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SUMMARY:Postponed - Navigating Immigration Challenges in the U.S. and Germany
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While global challenges are addressed by national governments\, increasingly subnational actors such as states\, communities\, and cities have needed to step up to take action when traditional nation-states have not been able to make progress due to political polarization and partisan gridlock. The German-American State Legislator Dialogue will take on the challenge of immigration\, focusing on the role of state representatives from the United States and Germany in addressing common concerns when it comes to migration. \nImmigration has deeply influenced the development of both the United States and Germany historically and today. Recent crises\, such as the wave of refugees after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the migration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border\, have posed multifaceted challenges in providing immediate necessities and integrating migrants in the long term. Challenges to economic integration and social inclusion persist\, including language barriers and recognition of foreign qualifications. Though immigration policy falls under federal jurisdiction\, the role of U.S. states and German Länder in successful integration is crucial. State governments can aid integration by providing accessible resources for housing\, language education\, vocational training\, and cultural programs. Recent public debates between the federal government and the Bundesländer over how to limit the influx of migrants and distribute costs for refugees have dominated the headlines. Many U.S. states have outlined the need for additional support to manage a surge of asylum seekers as some states are subject to a greater influx of migrants than others. In this discussion with state legislators on both sides of the Atlantic\, we examine the impacts of immigration challenges at the state level and how collaborative efforts across different levels of government and stakeholders can best address these hurdles in light of current affairs. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Aspen Institute Germany for our next State-to-State: German-American State Legislator Dialogue for a discussion with German and American state legislators including Franziska Baum (FDP)\, State Parliament of the Free State of Thuringia; Senator Eva Diaz (D)\, Arizona State Senate; and Orkan Özdemir (SPD)\, State Parliament of Berlin.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_t5Pt-R3USBe56PdXXblhoQ%23%2Fregistration”][vc_column_text]Franziska Baum (FDP) was born 1982 in Erfurt/Thuringia and graduated from the Landesschule Pforta in 2000. After studying information and communication management in Berlin\, she worked several years in marketing roles in the public sector in Oranienburg/Brandenburg. From 2008 to 2013\, Ms. Baum lived in London (UK)\, where she worked first for the Diocese of Westminster and later for the European Medicines Agency in financial management. Back in her home state of Thuringia\, she supervised various projects on a part-time\, freelance\, or voluntary basis\, as there was a start-up fair and a mentoring project that focused on connecting founders with experienced entrepreneurs. \nIn 2019\, she accepted the mandate as a member of the parliamentary group of the Liberals (FDP). Her main topics are education\, youth\, sports\, migration\, justice\, and accessibility. Promoting the youth\, a sustainable education system\, sensible digitization concepts\, and modern mobility are particularly close to her heart. She is deputy district chairwoman of the Free Democrats in Erfurt\, a member of the board of the Thuringian Youth Hostel Association\, a member of the board of the Bürgerstifung Erfurt\, and a member of the board of trustees of the school foundation of the Erfurt diocese. \nAs an Arizona native\, Dr. Evangeline (Eva) Diaz has called Tolleson her home for over three decades and is now proud to represent Legislative District 22 as a member of the State Senate. Education has been both a passion and profession for her\, culminating in a Doctorate Degree from Arizona State University in Curriculum and Instruction\, and Educational Leadership. She has served in a variety of roles including as teacher and principal in Arizona public schools. \nBeyond her professional endeavors\, Dr. Diaz engagement in community service is extensive. She has been an active member of the City of Tolleson Planning and Zoning Commission since 2013\, currently holding the position of Chair. Additionally\, her involvement with organizations like the Arizona Educators Association/Red for Ed\, Chicanos Por La Causa Community Center\, and the Children’s Ministry at her church highlights her commitment to the community. Dr. Diaz is married with two children. She and her husband own a preschool in Avondale\, a testament to their dedication to providing quality education to young learners. \nOrkan Özdemir (SPD) is a German politician who has been a member of the State Parliament of Berlin since 2021\, representing Tempelhof-Schöneberg. Previously\, he was the chair of the local SPD working group on migration and diversity. From 2012 to 2017\, he led the policy team at the non-profit BQN Berlin\, an educational advocacy organization for disadvantaged youth. He then worked in the Berlin government. Mr. Özdemir studied Political Science at the Free University Berlin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/navigating-immigration-challenges-in-the-u-s-and-germany/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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SUMMARY:Political Developments and the Urban-Rural Divide  in Germany and the United States
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung will host a roundtable discussion and luncheon with a delegation of Members of the Bundestag from the CDU including Stefan Rouenhoff\, Franziska Hoppermann\, Maximilian Mörseburg\, and Catarina dos Santos-Wintz. \nFor more information\, please email events@acgusa.org.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/political-developments-and-the-urban-rural-divide-in-germany-and-the-united-states/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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SUMMARY:The Digital Revolution in Health Care:  Challenges\, Opportunities\, and the Need for Policy Innovation
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On February 8\, the American Council on Germany\, Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation\, the German Center for Research and Innovation New York\, and the Hasso Plattner Institut will host a discussion and reception with Professor Ariel D. Stern\, Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Digital Health\, Economics\, and Policy at the Hasso Plattner Institute\, Full Professor at the University of Potsdam\, and Poronui Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School; and moderated by Dr. Thomas J. Fuchs\, Co-Director of the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health at Mount Sinai\, Dean of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Health\, and Professor of Computational Pathology and Computer Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. \nNew medical technologies have saved and improved millions of lives in recent decades. Yet the digital technologies that are transforming contemporary health care\, such as digital medical devices\, applications of medical software\, and artificial intelligence tools to diagnose and treat patients\, would be unrecognizable to the 20th-century architects of our regulatory and healthcare delivery institutions. For example\, many digital health applications (apps) meet the formal definition of a medical device\, yet their fully software-based nature means that established practices for evaluating their safety and efficacy are incompatible with the dynamic nature of the apps themselves. The quickly transforming scientific and technological foundations of medical invention—combined with the rapid pace of innovation—no longer fit our existing institutional structures. This mismatch underlies many of today’s challenges in commercializing new products and creates significant bottlenecks for incorporating new innovations into care delivery. Professor Stern’s presentation will focus on how the development and adoption of healthcare technology are shaped by the interaction between healthcare innovators\, regulators\, and healthcare delivery institutions. She will also present policy and business model innovations that address key challenges to technology adoption in this setting. \n\nDr. Ariel Dora Stern is the Poronui Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School and a Faculty Member of the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science. Her research focuses on technology management and innovation in health care\, using methods from econometrics and data science to curate and analyze novel datasets. Her projects consider the regulation\, strategy\, and economics of healthcare\, focusing on emerging healthcare technologies and delivery modalities. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard\, where she was a National Bureau of Economic Research Predoctoral Fellow in the Economics of Health and Aging. She holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Dartmouth College\, where she was a Presidential Scholar. From 2020 to 2021\, Dr. Stern served as the Director for International Health Care Economics at the Health Innovation Hub\, an independent think tank of the German Federal Ministry of Health focused on digital transformation projects. In April 2024\, she is slated to assume a chair at the Hasso Plattner Institute\, where she has been named an Alexander von Humboldt Professor. \nDr. Stern’s research focuses on technology management and innovation in health care. Her projects consider the regulation\, strategy\, and economics of health care\, focusing on understanding the drivers of new product development among firms and the determinants of how new medical technologies are adopted and used in practice. Stern is particularly interested in the intersection of the regulation\, firm strategy\, and economics of healthcare. She also researches the digital transformation of medical technology and healthcare delivery\, investigating the policy\, business\, and managerial questions raised by the growth of digital health and the digital transformation of medicine. Her research has been cited by Bloomberg\, the New York Times\, and National Public Radio. \n  \nDr. Thomas J. Fuchs is a scientist in the groundbreaking field of Computational Pathology\, focused on using artificial intelligence to analyze images of tissue samples to identify disease\, recommend treatment\, and predict outcomes. In October 2020\, he was appointed Co-Director of the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health at Mount Sinai\, Dean of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Health\, and Professor of Computational Pathology and Computer Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In this role\, he leads the next generation of scientists and clinicians using artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop novel diagnostic tools and treatments for acute and chronic diseases. \nDr. Fuchs’s work includes developing novel methods for the analysis of digital microscopy slides to better understand genetic mutations and their influence on changes in tissues. He has been recognized for developing large-scale systems for mapping the pathology\, origins\, and progress of cancer. This breakthrough was achieved by building a high-performance computer cluster to train deep neural networks at petabyte scale. \nBefore joining Mount Sinai\, Dr. Fuchs was Director of the Warren Alpert Center for Digital and Computational Pathology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Graduate School for Medical Sciences. At MSK\, he led a laboratory focused on computational pathology and medical machine learning. Dr. Fuchs co-founded Paige\, in 2017\, which\, under his tenure\, became a leader in the field of digital pathology. He is a former research technologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a visiting scientist at the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Fuchs holds a Doctor of Sciences in Machine Learning from ETH Zurich and an MS in Technical Mathematics from the Graz Technical University in Austria.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-digital-revolution-in-health-care-challenges-opportunities-and-the-need-for-policy-innovation/
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SUMMARY:A Global Outlook: Germany in the World
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On February 8\, the Boston Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and reception with Metin Hakverdi\, Member of the Bundestag (SPD). This event is held in partnership with the Consulate General of Germany in Boston\, the Goethe Institut\, and the German-American Business Council of Boston.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fa-global-outlook-germany-in-the-world-tickets-803402828487″ css=”.vc_custom_1706203285788{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Metin Hakverdi joined the SPD in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. His reelection in Hamburg-Harburg in 2021 was resounding — with nearly 40 percent of the vote. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs and on the Finance Committee. He is the Chairman of the USA/North America Working Group within the SPD Parliamentary Group and a member of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group in the German Bundestag. \nBefore being elected to the Bundestag\, Mr. Hakverdi was a member of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 2008 to 2013\, where he was on the Budget Committee and the Committee of Public Companies and Assets. He attended high school in Simi Valley\, California\, in 1985/86 and studied law at the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel and at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. He became licensed to practice law in 2000.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/a-global-outlook-germany-in-the-world/
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