E.ON is Germany's third-largest industrial group and Europe's largest privately-owned energy service provider.
The Herbert Quandt Foundation of BMW seeks to foster national and international dialogue between business, politics and society, and to promote a mutual understanding of these areas. This thinking underscores the Foundation's sponsoring of this Summit.
As the Bank of the Regions in Europe, the HVB Group has a distinct profile in the financial services market, occupying a leading position in Germany, Austria and Eastern European countries.

Knorr-Bremse ranks as one of the world's leading manufacturers of braking systems for commercial vehicles.

 
LZB, under the decentralised structure of the German Central Bank, is the Bavarian branch of Germany's foremost financial and monetary policy institution.
Siemens is a network of innovation in electrical engineering and electronics encompassing nearly half a million people in 190 countries.
Walter Bau-AG is one of Germany's biggest construction groups and is active worldwide. Its head office is in Augsburg.