemens Reisbeck

Deputy Head Corporate Communications
KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

T +49 89 9282 1722

creisbeck@kpmg.com