DLD Nightcap
22/01/2025

Exclusive Networking Event in Davos

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As it is tradition, DLD and Hubert Burda Media once again hosted the DLD Nightcap in Davos this year. This party, marking the opening of the World Economic Forum (WEF), served as the grand finale of the DLD Munich 25, which took place from January 16th to 18th. Three days after celebrating the 20th anniversary of the innovation conference in Munich, hosts Elisabeth Burda Furtwängler and Dr. Jacob Burda (both Hubert Burda Media), DLD founder Steffi Czerny, DLD Chairman Yossi Vardi, and Ruslan Husry, CEO of the HR Group, welcomed around 500 guests to the Steigenberger Belvédère Hotel. Philipp Welte, a board member of Burda, also made it a point to personally greet the attendees in the Swiss Alps. 

The guest list included influential and prominent figures from the worlds of business, politics, investment, art, and media, such as Thomas Saueressig (SAP), Fatoumata Ba (Janngo Capital), Finance Minister Jörg Kukies, Jonas Andrulis (Aleph Alpha), AI scientist and author Gary Marcus, European Parliament member Eva Maydell, and climate activist Luisa Neubauer, as well as Sandrine Dixson-Declève (Club of Rome). Other notable attendees included Stefan Hartung (Bosch), Markus Kamieth (BASF), German Chancellery Minister Wolfgang Schmidt, Angie Gifford (META), Isabell Hülsen (SPIEGEL), and Oliver Blume (Volkswagen). 

The DLD Nightcap featured a musical performance by DJ, producer, and activist Chmba from Malawi. Guests enjoyed cocktails with DLD branding, expertly crafted by the “LiquidChefs” from London.  

For more impressions from the DLD Nightcap, visit Flickr

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The "LiquidChefs" from London served drinks to the guests of the DLD Nightcap © Sabine Brauer Photos/Goran Nitschke for Hubert Burda Media 

DJ Chmba from Malawi provided the musical accompaniment © Sabine Brauer Photos/Goran Nitschke for Hubert Burda Media 

Celebrating the evening in Davos: Thomas Saueressig (SAP SE), Anahita Thoms (Baker McKenzie and Young Global Leader of WEF), and Heiko Thoms (State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Finance) © Sabine Brauer Photos/Goran Nitschke for Hubert Burda Media 

DLD founder and curator Steffi Czerny with Pia Tischhauser (BCG) and Hauke Stars (Volkswagen AG) © Sabine Brauer Photos/Goran Nitschke for Hubert Burda Media 

Helmut Reisinger (Palo Alto Networks), Andre Loesekrug-Pietri (Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI)), and Paul Achleitner (Deutsche Bank) attended the DLD Nightcap – pictured here with Alessia Sinzger (DLD) © Sabine Brauer Photos/Goran Nitschke for Hubert Burda Media 

Oliver Blume (Volkswagen Group) and Wolfgang Fink (Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE) at the DLD Nightcap © Sabine Brauer Photos/Goran Nitschke for Hubert Burda Media 

Media representatives such as Georg Meck (Focus Money), Melanie Amann (SPIEGEL), Dietmar Deffner (Die Welt), and Holger Zschäpitz (Die Welt) also attended the DLD Nightcap © Sabine Brauer Photos/Goran Nitschke for Hubert Burda Media 

Philipp Welte from Burda together with Carsten Knobel (Henkel) © Sabine Brauer Photos/Goran Nitschke for Hubert Burda Media 

Dr. Jacob Burda (Hubert Burda Media), Tristan Harris and Philipp Welte (Hubert Burda Media) at the DLD Nightcap in the Steigenberger Grandhotel Belvédère in Davos © Sabine Brauer Photos/Goran Nitschke for Hubert Burda Media

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