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Second Bilateral Business Summit - Programme
This is the second edition of the Bilateral Business Series. Please read the report on the first edition here: First Bilateral Business Summit, (Password: Cologne)

The focus remains SMEs on both sides of the Atlantic. However, this time we are not only looking into the challenges and benefits of internationalisation. It is about sustainably developing in a global economy and this under the reality of climate change.

For this second edition of the Bilateral Business Summit we have designed a special Sponsorship Programme.

- 3 June 2012: Welcoming Reception
The Chambers of Industry and Commerce Cologne (IHK zu Köln) and Aachen (IHK Aachen) invite to a cocktail reception. The event will be hosted by Mrs. Angela Spizig, Mayor of Cologne, Mr Paul Bauwens-Adenauer, President of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Cologne and Mr Bert Wirtz, President of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Aachen. Guest speakers: Dr. Guido Westerwelle, Federal Foreign Minister, Federal Republic of Germany, C. Mariano González Zarur, Governor of the State of Tlaxcala.

Time: 18:00 h - 21:00 h

Venue: Chamber of Industry and Commerce Cologne. Address: IHK Köln, Börsensaal, Unter Sachsenhausen 10-26, 50667 Cologne

- 4 June 2012: Bilateral Business Summit - The Cologne Chapter
The first Chapter of the event will take place on 4 June 2012. The event will be hosted by the DEG and will take place in their head offices at DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft. Address: Kämmergasse 22, 50676 Cologne

- 4 & 5 June 2012: Climate Change - Opportunities and must-dos for business
As part of the "Climate Dialog under the German-Mexican Climate Change Alliance", commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), these sessions are hosted by the GIZ together with the Industry Association of Baden-Württemberg (LVI) (LVI), the Business Association for Latin America, (Lateinamerika Verein, LAV) and ProMéxico:

- 4 June: Welcoming Dinner
The programme starts on 4 June 2012 at 19:00 with a welcoming dinner with short speeches on the market developments with regard to climate technologies in Germany and Mexico. Address: Chino Latino Restaurant at the Art'otel Cologne: Holzmarkt 4, 50676 Cologne.

- 5 June: Programme
Venue: Hotel Art'otel Cologne. Address: Holzmarkt 4, 50676 Cologne

Hotel Recommendation
In the following 4 hotels, we blocked a number of rooms for the participants of the Bilateral Business Summit, for the period from 02 -06 June 2012. Please contact the hotel directly and make your reservation on your own. Mentioning the keywords Mexico in and in the Art'Otel "GIZ" you will get a special tariff. The organisers of the Bilateral Business Summit will not be responsible for any payment.

NOTE: Please make your reservation till 19 May 2012; afterwards we will not be able to guarantee the availability of rooms. If there will be rooms available after 19 May, the special tariff will still be valid.

Hotel im Wasserturm: Price range: 125-180 EUR / night. Address: Kaygasse 2, Cologne

Excelsior Hotel Ernst: Price range: 160 EUR / night. Address: Trankgasse 1-5 / Domplatz, Cologne

XII Apostel: Price range: 115 EUR / night. Address: Heumarkt 68, Cologne

Art'otel Cologne: Price range: 105-130 EUR / night Address: Holzmarkt 4, Cologne

We recommend the Art'Otel especially for the participants of the event on 05 June "Climate Change - Opportunities and must-dos for business", since the event will take place in this hotel. The keyword in this hotel is "GIZ".

NOTE: All rates include the „City Art & Culture Tax“ amounting 5 % of the accommodation rate that the city of Cologne is collecting.

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