Indianapolis: Teaching and Scholarship on the Holocaust in the United States
2019-09-10 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
The ACG in partnership with the Leo Baeck Institute New York | Berlin will host a panel discussion with Professor Mark Roseman, Pat M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies, Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University; Dr. Andreas Götze, Deputy Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chicago; Dr. Frank Mecklenburg, Director of Research and Chief Archivist, The Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin; and Kelly A. Watson, Regional Educator and Museum Teacher Fellow, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
This lecture looks at the remarkable explosion of teaching and scholarship on the Holocaust in the United States over the last ﬁfty years. In the 1970’s, it would have been simply unthinkable that the Holocaust could dwarf the Second World War as a topic of memory, pedagogy and research. Now in teaching students about the Holocaust we often have to remind them that a world war was taking place at the same time. The implications of this shift for understanding Germany, Europe and the World is also a topic of the lecture.
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This event is complimentary but registration is required.

Denver: German and European Politics in Times of Disruption
2019-09-10 18:00 - 21:00
The Denver of the American Council on Germany will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Cornelius Adebahr, Political Analyst and Nonresident Fellow at Carnegie Europe, on “German and European Politics in Times of Disruption.”
There will be a $20 charge for members and a $30 charge for nonmembers to attend this event.
Dr. Cornelius Adebahr is a political analyst and consultant living in Berlin, Germany. His work focuses on European foreign policy issues, transatlantic relations, and Iran. Since the end of 2000, he has been the owner of Wirtschaft am Wasserturm – Political Consultancy, Project Development, and Training. In addition, he is a non-resident fellow at Carnegie Europe in Brussels and an associate fellow of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), as well as a member of the Team Europe of the European Commission. He was a lecturer at Georgetown University (2015/16), at Tehran University (2012/13), and at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at Erfurt University (2005-2011).
From 2009 to 2011, he was a fellow of the New Leadership Foundation (stiftung neue verantwortung) in Berlin, and in 2002/2003 of the Robert Bosch Foundation’s Post-Graduate Program in International Affairs. Dr. Adebahr studied Political Science (International Relations), Philosophy, Public Law, and International Economics in Tübingen, Paris, and at the Free University Berlin, where he graduated in 2001 before receiving his PhD in 2008 with an analysis of the work of the EU Special Representatives. His analysis of the EU’s foreign policy towards Iran, with a particular focus on the nuclear negotiations (2003-2015), appeared with Routledge in 2017.

Phoenix: German and European Policy Toward Iran
2019-09-11 18:00 - 20:00
The Phoenix Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Cornelius Adebahr, Political Analyst and Nonresident Fellow at Carnegie Europe, on “German and European Policy Toward Iran.”
Dr. Cornelius Adebahr is a political analyst and consultant living in Berlin, Germany. His work focuses on European foreign policy issues, transatlantic relations, and Iran. Since the end of 2000, he has been the owner of Wirtschaft am Wasserturm – Political Consultancy, Project Development, and Training. In addition, he is a non-resident fellow at Carnegie Europe in Brussels and an associate fellow of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), as well as a member of the Team Europe of the European Commission. He was a lecturer at Georgetown University (2015/16), at Tehran University (2012/13), and at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at Erfurt University (2005-2011).
From 2009 to 2011, he was a fellow of the New Leadership Foundation (Stiftung Neue Verantwortung) in Berlin, and in 2002/2003 of the Robert Bosch Foundation’s Post-Graduate Program in International Affairs. Dr. Adebahr studied Political Science (International Relations), Philosophy, Public Law, and International Economics in Tübingen, Paris, and at the Free University Berlin, where he graduated in 2001 before receiving his PhD in 2008 with an analysis of the work of the EU Special Representatives. His analysis of the EU’s foreign policy towards Iran, with a particular focus on the nuclear negotiations (2003-2015), appeared with Routledge in 2017.

Charlotte: Why Europe Matters?
2019-09-12 12:00 - 13:30
The Charlotte Warburg Chapter and World Affairs Council of Charlotte will host a discussion and luncheon with Ambassador John Kornblum, Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany.
There will be a charge of $45.00 for members and $60.00 for nonmembers to attend this event.
RSVP here no later than Wednesday, September 11.
Ambassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts, including U.S. assistant secretary of state for European affairs, special envoy for the Dayton Peace Process, U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process), deputy U.S. ambassador to NATO, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin. From 2001 to 2009, he was chairman of Lazard Freres Germany. He currently serves as senior counsellor to the international law firm Noerr LLP and as a senior adviser to the worldwide consultancy Accenture. Mr. Kornblum has also served on a number of supervisory and advisory boards including those of Thyssen-Krupp, Technologies AG, Bayer AG, Russell Reynolds, and Motorola Europe. He is a member of the boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany, the American Academy in Berlin, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, and of numerous nonprofit organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1964, and he has been the recipient of many awards, including a Knights Cross of the Order of Merit from Germany and an Order of Merit from Austria.

San Francisco: German and European Politics in Times of Disruption
2019-09-12 18:00 - 20:00
The San Francisco Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany and the Robert Bosch Foundaton Alumni Association will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Cornelius Adebahr, Political Analyst and Nonresident Fellow at Carnegie Europe.
Dr. Cornelius Adebahr is a political analyst and consultant living in Berlin, Germany. His work focuses on European foreign policy issues, transatlantic relations, and Iran. Since the end of 2000, he has been the owner of Wirtschaft am Wasserturm – Political Consultancy, Project Development, and Training. In addition, he is a non-resident fellow at Carnegie Europe in Brussels and an associate fellow of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), as well as a member of the Team Europe of the European Commission. He was a lecturer at Georgetown University (2015/16), at Tehran University (2012/13), and at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at Erfurt University (2005-2011).
From 2009 to 2011, he was a fellow of the New Leadership Foundation (Stiftung Neue Verantwortung) in Berlin, and in 2002/2003 of the Robert Bosch Foundation’s Post-Graduate Program in International Affairs. Dr. Adebahr studied Political Science (International Relations), Philosophy, Public Law, and International Economics in Tübingen, Paris, and at the Free University Berlin, where he graduated in 2001 before receiving his PhD in 2008 with an analysis of the work of the EU Special Representatives. His analysis of the EU’s foreign policy towards Iran, with a particular focus on the nuclear negotiations (2003-2015), appeared with Routledge in 2017.

Los Angeles: German and European Politics in Times of Disruption
2019-09-13 12:00 - 14:00
The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Council on Germany will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Cornelius Adebahr, Political Analyst and Nonresident Fellow at Carnegie Europe, on “German and European Politics in Times of Disruption.”
Dr. Cornelius Adebahr is a political analyst and consultant living in Berlin, Germany. His work focuses on European foreign policy issues, transatlantic relations, and Iran. Since the end of 2000, he has been the owner of Wirtschaft am Wasserturm – Political Consultancy, Project Development, and Training. In addition, he is a non-resident fellow at Carnegie Europe in Brussels and an associate fellow of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), as well as a member of the Team Europe of the European Commission. He was a lecturer at Georgetown University (2015/16), at Tehran University (2012/13), and at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at Erfurt University (2005-2011).
From 2009 to 2011, he was a fellow of the New Leadership Foundation (Stiftung Neue Verantwortung) in Berlin, and in 2002/2003 of the Robert Bosch Foundation’s Post-Graduate Program in International Affairs. Dr. Adebahr studied Political Science (International Relations), Philosophy, Public Law, and International Economics in Tübingen, Paris, and at the Free University Berlin, where he graduated in 2001 before receiving his PhD in 2008 with an analysis of the work of the EU Special Representatives. His analysis of the EU’s foreign policy towards Iran, with a particular focus on the nuclear negotiations (2003-2015), appeared with Routledge in 2017.

NYC: Tectonic Shift? The Green Party and the Changing Political Landscape
2019-09-18 18:00 - 20:00
The American Council on Germany and 1014 Inc. will host a Political Salon with Michael Kellner, Political Director for Alliance 90/The Greens.
Michael Kellner has been the Political Director of Alliance 90/The Greens since October 2013. From 2011 to 2013, he was spokesman for the Federal Working Group on Peace and International Politics. Prior to that, he worked for German politician Frithjof Schmidt. From 2004 to 2009, Mr. Kellner was head of the office of former party leader Claudia Roth and a member of the election campaign staff for the parliamentary elections in 2005 and 2009. He studied political science in Potsdam (Germany), Canterbury (the UK), and East Lansing (USA).
Political Salon: Promoting Dialogue Across Generations. This series brings together a diverse group of younger and mid-career professionals for informal, open discussions on a range of current political, economic, and social topics in an increasingly interconnected global environment – with an emphasis on issues of concern for the transatlantic agenda. Speakers share brief remarks and engage in a dynamic discussion with participants. Each salon includes refreshments and networking opportunities.

NYC: The Evolving Political Landscape in Germany and the Transatlantic Relationship
2019-09-20 08:00 - 10:30
The ACG will host a Breakfast Briefing with Thomas Oppermann, Vice President of the German Bundestag.
Thomas Opperman was elected Vice-President of the German Bundestag on October 24, 2017. A member of the SPD, Mr. Opperman has been in Parliament since 2005, most recently as chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag from 2013 to 2017. In 1975, Mr. Opperman began his undergraduate studies in Tübingen, focusing on German and English language studies. From 1976 to 1978 he was a volunteer with the Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (ARSP) in the USA. Upon his return to Germany, Mr. Oppermann studied law at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, where he passed the first state examination in 1983, and the second state exam in 1986. In 1985 he was elected deputy chairman of the Göttingen subdistrict branch of the SPD, going on to become chairman in 1989. Following the 1990 Landtag elections, Mr. Oppermann entered the Lower Saxony state parliament, where he was spokesman on legal affairs for the SPD parliamentary group until 1998. That year, he was appointed state minister for science and culture. Following the SPD’s defeat at the 2003 Landtag elections, Mr. Oppermann took on the role of spokesman on economic policy for the parliamentary group.

NYC: German Identity and the Rise of Populism
2019-09-23 12:00 - 14:00
The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Ali Aslan, (2010 ACG Young Leader) International Television Presenter and Journalist.
Ali Aslan is an international renowned TV presenter and journalist with more than 20 years’ experience as a talk-show host, news anchor, correspondent, and moderator. His journalistic career spans three continents and includes work for CNN in Washington, DC, ABC News in New York, Channel News Asia in Istanbul, and Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin. An experienced TV anchor, Mr. Aslan hosted the international talk show “Quadriga” on DW, which reached 200 countries and 90 million viewers each week. He regularly moderates at high-level global conferences and has shared the stage with top world leaders and personalities, including Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau, Bill Clinton, and Christine Lagarde. Mr. Aslan studied international affairs and journalism at Columbia University and international politics at Georgetown University.

Pittsburgh: Changing Demographics and their Impact on Society and Politics: A View from Germany
2019-09-24 11:00 - 13:30
The America Council on Germany, Classroom Without Borders, and the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius will host a discussion and luncheon with Ali Aslan, International Television Presenter and Journalist.
There is no charge to attend this event.
Ali Aslan is an international renowned TV presenter and journalist with more than 20 years’ experience as a talk-show host, news anchor, correspondent, and moderator. His journalistic career spans three continents and includes work for CNN in Washington, DC, ABC News in New York, Channel News Asia in Istanbul, and Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin. An experienced TV anchor, Mr. Aslan hosted the international talk show “Quadriga” on DW, which reached 200 countries and 90 million viewers each week. He regularly moderates at high-level global conferences and has shared the stage with top world leaders and personalities, including Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau, Bill Clinton, and Christine Lagarde. Mr. Aslan studied international affairs and journalism at Columbia University and international politics at Georgetown University.
This luncheon is part of series of events in cities across the country organized by the American Council on Germany and the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius on social cohesion, the polarization of politics, and the rise of populism in the United States and Germany. The events are being held under the auspices Deutschlandjahr USA 2018/2019 – Year of German-American Friendship, which is funded by German Federal Foreign office, implemented by the Goethe-Institut, and supported by the Federation of German Industries (BDI).
With special thanks to Rodef Shalom Congregation for hosting this discussion

Chicago: Changing Demographics and Their Impact on Society and Politics: A View from Germany
2019-09-25 12:00 - 14:00
The America Council on Germany and the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius will host a discussion and luncheon with Ali Aslan, International Television Presenter and Journalist.
There is no charge to attend this event.
Ali Aslan is an international renowned TV presenter and journalist with more than 20 years’ experience as a talk-show host, news anchor, correspondent, and moderator. His journalistic career spans three continents and includes work for CNN in Washington, DC, ABC News in New York, Channel News Asia in Istanbul, and Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin. An experienced TV anchor, Mr. Aslan hosted the international talk show “Quadriga” on DW, which reached 200 countries and 90 million viewers each week. He regularly moderates at high-level global conferences and has shared the stage with top world leaders and personalities, including Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau, Bill Clinton, and Christine Lagarde. Mr. Aslan studied international affairs and journalism at Columbia University and international politics at Georgetown University.
This luncheon is part of series of events in cities across the country organized by the American Council on Germany and the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius on social cohesion, the polarization of politics, and the rise of populism in the United States and Germany. The events are being held under the auspices Deutschlandjahr USA 2018/2019 – Year of German-American Friendship, which is funded by German Federal Foreign office, implemented by the Goethe-Institut, and supported by the Federation of German Industries (BDI).

Charlotte: Germany-U.S.-China: How to Assess the German-Chinese and U.S. Relationship
2019-09-26 11:30 - 13:30
The Charlotte Warburg Chapter and N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation will host a discussion and luncheon with Knut Dethlefsen, Executive Director of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Washington, DC.
There will be a charge of $30.00 for members and a charge of $35.00 for nonmembers to attend this event.
RSVP here no later than Wednesday, September 25.
Knut Dethlefsen currently serves as the FES Representative to the U.S. and Canada. Prior to coming to Washington, D.C., he led FES offices in Warsaw, Jerusalem, and Shanghai. In between, he also served as the Department Head of the Asia and Pacific Department of the FES in Berlin. Knut has extensive experience in the United States having completed a yearlong high school exchange program in Logan, West Virginia, and later working for Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) as a Legislative Fellow, advising the Senator on foreign affairs. Knut obtained his M.A. in History, Political Science, and Economics from the Technical University of Berlin as well as a Master of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. He is a proud member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) as well as the German service sector trade union ver.di.

NYC: The End of the German-American Affair?
2019-09-30 12:00 - 14:00
The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Matthew Karnitschnig, Chief Europe Correspondent for Politico.
Based in Berlin, Matthew Karnitschnig is POLITICO’s Chief Europe Correspondent. He joined the publication in 2015 from the Wall Street Journal, where he spent 15 years in a variety of positions as a reporter and editor in the U.S. and Europe. In a career spanning two decades, he has been on the front lines of some of the defining political and economic stories of our time. In 2008, he covered the fall of Lehman Brothers and the financial crisis that ensued. He was part of a team of Journal reporters that won a Gerald Loeb Award and was named a Pulitzer finalist for National Reporting in 2009. He subsequently spearheaded the WSJ’s coverage of the eurozone debt crisis as the paper’s Germany Bureau Chief and European Economics Editor. He led the team that was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting in 2011 and won an Overseas Press Club award in 2012. Mr. Karnitschnig previously worked as a journalist for BusinessWeek, Reuters, and Bloomberg. The son of an Austrian father and American mother, he grew up in Arizona, where he got his start reporting as a stringer for the Phoenix Gazette during high school.

NYC: The U.S.-China Trade War's Impact on Germany
2019-10-01 08:00 - 09:30
The ACG will host a breakfast briefing with Metin Hakverdi, Member of the German Bundestag (SPD).
Metin Hakverdi joined the SPD in 2002, and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. 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.
Before 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.

St. Louis: Ties That Bind: Transatlantic Trade and Investment from a German Perspective
2019-10-01 17:30 - 19:00
The St. Louis Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner,Head of the Department External Economic Policy at the Federation of German Industry (BDI), on “Ties That Bind: Transatlantic Trade and Investment from a German Perspective”
There is no charge to attend this event.
Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner became head of the External Economic Policy department at the Federation of German Industry (BDI) in January 2014. Until December 2013, she was a member of the Executive Board of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), a policy-oriented think-tank based in Berlin. Her fields of interest include international trade and finance as well as commodity markets. Before joining the SWP, Dr. Mildner worked for the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), where she headed the “Globalization and the World Economy” program (2000-2002). From 2005 to 2006, Dr. Mildner was a lecturer at the John F. Kennedy Institute of the Free University of Berlin. In spring 2010, she was a visiting fellow at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies in Washington, where she is still a non-resident Senior Fellow. In fall 2011 she was a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Transatlantic Academy in Washington. Dr. Mildner conducted her Bachelor studies in economics and North American studies at the Free University of Berlin and earned a Master of Science in international political economy from the London School of Economics (2000). She wrote her PhD thesis at the Free University of Berlin on the economic and political rationale of export credit finance in the United States. During her PhD studies, she attended the Yale Center for International and Area Studies (YCIAS) of Yale University (2002-2003).

Seattle: German and European Politics in Times of Disruption
2019-10-01 18:30 - 20:00
The Seattle Warburg Chapter and the Center for West European Studies of the University of Washington will host a discussion with Matthew Karnitschnig, Chief Europe Correspondent.
Based in Berlin, Matthew Karnitschnig is POLITICO’s Chief Europe Correspondent. He joined the publication in 2015 from the Wall Street Journal, where he spent 15 years in a variety of positions as a reporter and editor in the U.S. and Europe. In a career spanning two decades, he has been on the front lines of some of the defining political and economic stories of our time. In 2008, he covered the fall of Lehman Brothers and the financial crisis that ensued. He was part of a team of Journal reporters that won a Gerald Loeb award and was named a Pulitzer finalist for National Reporting in 2009. He subsequently spearheaded the WSJ’s coverage of the eurozone debt crisis as the paper’s Germany bureau chief and European economics editor. He led the team that was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting in 2011 and won an Overseas Press Club award in 2012. Mr. Karnitschnig previously worked as a journalist for BusinessWeek, Reuters, and Bloomberg. The son of an Austrian father and American mother, he grew up in Arizona, where he got his start reporting as a stringer for the Phoenix Gazette during high school.

Salt Lake City: InsightDeutschland Community Town Hall
2019-10-02 17:30 - 2019-10-03 14:00
InsightDeutschland Community Town Hall: A Conversation with Utahns on the German-American Relationship
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
5:30 – 9:00 PM
Welcomes and addresses from
James Burton, Honorary Consul General of Germany
Dr. Steven E. Sokol, President, American Council on Germany
Mayor Jenny Wilson, Mayor of Salt Lake County
Reflections on post-war German history – from the Berlin Airlift to the fall of the Berlin Wall to today with Colonel Gail Halverson, the “Berlin Candy Bomber”
Screening of film on historical events in Berlin
Panel Discussion on 30 years since the fall of the wall
Christian Hänel, Senior Vice President of International Relation America and Asia, Robert Bosch Stiftung
Matthew Karnitschnig, Berlin Bureau Chief, Politico
Brian Klein, Co-Founder and Managing Member, Steelhead Partners LLC
German Unity Day!
Thursday, October 3, 2019
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Interactive conversations on the most pressing economic, political, and social issues shaping the transatlantic relationship – including foreign policy, technology and innovation, migration and integration, and more.
Why Germany Matters?
James Burton, Honorary Consul General of Germany
Derek Miller, President and CEO, Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce
Vicki Varela, Managing Director, Utah Office of Tourism
Populism in Germany and Europe
Matthew Karnitschnig, Chief Europe Correspondent, Politico
Alexander Kulitz, Member of the German Bundestag (FDP)
Challenges to Society and the Role of Philanthropy
Pamela Atkinson, SLC Community Advocate
Christian Hänel, Senior Vice President of International Relations – America and Asia, Robert Bosch Stiftung
Foreign Policy and National Security Challenges Facing the United States and Germany
Congressman Rob Bishop
Alexander Kulitz, Member of the German Bundestag (FDP)
Refreshments will be served. Registration is required, but there is no charge to attend.
The event is free, however you must register to attend. Please RSVP by Monday, September 30!
Established in 1952 as an independent, nonpartisan nonprofit organization to strengthen German-American relations, the American Council on Germany (ACG) supports policy dialogue, grassroots exchange, and fellowship programs to enable Germans and Americans to learn from one another and share best practices on a range of issues. To ensure these bonds remain strong, we believe it is critical to engage new audiences across the U.S. in conversations and a genuine exchange of ideas about the transatlantic relationship, highlighting the deep political, economic, and social ties and shared issues that impact the citizens of our countries both globally and in local communities.
InsightDeutschland Weekend Town Halls is a project within the Year of German-American Friendship 2018/2019. The Year of German-American Friendship (“Deutschlandjahr USA”) is a comprehensive and collaborative initiative funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, implemented by the Goethe-Institut, and with support from the Federation of German Industries (BDI). For more information on the initiative and the more than 1,000 projects that will take place during 2019, visit www.wunderbartogether.org.

Denver: Is American Diplomacy Dead?
2019-10-03 18:00 - 21:00
The Denver Warburg Chapter and the Denver Council on Foreign Relations will host a discussion and dinner with Ambassador Christopher Hill , Chief Advisor to the Chancellor for Global Engagement and Professor of Practice in Diplomacy Dean at the University of Denver and former U.S. Diplomat and Four-Time Ambassador (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Poland, the Republic of Korea, and Iraq).
There will be a $25 charge for dues-paying ACG members and a $55 charge for nonmembers to attend this event. RSVP by September 30.
Please note, if you have and dietary restrictions, contact Katie at DCFRKatiek@outlook.com.
There is no cell phone usage, blue jeans, or commercial sales allowed at the Denver Country Club.
Ambassador Christopher Hill is an American diplomat, who is currently the Chief Advisor to the Chancellor for Global Engagement and Professor of the Practice in Diplomacy at the University of Denver. Prior to this position, he was the Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University, a position he held from September 2010 to December 2017. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Republic of Cameroon from 1974 – 1976 before joining the State Department in 1977. Throughout his diplomatic career, he served as Ambassador of the United States to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from 1996 – 1999, Special Envoy to Kosovo from 1998-1999, Ambassador to Poland from 2000 – 2004, and Ambassador to the Republic of Korea from 2004 – 2005. Ambassador Hill went on to be appointed Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and the head of delegation for the ‘Six-Party Talks’ that aimed to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis of 2005. President Barrack Obama nominated him for the post of US Ambassador to Iraq in 2009. He is also the author of Outpost: A Diplomat at Work.

Phoenix: InsightDeutschland Community Town Hall
2019-10-04 17:30 - 2019-10-05 14:00
InsightDeutschland Community Town Hall
A Conversation with Arizonans about the German-American Relationship
Friday, October 4
5:30 – 9:00 PM
Dinner discussion with reflections on post-war German history – from the Berlin Airlift to the fall of the Berlin Wall to today
Saturday, October 5
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Interactive conversations on the most pressing economic, political, and social issues shaping the transatlantic relationship – including foreign policy, technology and innovation, migration and integration, and more.
Refreshments will be served. Registration is required, but there is no charge to attend.
The American Council on Germany (ACG) is an independent, nonpartisan nonprofit organization, founded in 1952, committed to strengthening German-American relations. To ensure these bonds remain strong, we believe it is critical to engage audiences across the U.S. in conversations and a genuine exchange of ideas about the transatlantic relationship, highlighting the deep political, economic, and social ties and shared issues that impact the citizens of our countries both globally and in local communities.
InsightDeutschland Weekend Town Hallsis a project of the Year of German-American Friendship 2018/2019, a comprehensive and collaborative initiative funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, implemented by the Goethe-Institut, and with support from the Federation of German Industries (BDI). For more information on the initiative and the more than 1,000 projects that will take place during 2019, visit www.wunderbartogether.org.

Chicago: Germany and the U.S. 30 Years After the Fall of the Wall
2019-10-08 08:30 - 10:00
The Chicago Warburg Chapter and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung will host a breakfast briefing with Dr. Norbert Lammert, Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and former President of the German Bundestag.
There is no charge to attend this event. RSVP here by October 4.
Dr. Norbert Lammert has been the Chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation since January 2018. He has been actively involved in German politics for almost four decades. Holding important positions, he has played a key role in Germany’s political life. He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1980 to 2017, serving as Vice President from 2002 to 2005 and later as President from 2005 to 2017. From 1989 to 1998, he held the positions of Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education and Science (1989-1994), the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs (1994-1997), and the Federal Ministry of Transportation (1997-1998). From 1995 to 1998, he served as Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy.
He began his political career as a member of the city council of his hometown of Bochum. For more than 20 years, he was party Chairman of the CDU for the Ruhr district, a region he has always been closely associated with through his membership in supervisory and advisory bodies of companies and cultural institutions.
In 2003, Dr. Lammert received an assignment as a lecturer in political science at the Ruhr University of Bochum, which awarded him an honorary professorship in 2008. His numerous publications deal with social, economic, and cultural policy issues.

Pittsburgh: The Ties that Bind: The State of the German-American Alliance
2019-10-08 18:00 - 19:30
The Pittsburgh Eric M. Warburg Chapter and the German-American Chamber of Commerce will host a discussion and reception with David Gill, German Consul General of New York.
There will be a $15 charge for ACG and GACC members and a $20 charge for nonmembers to attend this event. RSVP here by October 7.
David Gill assumed his post as Consul General of Germany in New York in August 2017. Born in Schönebeck, East Germany, Mr. Gill worked for three years as a plumber before attending the Theological Seminary of the Protestant Church in Berlin-Brandenburg. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, he was among those maintaining the extensive files of the GDR’s Ministry of State Security, the Stasi. In 1990, he was Chairman of the Normannenstrasse Citizens’ Committee at the headquarters of the Ministry of State Security, then Head of Administration of the Parliamentary Special Committee for the dissolution of the GDR Ministry of State Security/Office of National Security. From 1990 to 1992, he was Spokesman and Head of Division of the Federal Commissioner for the Files of the State Security Service of the former GDR under Joachim Gauck. Mr. Gill studied Law at Freie Universität Berlin from 1992 to 1996 and went on to receive his Master of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1998. He then interned at the United States Congress in Washington, DC. From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Gill worked as a Desk Officer at the Federal Ministry of the Interior, then as a Desk Officer at the Office of the Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Berlin from 2001 to 2003. From 2004 to 2012, he served as the Deputy Representative of the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) to the Federal Republic of Germany and the EU. Before his assignment as Consul General in New York, Mr. Gill was State Secretary and Head of the Office of the Federal President from 2012 to 2017. He was a delegate to the American-German Young Leaders Conference in Nashville in 1992.

Portland: Germany and the United States: Shaping Our Transatlantic Future
2019-10-11 19:00 - 20:30
The ACG, WorldOregon, and the World Affairs Council of America will host a discussion with Dieter Kempf, President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and Peter Beyer, member of the German Bundestag and Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation, and Karen Wilde Goddin, former Managing Director for Business, Innovation and Trade with Business Oregon.
How can Germany and the US work together to address some of the key challenges presently facing the transatlantic relationship? And how does public opinion shape the decisions policymakers are making in Berlin and Washington, D.C.? From the future of labor to industrial tariffs (notably with autos), trade balances, and the seismic influence of Brexit to the socio-political challenges of digital disruption and a declining trust in democratic institutions on both sides of the Atlantic – what is the forecast for the U.S. and Germany’s intertwined transatlantic future?
This program hosted in partnership with Wunderbar Together, World Affairs Councils of America, and the American Council on Germany

Presented as part of the Wunderbar Together PopUp Tour, a multi-day experiential pop-up event in Pioneer Courthouse Square celebrating German-American friendship. For more information
The Wunderbar Together PopUp Tour is proudly sponsored by BASF, Bayer AG, BMW Group, Daimler AG, Evonik Industries, SAP, Schaeffler, Siemens AG, Allianz, LANXESS, Lufthansa, and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

Los Angeles: Governance in the Digital Age
2019-10-14 19:00 - 20:30
The Los Angeles Warburg Chapter and the Los Angeles World Affairs Council will host a conversation with investor Nicolas Bergguen and journalist Nathan Gardels.
Join us for a conversation with billionaire investor Nicolas Berggruen and journalist Nathan Gardels about how globalization and technology have given rise to a populist backlash against income inequality across Europe and the US, threatening our democratic systems. Berggruen and Gardels, co-authors of Renovating Democracy, will propose ways to counter populism by using social media to bring people together at home, and by finding a new partnership structure to deal with China and other economic competitors overseas. Their talk comes as populism is polarizing democratic politics in the US, France, Italy, Hungary, Poland and Brexit-era Britain, and at the same time protesters in Hong Kong are challenging the authority of one-party rule in China.
Nathan Gardels is Co-Founder of the Berggruen Institute and Editor-in-Chief of The WorldPost, a partnership with the Washington Post. He is the coauthor of Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way between East and West, a Financial Times best book of 2012. His previous books include American Idol after Iraq, The Changing Global Order and At Century’s End.
Nicolas Berggruen is Founder and Chairman of the Berggruen Institute. He is coauthor of Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way between West and East and is co-publisher of The WorldPost. He is also Chairman of Berggruen Holdings.
Gardels and Berggruen have researched, field-tested, and explored their recommendations through their work at the Berggruen Institute, a think tank designed to develop and promote long-term answers to the biggest challenges of the 21st Century, and The WorldPost, a global media platform in partnership with The Washington Post. Their first book, Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century, was named one of the best books of 2012 by the Financial Times.
In Partnership with New Roads School
A program hosted in partnership with Wunderbar Together,
World Affairs Councils of America, and the American Council on Germany.

NYC: The Global Effects of Transatlantic Trade Tensions, the Role of Central Banks in Europe, and the Challenges Facing the Deutsche Bundesbank
2019-10-16 12:30 - 14:00
The ACG and the Council on Foreign Relations will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Jens Weidmann, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank and Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (2004 ACG Young Leader); moderated by Dr. John Lipsky, Peter G. Peterson Distinguished Scholar at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (ACG Board Member).
This event is only open to members of the ACG and CFR.
Dr. Jens Weidmann has been President of the Deutsche Bundesbank and a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank since 2011. He has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements since November 2015. After earning his Ph.D. in Economics from Bonn University, Dr. Weidmann worked at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, from 1997 to 1999, before becoming the Secretary General of the German Council of Economic Experts, until 2003. From 2003 to 2006, Dr. Weidmann was the Head of the Deutsche Bundesbank’s Monetary Policy and Analysis Division, and Deputy Head of the Economics Department, during which time he took part in the ACG’s Young Leaders Conference (2004).

Dr. John Lipsky (moderator) is a member of the ACG Board and the Peter G. Peterson Distinguished Scholar at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs and a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Prior to that, he served as First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. Earlier, Dr. Lipsky served as Vice Chairman of the JPMorgan Investment Bank, JPMorgan’s Chief Economist, and Chase Manhattan Bank’s Chief Economist and Director of Research. He was Chief Economist of Salomon Brothers, Inc., from 1992 until 1997, after directing Salomon Brothers’ European Economic and Market Analysis Group. Before that, he spent a decade at the IMF. Dr. Lipsky earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics at Wesleyan University and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University.

NYC: A World Beyond the Wall
2019-10-17 18:30 - 21:30
The ACG, 1014 Inc., and the Consulate General of Germany will host a discussion and reception with Belinda Cooper, Professor at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights and New York University’s Center for Global Affairs; Hon. David Gill, German Consul General in New York (1992 ACG Young Leader); Stefan Roloff, German-American Artist from West Berlin; and Harf Zimmermann, German photographer from East Berlin.
RSVP here by Monday, October 14, 2019.
The panel “A World Beyond the Wall” will reflect on the Peaceful Revolution of 1989 that eventually led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and culminated in German unification and the vision of a “new age of democracy, peace, and unity” as drafted by the Charter of Paris one year later. As the cohesive power of this vision has diminished and democratic institutions and practices come under attack on both sides of the Atlantic, the discussion will also touch on the challenges that are shaping our world today.

NYC: Populism and Nationalism on the Rise: A German Perspective
2019-10-21 12:00 - 14:00
The ACG and the Wirtschaftsrunde will host a discussion and luncheon with Stefan Schlüter, Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy of the German Foreign Office in Berlin.
Stefan Schlüter served in the German Foreign Office until the summer of 2017 and is now a Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy in Berlin. After studying political science at the University of Hamburg, Mr. Schlüter joined the German Foreign Office in 1979. His first foreign assignments brought him to Buenos Aires and Algiers. From 1986 to 1990 he served as the spokesman of the German Embassy in Tel Aviv before returning to the Foreign Office in Bonn as desk officer for the Maghreb countries. From 1992 to 1995 he served as Deputy Consul General in Los Angeles before returning to Bonn as Deputy Director for the southern part of Latin America. From 2000 to 2004, he was posted to the United States a second time, and served as Deputy Consul General in New York City before moving to Buenos Aires as Deputy Chief of Mission. In 2007 he returned to the Foreign Office in Berlin to assume the position of Director for Conflict Prevention, Peace-Building, Democracy Promotion and State-Building, promoting German projects in this field world-wide. In 2010 he was appointed Ambassador to the Eastern Caribbean Region, residing in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago before moving on to his last assignment as Consul General in San Francisco in 2014.

Nashville: In the Shadows of Reunification: The Treuhand and the Legacy of Privatization in the Former GDR
2019-10-21 18:00 - 20:30
The Nashville Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Marcus Böick, Professor of Contemporary History at Ruhr University Bochum.
RSVP here by Thursday, October 17.
Dr. Marcus Böick teaches contemporary history at Ruhr University Bochum, where he studied history, political science, and social psychology. His main interests are German and European contemporary and economic history – with a particular focus on structural change. His recent books include Die Treuhand. Idee – Praxis – Erfahrung 1990-1994 (2018), Wahrnehmung und Bewertung der Arbeit der Treuhandanstalt (2017), and Marketization/Vermarktlichung (2015). His new research project focuses on the emergence of the private security industry in Germany and the United States

Washington, DC: In the Shadows of Reunification: The Treuhand and the Legacy of Privatization in the Former GDR
2019-10-22 18:00 - 20:00
Washington, DC Warburg Chapter, the Embassay of the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Research Foundation, and the University Alliance Ruhr will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Marcus Böick, Professor of Contemporary History at Ruhr University Bochum, and Dr. Holger Wolf, Associate Professor in the SFS at Georgetown University.
RSVP (acceptances only) HERE
Dr. Marcus Böick teaches contemporary history at Ruhr University Bochum, where he studied history, political science, and social psychology. His main interests are German and European contemporary and economic history – with a particular focus on structural change. His recent books include Die Treuhand. Idee – Praxis – Erfahrung 1990-1994 (2018), Wahrnehmung und Bewertung der Arbeit der Treuhandanstalt (2017), and Marketization/Vermarktlichung (2015). His new research project focuses on the emergence of the private security industry in Germany and the United States.
Dr. Holger Wolf teaches courses on the European and German economy at the BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University. His main research interests are the German economy, exchange rate regimes and monetary history. He holds a Bachelor’s from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Philadelphia: In the Shadows of Reunification: The Treuhand and the Legacy of Privatization in the Former GDR
2019-10-23 12:00 - 13:30
The Philadelphia Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Marcus Böick, Professor of Contemporary History at Ruhr University Bochum, on “In the Shadows of Reunification: The Treuhand and the Legacy of Privatization in the Former GDR.”
Dr. Marcus Böick teaches contemporary history at Ruhr University Bochum, where he studied history, political science, and social psychology. His main interests are German and European contemporary and economic history – with a particular focus on structural change. His recent books include Die Treuhand. Idee – Praxis – Erfahrung 1990-1994 (2018), Wahrnehmung und Bewertung der Arbeit der Treuhandanstalt (2017), and Marketization/Vermarktlichung (2015). His new research project focuses on the emergence of the private security industry in Germany and the United States.

Kansas City, MO: Populism and Nationalism on the Rise: A German Perspective
2019-10-23 17:30 - 20:00
The ACG and the International Relations Council will host a discussion and dinner with Stefan Schlüter, Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy of the German Foreign Office in Berlin.
Please RSVP here by October 23.
Stefan Schlüter served in the German Foreign Office until the summer of 2017 and is now a Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy in Berlin. After studying political science at the University of Hamburg, Mr. Schlüter joined the German Foreign Office in 1979. His first foreign assignments brought him to Buenos Aires and Algiers. From 1986 to 1990 he served as the spokesman of the German Embassy in Tel Aviv before returning to the Foreign Office in Bonn as desk officer for the Maghreb countries. From 1992 to 1995 he served as Deputy Consul General in Los Angeles before returning to Bonn as Deputy Director for the southern part of Latin America. From 2000 to 2004, he was posted to the United States a second time and served as Deputy Consul General in New York City before moving to Buenos Aires as Deputy Chief of Mission. In 2007 he returned to the Foreign Office in Berlin to assume the position of Director for Conflict Prevention, Peace-Building, Democracy Promotion and State-Building, promoting German projects in this field world-wide. In 2010 he was appointed Ambassador to the Eastern Caribbean Region, residing in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago before moving on to his last assignment as Consul General in San Francisco in 2014.
Mr. Schlüter’s speaking tour is supported by Allianz and through a grant to the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA) and the American Council on Germany to hold a series of public policy discussions with German decision-makers, opinion leaders, and policy experts in 18 communities across the United States as part of the Deutschlandjahr USA 2018/19 – Year of German-American Friendship. This initiative is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, implemented by the Goethe-Institut, and supported by The Federation of German Industries (BDI).
