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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Monday\, September 16 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with award-winning journalist and ACG fellow Vladimir Balzer.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5017260640013%2FWN_UYYKgbGaQni8t2R-AJBWWA” css=”.vc_custom_1726064057792{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Vladimir Balzer is an award-winning journalist and moderator at Deutschlandfunk Kultur. He grew up in Leipzig and studied German\, art history\, and journalism in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He studied abroad in Italy and the United States. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily programs “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” and “Studio 9” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-104/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240917T110000
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SUMMARY:Silver Society: Health\, Work\, and New Ways of Thinking About Longevity and Aging
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and the Global Coalition on Aging are hosting “The Road to Silver Economy Forum\,” a series of webinars taking place in the run-up to the Forum itself on October 15 and 16 in Berlin. This series focuses on issues building on this year’s Forum theme “Leading the Future in an Aging World.” \nIn this fourth and final webinar\, entitled “Silver Society: Health\, Work\, and New Ways of Thinking About Longevity and Aging\,” Michael Devoy\, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and Pharmacovigilance for the Pharmaceuticals Division of Bayer AG; Cynthia Hutchins\, Director of Financial Gerontology for Bank of America; and moderator Melissa Mitchell\, Executive Director of Global Coalition on Aging will explore the multifaceted societal changes necessary to embrace the full potential of the Silver Economy – from healthcare innovation to workforce change and financial longevity\, and beyond. This session will provide a sneak preview of some of the exciting discussions to come at the Silver Economy Forum in Berlin on October 15 and 16.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3817256530244%2FWN_43DZuUb1R3yjoRirjIFl-Q” css=”.vc_custom_1725653059059{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Michael Devoy is the Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and Pharmacovigilance for the Pharmaceuticals Division at Bayer AG. He is also the Chief Medical Officer of Bayer AG. Dr. Devoy joined the former Schering AG in 2005 as Senior Vice President of Global Medical Development and was appointed to his current position in 2014. \nDr. Devoy studied Medicine and Pharmacology at University College London and graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MB\, BS\, graduated with honors) and BSc in Pharmacology. He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians in London. He is also an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Drug Information Association (DIA). \nDr. Devoy has extensive experience across Clinical Development and International Medical Affairs. His career in the pharmaceutical industry began when he joined Glaxo Group Research in Clinical Pharmacology. \nCynthia Hutchins is the Director of Financial Gerontology for Bank of America and has more than 40 years of experience in the wealth management and retirement industry. In her role\, she develops thought leadership\, resources\, training\, and client education\, engaging clients and employees on topics of aging\, longevity\, retirement\, life stages\, and later life planning. She has authored several whitepapers on the topics of aging\, longevity\, caregiving\, housing in retirement\, and caring for children with special needs. She has also partnered with academic institutions and aging industry experts to develop collaborative research and thought leadership on these topics.  These organizations include the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing\, the Gerontological Society of America\, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Aging Well Hub\, the Wharton School Pension Research Council\, and the Global Coalition on Aging. She has been widely quoted in national publications\, including the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Institutional Investor\, Baltimore Sun\, and Next Avenue. \nMs. Hutchins has served on the board of directors of the American Society on Aging (ASA) and has participated in the White House Conference on Aging Elder Justice Forum. She was named to the inaugural PBS Next Avenue 50 Influencers in Aging list. She is a frequent speaker on topics of aging and longevity. She has spoken at various conferences\, including the Investments and Wealth Institute\, Florida Conference on Aging\, San Antonio Society for Human Resource Management\, Southern Women’s Show\, Virginia Governor’s Conference on Aging and the American Society on Aging’s Aging In America Conference\, Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Forum (DCIIA)\, and the Employee Benefit Research Institute. \nShe holds a BS in Business and Finance from Towson University and an MA in Gerontology from the University of Southern California.  She has earned the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) designation and the Chartered Special Needs Consultant (ChSNC) designation from the American College of Financial Services and holds the Series 7\, 24\, 63\, and 65 securities registrations. \nMelissa Mitchell (moderator) is the Executive Director of the Global Coalition on Aging\, where she is responsible for internal and external communication strategies\, policy initiatives\, member and stakeholder outreach\, and partnership development for the Coalition. She has over a decade of public affairs experience\, specializing in policy-related and CEO-level strategic communications\, advocacy campaigns\, and special events.  Currently\, she serves as a Senior Managing Director at High Lantern Group\, a strategic consulting firm that advises dozens of major global companies and industry trade groups. Previously\, she was Director of Industry Relations and Strategic Outreach at the U.S. Travel Association. She was responsible for grassroots development and industry initiatives\, having driven multiple campaigns leading to positive legislative outcomes.  Prior to U.S. Travel\, she served as Executive Director of the Travel Business Roundtable\, a CEO-based advocacy organization devoted to reframing the policy environment and reputation of the industry\, and an associate at Prime Policy Group (formerly BKSH & Associates)\, a Washington-based government affairs firm.  Ms. Mitchell holds an MBA from Georgetown University in Washington\, DC and a BA in Journalism and Psychology from the University of Mississippi.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/silver-society-health-work-and-new-ways-of-thinking-about-longevity-and-aging/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240918T120000
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SUMMARY:Elections in Eastern Germany and the United States:  Reactions and Observations from the Next Generation
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join the American Council on Germany (ACG) and the German-American Institute Saxony (DAIS) for a roundtable discussion on the recent elections in Eastern Germany and the upcoming elections in the United States with three students from Eastern Germany\, who will have just completed a study tour to Washington\, DC\, Pennsylvania\, and upstate New York.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/elections-in-eastern-germany-and-the-united-states-reactions-and-observations-from-the-next-generation/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240923T180000
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SUMMARY:German-American Relations after the U.S. Election: A German Business Perspective
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and reception with Eckart von Klaeden\, Vice President and Head of External Affairs of Mercedes-Benz Group AG (1997 Young Leader).[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Eckart von Klaeden joined Daimler AG – now Mercedes-Benz Group AG – in 2013\, and has been Head of External Affairs ever since. In his current position\, he is responsible for the Group´s external relations and political dialogue worldwide. He reports directly to the Chairman of the Board of Management\, Ola Kaellenius. \nMr. von Klaeden served as a member of the German Bundestag from 1994 to 2013. As a Member of Parliament\, he held various positions: among others from 2000 – 2005 as parliamentary director\, from 2005 – 2009 as foreign policy spokesperson for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. As of 2004\, he was a member of the CDU’s Federal Executive Committee\, from 2006 – 2013 he also served as a member of the Presidium and from 2006 – 2010 as treasurer of the CDU. As of 2009\, he was Minister of State at the Office of the Federal Chancellor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/german-american-relations-after-the-u-s-election-a-german-business-perspective/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T100000
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SUMMARY:How Can International Cooperation Strengthen Democracy and Combat Antisemitism in Germany and the United States?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Charlotte Eric M. Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany and The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte will host a Breakfast Briefing with Dr. Sharon Nazarian\, President of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation and Inaugural Gahl Hodges Burt Scholar at the American Academy in Berlin on[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fbreakfast-discussion-with-dr-sharon-nazarian-charlotte-tickets-1013829560507%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator%26mc_cid%3D9e71893646%26mc_eid%3D1cbde7144f” css=”.vc_custom_1727097691531{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Sharon S. Nazarian was earlier this year the inaugural Gahl Hodges Burt Scholar at the American Academy in Berlin. She is an expert on antisemitism and its intersection with democratic crisis across Europe\, North America\, and Australia. Dr. Nazarian is the president of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation\, with a regional office in Israel called the Ima Foundation. She is the founder of the Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at University of California\, Los Angeles\, housed at UCLA’s International Institute\, which provides a systematic\, academic study of contemporary Israel. In 2017\, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) appointed Dr. Nazarian as senior vice president in international affairs. She served in this role for five years\, acting as chief diplomat and policymaker of ADL\, meeting with heads of state\, foreign ministers\, and leaders of Jewish communities around the world and advancing ADL’s initiatives for fighting antisemitism and racial hatred globally. She also oversaw ADL’s Israel office. \nDr. Nazarian currently serves as a member of ADL’s national board of directors\, a trustee of the board of Freedom House\, and is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. She also chairs the board of the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA and sits on the board of governors of University of Haifa. Dr. Nazarian studied journalism and international relations at the University of Southern California\, where also received her master’s and doctoral degrees in political science\, specializing in political economy and economic development in newly industrialized countries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/how-can-international-cooperation-strengthen-democracy-and-combat-antisemitism-in-germany-and-the-united-states/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T080000
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SUMMARY:How Can International Cooperation Strengthen Democracy and Combat Antisemitism in Germany and the United States?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a breakfast briefing with Dr. Sharon Nazarian\, President of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation and Inaugural Gahl Hodges Burt Scholar at the American Academy in Berlin. \nDr. Sharon S. Nazarian was earlier this year the inaugural Gahl Hodges Burt Scholar at the American Academy in Berlin. She is an expert on antisemitism and its intersection with democratic crisis across Europe\, North America\, and Australia. Dr. Nazarian is the president of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation\, with a regional office in Israel called the Ima Foundation. She is the founder of the Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at University of California\, Los Angeles\, housed at UCLA’s International Institute\, which provides a systematic\, academic study of contemporary Israel. In 2017\, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) appointed Dr. Nazarian as senior vice president in international affairs. She served in this role for five years\, acting as chief diplomat and policymaker of ADL\, meeting with heads of state\, foreign ministers\, and leaders of Jewish communities around the world and advancing ADL’s initiatives for fighting antisemitism and racial hatred globally. She also oversaw ADL’s Israel office. \nDr. Nazarian currently serves as a member of ADL’s national board of directors\, a trustee of the board of Freedom House\, and is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. She also chairs the board of the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA and sits on the board of governors of University of Haifa. Dr. Nazarian studied journalism and international relations at the University of Southern California\, where also received her master’s and doctoral degrees in political science\, specializing in political economy and economic development in newly industrialized countries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/how-can-international-cooperation-strengthen-democracy-and-combat-antisemitism-in-germany-and-the-united-states-2/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T200000
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SUMMARY:Meeting Common Challenges in a Complex Environment: Sustainability\, Supply Chains\, and Semiconductors
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a reception and discussion with Holly Evans\, Senior Vice President of Environmental Policy and Legal Affairs at Responsible Business Alliance\, and Corinna Wolf\, Vice President and Global Head of Sustainability for Infineon Technologies.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Facgusa.mystagingwebsite.com%2Fpolicy-engagement%2Fsept-25-2024-discussion-with-holly-evans-and-corinna-wolf” css=”.vc_custom_1727097935856{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/meeting-common-challenges-in-a-complex-environment-sustainability-supply-chains-and-semiconductors/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T183000
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SUMMARY:Radical Universalism
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG and the Goethe Institut New York will host a discussion with Omri Boehm\, Associate Professor of Philosophy at The New School for Social Research. This discussion is part of our Double Exposure series\, on what the idea of solidarity means in different contexts.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fradical-universalism-with-omri-boehm-tickets-1021855536417%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator%26mc_cid%3D9e71893646%26mc_eid%3D1cbde7144f” css=”.vc_custom_1727098080653{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/radical-universalism/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241002T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241002T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
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SUMMARY:Will European Leaders do “Whatever it Takes” to Rescue the European Economy?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2012\, Mario Draghi pledged to do “whatever it takes” to save the euro when he led the European Central Bank. Earlier this month\, the former Italian Prime Minister released a report on ‘The Future of EU Competitiveness\,’ which was intended to jolt the stalling European economy into high gear. The report recommends three priorities: First\, Europe must refocus its collective efforts on closing the innovation gap with the U.S. and China so that it can remain a player in emerging technologies. Second\, the EU needs to pursue decarbonization objectives while remaining competitive. And third\, the EU should increase its security and reduce external dependencies\, by pursuing access to critical raw materials\, developing its own digital services\, and strengthening its defense industry. Draghi’s report contains many proposals addressing these three priorities\, calibrated to be implementable over the next few years. But EU member states will need to coalesce around a coherent plan to boost growth and rescue the European economy. \nIs this the “whatever it takes 2.0” moment for Europe’s economy? Join the American Council on Germany on October 2 for a virtual discussion with Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther\, Director and Member of the Presidium at the Cologne Institute for Economic Research. He has written extensively about German and European industrial policy against the backdrop of the Zeitenwende and about the need for investment in infrastructure and transformation – and the pressures that is putting on Germany’s debt brake. He will be in conversation with ACG Board member Tara Hariharan. She is Managing Director of Global Macro Research at NWI Management LP\, a New York-based global macro hedge fund.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4317271194692%2FWN_HfWonuGkQXmujzr9AASoVQ” css=”.vc_custom_1727119500592{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]ACG Board member Tara Hariharan is Managing Director of Global Macro Research at NWI Management LP\, a New York-based global macro hedge fund with an emphasis on emerging markets. As head of macro research for the firm since 2012\, she focuses on economic activity\, macro-political trends\, and policy in the U.S. and China\, and is a keen student of European political economy. Ms. Hariharan directs top-down analysis of macroeconomic data\, monetary and fiscal policy\, and political trends for countries and regions worldwide\, as well as maintenance and constant evolution of NWI’s “macro dashboard” with a strategic focus on potential investment opportunities in fixed income\, equities\, foreign exchange\, and commodities. Her analysis is notably informed by sustained dialogue with a diverse group of high-level global policymakers in both developed and emerging markets. \nMs. Hariharan earned a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology summa cum laude from Princeton University in 2007. She was awarded a 2014 American Marshall Memorial Fellowship by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Ms. Hariharan has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 2017. She is also closely involved with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and has been a member of the Chamber’s Chief Economists’ Committee since the summer of 2020. She was elected a member of the Inter-American Dialogue in July 2021 and is a 2022 Economic Club of New York Fellow. She was an ACG Young Leader in 2016. \nProf. Dr. Michael Hüther studied Economics and History at the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen from 1982 to 1987. Upon completion of his doctorate in Economics\, in 1991 he became a member of the scientific staff of the Council of Experts for the Evaluation of Macroeconomic Development. In 1995 he was appointed Secretary General of the German Council of Economic Advisers. In 1999\, he joined DekaBank as chief economist and in 2001 additionally as Division Manger economics and communication. Since August 2001 Prof. Hüther is Honorary Professor at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel. \nIn July 2004 he was appointed Director and Member of the Presidium of the German Economic Institute. Since April 2019 Prof. Hüther has served as the Chair of the supervisory board of TÜV Rheinland AG. He serves as Vice Chairman of the Atlantik-Brücke.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/will-european-leaders-do-whatever-it-takes-to-rescue-the-european-economy/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241002T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241002T193000
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SUMMARY:East Meets West: Recalibrating the Economic Interdependence Between Europe and China
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and reception with Thomas Heck\, Partner and the German Foreign Business Network Leader at PwC US\, and Frauke Steiner\, Partner and the Leader of the German Business Network in the U.S at EY. \n  \nThomas Heck is a Partner on Secondment and the German Foreign Business Network Leader at PwC US. In this role\, he is serving German MNCs with operations in the United States and collaborates with PwC teams from all PwC Lines of Services in the U.S. and Germany. His clients include companies from various industries such as automotive\, chemicals and retail & consumer products. In his previous role\, Mr. Heck was the Head of the China Business Group at PwC Germany and Chairman of the European China Business Group at PwC from August 2016 until April 2024. He advised Chinese companies on their investments in Europe as well as European companies with their investment in China and Asia. During a secondment to China from 2012 – 2016\, Mr. Heck led the German Business Group of PwC Hong-Kong and Mainland China. During a secondment to New York 2005-2007\, he served US MNCs as an audit manager. \nMr. Heck graduated from Hochschule Pforzheim in 1998. From 2000 to 2005\, he was a guest lecturer at Pforzheim Business School. From 2012 to 2016\, he was a guest lecturer at Tongji University in Shanghai. Mr. Heck is a frequent speaker at conferences and guest on podcasts. \nFrauke Steiner is a Partner in the Assurance practice at EY Germany and has been assigned to EY US since summer 2024. She leads the firm’s German Business Network in the U.S.\, where she supports German\, Austrian\, and Swiss businesses. She has significant industry experience in the automotive sector and industrial production. \nMs. Steiner joined EY in 2006 and worked in Nuremberg. Before her secondment to New York\, she spent eight years in China as one of three GBN representative for China auditing\, coordinating engagements\, and advising German-speaking clients doing businesses in Greater China. Ms. Steiner has several years’ experience auditing listed DAX40 enterprises including the assessment of internal control environment (SOX) as well as providing audit and advisory services to mid-size and larger companies in Germany and subsidiaries overseas. \nMs. Steiner studied Business Administration at the University of Nuremberg and holds a dual degree Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) from Tsinghua University and INSEAD European Business School.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/east-meets-west-recalibrating-the-economic-interdependence-between-europe-and-china/
LOCATION:American Council on Germany\, Germany
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241007T110000
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SUMMARY:How Can International Cooperation Strengthen Democracy and Combat Antisemitism in Germany and the United States?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]October 7th marks the first anniversary of the bloody attack on a music festival in Israel by Hamas. Over 1\,000 people were killed\, dozens of people are still being held hostage by Hamas\, and the region is at war. Against this backdrop\, there has been a spike in antisemitic hate crimes around the world. In the United States\, the FBI reported a 63 percent increase over 2022. In Germany\, the monitoring group RIAS reported that antisemitic incidents rose by over 80 percent in 2023 – reaching a new high since RIAS started keeping track in 2017. \nJoin the American Council on Germany on Monday\, October 7\, at 11 am ET\, for a virtual discussion with antisemitism expert Dr. Sharon S. Nazarian\, the President of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation. She has been exploring how the rise in antisemitism can be seen as an indicator of the waning health of democracy. She will talk about the myriad challenges posed by increasing antisemitism and how international cooperation can be implemented to address the problem and shore up democracy. Dr. Nazarian just completed a speaking tour for the ACG\, which included discussions in four Eric M. Warburg Chapters and in New York.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_qdb3rIxSQQ2BPVV9TQC7kw” css=”.vc_custom_1727724498993{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Sharon S. Nazarian is the President of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation\, with a regional office in Israel called the Ima Foundation. She is an expert on antisemitism and its intersection with democratic crisis across Europe\, North America\, and Australia. Earlier this year\, she was the inaugural Gahl Hodges Burt Scholar at the American Academy in Berlin. \nDr. Nazarian is the founder of the Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at University of California\, Los Angeles\, housed at UCLA’s International Institute\, which provides a systematic\, academic study of contemporary Israel. In 2017\, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) appointed Dr. Nazarian as Senior Vice President in international affairs. She served in this role for five years\, acting as chief diplomat and policymaker of ADL\, meeting with heads of state\, foreign ministers\, and leaders of Jewish communities around the world and advancing ADL’s initiatives for fighting antisemitism and racial hatred globally. She also oversaw ADL’s Israel office. \nDr. Nazarian currently serves as a member of ADL’s national board of directors\, a trustee of the board of Freedom House\, and is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. She also chairs the board of the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA and sits on the board of governors of University of Haifa. Dr. Nazarian studied Journalism and International Relations at the University of Southern California\, where also received her master’s and doctoral degrees in Political Science\, specializing in political economy and economic development in newly industrialized countries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/how-can-international-cooperation-strengthen-democracy-and-combat-antisemitism-in-germany-and-the-united-states-3/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241008T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241008T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
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SUMMARY:Breaking Stories While Undercover: Insights into the Work of an Investigative Journalist
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Just two years ago\, RTL Deutschland launched the new cross-media format “Stern Investigativ.” The results of the investigative research conducted are released simultaneously as a TV report on RTL\, in the print magazine “Stern\,” on various websites\, and as a podcast. For “Stern Investigativ” the award-winning journalists Christian Esser and Manka Heise have brought several important stories to light – including going undercover at the Tesla plant in Grünheide in Brandenburg and\, more recently\, uncovering questionable practices at the famous Berlin hospital Charité. \nJoin the ACG for a discussion with Manka Heise\, Leading Investigative Reporter at “Stern Investigativ\,” about the stories she has covered\, how she has covered them\, and how she has chosen which stories to pursue.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5417278825527%2FWN__Wk-bm41SUegNto0hTsGfQ” css=”.vc_custom_1727882593722{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Before Manka Heise started working for Stern Investigativ\, she was an editor at Frontal 21 for ZDF for 10 years. There\, she produced investigative\, political\, and social background reports. Before that\, she worked as an editor for the ARD political magazine Kontraste. Ms. Heise graduated in religious studies and English and began her journalistic career with a traineeship at Spiegel TV/XXP.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/breaking-stories-while-undercover-insights-into-the-work-of-an-investigative-journalist/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
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SUMMARY:Freedom – Limitations and Exclusion
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On October 10\, the ACG and 1014 will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Alexander Görlach\, Adjunct Professor at the NYU Gallatin School\, and Dr. Aziz Rana\, Professor of Law and Government at Boston College.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdiscussion-freedom-limitations-and-exclusions-tickets-1022924774537%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1727725038504{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Alexander Görlach is an adjunct professor at NYU Gallatin School\, where he teaches democratic theory. Before that\, he had various positions as a visiting scholar and  fellow at Harvard University in the United States\, Cambridge University\, and Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York and a senior advisor to the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles. He holds a ThD in comparative religion and a Ph.D. in linguistics. His academic interests include democratic theory\, politics and religion\, and theories of secularism\, pluralism\, and cosmopolitanism. In the academic year 2017-18\, he was a visiting scholar at National Taiwan University and City University Hong Kong. Since then\, he has focused on the rise of China and what it means for the democracies in East Asia. Dr. Görlach is an honorary professor of ethics and theology at Leuphana University in Lüneburg\, Germany. He is the founder of the debate magazine The European\, which he also ran as its editor-in-chief from 2009 to 2015. Today\, he is an op-ed contributor to the New York Times\, Neue Zürcher Zeitung\, and the South China Morning Post. He is a columnist for the business magazine Wirtschaftswoche\, Deutsche Welle\, and Focus Online. He is a frequent commentator on German News Channel WeLT TV. \nDr. Aziz Rana is a law professor at Boston College Law School\, where his research and teaching center on American constitutional law and political development. His work focuses on how shifting notions of race\, citizenship\, and empire have shaped legal and political identity since the founding. \nRana’s first book\, The Two Faces of American Freedom (Harvard University Press)\, situates the American experience within the global history of colonialism\, examining the intertwined relationship in American constitutional practice between internal accounts of freedom and external projects of power and expansion. His forthcoming book\, The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document that Fails Them (University of Chicago Press\, 2024)\, explores the modern emergence of constitutional veneration in the twentieth century — especially against the backdrop of growing American global authority — and how veneration has influenced the boundaries of popular politics. \nHe received a B.A. from Harvard College\, my J.D. from Yale Law School\, and my Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/freedom-limitations-and-exclusion/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241014T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241014T100000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Monday\, October 14 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Stephan Detjen\, Chief Correspondent for Deutschlandradio and the head of the station’s capital city studio in Berlin.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8717283083918%2FWN_ILOd74wDQEWRyLmUqITYVg” css=”.vc_custom_1728308427074{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Stephan Detjen is Chief Correspondent for Deutschlandradio and heads the station’s capital city studio in Berlin. Previously\, he worked as Deutschlandfunk’s Editor-in-Chief in Cologne and as a legal policy correspondent in Karlsruhe\, among other positions. \nMr. Detjen is a member of the board of the Bundespressekonferenz and was a member of the foundation board for the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade from 2013 to 2018. He studied Law and History in Munich\, Aix-en-Provence\, and Speyer.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/what-can-we-expect-from-president-bidens-trip-to-germany/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241014T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241014T133000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
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SUMMARY:The U.S. Elections and the Impact on the Transatlantic Economy
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the first session\, Isabell Hoffmann\, Senior Expert at the Bertelsmann Stiftung and head of eupinions\, and U.S. pollster Jeff Liszt will talk about trends in current public opinion survey data in the United States and Europe regarding the candidates and the race for the White House. They will highlight what to watch in the final weeks before the election and the significance of down-ballot races. ACG President Dr. Steven E. Sokol will moderate this panel. \nIn the second session\, U.S.-based strategy consultants\, Andrew Frank and Zev Furst\, will discuss the policy prescriptions of the two candidates and the impact the election may have on regulatory and political affairs – as well as the impact on the transatlantic economy. They will also talk about how European companies can prepare for the new administration. This panel will be moderated by Anja Wehler-Schöck\, Head of International Politics for Der Tagesspiegel. \n  \nThis event is brought to you by the American Council on Germany in cooperation with KARV and First International\, hosted by CMS Hasche Sigle Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern mbB\, with support from the Freundeskreis des American Council on Germany\, e.V.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fthe-us-elections-and-the-impact-on-the-transatlantic-economy-tickets-1031092765217%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1727724697991{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Isabell Hoffmann is Senior Expert at the Bertelsmann Stiftung and head of eupinions\, an independent platform for European public opinion which was founded in 2015. As an expert researcher on democracy and legitimacy in the European Union\, Ms. Hoffmann has managed research projects on the role of national parliaments in the EU as well as the origins and impact of populism\, nationalism and authoritarianism in Europe. She studied political science and economics at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). Before joining Bertelsmann Stiftung in 2008\, she worked as a political editor for the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit. \nJeffrey Liszt is a partner at Impact Research and has conducted survey research in over 100 countries. He conducted quantitative and qualitative research for the 2008 and 2012 Obama Presidential campaigns and the 2016 Clinton campaign. His political clients include the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee\, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee\, and Democratic Governors Association independent expenditures. Mr. Liszt’s issue-advocacy work has focused on healthcare\, climate\, conservation\, immigration\, media rights\, development\, and education\, for clients including the Ford Foundation\, Gates Foundation\, ADL\, and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. His corporate clients include Alphabet\, Volkswagen\, and Silverstein Properties. He is a two-time Ironman triathlete\, and currently lives in Boston with his wife\, daughter\, and son. \nSteven E. Sokol (moderator) has been the President and CEO of the American Council on Germany since 2015. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the ACG. Prior to this\, Dr. Sokol served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Dr. Sokol serves on several non-profit boards and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was awarded a Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit) for his work to strengthen German-American relations. \n— \nAndrew Frank is the Founder and President of KARV. He is an expert in creating communications strategies particularly focused on difficult situations\, overseeing and implementing crisis preparation\, public affairs efforts\, managing product recalls\, financial and/or regulatory issues\, and identifying and managing communications issues around complicated litigation. He founded KARV eleven years ago\, after working as Managing Partner at Strategy XXI Group and Kreab since 1997. As a political appointee in the Clinton Administration in 1993\, Mr. Frank was the Communications Director for the U.S. Information Agency; the White House communications representative for coordination of media during the 1994 GATT signing in Morocco; Deputy Spokesman for the US Delegation to the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights; and the National Security Council media representative in Haiti. He worked on more than two dozen overseas trips of the President and Vice President\, including APEC and G-7 Summit Meetings – and worked with more than a dozen federal agencies and cabinet officials. He is the author of Revolution Road Trip\, about his work in Slovakia\, the Czech Republic\, Hungary\, and Poland during their transitions to democracy\, in 1990. Mr. Frank was also an ACG Young Leader in 1997. \nZev Furst is the Chairman and CEO of First-Intl\, an international corporate and political consulting firm he founded in 1992. He is a leading business\, political and communications strategist who has advised political leaders\, foreign principals and global CEOs. He specializes in providing strategic counsel on highly sensitive political matters\, crisis management\, corporate positioning\, and personal reputational issues with the unique perspective of someone who has operated at the nexus of business and politics for over thirty years. He has been at the forefront of corporate communications consulting and the use of survey research and data to help guide both political and corporate leaders with their decision-making strategies. Mr. Furst has managed and worked on presidential and congressional campaigns in the United States\, as well as elections in France\, Germany\, Italy\, Israel\, Mexico\, the Palestinian Authority\, Ukraine and Japan. \nAnja Wehler-Schöck (moderator) has been Head of International Politics at Der Tagesspiegel since August 2022. Prior to that\, she worked as editor-in-chief of the IPG Journal\, a debate platform for issues of international and European politics. She previously worked as a social affairs officer at the German Embassy in Washington and headed the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s office for Jordan and Iraq in Amman from 2012 to 2017.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-u-s-elections-and-the-impact-on-the-transatlantic-economy/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241016T170000
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SUMMARY:Silver Economy Forum
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join the Global Coalition on Aging and the American Council on Germany at the 2024 Silver Economy Forum in Berlin\, on October 15-16\, 2024\, and be part of this exciting step to Defining Leadership in an Aging World. \nThe year 2024 is stacking up to be a pivotal year in what is shaping up to be a memorable decade. The demographic shift of “more old than young” is rapidly accelerating globally. Almost half of the world’s population is headed to the ballot box\, including in the United States\, the European Union\, India\, and Indonesia. \nOn top of that\, numerous generations are reaching important milestones as the youngest Baby Boomers reach their sixties\, Millennials grow into their forties\, and Gen Z-ers storm the workplace. More and more societies realize the 20th-century miracle of long life extending to a hundred as a matter of course and focus on the goal of healthy longevity. \nThese changes in power and demographics form the background for this year’s Silver Economy Forum\, where we look to unpack the elements necessary for Defining Leadership in an Aging World.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”More information” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silvereconomyforum.com%2Fevent%2F2024%2F2024-silver-economy-forum-berlin” css=”.vc_custom_1724856653932{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/silver-economy-forum/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T093000
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SUMMARY:The Final Countdown:  A German Perspective on the U.S. Election
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion with Juliane Schäuble\, U.S. Correspondent of Der Tagesspiegel \n  \nJuliane Schäuble has been reporting for the Berlin-based daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel from Washington\, D.C. since June 2018. Before her current position\, she most recently headed the political department\, where she was responsible for the front page and the political section. She has more than 10 years of experience in the business and political department. Ms. Schäuble has developed and continues to organize political conferences on a regular basis in cooperation with the Freie Universität Berlin and the Schwarzkopf-Stiftung. She earned her master’s degree in political science at the University of Potsdam\, Germany. Her studies included one semester at American University in Washington\, DC\, where she took classes in American foreign policy and worked part-time for the American Council of Young Political Leaders. \nIn 2009 and 2010\, she was trained in the Media Manager Program of the publishing house Georg von Holtzbrinck. In 2006\, she was a Fellow of the Johanna Quandt Foundation for economic journalists. Ms. Schäuble has taken part in numerous leadership programs\, including the Manfred Wörner Seminar of the German Marshall Fund and the Armed Forces Office of the German Defense Ministry; Atlantik-Brücke’s German-American Young Leaders Conference; the Collaborative Leadership Program of Leadership Berlin – Netzwerk Verantwortung; and the Young Leaders Conference of the Council for the United States and Italy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-final-countdown-a-german-perspective-on-the-u-s-election/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T093000
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SUMMARY:The Future of the Transatlantic Partnership Against the Backdrop of Political Uncertainty in Germany and the US
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion with State Minister Markus Blume\, Bavarian State Minister for Science and the Arts and Member of the Bavarian State Parliament (CSU) \n  \nMarkus Blume has been appointed Bavarian State Minister for Science and the Arts in 2022. He served as Secretary General of the CSU from 2018 to 2022 and has been a Member of the Bavarian State Parliament since 2008. Mr. Blume first studied physics at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich\, and then political science at the Bavaria School of Public Policy Munich. Markus Blume is a highly respected policymaker and widely seen as the driving force of Bavaria’s political\, economic\, and technological modernization. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-future-of-the-transatlantic-partnership-against-the-backdrop-of-political-uncertainty-in-germany-and-the-us/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
CREATED:20241017T152251Z
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SUMMARY:A New Era? U.S. Leadership after the Election and Europe’s Security Landscape
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In some U.S. states early voting has begun\, and voters across the country are getting ready to head to the polls on November 5. In Europe there is concern about what the new administration in Washington might look like. With changes in leadership come evolving priorities in foreign and defense policy\, which will have significant implications for Europe’s security architecture. This discussion will examine how the new administration’s approach to NATO\, diplomacy\, and global alliances could reshape the continent’s security landscape\, fostering both opportunities and challenges for Europe as it navigates this pivotal moment in international relations. \nJoin  and the American Council on Germany the Aspen Institute Germany for a virtual discussion as a part of the Road to Election series on Thursday\, October 24\, at 11:00 am ET with Lieutenant General Ben Hodges\, Senior Advisor to Human Rights First\, United States Army Europe\, and Dr. Claudia Major\, Head of the International Security Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_yO3NsIT-QamLf8Fia03VrQ|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lieutenant General Ben Hodges served as Commanding General of United States Army Europe from 2014 to 2017 before his retirement from the Army in early 2018. Based in Frankfurt\, he is currently a Senior Advisor to Human Rights First. General Hodges has also served in a variety of Joint and Army Staff positions\, including Tactics Instructor; Chief of Plans\, 2nd Infantry Division\, in Korea; Aide-de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Chief of Staff\, XVIII Airborne Corps; Director of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Coordination Cell on the Joint Staff; Chief of Legislative Liaison for the United States Army; and Commander of NATO Allied Land Command (İzmir\, Turkey). After his first assignment as an Infantry Lieutenant in Garlstedt\, Germany\, he commanded Infantry units at the Company\, Battalion\, and Brigade levels in the 101st Airborne Division\, including Command of the First Brigade Combat Team “Bastogne” of the 101st Airborne Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2004). His other operational assignments include Chief of Operations for Multi-National Corps – Iraq in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2005-2006) and Director of Operations\, Regional Command South\, in Kandahar\, Afghanistan (2009-2010). \n  \nDr. Claudia Major is Head of the International Security Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. Her research\, advisory work\, publications and media contributions focus on security and defense policy in Europe and in a transatlantic context (NATO\, EU\, Germany\, UK\, France). Recent publications deal with Germany’s security and defense policy\, NATO’s strategic adaptation and future development\, developments in EU defense\, strategic autonomy and Franco-German relations in defense. Previously she held positions at the Center for Security Studies at the ETH Zurich\, the German Council on Foreign Relations\, the EU Institute for Security Studies (Paris)\, the German Foreign Office and Sciences Po Paris. She is a member of various boards\, including the Advisory Board for Civilian Crisis Prevention at the Federal Foreign Office. She holds a diploma from Sciences Po Paris and the Free University Berlin and a PhD from the University of Birmingham\, UK.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/a-new-era-u-s-leadership-after-the-election-and-europes-security-landscape/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241028T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241028T193000
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SUMMARY:Double Exposure: Ethnicity and the Politics of Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG and the Goethe Institut will host a discussion with Dr. Susan. Neiman and Dr. Keidrick Roy. \n  \nWhat unites individuals to engage in political struggles across geographical\, social\, religious\, and political divides and perceived boundaries? How do solidarity movements challenge the interests and positions of powerful states and systems\, both past and present? Solidarity work between minority groups and communities has fluctuated throughout history with common efforts and transnational solidarity has been integral to change and progress. However\, international solidarities and their ideological differences have evolved overtime. Join moral philosopher Susan Neiman and scholar Keidrick Roy for a discussion on the intersection of politics\, ethnicity\, race\, and solidarity in today’s complex world. What is political solidarity? How is political solidarity shaped by race\, religion\, and ethnicity? If there is no shared vision for the future\, is collective solidarity hopeless? Together\, they will explore how collective memory and history influences our political landscape and the challenges of encouraging solidarity across racial\, ethnic\, and ideological divides. \n  \nSusan Neiman is an American philosopher and writer. She has written extensively on the Enlightenment\, moral philosophy\, metaphysics\, and politics. Her work shows that philosophy is a living force for contemporary thinking and action. \nBorn and raised in Atlanta\, Georgia\, during the Civil Rights Movement\, Dr. Neiman dropped out of high school to join American activists working for peace and justice. Later she studied philosophy at Harvard University\, earning her Ph.D. in 1986 under the direction of John Rawls and Stanley Cavell. In the 80s she spent six years in Berlin\, studying at the Free University and working as a freelance writer. She was professor of philosophy at Yale and Tel Aviv University. In 2000 she assumed her current position as director of the Einstein Forum in Potsdam. \nDr. Neiman has been a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton\, a Fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation Study Center in Bellagio\, and a Senior Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies. She is now a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. She is the author of nine books\, translated into 15 languages\, which have won prizes from\, among others\, PEN\, the Association of American Publishers\, and the American Academy of Religion. Her shorter pieces have appeared in The New York Times\, The New York Review of Books\, The Globe and Mail\, The Guardian\, Die Zeit\, Der Spiegel\, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\, and many other publications. \n  \nKeidrick Roy is a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and a scholar of American history\, literature\, and political thought since the Revolutionary era. In 2025\, he will be Assistant Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. His research brings the ideas of prominent and lesser-known African American figures across U.S. history to bear on urgent social and political concerns\, including the place of race\, religion\, and optimism in modern society. Dr. Roy’s forthcoming book\, American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism\, reveals how a Black liberal tradition that developed in the years leading up to the Civil War holds vital lessons for us today as hate groups threaten U.S. democracy. \nDr. Roy has received national attention through media outlets such as CBS News Sunday Morning and the Chicago Review of Books and appears in the HBO documentary Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches. He has also curated two major exhibitions on Black American figures at the American Writers Museum in Chicago\, including Frederick Douglass\, Ida B. Wells\, and Ralph Ellison. Before joining academia\, Dr. Roy served as a nuclear operations officer in the military and has since been an award-winning educator at the United States Air Force Academy and Harvard.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/double-exposure-ethnicity-and-the-politics-of-solidarity/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T133000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
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SUMMARY:Elections\, Law\, and Politics
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On October 29\, the ACG and 1014 will host a discussion as part of our Superwahljahr series with Prof. Franz Mayer\, Chair in Public Law\, European Law\, Comparative Law\, and Law and Politics at the University of Bielefeld and Scholar in Residence at Columbia University[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Prof. Franz Mayer holds the Chair in Public Law\, European Law\, Public International Law\, Comparative Law and Law and Politics at the University of Bielefeld (Law Faculty). He studied Law\, Political Science and History at the Universities of Bonn and Munich\, at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po) and at Yale Law School. Visiting researcher Harvard Law School 2000; annual Visiting lecturer University of Warsaw since 2000; Visiting professor at Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) 2007 and at Paris 2 (Panthéon-Assas) 2010; General Course Academy of European Law\, European University Institute\, Florence\, 2011; Senior Emile Noël Fellow\, NYU School of Law 2011; Visiting professor of Law at Columbia Law School Winter term 2012/2013; Short Term International Visiting Professor of Law at Columbia Law School Fall term 2024 (non-resident). \nProfessor Mayer was Counsel in proceedings at the German Constitutional Court to the German Parliament in the Treaty of Lisbon-trial in 2008-2009 and in the first case related to the Euro-crisis\, the case on the Euro stabilization mechanism 2010-2012\, his most recent case for the German Parliament was the Next Generation EU-case on the €800 billion temporary recovery instrument (2021-2022). He was Counsel at the German Constitutional Court to the German government in the CETA case (2016-2022) and in the case on the Unified European Patent Court (2017-2020). His most recent case for the German government concerns the constitutionality of the new EP election law (2023-2024). In 2023\, he was part of a Franco-German Group of 12 experts invited by the German and the French minister for Europe to write a report on institutional reform of the EU. \nHis teaching and research interests focus on European constitutional and administrative law\, on comparative law\, on the relationship between European law and politics\, on parliaments in times of globalization\, on internet law\, sports law (European soccer law) and more generally on international law and public law. Since 2016\, he has been a member of the German Football Association’s Federal Court (DFB Bundesgericht)\, ethics chamber. He has dual French and German citizenship and lives in Berlin with his family.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register” style=”classic” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdiscussion-superwahljahr-2024-elections-law-and-politics-tickets-1047881320237″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/superwahljahr-2024-elections-law-and-politics/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241018T170115Z
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SUMMARY:German-American Relations after the U.S Election and  ahead of German Elections in 2025
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On October 29\, the American Council on Germany and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) New York Office will host an event with Hermann Gröhe\, member of the German Bundestag and Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group. \n  \nHermann Gröhe is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister of Health in the third cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2013 until 2018. Becoming a member of the CDU in 1977\, Mr. Gröhe has been a member of the German Bundestag since 1994. Between 1998 and 2005\, he was his parliamentary group’s spokesperson on human rights and humanitarian aid. He subsequently served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2005 until 2008. From 2008 until 2009\, Mr. Gröhe briefly served as Minister of State at the Federal Chancellery under Chancellor Angela Merkel. \nDuring his time in office as Federal Minister of Health\, Mr. Gröhe focused heavily on global health issues. In March 2016\, Mr. Gröhe was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth\, which was co-chaired by presidents François Hollande of France and Jacob Zuma of South Africa. He later led Germany’s delegation to the 2016 High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS in New York. \nSince March 2018\, Mr. Gröhe has been serving as deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group. In this capacity\, he oversees the group’s initiatives on social affairs and development policy. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/german-american-relations-after-the-u-s-election-and-ahead-of-german-elections-in-2025/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241031T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241031T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
CREATED:20241025T182121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241025T182313Z
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SUMMARY:Russia’s War in Ukraine: The Situation is Serious 
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been more than two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Despite heavy fighting\, Russia still occupies 18 percent of Ukraine. Ukraine’s counteroffensive efforts have stalled\, and Russia has launched a new offensive in Ukraine’s northeast Kharkiv region. Meanwhile\, Russia continues to bomb Ukrainian cities and block its ports\, and Ukraine has increased drone attacks on Russian ships and infrastructure. \nThe situation in Ukraine is serious. Fighting and air strikes have inflicted over 30\,000 civilian casualties\, while 3.7 million people are internally displaced\, and 6.5 million have fled Ukraine. More than 14 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. \nJoin the ACG for a discussion with award-winning Stern reporter Moritz Gathmann about the situation in Ukraine. He has covered Ukraine for over a decade and has been reporting on the war from throughout the country.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Facgusa.us7.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D88eafb704e68ca3b7d186f951%26id%3Dd91a255f91%26e%3D0cb490be7a”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Moritz Gathmann is a journalist who has reported extensively from Ukraine for SPIEGEL magazine\, Stern\, and other news outlets. He has been a journalist for two decades and has focused on post-Soviet countries. He spent five years in Russia as a correspondent for German media outlets – first in Moscow and then Kaluga. In 2014\, he was a witness to the bloody upraising in the Maidan\, and reported on the war in eastern Ukraine. Since February 2022\, he has covered the war in Ukraine.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/ussias-war-in-ukraine-the-situation-is-serious/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241111T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241111T100000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
CREATED:20241107T200008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241107T200008Z
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Monday\, November 11 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Marc Felix Serrao\, Editor-in-Chief in Germany for the Neue Züricher Zeitung.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6317310092655%2FWN_Bxp3fl6CRkKz55fbZgUTeQ” css=”.vc_custom_1731009568742{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Marc Felix Serrao has been the Head of the Berlin office since July 2017 and Editor-in-Chief of the Neue Züricher Zeitung in Germany since 2021. After military service\, he studied political science in Berlin. In 2004/05\, he was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in New York. He graduated in 2006.  Mr. Serrao worked for the Süddeutsche Zeitung from 2007 to 2016 – first as a trainee\, then as deputy head of the society and style department. In 2015\, he began a part-time Executive MBA at the Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung (WHU) and the Kellogg School of Management. From 2016 to 2017\, he served as the Business editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-105/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
CREATED:20241104T220229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241104T220257Z
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SUMMARY:Let's Talk Democracy: Quo Vadis\, America?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join 1014\, the American Council on Germany\, and the Goethe Institut for a discussion with Dr. Alexander Görlach Adjunct Professor\, NYU Gallatin School and Dr. Daniel Ziblatt\, Director\, Harvard University’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies and Professor of Government\, Harvard University. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Flets-talk-democracy-quo-vadis-america-tickets-1048892003217%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nDr. Alexander Görlach is an adjunct professor at NYU Gallatin School\, where he teaches democratic theory. Before that\, he held various positions as a visiting scholar and fellow at Harvard University\, as well as Cambridge and Oxford Universities in the United Kingdom. He is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York and a senior advisor to the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles. He holds a doctorate in Comparative Religion and a doctorate in Linguistics. His academic interests include democratic theory\, politics and religion\, and theories of secularism\, pluralism\, and cosmopolitanism. In the academic year 2017-18\, he was a visiting scholar at National Taiwan University and City University Hong Kong. Since then\, he has focused on the rise of China and what it means for the democracies in East Asia. Dr. Görlach is an honorary Professor of Ethics and Theology at Leuphana University in Lüneburg\, Germany. He is the Founder of the debate magazine The European\, which he also ran as its editor-in-chief from 2009 to 2015. Today\, he is an op-ed contributor to the New York Times\, Neue Zürcher Zeitung\, and the South China Morning Post. He is a columnist for the business magazines Wirtschaftswoche\, Deutsche Welle\, and Focus Online. He is a frequent commentator on German News Channel WELT TV. \n  \nDr. Daniel Ziblatt is the director of Harvard University’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies where he is also Eaton Professor of Government at Harvard University. He leads a research group based in Germany at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. His research focuses on Europe and the comparative study of democracy. He is the author of four books\, including How Democracies Die (2018)\, co-authored with Steven Levitsky\, a New York Times best-seller and described by The Economist magazine as “the most important book of the Trump era.” The book has been translated into thirty languages. In 2023\, he published Tyranny of the Minority (w/ Steve Levitsky)\, an analysis of American democracy in comparative perspective\, also a New York Times bestseller. Prior to this\, he was the author of the prize-winning book Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy (Cambridge University Press\, 2017)\, a history of democracy in Europe\, in addition to a book on European state-building entitled Structuring the State (Princeton University Press\, 2006). In 2023\, Ziblatt was elected member of the American Academy for Arts and Sciences. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/lets-talk-democracy-quo-vadis-america/
LOCATION:Goethe\, 30 Irving Place\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
GEO:40.7349631;-73.9877319
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241113T210000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
CREATED:20240506T190249Z
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SUMMARY:2024 John J. McCloy Awards Dinner
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URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/2024-john-j-mccloy-awards-dinner/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T100000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
CREATED:20241115T172006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241115T172006Z
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Monday\, November 18 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Malte Lehming\, Columnist for Tagesspiegel.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5817316790699%2FWN_NOQuiQjSQ9uh_yreHmwxdQ” css=”.vc_custom_1731679232750{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Malte Lehming works as a columnist for the Tagesspiegel From late 2000 to 2005\, he was the newspaper’s Washington bureau chief. He joined the Tagesspiegel in 1991 as foreign policy editor — focusing on security policy\, transatlantic relations\, and the Middle East. From 1989 to 1991\, he worked as a personal assistant and speechwriter for former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Mr. Lehming studied philosophy\, German literature\, and European history in Hamburg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-106/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
CREATED:20241108T213121Z
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SUMMARY:Multilateralism under Trump 2.0: A German Perspective
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) New York Office invite you to a discussion and reception with Roderich Kiesewetter\, Member of the German Bundestag (CDU/CSU) on “Multilateralism under Trump 2.0: A German Perspective”[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdiscussion-on-multilateralism-under-trump-20-a-german-perspective-tickets-1075672688969%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1731101439538{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Roderich Kiesewetter is Member of the German Parliament (CDU) and former General Staff Officer of the Bundeswehr. He studied economics in Munich and Austin/Texas. He served for almost 30 years in the German Armed Forces in various command\, staff assignments and in various foreign missions. He has been a member of the Bundestag since 2009. Kiesewetter is representative of foreign affairs for the CDU/CSU-Caucus and deputy chairperson of the Parliamentary Oversight Panel. In 2022 he was elected as Spokesperson for crisis prevention. Since 2019 Kiesewetter is Speaker of the advisory council of the Federal Academy for Security Policy Council.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/multilateralism-under-trump-2-0-a-german-perspective/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
CREATED:20241108T212909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T212909Z
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SUMMARY:What Comes Next? The Impact of the New European Commission’s Digital Policy on Transatlantic Businesses
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join the American Council on Germany and the American Business Forum on Europe for a Lunch Discussion with Oliver Süme\, Partner at Fieldfisher and Chair of the Board of the Internet Industry Association (eco) on “What Comes Next? The Impact of the New European Commission’s Digital Policy on Transatlantic Businesses” \nThe European AI Act was adopted on August 1\, 2024\, and although the new AI supervisory authority is still under construction\, there is already additional digital regulation appearing at the horizon: The European Data Act will apply in September 2025\, regulating the entire Internet of Things Industry and aiming to further enhance Europe’s data economy. What impact will this very complex regulatory framework have on transatlantic businesses and what can we expect from the new European Commission\, which will begin its work in December 2024?[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdiscussion-with-oliver-sume-tickets-1070620648179%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1731101295162{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Oliver Süme is a Partner at the European law firm Fieldfisher and Chair of the Board of the Internet Industry Association. He advises his international clients on all legal challenges in Technology Law\, in particular IT contract law\, data protection and legal issues relating to IT security. Mr. Süme is also Chair of the Board of eco – Association of the Internet Industry and heads the data protection working group of EuroISPA\, the European umbrella organization of internet service providers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/what-comes-next-the-impact-of-the-new-european-commissions-digital-policy-on-transatlantic-businesses/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241121T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241121T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T084222
CREATED:20241121T144441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241121T144441Z
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SUMMARY:Superwahljahr 2024: Voter Behavior in Eastern Germany - Is it a Litmus Test for Federal Elections in 2025?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Join the ACG for a virtual discussion with award-winning German journalist Sabine Schicketanz as part of our Superwahljahr 2024 series.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Facgusa.us7.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D88eafb704e68ca3b7d186f951%26id%3Dec6e3d9762%26e%3D0cb490be7a”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/superwahljahr-2024-voter-behavior-in-eastern-germany-is-it-a-litmus-test-for-federal-elections-in-2025/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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