Once again this year, the Reinhard Mohn Institute is hosting its Corporate Leadership Day, promising high-caliber presentations and lively discussions on a timely topic.
This event continues the tradition of previous RMI symposia and promotes dialogue between academia, business, and society on issues shaping the future. In previous years, the focus was on questions such as “Responsibility: Who Is Ready?” (2018), “How Do Values Become Reality?” (2019), “How Strong Are Diverse Corporate Cultures?” (2020), “What Does Corporate Responsibility Mean Today?” (2021), “How Do We Save the Future?” (2022), “New Co-Work? Transformations of Cooperation” (2023), “Strengthening Democracy: What Is the Role of Businesses?” (2024), and most recently, “Confrontation Instead of Cooperation in Business and Society?” (2025).
Speakers included Roland Auschel (adidas), Jens Beckert (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies), Wibke Brems (The Greens), Christian Hahn (Deutsche Telekom), Ralph Heck (Bertelsmann Foundation), Immanuel Hermreck (Bertelsmann SE), Annette Kehnel (University of Mannheim), Alexander Kluge (Kluge + Konsorten), Brigitte Mohn (Bertelsmann Foundation), Sonja Sackman (University of Business and Economics, Munich), Daniela Schwarzer (Bertelsmann Foundation), Christian Neuhäuser (Technical University of Dortmund), Thomas Voigt (Otto Group), Jürgen Weibler (Free University of Hagen), Susanne Wiegmann (Business Council for Democracy), Silvia Wiesner (Unilever).
Further details will be published in the coming weeks.
Since its founding in 2010 under the name of its founder, the Bertelsmann Foundation has supported the Reinhard Mohn Institute (RMI). Through research, teaching, and dialogue with practitioners, the institute provides significant national and international impetus for the theory and practice of partnership-based corporate governance.
Further information about the institute and the “RMI Corporate Governance Day” can be found on the website.
If you have any questions or would like to pre-register, please contact rmi@uni-wh.de. Participation is free of charge.