Jasmin Wölke moderates panel discussions in Mönchengladbach, in English and in German. She turns prepared statements into a conversation in which guests respond to each other and the audience takes something home.
Panels on the Lower Rhine have real fault lines
The city's topics deliver debate material by themselves. How much textile heritage still shapes the future of the location? What does AI do to machine building, and what to banking? How does retail find its way back into the city centres? The stage then seats a professor from Hochschule Niederrhein, a shareholder from a machine builder and a manager from the bank. Each side has strong arguments and its own tempo. Jasmin places her questions exactly on those fault lines. She follows up when an answer dodges, and at the same time protects every guest from being paraded. The result is friction with respect, and exactly that keeps a room awake.
Preparation decides the conversation
Before the panel Jasmin speaks with every guest individually. She collects positions, sore points and the one story that would otherwise never be told. From that material she builds an arc with opening, deep dive and audience round. She limits statements in a friendly but firm way. Questions from the floor are bundled so no single opinion hijacks the panel. Organisers planning their own rounds find craft in Sample questions for a panel discussion. Suitable rooms exist as well: Kaiser-Friedrich-Halle for the big frame, university formats on campus, company panels in-house.
Routine from large programmes
At the International Business Summit, a corporate reference with more than 400 participants and 15 sessions, Jasmin led numerous discussion rounds, including in English. That routine shows in Mönchengladbach: she stays composed when a guest cancels, the technology stutters or two positions collide hard. The format hub Panel moderation gives an overview, and the Mönchengladbach city page bundles all pages on the city.
Enquire about your panel in Mönchengladbach
Share topic, line-up, date and venue via the contact form. After the briefing you receive a written offer with a fixed fee. For evening panels Jasmin arrives early enough to align with guests and technology.