The 3rd CofC German-American Business Summit is elated to announce this year’s keynote speaker:Torsten Scheffler, Senior Manager, Development Engineering, Purchasing, Cost Planning and Material Engineering for Mercedes Benz U.S. International Inc., the production location for the GLE-, GL-and the GLE Coupe sport utility vehicles as well as the C- Class for the U.S. and Canadian market.

The 3rd German-American Business Summit will take place on February 5th, 2019 in the Gaillard Conference Center from 11am-6pm. Organized by the College of Charleston’s German Program, Career Center, School of Languages Cultures and World Affairs, and School of Business, in this year partnership with the Citadel, Trident Technical College, the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southeastern US, and the German Embassy’s Deutschlandjahr 2018/19, the summit will consist of a job and internship expo from 11-1, followed by a conference with Inga von Seelen’s keynote and panel discussions on Leadership in Sustainability in German-American Industry and Futures of German-American Industry.