Blog - Dr. Matthias Catón

Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice

24 June 2025 by Matthias Catón

From 9 to 13 June, the third UN Ocean Conference took place in Nice, France. The German Maritime Centre was accredited as an observer for the first time, and I attended on behalf of my institution. There was a plethora of events and activities as part of the official program and side events organized by …

The German Maritime Centre at transport logistic

24 June 2025 by Matthias Catón

In the first week of June, I attended transport logistic fair in Munich with my team from the German Maritime Centre. We had a booth there for the second time after 2023 and we also organized a panel on the role of short sea and inland waterways shipping for heavy and oversized cargo. The topic …

3rd Annual Conference of the Indo-German Centre held in Hyderabad

1 November 2023 by Matthias Catón

The 3rd Annual Conference of the Indo-German Centre for Business Excellence took place on 13 October 2023. It’s overarching topic was manufacturing under the theme „Rethinking Manufacturing in India and Germany: Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Growth“. Bringing the Annual Conference to India It was a first for us: after two instalments that we ran …

Think20: Advising the Leaders of the G20

19 August 2023 by Matthias Catón

Late last year, when India took over the presidency of the G20 group of nations, I had the honor of being appointed Co-Chair of one of the Think20 task forces, namely the one dealing with Purpose & Performance: Reassessing the Global Financial Order. T20, or Think20, is one of the G20 engagement groups. It consists …

Financing Climate Change: Panel at the Global Solutions Summit

4 July 202330 June 2023 by Matthias Catón

This year, I have the honor of co-chairing the Think20 Task Force on “Purpose & Performance: Reassessing the Global Financial Order” during India’s presidency of the G20. As part of this process, I was recently invited with fellow Co-Chair Hans Peter Lankes from the London School of Economics to organize a panel at the Global Solutions Summit on “Making Global Finance Fit for the Climate and Development Challenge”.

A changing global landscape: Three observations from the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi

1 April 2023 by Matthias Catón

I recently attended the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi, one of the world’s leading conferences on geopolitics and geoeconomics, organized by the Observer Research Foundation under its president Samir Saran. This year’s participants were of exceptionally high caliber, given that it coincided with the G20 Foreign Minister meeting, which took place in the same venue, New Delhi’s iconic Taj Palace hotel.

My TEDx talk: The business argument for democracy

17 October 2022 by Matthias Catón

On 7 May 2022, I gave a talk at TEDxFS at Frankfurt School. Students organized the event. The title of my speech was “The business argument for democracy”.

Mercator Science Policy Fellowship Program

6 June 202228 October 2020 by Matthias Catón

Frankfurt School is cooperating with the Mercator Science Policy Fellowship Program, which brings together senior leaders from the public sector and NGOs with faculty from different universities. The aim is to engage in an in-depth exchange around topics of the future.

Frankfurt School and Futury cooperate on sustainable innovation project

15 October 202211 February 2020 by Matthias Catón

Frankfurt School is partnering with Futury for its sustainable startup project, “The Mission: Banking – Be Green!” Together with supermarket chain Kaufland and insurer Zurich we will provide expertise to five teams working on innovative ideas around making banking and finance more sustainable.

Frankfurt School will host the 2020 EFMD Bachelor conference

6 June 202211 November 2019 by Matthias Catón

I’ve just returned from Oslo, where I attended this year’s Bachelor Programmes Conference by EFMD, the European association of business schools. It was the sixth time I participated since 2013.

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