January 14 – Hot Topics Call on “The Rise of Tensions with Iran” with Dr. Cornelius Adebahr, Political Analyst and Nonresident Fellow at Carnegie Europe
January 17 – Breakfast Briefing on “German Foreign Policy in a World Without Leadership” with Professor Dr. Stefan Fröhlich, Professor of International Politics and Political Economy at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Hosted by Phillips Nizer LLP
January 21 – Breakfast Briefing in Washington, DC, on “The Future of Transatlantic Relations: Strong Ties in Rough Times” with Steffen Kampeter, Director General and Member of the Presidential Board of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände, BDA), in conversation with Peter Rough, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute. Hosted by Hudson Institute
January 28 – Breakfast Briefing on “Transatlantic Trade and the Economic Implications of Brexit: A View from Germany” with Dr. Volker Treier, Chief Executive of Foreign Trade and Member of the Executive Board of the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag, DIHK), and Melanie Vogelbach, Head of International Economic Policy and Foreign Trade Law at DIHK. Hosted by ServicePlan Group and held in cooperation with the Wirtschaftsrunde/CEO Roundtable of German-American Cooperation in the United States
January 29 – Hot Topics Call on “Brexit and What It Means for Germany” with Dr. Nicolai von Ordanza, Deputy Head of the Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, SWP). Held in partnership with the SWP
January 30 – Breakfast Briefing on “New German and European Climate Policies” with Professor Dr. Christoph Schmidt, Chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts and President of the RWI — Leibniz Institute for Economic Research. Held in partnership with the University Alliance Ruhr at the Consulate General of Germany
February 4 – Breakfast Briefing on “Burden Sharing, NATO, and Foreign Policy Challenges Facing Europe and the United States” with Stefan Liebich (Die Linke), Member of the Bundestag. Hosted by Alston & Bird LLP
February 10 – Hot Topics Call on “Developments in Thuringia” with Dr. Christian Martin, Professor of Political Science at the University of Kiel, Germany, and Max Weber Visiting Chair in German and European Studies at New York University
February 12 – Discussion and reception in Munich on “Changing Patterns of News Consumption – and What They Mean for Journalism and Democracy” with Peter Kropsch, CEO of the German Press Agency (Deutsche Presse-Agentur, DPA). Co-organized with the Freunde des American Council on Germany e.V.
February 14 – Breakfast Briefing in Munich on “What Has Changed in World Politics Since 1989?” with Dr. Francis Fukuyama (1985 Young Leader), Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), Mosbacher Director of FSI’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), and Director of the Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy at FSI. Held in partnership with the Freunde des American Council on Germany e.V. and hosted by Allen & Overy LLP
February 15 – Official Side Event at the Munich Security Conference: Breakfast discussion on “Partner, Competitor, or Rival? The China Conundrum in Transatlantic Relations” with Robert Blair, Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Telecommunications Policy in the White House; Representative Susan Brooks (R-Indiana), Co-Chair of the Congressional Study Group on Germany; Reinhard Bütikofer, Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the European Parliament’s China Delegation, and Deputy Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs; Senator Chris Coons (D-Delaware); Dr. Elizabeth Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director of Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations; Senator Christopher Murphy (D-Connecticut); Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Dr. Norbert Röttgen (CDU/CSU), Bundestag Member and Chairman of the Bundestag’s Foreign Affairs Committee; Senator Chris van Hollen (D-Maryland); and Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Chairman of the Commerce, Science, and Technology Committee. Held in partnership with the American Institute for Contemporary Germany Studies (AICGS)
February 16 – Breakfast Briefing in Munich on “Shaping Foreign Policy in Uncertain Times: Views from Washington and Berlin” with Dr. Peter Berkowitz, Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. Department of State and Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and Sebastian Groth, Director of Policy Planning at the German Federal Foreign Office. Held in partnership with Aspen Institute Germany at Rückel & Collegen
February 17 – Meeting of the members of Freunde des American Council on Germany e.V. in Berlin
February 17 – Discussion and reception in Berlin: “Debriefing from the Munich Security Conference” with Matthew Karnitschnig, Chief Europe Correspondent for Politico, and Ines Pohl, Editor-in-Chief of Deutsche Welle. Held in partnership with the Freunde des American Council on Germany e.V. at the law offices of CMS
February 18 – Virtual session of the Transatlantic Sounding Board on “The Role of Religion in American Society and U.S. Foreign Policy” with Anna Sauerbrey (2018 Kellen Fellow), Opinion Page Editor for Der Tagesspiegel and monthly contributor to the New York Times
February 24 – Discussion and luncheon in Boston on “The Impact of AI and Digitalization on Social Cohesion” with Professor Dr. Gesche Joost, Professor of Design Research at the Berlin University of the Arts. Held in cooperation with Northeastern University and the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius
February 25 – Discussion and reception on “The Impact of AI and Digitalization on Social Cohesion” with Professor Dr. Gesche Joost, Professor of Design Research at the Berlin University of the Arts. Held in partnership with the Hasso Plattner Institute and the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius
February 27 – Discussion and luncheon on “Transatlantic Trade in Uncertain Times: Unpacking Trade Disputes between Europe, the United States, and China” with Dr. Christian Forwick, Deputy Director-General for External Economic Relations, Trade Policy, America at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, BMWi), and Lene Knecht, Policy Officer for Transatlantic Economic Relations in the Directorate-General for External Economic Relations, Trade Policy, America at BMWi. Hosted by AllianceBernstein
March 4 – Breakfast Briefing in Charlotte on “Political Stability in Changing Societies: The German Case from an International Perspective” with Oliver Jörg, Secretary General of the Hanns Seidel Foundation. Co-sponsored by the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the World Affairs Council of Charlotte
March 6 – Breakfast Briefing in Dallas on “Germany, Europe, and the United States: Economic Development and Challenges in a World of Political Uncertainty” with Dr. Johannes Beermann, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank
March 11 – Hot Topics Call on “The Future of the CDU and the Evolving Political Landscape in Germany” with Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger, Foreign Editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
March 13 – Hot Topics Call on “How New Social and Economic Cleavages Are Shaping German Politics” with Thomas Krüger, Director of the Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, bpb)
March 24 – Hot Topics Call on “The Economic Implications of the Coronavirus” with William Boston, Senior Reporter for the Wall Street Journal
March 26 – Hot Topics Call on “Spread and Management of Coronavirus in Europe and Asia” with Martina Merten (2013 Kellen Fellow), international consultant and journalist
March 31 – Hot Topics Call on “How Germany Is Combatting Coronavirus” with Rob Schmitz, International Correspondent for NPR based in Berlin
April 2 – Hot Topics Call on “The Transatlantic Economy 2020” with Dr. Daniel S. Hamilton, Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
April 6 – Hot Topics Call on “Germany’s Response to Coronavirus and Its Political Implications” with Bundestag member Professor Dr. Andrew Ullmann (FDP)
April 9 – Virtual discussion on the national and international responses to COVID-19 and the future of multilateralism, globalization, and domestic politics with Ambassador John B. Emerson, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International, Chairman of the American Council on Germany, and former Ambassador of the United States to the Federal Republic of Germany, and Sigmar Gabriel, Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke e.V. and former German Federal Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor of Germany, as part of the virtual German-American Conference held in partnership with Atlantik-Brücke e.V. Moderated by Juliane Schäuble, U.S. Correspondent of Der Tagesspiegel
April 14 – Virtual discussion on “Russia’s Involvement in the Spread of Disinformation During the Coronavirus Crisis” with Dr. Evelyn Farkas, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, and Sarah Pagung, Associate Fellow, International Order and Democracy, at the Robert Bosch Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia at the German Council on Foreign Relations (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, DGAP)
April 16 – Virtual discussion on “The Transatlantic Partnership During – and After – the Coronavirus” with Peter Beyer (CDU), Bundestag member and Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation in the Field of Intersocietal Relations, Cultural, and Information Policy
April 22 – Virtual discussion on “COVID-19 and the Mess It Creates for the Global Economy” with Professor Dr. Andreas Dombret, Global Senior Advisor at Oliver Wyman and former Board member of the Deutsche Bundesbank; Sigmar Gabriel, Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke e.V. and former German Federal Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor of Germany; and Dr. John Lipsky, ACG Board member, Peter G. Peterson Distinguished Scholar at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs and Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and former First Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. Held as part of the virtual German-American Conference in partnership with Atlantik-Brücke e.V.
April 23 – Virtual session of the Transatlantic Sounding Board on “How the Pandemic will Change the USA: Crisis Management, Election Campaigns, and Social Cleavages” with Dr. Thomas Bagger, Head of the Office of the Federal President, and Dr. Steven E. Sokol, President of the American Council on Germany
April 24 – Virtual discussion on “The Impact of COVID-19 on Cities in Germany and the United States” with Tobias David, Chief of Staff for the Lord Mayor of the City of Leipzig; Blaine Griffin, City Council Member in the City of Cleveland, Ohio; Irmintraud Jost, Head of Science and Communication Division of the Office of Economic Development for the City of Heidelberg; and Stephanie Welch, Deputy to the Mayor and Chief of Economic and Community Development for the City of Knoxville, Tennessee
April 28 – Virtual discussion on “Resilience and Adaptation: Challenges to Democracy During the Corona Crisis” with Stefan Kornelius, Foreign Editor of the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Dr. Kori Schake (1999 Young Leader), Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Held in partnership with 1014 Inc.
April 30 – Hot Topics Call on “The Effects of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Europe’s Far Right” with Emily Schultheis, journalist based in Berlin
May 4 – Virtual discussion on “The News Media in Germany and the United States During a Pandemic” with Sumi Somaskanda (Bosch Fellow 2008-2009), Senior News Anchor at DW News, and Daniel Lippman (2017 Young Leader), a reporter covering the White House and Washington for POLITICO. Held as part of the ZoomAtlantic Dialogues series
May 6 – Virtual discussion on “Resilience and Adaptation: The Future of Liberal Democracy and the Corona Crisis” with Dr. Francis Fukuyama (1985 Young Leader), Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), Mosbacher Director of FSI’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), and Director of the Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy at FSI, and Dr. Daniela Schwarzer, Director of the German Council on Foreign Relations (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, DGAP). Held in partnership with 1014 Inc.
May 7 – Virtual discussion with Ambassador Emily Haber, German Ambassador to the United States, and Ambassador John B. Emerson, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International, Chairman of the American Council on Germany, and former Ambassador of the United States to the Federal Republic of Germany. Held in partnership with the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA) and the summit titled “Putting the World Back Together” and branded as CxC: Amplified
May 8 – Virtual discussion on “Local Impact of COVID-19 and Transportation” with ACG program alumni Laurin Spoetro, Public Policy Planner for Uber Germany; Jana Kugoth, Mobility and Transportation Reporter for Der Tagesspiegel; Brandie Lockhart, Director of Urban Design for Houston Metro; and Jesse Mintz-Roth, the Vision Zero Program Manager for the Department of Transportation in San Jose, California
May 12 – Virtual discussion on “Resilience and Adaptation: Globalization and the Corona Crisis” with Thorsten Benner, Co-Founder and Director of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), and Dr. Shannon O’Neil, Vice President, Deputy Director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Held in partnership with 1014 Inc.
May 14 – Virtual discussion on “Global Order in Crisis Mode: Coping Strategies of the West” with Omid Nouripour (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Bundestag member and Foreign Policy Spokesperson of the Green Parliamentary Group, and Board member of Atlantik-Brücke e.V., Ambassador Victoria Nuland, former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. State Department and Senior Counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group. Moderated by Dr. David Deißner, Executive Director of Atlantik-Brücke e.V., Held as part of the virtual German-American Conference and in partnership with Atlantik-Brücke e.V.
May 15 – Virtual discussion on “Emerging from the Lockdown: How Cities Are Coming Back to Life During a Pandemic” with William Peduto, Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Ullrich Sierau, Lord Mayor of Dortmund. Held in cooperation with the Office of International Relations and Sustainable Development of the City of Dortmund and the Office of the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh
May 18 – Virtual discussion on “Individual Rights vs. the Common Good in the Age of COVID-19” with Caroline Fredrickson (Bosch Fellow 1993-94), Senior Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice, and Arnd Henze (1997 ACG/Atlantik-Brücke Young Leader), an editor and reporter at WDR. Moderated by Cordell Carter (Bosch Fellow 2007-08), Executive Director of the Socrates Program at the Aspen Institute and member of the Cultural Vistas Alumni Council. Held as part of the ZoomAtlantic Dialogues series
May 19 – Virtual discussion on “Resilience and Adaptation: Digitalization and the Corona Crisis” with Professor Dr. Gesche Joost, Professor of Design Research at the Berlin University of the Arts, and Dr. Mona Sloane, Fellow with the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. Held in partnership with 1014 Inc.
May 21 – Virtual discussion on “Did We Miss the Warning Signals? Global Trends and New Security Threats” with Ambassador Boris Ruge, Vice-Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, and Dr. Gregory F. Treverton (1982 Young Leader), Professor of the Practice of International Relations and Spatial Sciences at the University of Southern California and former Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, moderated by Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller (1993 Young Leader), Kissinger Chair on Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress and a Senior Fellow at the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution. Held as part of the virtual German-American Conference in partnership with Atlantik-Brücke e.V.
May 22 – Virtual discussion on “Transatlantic Perspectives: The Local Impact of COVID-19 and Education” with Susana O’Daniel, Director of Public Affairs for the Arkansas Education Association; Daniela Schneckenburger, Commissioner of the Department for School, Youth, and Family for the City of Dortmund; and Laura Ward, Vice President of Talent Development for the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
May 26 – Virtual discussion on “Resilience and Adaptation: Civil Society and the Corona Crisis” with Dr. Nina Lemmens, member of the Executive Board of the Joachim Herz Stiftung, and Daniela Kaisth, Founder and President of Gratias Partners and former Vice President of Development at the EastWest Institute. Held in partnership with 1014 Inc.
May 29 – Virtual discussion on “The Merkel-Macron EU Recovery Fund: A Historic Moment for Europe?” with Bundestag member Metin Hakverdi (SPD)
June 4 – Virtual session of the Transatlantic Sounding Board on “Germany and the USA Facing Common Challenges” with Dr. Cornelius Adebahr, Political Analyst and Nonresident Fellow at Carnegie Europe
June 9 – Virtual discussion on “Racial Injustice and National Security” with Bishop Garrison (2017 Young Leader), Director of National Security Outreach at Human Rights First, President and Co-Founder of the Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy, and former Defense and Homeland Security official under the Obama Administration
June 9 – Virtual discussion with Ambassador Dr. Emily Haber, Ambassador of Germany to the United States, and Ambassador John B. Emerson, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International, Chairman of the American Council on Germany, and former Ambassador of the United States to Germany. Held in partnership with the Los Angeles World Affairs Council
June 10 – Virtual discussion on “A Changing International Security Environment” with Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger (1978 Young Leader), Chairman of the Munich Security Conference and former German Ambassador to the United States, and Denis McDonough (Bosch Fellow 1999-2000), former White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama. Moderated by Dr. Torrey Taussig (Bosch Fellow 2018-19), Research Director of the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Held as part of the ZoomAtlantic Dialogues series
June 11 – Virtual discussion on “We’re in This Together: Science and the Fight for Global Health” with Dr. Kathrin U. Jansen, Senior Vice President and Head of Vaccine Research and Development for Pfizer Inc
June 15 – Virtual discussion on “Resilience and Adaptation: Social Inequity and the Corona Crisis” with Professor Dr. Jutta Allmendinger, President of the Social Science Research Center Berlin (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, WZB) and a Professor of Educational Sociology and Labor Market Research at Humboldt University, and Bill Strickland, community leader and Founder and Executive Chairman of the nonprofit Manchester Bidwell Corporation. Held in partnership with 1014 Inc. with support from the Thomas Mann House
June 17 – Virtual discussion on “Transatlantic Defense Cooperation? The U.S. Military Drawdown in Germany” with Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis and former Commanding General for United States Army Europe, and Dr. Claudia Major, Head of the International Security Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, SWP)
June 22 – Virtual discussion on “The Future of the Global Economy” with Jill Meiburg (Bosch Fellow 1997-98), Senior Vice President for Sustainability Communications & Programs at Deutsche Post DHL Group, and Ian Bolin (CBYX for Young Professionals 1997-98), Partner in the Mobility & Automotive Practice at Egon Zehnder, moderated by Jennifer Clinton, President and CEO of Cultural Vistas. Held as part of the ZoomAtlantic Dialogues series
June 23 – Virtual discussion on “Resilience and Adaptation: Climate Change and the Corona Crisis” with Dr. Claudia Kemfert, Professor of Energy Economics and Sustainability at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and Head of the Energy, Transportation, and Environment Department at the German Institute for Economic Research (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V., DIW Berlin), and Jennifer Morgan, Executive Director of Greenpeace International. Held in partnership with 1014 Inc.
June 25 – Virtual discussion on “The Impact of COVID-19 on the United States” with Andrew Frank (1997 Young Leader), Founder & President of KARV Communications, and Eric Andrus, Senior Strategic Communications Strategist at KARV Communications. Held in partnership with the Freunde des American Council on Germany
June 26 – Virtual discussion on “Transatlantic Perspectives: The Local Impact of COVID-19 and Digitalization” with ACG program alumni Sunanna Chand, Vice President of Systems Reinvention at Teach for America; Bruce Clark, Executive Director of Digital Charlotte; and Devin Dienes, Project Manager at Digitalstadt Darmstadt
June 30 – Virtual discussion on “Resilience and Adaptation: Rethinking Civil Society” with Brian Gallagher, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way Worldwide, and Dr. Andreas Rickert, Founder and CEO of PHINEO. Held in partnership with 1014 Inc.
July 2 – Virtual discussion on “The European Council Presidency: Can Germany Bring Europe Together?” with Dr. Ulrike Guérot, Head of the Department for European Policy and the Study of Democracy at the Danube University in Krems (Austria) and Founder of the European Democracy Lab in Berlin
July 7 – Virtual discussion on “Resilience and Adaptation: Culture and the Corona Crisis” with Elke Buhr, Chief Editor of Monopol, Germany’s largest contemporary art magazine, and Adrian Ellis, Chairman of the Global Cultural Districts Network and Founder/Director of AEA Consulting. Held in partnership with 1014 Inc.
July 8 – Special briefing for corporate members on “The Impact of COVID-19 on BASF and EY” with Wayne T. Smith, CEO and Chairman of BASF Corporation, and Julie Linn Teigland, EY Managing Partner for the EMEIA region (Europe, Middle East, India, and Africa) and EY Global Leader – Women
July 14 – Virtual discussion on “Resilience and Adaptation: Media and the Corona Crisis” with Sewell Chan (2014 Young Leader), Editorial Page Editor for the Los Angeles Times, and Anna Sauerbrey (2018 Kellen Fellow), Opinion Page Editor for Der Tagesspiegel and monthly contributor to the New York Times. Held in partnership with 1014 Inc.
July 14 – Virtual discussion: “A Bastille Day Discussion: Emmanuel Macron, France, and Europe’s Place in the World” with Ambassador John B. Emerson, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International, Chairman of the American Council on Germany, and former Ambassador of the United States to Germany, and former ACG President William M. Drozdiak, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center on the United States and Europe and Senior Advisor on Europe with McLarty Associates. Held in partnership with the held with the Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Townhall
July 17 – Heidelberg Lecture on “Fighting Unemployment During the Corona Crisis: A Transatlantic Perspective” with Professor Dr. Welf Werner, Director of the Heidelberg Center for American Studies at Heidelberg University. Held in partnership with the Heidelberg University Association under the auspices of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020
July 23 – Virtual discussion on “A Marathon EU Summit: Compromise and Concessions” with Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for the New York Times
July 29 – Virtual discussion on “Fighting the Pandemic and Balancing Economic, Social, and Health Challenges in Europe and the United States” with Michael Chertoff, Co-Chair of the Advisory Committee ReOpen DC, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of The Chertoff Group, and Dr. Florian Herrmann, Chair of the Bavarian Corona Crisis Task Force, Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery, and State Minister for Federal and European Affairs and Media. Moderated by Anne-Marie Hauser (2007 Young Leader), Vice President for Public Affairs at Hudson Institute. Held in partnership with the Hanns Seidel Foundation
July 30 – Virtual Discussion on “China: A Common Transatlantic Challenge” with Dr. Melanie Hart, Senior Fellow and Director of China Policy at the Center for American Progress, Dr. Mikko Huotari, Executive Director of the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), and, Dr. Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society. Held in partnership with the Asia Society
August 3 – Virtual Discussion on “The Impact of the Proposed US Military Drawdown – for Germany and Beyond” with Paul-Anton Krüger, Deputy Foreign Editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung
August 7 – Virtual Discussion on “From Structural Change to COVID-19: Sustainable Strategies from Dortmund and Pittsburgh” with William Peduto, Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Ullrich Sierau, Mayor of Dortmund. Held under the auspices of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020
August 10 – Virtual Discussion on “Returning to the Skies? Air Travel and COVID-19” with Frank Naeve, Vice President of Sales for the Americas for Lufthansa
August 11 – Virtual Discussion on “Defense Spending, the U.S. Military Drawdown, and More: Assessing the German-American Relationship at a Critical Juncture” with Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT), Senior Member of House Committee on Armed Services, and Dr. Tobias Lindner (Bündnis 90/Die GrünenBundestag Member, Spokesman for Security Policy, and Chairman of the Defense Committee. The event will be moderated by Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Executive Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project and Executive Director of The Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship at the Harvard Kennedy School and Co-Director of the ACG’s Eric M. Warburg Chapter in Boston. Held under the auspices of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020
August 12 – Virtual Discussion on “Pipeline Politics: The Transatlantic Debate over Nord Stream II” with Ambassador Daniel Fried, Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council and former US Ambassador to Poland, and Dr. Kirsten Westphal, Head of Geopolitics of Energy Transformation for the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, SWP)
August 18 – Virtual Discussion on “The Challenge of COVID-19: How Is the German Social System Coping?” with Ekin Deligoez (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Bundestag Member, Spokeswoman for the Bavarian Greens in the Bundestag and Member of the Budget Committee. Held under the auspices of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020
August 21 – Virtual Discussion on “The 2020 Democratic Convention: Reactions from Berlin” with Thomas Erndl (CSU), Member of Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee, Metin Hakverdi (SPD), Member of Bundestag EU Affairs Committee, and Alexander Kulitz (FDP), Member of Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee
August 28 – Virtual Discussion on “The 2020 Republican Convention: Reactions from Berlin” with Dr. Franziska Brantner (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Party Spokesperson for European Policy and Member of the Bundestag Committee on European Affairs, Thomas Erndl (CSU), Member of Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee, Alexander Kulitz (FDP), Member of Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee, and Dr. Nils Schmid (SPD), Party Spokesman on Foreign Affairs and Member of Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee
August 31 – Virtual Discussion on “Wir schaffen das”: Five Years Later” with Jagoda Marinic, writer and columnist for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Director of the International Welcome Center in Heidelberg, and Victoria Rietig, Head of the Migration Program at the German Council on Foreign Relations (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, DGAP). Moderated by Adam Hunter, Executive Director of the Refugee Council USA
September 1 – Virtual Session of the Transatlantic Sounding Board on “The German EU Presidency: Advancing European Sovereignty in the Transatlantic Interest” with Dr. Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Professor of International Relations at Georgetown University, and former Special Advisor to the U.S. President and Leading Director for European Affairs at the National Security Advisory (2014–2017), and Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller (1993 ACG Young Leader), Kissinger Chair on Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress and a Senior Fellow at the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution
September 10 – Virtual discussion on “How Identity Politics Has Shaped Modern Political Discourse” with Dr. Francis Fukuyama (1985 ACG Young Leader), Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), Mosbacher Director of FSI’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), and Director of the Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy at FSI. Moderated by German journalist Christiane Hoffmann (1997 ACG Young Leader) and held as part of the virtual German-American Conference in partnership with Atlantik-Brücke e.V.
September 14 – Virtual Discussion on “Europe and the United States: An Enduring Partnership?” with Manuel Bewarder (2018 ACG Young Leader), Journalist, Welt and Welt am Sonntag, Tara Hariharan (2016 ACG Young Leader and CFR Term Member), Director of Global Macro Research, NWI Management LP, Dr. Seth A. Johnston (2014 ACG Young Leader and CFR Term Member), Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service
September 16 – Virtual Discussion on “Resilience and Adaptation: Predicting the Future in Uncertain Times” with Maria Bothwell, Chief Executive Officer of Toffler Associates, and Gerd Leonhard, Chief Executive Officer of The Futures Agency. Held in partnership with 1014 Inc.
September 22 – Freunde des American Council on Germany Virtual Discussion on “The United States vs. TikTok: What are the Implications for Europe?” with Christoph Keese, CEO of Axel Springer hy GmbH, and John Lee, Senior Analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
September 22 – Virtual Session of the Transatlantic Sounding Board on “The Green New Deal and COVID-19 Recovery” with Heather Long, Economics Correspondent for the Washington Post, and Sven Egenter, Editor in Chief and CEO of the Clean Energy Wire
September 23 – Virtual Discussion on “Knowing Each Other? Mutual Perceptions Across the Atlantic” with Ambassador Dr. Emily Haber, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States, and Ambassador John B. Emerson, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International, Chairman of the American Council on Germany, and former Ambassador of the United States to the Federal Republic of Germany. Moderated by Dr. David Deißner, Executive Director of Atlantik-Brücke e.V., and held as part of the Road to Election Night & Beyond #R2EN, which was organized and hosted by several transatlantic institutions and political foundations
September 25 – Virtual Discussion on “E-Mobility Today: Challenges and Opportunities on Both Sides of the Atlantic” with Michael D’Orazio, President of Sportiva, Stefan Knupfer, Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, James Schulte, Director at Exelon, and Eric Tanenblatt, Global Chair, Public Policy & Regulation at Dentons. Moderated by ACG Board Member and Chicago Warburg Chapter Director Elke Rehbock, Partner at Dentons. Held in partnership with the Chicago International Trade Commissioners’ Association
September 28 – Virtual Discussion on “Creating a Global Framework for Containing the Coronavirus” with ACG Board Member Dr. Franklin W. Maddux, Global Chief Medical Officer and Member of the Management Board of Fresenius Medical Care
September 30 – Virtual Discussion on “Newsroom Culture and ‘Culture Wars’: Journalism, Diversity, and Changing Societies” with Paulina Fröhlich, Head of the Future of Democracy Program at Das Progressive Zentrum, Martina Guzmán, Damon J. Keith Race and Justice Journalism Fellow at the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University Law School, Nil Idil Cakmak of Neue Deutsche Medienmacher, and Aleksandra Tulej, Head of Service of biber Verlagsgesellschaft, Vienna. Moderated by Leonard Novy, (ACG Multilateral Young Leader alumnus), Director of the Institute for Media and Communications. Organized by 1014 Inc. and the Institute for Media and Communications Policy (Institut für Medien- und Kommunikationspolitik, IfM) in cooperation with the ACG as part of the Media(R)evolution series
October 1 – Virtual Discussion on “Marking 30 Years of German Unification: What Lies Ahead?” with Robert B. Zoellick, the Lead U.S. Official for the Two-Plus-Four Negotiations, former President of the World Bank, U.S. Trade Representative, Deputy Secretary of State, and Author of America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy. Held in partnership with the German Consulate General in New York and 1014 Inc.
October 5 – [virtual] Transatlantic Town Halls: German Bundestag Member Dialogue on “Marking 30 Years of German Unification: What Lies Ahead?” with Bundestag Members Gyde Jensen (FDP) and Elisabeth Kaiser (SPD). Held in partnership with the German Consulate General in New York and with support from 1014 Inc. under the auspices of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020
October 6 – Virtual Discussion on “Resilience and Adaptation: Is This a Tipping Point for Higher Education?” with Carson Crochet, a Davidson College Junior, who works on the College Crisis Initiative, Dr. Chris Marsicano, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Educational Studies, Davidson College, and Dr. Uta G. Ploiger, Dean, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Professor of History, Northeastern University. Held in partnership with 1014 Inc.
October 6 – Virtual Discussion on “Making Germany More Welcoming and Economically Stronger: The Role of Refugees and Migration Policy” with David Lubell, Founding Director at Welcoming International, and Victoria Rietig, Head of the Migration Program at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). Moderated by Regina Omlor, Program Officer for Africa at Relief International. Held in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and the World Affairs Councils of America under the auspices of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020
October 7 – Virtual Discussion on “Reporting the ‘Significant Other’: Transatlantic Perspectives on Foreign News” with Melissa Eddy, Germany Correspondent for The New York Times, Berlin, Andrew Harding, Africa Correspondent for the BBC, and Ines Pohl, Washington Bureau Chief and former Editor in Chief of Deutsche Welle. Moderated by ACG Multilateral Young Leader alumnus Leonard Novy, the Director of the Institute for Media and Communications Policy. Organized by 1014 Inc. and the Institute for Media and Communications Policy (Institut für Medien- und Kommunikationspolitik, IfM) in cooperation with the ACG as part of the Media(R)evolution series
October 8 – Virtual Discussion on “A ‘Law and Order’ Election: The Criminal Justice System and Political Discourse” with Michael McMahon, Staten Island NY District Attorney, former U.S. Congressman, and Heidelberg alumnus, and Annett Meiritz, a U.S. Correspondent for the Handelsblatt Media Group based in Washington, DC. Held in partnership with the University of Heidelberg and under the auspices of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020
October 9 – Virtual Discussion on “Beyond the Campaign Trail: The Future of the American Presidency” with Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times, David Frum, Staff Writer for The Atlantic, and Vendeline von Bredow (2009 ACG Young Leader), European Business and Finance Correspondent for The Economist. Held as part of the Road to Election Night & Beyond #R2EN, which was organized and hosted by several transatlantic institutions and political foundations
October 12 – Virtual Discussion on “The ‘Tech Gap’: Race, Income Equality, and the Digital Divide” with Janina Kugel, former Siemens AG Senior Executive, and Apjit Walia, Managing Director and the Global Head of Technology Investment Strategy at Deutsche Bank
October 14 – 17 – The FUTURE FORUM: Building Biopolis, organized by The German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York, and supported by the American Council on Germany
October 15 – [Virtual] Board Meeting
October 16 – Virtual Discussion on “The Future of the Multilateral Order” with Dr. Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank, and Robert B. Zoellick, Former President of the World Bank, U.S. Trade Representative & U.S. Deputy Secretary of State. Moderated by Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner, Head of External Policy at the Federation of German Industries (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V., BDI). Held as part of the Road to Election Night & Beyond #R2EN, which was organized and hosted by several transatlantic institutions and political foundations
October 20 – Virtual Discussion on “A Conversation between Charlotte and Krefeld” with Julie Eiselt, Mayor Pro Tem in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Frank Meyer, Lord Mayor of Krefeld. Held as part of the [virtual] Transatlantic Town Halls: German-American Mayors Forum series under the auspices of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020
October 20 – Virtual Session of the Transatlantic Sounding Board on “How Can Europe and the United States Deal with China in an Increasingly Shaky World Order?” with Dr. Mikko Huotari, Director of the Mercator Institute for China Studies, and Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center for U.S. – China Relations at the Asia Society
October 21 – Virtual Discussion on “The U.S. Election, Cybersecurity, and Deep Fakes” with Dr. Sandro Gaycken, Founder and Director of the Digital Society Institute at the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin, and Wolfram von Heynitz, Deputy Consul General of Germany in New York and former Head of Cyber Foreign Policy and Cyber Security at the German Federal Foreign Office. Moderated by Kathryn Harrison (2018 ACG Young Leader), Founder and CEO of the DeepTrust Alliance
October 23 – Virtual Discussion on “A Conversation between St. Louis and Stuttgart” with Lyda Krewson, Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, and Fritz Kuhn, Lord Mayor of Stuttgart, Germany. Held as part of the [virtual] Transatlantic Town Halls: German-American Mayors Forum series the auspices of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020
October 27 – Virtual Discussion on “A World in Danger: The Future of U.S.-European Relations” with Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger (1978 ACG Young Leader), Chairman of the Munich Security Conference and former German Ambassador to the United States, and Ambassador Christopher Hill, WorldDenver Board Member and former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Macedonia, Poland, and South Korea. Held in partnership with World Denver and under the auspices of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020
October 27 – Virtual Session of the Transatlantic Sounding Board on “The U.S. Election and the Days After” with Zoe Hudson, Independent Consultant in New York, and Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
October 27 – Virtual Discussion on “Resilience and Adaptation: Migration Policy in Europe and the United States” with Theresa Cardinal Brown, Director of Immigration and Cross-Border Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center, Cristobal Ramón, Senior Policy Analyst, Bipartisan Policy Center, and Dr. J. Olaf Kleist, Senior Researcher, German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (Deutsche Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung, DeZIM), Founder and Chair of Netzwerk Fluchtforschung, and Co-founding Editor of the journal “Z’Flucht – Zeitschrift für Flüchtlingsforschung” (Nomos). Held in partnership with 1014 Inc.
October 28 – Virtual Discussion on “The Future of German-American Cooperation in Cyberspace and on Digitalization” with Wolfram von Heynitz, Deputy Consul General of Germany in New York and former Head of the Cyber Policy Coordination Staff in the German Federal Foreign Office. Held in cooperation with the Wirtschaftsrunde/CEO Roundtable of German-American Cooperation in the United States
October 29 – Virtual Discussion on “Changing Demographics: Diversity in the United States and Germany” with Dr. Petra Bendel, Professor of Political Science, Erlangen-Nürnberg University, Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Janet Murguia, President and CEO, UNIDOS, Cem Özdemir, Member of the Bundestag (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen). Moderated by Dr. Michael Werz, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress. Held as part of the virtual German-American Conference and in partnership with Atlantik-Brücke e.V.
November 3 – Virtual Discussion on “Resilience and Adaption: Pandemic, Politics, and Public Trust in Democracy” with Thomas Carothers, Senior Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Laura Krause, Director of More in Common, Germany. Held in partnership with 1014 Inc.
November 3 – Virtual Discussion on “Election Day in America: A Pre-Analysis from Berlin” with Dr. Benjamin Becker, Managing Director, AmerikaHaus NRW e.V., Daniel Benjamin, President, American Academy in Berlin and Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State (2009-2012), Ambassador John B. Emerson, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International, Chairman of the American Council on Germany, and former Ambassador of the United States to the Federal Republic of Germany (2013-2017), Markus Ferber (CSU), Chairman, Hanns Seidel Foundation and Member of the European Parliament, Metin Hakverdi (SPD), Member of the Bundestag EU Affairs Committee, Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther, Vice Chairman, Atlantik-Brücke e.V., and Director and Member of the Presidium, German Economic Institute (Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln e.V.), Eckart von Klaeden (1997 ACG Young Leader), Chairman, Aspen Institute Germany and Vice President & Head of External Affairs, Daimler AG, Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Vice President and Director of the Berlin Office, German Marshall Fund of the United States, and Head of Policy Planning and Speechwriting, Office of the German Federal President (2014-2017), Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (FDP) (1997 ACG Young Leader), Member of the Board of Trustees, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and Member of Bundestag, former Member of the European Parliament (2004-2017), Christian Schmidt (CDU/CSU), President, German Atlantic Association and Member of Bundestag, German Minister of Food & Agriculture (2014-2018), Frank Sportolari, President, American Chamber of Commerce in Germany e.V., and President, UPS Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Dr. Ellen Ueberschär, President, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Dr. Meike Zwingenberger, Executive Director, Bavarian Center for Transatlantic Relations (Amerikahaus Munich). Moderated by Annette Riedel, Senior Editor, Deutschlandfunk Kultur. Held as part of the Road to Election Night & Beyond #R2EN, which was organized and hosted by several transatlantic institutions and political foundations
November 9 – Virtual Discussion on “A World in Danger: Germany and Europe in an Uncertain Time” with Ambassador John B. Emerson, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International, Chairman of the American Council on Germany, and former Ambassador of the United States to the Federal Republic of Germany, and Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger (1978 ACG Young Leader), Chairman of the Munich Security Conference and former German Ambassador to the United States. Held in partnership with the Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall
November 10 – Virtual Discussion on “The U.S. Election – Reactions from Berlin” with Bundestag Members Christoph Bernstiel (CDU), Metin Hakverdi (SPD), and Katja Keul (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen). Held as part of the [virtual] Transatlantic Town Hall: German Bundestag Member Dialogue under the auspices of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020
November 11 – Virtual Discussion on “The Consequences of the U.S. Elections for the Transatlantic Alliance” with Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller (1993 ACG Young Leader), Senior Fellow at the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution. Held in partnership with the Denver Council on Foreign Relations
November 12 – Virtual Discussion on “Transatlantic Relations After the Election” with Dr. Mai’a Cross, Edward W. Brooke Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at Northeastern University, Ignacio Garcia-Bercero, Director in DG Trade of the European Commission and former TTIP Chief Negotiator, and Dr. James Goldgeier, Professor at the School of International Service at American University. Held in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh, the Georgia Tech Center for European and Transatlantic Studies, and The Transatlantic Policy Center
November 12 – Virtual Discussion on “Innovation and Its Discontents: U.S. and German Models of Military Innovation and the Dual-Use Conundrum” with Dr. Amy J. Nelson, Research Associate at the Center for International and Security Studies (CISSM) at the University of Maryland, and Dr. Bastian Giegerich, Director, Defense and Military Analysis, International Institute for Strategic Studies
November 13 – Virtual Discussion on “Beyond Election Day: Transatlantic Media De-Brief” with Melissa Eddy, Berlin Correspondent for The New York Times, Tina Hassel, Head and TV Editor-in-Chief of ARD-Hauptstadtstudio in Berlin, Tonia Mastrobuoni, Berlin Correspondent for La Repubblica, and Wojciech Szymański, Berlin Correspondent for the Polish Section of Deutsche Welle. Moderated by Terry Martin, Senior Anchor for Deutsche Welle News. Michael Müller, Governing Mayor of Berlin, made opening remarks. Held as part of the Road to Election Night & Beyond #R2EN, which was organized and hosted by several transatlantic institutions and political foundations
November 17 – Virtual Discussion on “Navigating a ‘World in Danger’: Lessons for a New Generation of Transatlantic Security Leaders” with Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger (1978 ACG Young Leader), Chairman of the Munich Security Conference and former German Ambassador to the United States, and Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School. Held as part of Harvard University’s German-American Conference
November 17 – Virtual Session of the Transatlantic Sounding Board on “The U.S. Election and What It Means for Germany and Europe” with Ambassador John B. Emerson, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International, Chairman of the American Council on Germany, and former Ambassador of the United States to the Federal Republic of Germany, and Dr. James Goldgeier, Professor of International Relations at the School of International Service at American University, Washington, DC
November 18 – Virtual Discussion on “A Conversation between San Antonio and Darmstadt” with Ron Nirenberg, Mayor of San Antonio, Texas, and Jochen Partsch, Lord Mayor of Darmstadt. Held as part of the [virtual] Transatlantic Town Hall: German-American Mayors Forum under the auspices of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020
November 18 – Virtual Discussion on “Safeguarding Transatlantic Security: A ‘New Deal’ in Euro-American Relations?” with Heather A. Conley (2007 ACG Young Leader), Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic & Director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), Thomas Silberhorn (CSU), Parliamentary State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Defense and Member of Bundestag. Moderated by Andrea Rotter, Head of Division Foreign and Security Policy, Hanns Seidel Foundation. Held as part of the Road to Election Night & Beyond #R2EN, which was organized and hosted by several transatlantic institutions and political foundations
November 23 – Virtual Discussion on “Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Brexit, but Were Afraid to Ask” with Ambassador Dr. Peter Wittig, Senior Advisor Global Affairs, Schaeffler AG, and former German Ambassador to the Court of St. James
November 23 – Virtual Discussion on “The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Chance for an Updated German Foreign Policy” with Jens Spahn (CDU), German Federal Minister of Health, in an interview led by Anne McElvoy, Senior Editor at The Economist. Held as part of the 12th annual German-American Conference organized by Harvard University
November 24 – Virtual Discussion on “Resilience and Adaptation: How are Hospitals Managing the Public Health Crisis?” with Dr. David L. Reich, President and COO of The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and President of Mount Sinai Queens, and Prof. Dr. Eckhard Nagel, Managing Director of the Institute for Health Care Management and Economics at the University of Bayreuth, Doctor of Medicine at the Erdhof Rehabilitation Center in Iselsberg-Stronach, Austria, and the German President of the Chinese-German Friendship Hospital of the Tongji Clinic Wuhan. Held in partnership with 1014 Inc.
November 30 – Virtual Discussion on “Priorities and Pitfalls for the Transatlantic Partnership in 2021” with Peter Beyer (CDU), Bundestag Member and Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation in the German Federal Foreign Office. Held as part of the [virtual] Transatlantic Town Halls: German Bundestag Member Dialogue series under the auspices of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020
December 2 – Virtual Discussion on “Reinventing the German-American Agenda in 2021” with Ambassador John B. Emerson, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International, Chairman of the American Council on Germany, and former Ambassador of the United States to the Federal Republic of Germany, and Sigmar Gabriel, Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke e.V. and former German Federal Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor of Germany. Moderated by Christiane Meier, Director of ARD’s studio in New York. Held as part of the virtual German-American Conference and in partnership with Atlantik-Brücke e.V.
December 3 – Virtual Discussion on “Migration, Flight, and US Immigration Policy under President Biden” with T. Alexander Aleinikoff, University Professor and Director of the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School, Roberto Suro, Professor of Journalism and Public Policy at the University of Southern California, and Eric P. Schwartz, President of Refugees International and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (2009-2011). Moderated by Berit Ebert, Vice President of Programs of the American Academy in Berlin. Held as part of the Road to Election Night & Beyond #R2EN, which was organized and hosted by several transatlantic institutions and political foundations
December 4 – Virtual Discussion on “Deal or No Deal? Brexit and its Implications for Europe and the Transatlantic Alliance” with Heather Conley (2007 ACG Young Leader), Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic and Director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger, Foreign Editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and David Smith, Washington Bureau Chief for The Guardian. Held in partnership with 1014 Inc.
December 7 – Virtual Discussion on “A Conversation between Berlin and Los Angeles” with State Secretary Christian Gaebler, Head of the Berlin Senate Chancellery, and Ambassador Nina Hachigian, Deputy Mayor of International Affairs, Los Angeles, CA. Held as part of the [virtual] Transatlantic Town Hall: German-American Mayors Forum under the auspices of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020
December 9 – Virtual Discussion on “Reflecting on Germany’s European Council Presidency” with Dr. Ulrike Guérot, Head of the Department for European Policy and the Study of Democracy at the Danube University in Krems (Austria) and the founder of the European Democracy Lab in Berlin
December 9 – Virtual Discussion on “Why Trade Matters! The Future of Transatlantic Economic Relations” with Daniel Andrich, General Manager, American Chamber of Commerce in Germany e.V., Dr. Christina Gommlich, Deputy Head of the Berlin Office, Corporate Government Relations, BASF SE, Dr. F.-Hans Grandin, CEO, HUESKER Synthetic GmbH and HUESKER Group, and Peter Riehle, President and CEO, WITTENSTEIN North America. Frank Sportolari, American Chamber of Commerce in Germany e.V. President, delivered welcome remarks, and Annett Meiritz, Handelsblatt U.S. Correspondent in Washington DC, moderated the discussion. Held as part of the Road to Election Night & Beyond #R2EN, which was organized and hosted by several transatlantic institutions and political foundations
December 11 – Virtual Discussion on “A Conversation between Austin and Koblenz” with Steve Adler, Mayor of Austin, Texas, and David Langner, Lord Mayor of Koblenz. Held in partnership with Sister Cities Austin-Koblenz. Held as part of the [virtual] Transatlantic Town Hall: German-American Mayors Forum series under the auspices of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020
December 15 – Virtual Discussion on “Resilience and Adaptation: The Future of Travel and Tourism” with Ricarda Lindner, Regional Manager for the Americas and Director of the U.S. Office of the German National Tourist Office, and Guy Martin (1991 ACG Journalism Fellow), Senior Correspondent for Conde Nast Traveler and Senior Contributor at Forbes. Held in partnership with 1014 Inc