8th Annual German-American Business Summit

Thank you to everyone who supported the 8^th annual German-American Business Summit! Shoutout to Cory Werkheiser and the entire GABS team for another successful year.

This year we had nine sponsors for the event, and 173 students attended the Job and Internship Expo with eight employers including:

BMW, Hubner, IFA, Ingenics, Mankiewicz Coatings, Mercedes-Benz Vans, P3, Software Projects Consulting and *Parker Poe (sponsor, but did not attend the Expo)

115 people attended the panel discussions:

2:00 Panel: “Digital Shift: Excel to AI Integration in Plant-to-Supply Chain Evolution”

• Moderator: Qian Zhang, Assistant Professor, Systems Engineering, College of Charleston
• Sherry Welsh, Leadership Coach, previous Sr. Vice President Global Sales Automotive
• Meg Lanza, Head of Technology, US at BSH Home Appliances Group, Bosch
• Suzanne Dickerson, Director of SC Fraunhofer USA Alliance, SC Competes

3:45 Panel: “Navigating the Path to Effective Process Management: Challenges, Best Practices, and Technological Trends”

• Moderator: Iris Junglas, Professor, Noah T. Leask Distinguished Chair in Information Management and Innovation
• Jonathan Dawley, President and CEO, KION North America
• Bernd Haetzel, Former CFO of Siemens Digital Industries Software
• Andreas Heft, CFO, IFA Group
• Dirk Hoppmann, Vice President, Software Projects Consulting (SPC)