The conference under the theme ‘RE|START – Lessons From Success and Failure’ was conducted in collaboration with the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and the Saint Petersburg State University of Economics. 240 top talents from Germany and Russia convened over the four conference days at such locations as the Hamburg Townhall, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, the Basthorst Estate or the museum ship ‘Cap San Diego’, where Olaf Scholz, First Mayor and President of the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, addressed the young leaders with a passionate speech on the importance of German-Russian exchange.