Portland: Germany and the United States: Shaping Our Transatlantic Future

The ACG, WorldOregon, and the World Affairs Council of America will host a discussion with Dieter Kempf, President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and Peter Beyer, member of the German Bundestag and Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation, and Karen Wilde Goddin, former Managing Director for Business, Innovation and Trade with Business Oregon. How can Germany and...

Los Angeles: Governance in the Digital Age

The Los Angeles Warburg Chapter and the Los Angeles World Affairs Council will host a conversation with investor Nicolas Bergguen and journalist Nathan Gardels.  Join us for a conversation with billionaire investor Nicolas Berggruen and journalist Nathan Gardels about how globalization and technology have given rise to a populist backlash against income inequality across Europe...

NYC: Populism and Nationalism on the Rise: A German Perspective

The ACG and the Wirtschaftsrunde will host a discussion and luncheon with Stefan Schlüter, Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy of the German Foreign Office in Berlin. Stefan Schlüter served in the German Foreign Office until the summer of 2017 and is now a Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy in Berlin. After studying political...

Washington, DC: In the Shadows of Reunification: The Treuhand and the Legacy of Privatization in the Former GDR

Washington, DC Warburg Chapter, the Embassay of the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Research Foundation, and the University Alliance Ruhr will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Marcus Böick, Professor of Contemporary History at Ruhr University Bochum, and Dr. Holger Wolf, Associate Professor in the SFS at Georgetown University. RSVP (acceptances only) HERE Dr. Marcus Böick teaches...

Philadelphia: In the Shadows of Reunification: The Treuhand and the Legacy of Privatization in the Former GDR

The Philadelphia Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Marcus Böick, Professor of Contemporary History at Ruhr University Bochum, on "In the Shadows of Reunification: The Treuhand and the Legacy of Privatization in the Former GDR." Dr. Marcus Böick teaches contemporary history at Ruhr University Bochum, where he studied history, political science, and...