Jasmin Wölke moderates panel discussions in Duisburg: panels on logistics, industry and research, in English and German. She asks the questions the audience would ask and turns a round of statements into a conversation.
Panels in Duisburg: business meets research
When a panel comes together in Duisburg, three perspectives often sit side by side: a managing director from logistics or steel, a professor from the University of Duisburg-Essen, and someone from planning or administration. The conversation becomes interesting along the fault lines: where investment cycles contradict the state of research, where the supply chain collides with climate targets, where theory meets the control room. Jasmin prepares every panel along these lines. She holds preliminary calls with all guests, collects the points where opinions diverge, and builds a question arc with dramaturgy from them. Opening statements that every guest knows by heart are cut to a minimum: the stage belongs to the conversation that only this line-up can have.
Craft: speaking time, balance, audience
A good panel discussion runs 45 to 60 minutes and distributes speaking time in a way the room can feel. Jasmin makes sure the quietest guest appears as much as the most eloquent one, summarises interim positions and translates technical terms for the audience. She runs the audience Q&A with clear rules: one question per contribution, no lectures from row three. At the International Business Summit, a corporate reference with over 400 participants, she led 15 sessions across two days, many of them panels with mixed line-ups. She integrates international guests bilingually: question in German, answer in English, a summary for everyone, without losing pace.
Venues and occasions across the city
Hosts in Duisburg use the Mercatorhalle for congress panels, university lecture halls for research-driven rounds, and the halls of the Landschaftspark when the discussion is part of a larger evening. The format carries as the centrepiece of a conference, as the closing of a client day or as a stand-alone evening with a reception. How solid questions are built is shown in questions for panel discussions. The format is described in the hub panel discussion moderation, and all pages for the city are gathered on the Duisburg city page.
Enquiry for your panel in Duisburg
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