Can AI Be Creative?

On November 14, the ACG, DWIH, and HPI will host a discussion and reception with Professor Gerard de Melo, Full Professor at the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering and Chair for Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems at the University of Potsdam. While creativity is often considered a uniquely human trait, there have recently been...

Democracy vs. Autocracy: Threats to Western Democracies through Autocratic Regimes

The ACG will host a discussion and reception with Thomas Haldenwang, President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV)). Thomas Haldenwang currently serves as the President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV)), a key domestic intelligence agency in Germany with the...

The Shifting Geo-Economic Landscape: A German Perspective

The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Christian Forwick, Deputy Director-General for External Economic Relations, Trade Policy, and America in the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. For more information, please email events@acgusa.org. Christian Forwick has served as the Deputy Director-General for External Economic Relations, Trade Policy, and America in...

German Politics Against the Backdrop of Open Conflict in the Middle East

The ACG will host a discussion and reception with Stephan Detjen, Chief Correspondent for Deutschlandradio and Director of the Berlin Studio. For more information, please email events@acgusa.org. Stephan Detjen is Chief Correspondent for Deutschlandradio and heads the station's capital city studio in Berlin. Previously, he worked as Deutschlandfunk's Editor-in-Chief in Cologne and as a legal policy...

30th John J. McCloy Awards Dinner

On January 31, the ACG will hold the 30th John J. McCloy Awards Dinner honoring Dr. Belén Garijo, Chair of the Executive Board and CEO of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Alexander C. Karp, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Palantir Technologies Inc.Â