Arrival at the House of German Business: Warken, Head of the Chancellor’s Office, with DIHK President Adrian (right) and BDI President Leibinger (left)

Helena Melnikov in conversation with Dirk Wiese, First Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag

DIHK President Peter Adrian, BDI President Peter Leibinger, Head of the Chancellor’s Office Nina Warken and BDA President Rainer Dulger (from left to right)

The presidents (from left to right): Dr Rainer Dulger (BDA), Peter Adrian (DIHK) and Peter Leibinger (BDI)

Around 700 guests from the worlds of business, politics and voluntary work gathered at the Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft for the parliamentary evening event "Wirtschaft 360 Grad"

At the themed table football table, the conversation just got going all by itself

DIHK President Adrian welcomes the guests

On the podium: Nina Warken, Head of the Chancellor’s Office, on the federal government’s reform plans

DIHK President Peter Adrian spoke with Nina Warken, Head of the Federal Chancellery, about growth and competitiveness

Applause following the panel discussion (from left to right): DIHK Vice-Presidents Stoffels and Schoder-Steinmüller, DIHK Chief Executive Melnikov and presenter Astrid Frohloff

Tanja Gönner (Chief Executive Officer of the BDI), Kirsten Schoder-Steinmüller (DIHK Vice President) and Ralf Stoffels (DIHK Vice President) (from left to right)

Chatting in good spirits: DIHK Chief Executive Helena Melnikov at a get-together with DIHK Vice-President Klaus-Hinrich Vater

Discussions continued late into the evening: even after the panel discussion, the conversations were still in full swing