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SUMMARY:NYC Event: “The Future of Money: The Role of Stable Coins and Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)”
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe American Council on Germany cordially invites you to a Discussion and Luncheon with Burkhard Balz Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank on “The Future of Money: The Role of Stable Coins and Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)”. \n\nBurkhard Balz has been a member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank since September 2018. He is responsible for the Directorates General Payments and Settlement Systems\, Cash Management\, Digital Euro and International Central Bank Dialogue. Since January 2024\, he is an alternate member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements. Prior to this\, he was a member of the European Parliament (CDU) and served as the EPP Group’s Coordinator on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs starting in 2014. Before his time in the European Parliament\, Mr. Balz was the Head of the Department for Institutional Clients at Commerzbank AG from 2004 to 2009. He has also held the positions of Corporate Customer Advisor at Commerzbank AG (2002-2004) and Desk Officer at the Commerzbank AG Liaison Office to the European Union in Brussels (2001-2002). \nMr. Balz studied Law and Political Science at the University of Göttingen. \n\n\nPlease email events@acgusa.org for more information. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/nyc-event-the-future-of-money-the-role-of-stable-coins-and-central-bank-digital-currency-cbdc/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T120000
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SUMMARY:NYC Event: “Building the Sustainable Economy of Tomorrow: The Role of Startups\, Industry\, and Policymakers”
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe American Council on Germany cordially invites you to a Roundtable Discussion and Luncheon with Bundestag Member Caroline Bosbach (CDU/CSU) and other members of the Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development and Future-Related Matters\, on “Building the Sustainable Economy of Tomorrow: The Role of Startups\, Industry\, and Policymakers”. \n\nCaroline Bosbach has been a member of the Bundestag (CDU/CSU parliamentary group) since March 2025\, representing the Rheinisch-Bergischer district. She currently serves as the Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Group for Small and Medium Sized Businesses and is a deputy member of the Committee on Internal Affairs\, as well as the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs. Ms. Bosbach is also a member of the Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development and Future-Related Matters and the Committee on Agriculture\, Food\, and Rural Affairs. Since 2023\, she has also worked as regulator manager at Stromkontor Group in the Technology Park in Bensberg\, a network operator for electricity\, gas\, and heating networks. \nMs. Bosbach studied business communication management in Berlin and Rotterdam\, NL. After receiving her Masters in 2017 she engaged in strategy consulting at a communications agency and was a lecturer at Cologne Business School in 2018. Afterwards she worked as a political advisor at the local and federal level\, including five years at Wiesbaden City Hall\, and later as an advisor to Bettina Wiesmann (Member of the German Bundestag) and for the SME Parliamentary Group of the CDU/CSU Bundestag faction. She published her first book Schwarz auf Grün in 2021. \n\n\nPlease email events@acgusa.org for more information. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/nyc-event-building-the-sustainable-economy-of-tomorrow-the-role-of-startups-industry-and-policymakers/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T123000
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SUMMARY:Hybrid NYC Event: “Reflections on Postwar Legacies:  Japan\, Germany\, and the Future of International Law”
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join the American Council on Germany and the Friends of Freiburg Alumni North America for a hybrid event with Prof. Dr. Masahisa Deguchi (Faculty of Law\, Ritsumeikan University\, Kyoto\, Japan) and alumnus of the University of Freiburg\, who founded The Institute for Justice Systems in Comparative Law (IJSCL) at the Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. \nPlease note that lunch will be served in-person from 12-12:30 p.m.\, and the hybrid discussion will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. \n\nProf. Dr. Masahisa Deguchi  is a Japanese legal scholar specializing in procedural law and comparative legal studies. He is currently based in Kyoto\, Japan\, where he serves as Special Professor at the Faculty of Law at Ritsumeikan University. \nProf. Dr. Deguchi earned his Bachelor of Laws from Chuo University in 1983 and pursued further studies at the University of Freiburg in Germany the same year. He later completed a Master of Laws at Keio University in 1988 and received his Doctor of Laws from the University of Freiburg in 1991\, supported by a DAAD scholarship. \nProf. Dr. Deguchi’s  academic career began at the University of Freiburg\, where he worked as an assistant at the Faculty of Law from 1989 to 1991. He subsequently joined Ritsumeikan University\, becoming Associate Professor in 1991 and later Professor at the Ritsumeikan Law School in 2006. Over the years\, he has held numerous leadership roles\, including Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law\, Director of the Center for Global Education and Research\, and Vice Dean of the Graduate School of Law. He also served as Vice President of the International Association of Procedural Law and held visiting appointments at Harvard Law School and the University of Washington. \nProf. Dr. Deguchi has received several prestigious honors\, including the JaDe Prize\, a Federal Cross of Merit of Germany\, and multiple Humboldt Foundation fellowships. He has also served in advisory and legal committees in Japan and remains actively engaged in international academic exchange. \n\nPlease email events@acgusa.org for more information. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/5″][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1117825063492%2FWN_P3dDHa9XQu-wIXBhBJyDrg%3Fmc_cid%3Daabe17cde6%26mc_eid%3D679c73a13a%23%2Fregistration” css=”.vc_custom_1784039701598{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/5″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/5″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hybrid-nyc-event-reflections-on-postwar-legacies-japan-germany-and-the-future-of-international-law/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events,Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260728T120000
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SUMMARY:NYC Event: “Is there an Alternative to the Law of the Jungle? A Reflection on German and U.S. Foreign Policy Over the Last Four Years”
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany cordially invites you to a Discussion and Luncheon with Ambassador Christoph Heusgen\, Co-Chairman of the St. Gallen Symposium\, former Chairman of the Munich Security Conference (2022-2025)\, and an ACG Board Member\, on “Is There an Alternative to the Law of the Jungle? Reflections on German and U.S. Foreign Policy Over the Last Four Years.” \n\nAmbassador Heusgen was Germany’ s Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 2017 and 2021. Prior to this appointment\, he was the Foreign Policy and Security Adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel for 16 years. He served as Director of the Policy Unit for the European Union’s High Representative Javier Solana from 1999 to 2005. \nAmbassador Heusgen joined the German Foreign Service in 1980. He was posted to Chicago\, Paris\, and Bonn. He is a graduate of the University of Saint Gallen in Switzerland and studied at Georgia Southern College in the United States and at the Sorbonne in Paris. He earned a post-graduate degree from the University of Saint Gallen where he taught Political Science between 2020 and 2025. \n\nPlease email events@acgusa.org for more information. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/nyc-event-is-there-an-alternative-to-the-law-of-the-jungle-a-reflection-on-german-and-u-s-foreign-policy-over-the-last-four-years/
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