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CDU Chairman Angela Merkel with (from left) ACG President Hugh G. Hamilton, Jr.; Friedbert Pflüger, Foreign Affairs Spokesman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, a Young Leader alumnus; and ACG Director Kurt F. Viermetz, formerly of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Rudolph S. Houck of Alston & Bird LLP; Ambassador Rockwell Schnabel, U.S. Representative to the European Union; ACG President William M. Drozdiak; and Ambassador Alfred H. Kingon
Karl-Theodor Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (right) with (from left) Karl-Heinz Schlaiss of DaimlerChrysler, David Geanacopoulos of Volkswagen of America, Stephen Biegun of Ford Motor Company, and ACG Director Francis J. Kelly, Jr., of Deutsche Bank AG
Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble, Member of the Bundestag and Deputy Chair of the CDU/CSU Bundestag Group, and ACG Director Ernestine Schlant Bradley of The New School University
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The ACG provides a forum in New York for the discussion of timely issues of transatlantic and international relevance, from politics and security to economics and finance. Members hear from a spectrum of speakers, including senior German government officials and business leaders, along with European figures from the private and public sectors. The ACG strives to address current events as they unfold.
Policy Program Series
The American Council on Germany’s Policy Program Series in New York encompasses events with prominent officials, analysts, and other influential figures in larger, lecture-style discussion programs and smaller, high-level briefings alike. About 25 events are held in New York annually.
The ACG also offers two specialized lecture series on an ongoing basis: the McCloy Lecture Series and the Arthur F. Burns Memorial Lecture.
McCloy Lectures
The American Council on Germany launched the McCloy Lecture Series in 2002 to mark its 50th anniversary, to provide members with a close look at European-American relations from the perspectives of top government officials and corporate leaders, and to honor John J. McCloy. Mr. McCloy was the first civilian U.S. High Commissioner for Germany and the founding Chairman of the American Council on Germany. McCloy Lecturers have included Clemens Börsig, CFO and CRO, and Member of the Board of Managing Directors of Deutsche Bank AG; Ulrich Cartellieri, Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG, and former Treasurer of the Christian Democratic Union; Dr. Hubertus Erlen, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Schering AG; Roland Koch, Minister-President of Hesse; Rudolf Scharping, then German Minister of Defense; Wolfgang Schäuble, Member of the Bundestag and Deputy Chair of the CDU/CSU Bundestag Group; German Interior Minister Otto Schily; Jürgen Weber, Federal Commissioner for Foreign Investment in Germany and Supervisory Board Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer of Lufthansa; and Ernst Welteke, then President of the Deutsche Bundesbank.
Arthur F. Burns Lectures
The ACG also hosts Arthur F. Burns Memorial Lectures featuring top experts in the field of finance to honor Arthur F. Burns, who served as a U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and as President of the Federal Reserve Board. The most recent lecture featured Axel Weber, the new President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, on “A Blueprint for Growth: Prospects for Germany in an Enlarged Euro Zone.” In his inaugural speech in the United States, Dr. Weber gave a sweeping overview of the state of the economy in Germany, wider Europe, and beyond, and outlined his prescriptions for promoting growth and encouraging reform efforts. Other past Burns Lecturers include Karl-Otto Pöhl, then President of the Deutsche Bundesbank; Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Kurt Biedenkopf, then Minister-President of Saxony; Hans Tietmeyer, then President of the Deutsche Bundesbank; Rolf-E. Breuer, then Spokesperson of the Board of Managing Directorsof Deutsche Bank; and Ernst Welteke, then President of the Deutsche Bundesbank. Alfred Herrhausen, Spokesman of the Managing Board of Deutsche Bank, was
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