On March 11, the American Council on Germany and the Denver Council on Foreign Relations hosted an evening discussion with Ricklef Beutin, the Deputy Chief of Mission for the German Embassy in Washington, DC.
The American Council on Germany and the Aspen Institute Germany have launched a virtual event series to provide a platform for subnational exchange and in-depth discussions amongst German and American state legislators on common transatlantic challenges. On March 10, Assemblymember Marc Berman (D), California State Assembly; Daniel Karrais, MdL (FDP), State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg; and Katharina Schulze, MdL (Alliance 90/The Greens), State Parliament of Bavaria discussed both opportunities and challenges that come with an increasingly digitized democracy and shared their own experiences and visions for a digital future.
2020 was an inflection point for the gig economy and the digital fabric of commerce and business. Companies had to adapt to new ways of working in order to stay afloat during the pandemic. Using artificial intelligence, diversifying employment models from full-time jobs to gigworkers and crowdsourcing, and moving to flexwork and hybrid workplaces are all part of the toolbox. On March 9, the American Council on Germany and 1014 hosted a discussion on the future of work with Thorben Albrecht, Policy Director of IG Metall and former Permanent State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and Jeff Schwartz, Principal and U.S. Leader for the Future of Work at Deloitte Consulting LLP, and author of Work Disrupted: Opportunity, Resilience, and Growth in the Accelerated Future of Work (2021).
The debate over differences in U.S. and European speech rights is a perennial issue. But, the emergence of private social media platforms – and their dominance – has given the issue a new dimension and a new sense of urgency.
On March 8, the American Council on Germany, the Max Planck Law Network, and the Robert Bosch Foundation Alumni Association hosted a discussion with Prof. Dr. Ralf Poscher, DirÂectÂor at the Max Planck InÂstiÂtute for the Study of Crime, SeÂcurÂity and Law, in Freiburg, Germany, and Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School. The discussion was moderated by Russell Miller, Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Max Planck Law Network and J.B. Stombock Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University.
On March 8 – International Women’s Day – the ACG hosted a discussion about how gender equity is a priority for foreign policy and national security with Member of the European Parliament Dr. Hannah Neumann (Greens), who spearheaded the Feminist Foreign Policy; Dr. Armgard von Reden, Chairwoman of Women in International Security Germany; and Julia Santucci, Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies and Director of the Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership and the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Forum at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and former Senior Advisor in the Secretary of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues during the Obama Administration.