On Friday, June 3, the American Council on Germany and the German Embassy in Washington, DC hosted a virtual discussion with public health experts Dr. Nicole Lurie, U.S. Director of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and former Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS), and Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling, Director-General for Life Sciences in the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research; and moderated by journalist Arthur Allen. They discussed global public health as a priority for the G7 Summit as we try to come to terms with the COVID-19 pandemic.
On May 27, the American Council on Germany hosted a discussion with ACG Board member Michael Heinz, Chairman and CEO of the BASF Corporation and Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, about the impact of the current crisis on the Germany economy.
On May 25, the ACG hosted a conversation with Sandra Yvonne Stieger, Deputy Mayor for Economy, Tourism, and Regional Cooperation for the City of Magdeburg; and Greg Slater, Vice President and Senior Director, Global Regulatory Affairs at Intel Corporation, on transatlantic economic cooperation as an issue of strategic importance to both countries.
On May 24, the ACG, in partnership with 1014, hosted a discussion on the implications of the war in Ukraine with Dr. Liana Fix, Program Director in the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin, and Dr. Michael Kimmage, Professor of History at the Catholic University of America.
On Monday, May 23 the ACG held its weekly Kaffeepause with Matthias Deiß, the Deputy Director of ARD’s Hauptstadtstudio in Berlin and deputy editor-in-chief of television to discuss current events in Germany.