Webinar 'Indien' #1

Startup Factory

Sharing Ideas!

Smart Factory Kunshan is an open IIoT technology hub for demonstration, integration, development and marketing of Industry 4.0 technologies. Embedded into the unique real-life production environment of Startup Factory in China, one of the biggest business incubators for SMEs in production worldwide, we have a clear focus on the needs of SMEs. Our smart factory concept enables both, Western and Chinese companies, to bring their technology to market and become part of a multifaceted ecosystem integrating demonstration, research, events, industrial testbeds, application center, digital qualification and training.

Under the patronage of Germany‘s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Smart Factory Kunshan is a joint venture of Startup Factory with Kunshan City Government established in 2017, supported by digitalization expert IoT ONE, and aims to create the largest Sino-Foreign Industry 4.0 demonstration and integration factory in China.

Let’s meet at Smart Factory Kunshan, we are Sharing Ideas!

Event Details

Chennai, "Tor zum Süden Indiens", Hauptstadt der Provinz Tamil Nadu, 6.6 Mio. Einwohner, #4 im India-City-GDP-Ranking, angetrieben von einem wachsenden Automobil- und Produktionssektor, in optimaler strategischer Lage, mit dem zweitwichtigsten Hafen des Landes, Kultur, Kueche & Strand.

Es begruessen Sie Carolin Hambruegge und Bernd Reitmeier im Namen der Startup Factory India.

Wir laden Sie ein, mehr ueber die aktuellen Entwicklungen in Bezug auf den deutschen Mittelstand in Chennai, Tamil Nadu und Indien zu erfahren.

Ganz besonders freuen wir uns, dass wir Herrn Michael Hasper Generalkonsul der Bundesrepublik Deutschland als Sprecher fuer dieses Webinar gewinnen konnten.

Speakers

Carolin Hambruegge

Managing Director of G.P.S. Germany – India Office, Director at Startup Factory Services India Pvt. Ltd.

Michael Hasper

Consul General at Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany - Chennai

Bernd Reitmeier

Founder of Startup Factory

Michael Hasper is a German career diplomat and has been Consul General at the German Consulate in Chennai since August 2025.

He is married to the Indian fashion designer Anjana Das. They have an adult daughter.

Prior to his appointment in Chennai, Michael Hasper served at the German Embassy in Washington as Head of the Department for Communication and Culture from 2021 to 2025.

He was the Head of the Division for Global Communication at the German Federal Foreign Office from 2017 to 2021.

From 2013 to 2017 Michael Hasper was the Deputy Chief of Mission of the German Embassy in Manila, Philippines.

Michael Hasper started his career as a German diplomat in India where he served as Consul at the German Consulate General in Madras/Chennai from 1996 to 1999. He was also the Spokesperson of the German Embassy in New Delhi from 2005 to 2009.

Michael Hasper entered the German Foreign Service in 1993.

He was a desk officer at the Human Rights Division of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin from 1993 to 1996.

From 1999 to 2000 he was a desk officer at the Division for the United States of America and Canada at the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin.

From 2001 to 2002 Michael Hasper was Chief of Staff of the Coordinator for the Relations between Germany and France at the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin.

From 2002 to 2005 Michael Hasper was Head of the Political Department of the German Embassy in Bangkok.

2009 to 2013 he was Head of Strategic Communication at the German Federal Foreign Office´s Policy Planning Staff.

Before joining the German Foreign Service, Michael Hasper graduated with honors from the Diplomatic Academy Vienna and received the degree of Magister Artium in History from the Georg-August University in Göttingen.

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Speakers

Carolin Hambruegge

Michael Hasper

Bernd Reitmeier

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Webinar 'Indien' #1

Event Details

Speakers

Carolin Hambruegge

Michael Hasper

Bernd Reitmeier

Sponsors and Partners

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