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SUMMARY:Transatlantic Perspectives: The Local Impact of COVID-19 and Education
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Friday\, May 22 at 11:00 am – “Transatlantic Perspectives: The Local Impact of COVID-19 and Education” with Susana O’Daniel\, Director of Public Affairs for the Arkansas Education Association; Daniela Schneckenburger\, Commissioner of the Department for School\, Youth\, and Family for the City of Dortmund; and Laura Ward\, Vice President of Talent Development\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. \nClick here to register.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/transatlantic-perspectives-the-local-impact-of-covid-19-and-education/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200526T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200526T120000
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SUMMARY:Resilience and Adaptation: Civil Society and the Corona Crisis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Resilience and Adaptation: Civil Society and the Corona Crisis \nThe current pandemic has forced civil society to grapple with new challenges. The spread of COVID-19 has led some communities to develop new ways to look after each other – and respect social distancing guidelines. In other areas\, the social fabric has been tested. Join experts and practitioners Nina Lemmens and Daniela Kaisth for a discussion about the ways in which civil society is coping with the current crisis and how the philanthropic community is responding. \nPlease register here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/resilience-and-adaptation-civil-society-and-the-corona-crisis/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200529T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200529T133000
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SUMMARY:The Merkel-Macron EU Recovery Fund: A Historic Moment for Europe?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Just over a week ago\, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined forces in proposing a 500 billion euro EU recovery fund to help respond to the corona virus crisis. If other EU member states agree to the plan\, it would be an important step forward for a more unified Europe – and it might bring the bloc closer together rather than fracturing it. But\, the proposal is not without controversy. \nPlease join us for an online discussion on Friday\, May 29 at 12:30 pm (ET) with Bundestag member Metin Hakverdi (SPD) titled “The Merkel-Macron EU Recovery Fund: A Historic Moment for Europe?”[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_3Ovn7WRaQ4uTRyowK7ImAw|||” css=”.vc_custom_1590530597249{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/the-merkel-macron-eu-recovery-fund-a-historic-moment-for-europe/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200605T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200605T120000
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Transatlantic Perspectives: The Local Impact of COVID-19 and Digitalization
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The coronavirus outbreak has demonstrated ways in which digitalization has helped communities by allowing many people to work from home and enabling students to continue their education via remote learning. We’ve also seen how technology can assist with healthcare both in terms of service and tracking the pandemic. However\, the crisis has also exposed a continued “digital divide” – a gulf between those with access to technology and those with little or no access – that has a profound impact on equity in communities. And the increased use of technology also raises concerns about cyber-security and data privacy. \nJoin us on Friday\, June 5\, at 11:00 am ET for a conversation about digitalization and cities – during and after the pandemic. Drawing on alumni from ACG programs\, speakers include Sunanna Chand\, Vice President of Systems Reinvention at Teach for America\, Bruce Clark\, Executive Director at Digital Charlotte; and Devin Dienes\, Project Manager at Digitalstadt Darmstadt.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/transatlantic-perspectives-the-local-impact-of-covid-19-and-digitalization/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200609T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200609T120000
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SUMMARY:Racial Injustice And National Security
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the past two weeks\, protests have erupted across the United States following the killing by police of George Floyd\, an unarmed black man\, in Minneapolis. Racial injustice has long been an issue for civil rights activists\, but it also has a national security dimension. \nAgainst the backdrop of racial injustice and inequality at home\, join us on Tuesday\, June 9\, at 11:00 am ET for a virtual discussion on “Racial Injustice and National Security” with Bishop Garrison (2017 ACG Young Leader)\, Director of National Security Outreach at Human Rights First\, President and Co-Founder of the Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy\, and former Defense and Homeland Security Official under the Obama Administration. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBishop Garrison\, Jr. is a graduate of United States Military Academy at West Point and an Operation Iraqi Freedom Army veteran. \nHe served in multiple national security positions in the Obama Administration to include Advisor to the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). These efforts included serving as the Executive Director of the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee as well as a role as Deputy Lead on a TSA Blue Ribbon Panel that reviewed the airline passenger screening system. Following his time in the Administration\, he served as the Deputy Foreign Policy Adviser on the Presidential campaign of Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton. \nAlong with two Bronze Stars\, a Combat Action Badge\, and a Meritorious Service Medal\, his civilian accolades include participation as a member of the Obama Administration’s National Security Leadership Workshop. He is also a graduate of the College of William and Mary Law School as well as the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership’s Political Leaders Program at the University of Virginia. Currently\, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Council for a Livable World\, a non-profit focused on the reduction and elimination of nuclear weapons\, as well as the Northern Virginia Regional Advisory Board of the non-profit Urban Alliance. \nIn 2017\, he served as an American Delegate for the American Council on Germany’s Young Leaders Conference in Munich and Berlin as well as a member of Cultivate the Karass Campfire Cohort III. He is also the recipient of 2017 Taylor Revelry “Citizen Lawyer” Award from the College of William and Mary Law School. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/racial-injustice-and-national-security/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200609T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200609T150000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Discussion with Amb. Emily Haber and Amb. John B. Emerson
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG and the Los Angeles World Affairs Council will host a video discussion with German Ambassador to the United States Emily M. Haber and Ambassador John B. Emerson\, Chairman of the ACG and former U.S. Ambassador to Germany. \nThe Ambassadors will be taking questions from livestream participants during our audience Q&A. CLICK HERE to register. \nH.E. Emily Margarethe Haber has been German Ambassador to the United States since June 2018. Prior to her transfer to Washington\, DC\, she served in various leadership functions at the Foreign Office in Berlin. In 2009\, she was appointed Political Director and\, in 2011\, State Secretary\, the first woman to hold either post. Thereafter\, she was deployed to the Federal Ministry of the Interior\, serving as State Secretary in charge of homeland security and migration policy from 2014 until 2018. Emily Haber has many years of experience with Russia and the former Soviet Union and held various posts at the German Embassy in Moscow. \nH.E. John B. Emerson was named Chairman of the American Council on Germany on January 17\, 2018. He is Vice Chairman at Capital Group International. Previously\, he served as United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from August\, 2013 until January 20\, 2017. He served at a particularly challenging time\, and in 2015 Ambassador Emerson was awarded the State Department’s prestigious Sue M. Cobb Award for Exemplary Diplomatic Service\, which is given annually to one non-career Ambassador. He also served on President Obama’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/virtual-discussion-with-amb-emily-haber-and-amb-john-b-emerson/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200611T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200611T120000
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SUMMARY:We’re In This Together: Science and the Fight for Global Health
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been more than three months since the first lockdown measures were introduced in the United States\, and many states and communities are now in the process of reopening. The precautions have helped flatten the curve\, but the coronavirus is still spreading at home and around the globe. COVID-19 will continue to spread until a vaccine has been found. \nJoin us for a virtual discussion on Thursday\, June 11\, at 11:00 am ET on “We’re In This Together: Science and the Fight for Global Health” with Dr. Kathrin U. Jansen\, Senior Vice President and Head of Vaccine Research and Development for Pfizer Inc.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_xcHeoVkxSfu9CMC7crXSfA%20|||” css=”.vc_custom_1591795517653{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Kathrin U. Jansen\, PhD\, is Senior Vice President and Head of Vaccine Research and Development at Pfizer Inc\, and a member of Pfizer’s Worldwide Research and Development leadership team. She oversees a fully integrated\, global vaccines research and development organization\, with responsibilities ranging from discovery to registration and post-marketing commitments of first-in-class or best-in-class vaccines to prevent or treat diseases of significant unmet medical need. More recent accomplishments are the global licensures of Prev(e)nar13® to prevent pneumococcal diseases and the development and licensure of Trumenba®\, the first vaccine licensed in the United States to prevent invasive disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B. \nDr. Jansen received her doctoral degree in microbiology\, biochemistry & genetics from Phillips Universität\, Marburg\, Germany. Following completion of her formal training\, she continued her postdoctoral training at Cornell University working on the structure and function of the acetylcholine receptor. She then joined the Glaxo Institute for Molecular Biology in Geneva\, Switzerland\, where she focused on basic studies of a receptor believed to be a drug target to treat allergies. Dr. Jansen was appointed an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania – School of Medicine in 2010. \nBefore the Wyeth acquisition by Pfizer in 2009\, Dr. Jansen served as Senior Vice President at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and on Wyeth’s Research and Development Executive Committee since 2006 and was responsible for vaccine discovery\, early development and clinical testing operations. Dr. Jansen also briefly worked at Vaxgen as Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President for Research and Development with responsibility for the company’s late stage development programs. Prior to joining Vaxgen\, Dr. Jansen spent 12 years at Merck Research Laboratories where she directed or supported a number of vaccine efforts\, including Merck’s novel bacterial vaccine programs and viral vaccine programs (rotavirus\, zoster and mumps\, measles and rubella). Dr. Jansen initiated and led the development of Gardasil®\, the world’s first cervical cancer vaccine.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/were-in-this-together-science-and-the-fight-for-global-health/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200615T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200615T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152704
CREATED:20200612T160548Z
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SUMMARY:Resilience and Adaptation: Social Inequity and the Corona Crisis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The combined public health and economic crises have exacerbated social inequity in our societies. Social injustice and police brutality have led to widespread protests and unrest. From essential workers risking their lives on minimum wage to poor living conditions to inadequate access to health care and the digital world\, we must right many existing wrongs in the United States and in Europe. German sociologist Jutta Allmendinger and American community leader Bill Strickland will discuss how to heal and preserve the fabric of our communities. This event is being held with support from the Thomas Mann House. \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6Q4-fYVYTT6d31sCcIW8hQ \nProf. Dr. Jutta Allmendinger\, President of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and Professor of Educational Sociology and Labor Market Research at Humboldt University\nBill Strickland\, community leader and Founder and Executive Chairman of the non-profit Manchester Bidwell Corporation[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/resilience-and-adaptation-social-inequity-and-the-corona-crisis/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200617T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200617T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152704
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SUMMARY:Transatlantic Defense Cooperation? The US Military Drawdown in Germany
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Trump administration recently announced a new cap on U.S. forces based in Germany which will result in a reduction of 9\,500 troops. The decision was made within the context of the ongoing transatlantic debates about NATO defense spending by individual members and evolving security threat perceptions. Does this move strengthen or weaken the United States\, and how does it impact NATO and transatlantic relations? \nJoin us for a virtual discussion on Wednesday\, June 17\, at 11:30 am ET with Lieutenant General Ben Hodges\, Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis and former Commanding General\, 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_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_Uc1NtsQrRmea1xHw4Wy7SQ|||” css=”.vc_custom_1592310541226{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/transatlantic-defense-cooperation-the-us-military-drawdown-in-germany/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200623T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200623T120000
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SUMMARY:Resilience and Adaptation: Climate and the Corona Crisis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The corona crisis demonstrates that nature ultimately cannot be controlled. It does not negotiate nor does it abide by the rules of maximizing economic benefits. Climate change has long been on the global agenda – but it has not been taken seriously by everyone. Does the current moment provide an opportunity to address environmental concerns in a new way? Experts Claudia Kemfert and Jennifer Morgan will discuss the lessons learned from the pandemic regarding the impact for the climate as well as how recovery funds can be used to push for a green transition in the United States and Europe. \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_15ddjYeiS4GPydU8MuyWZA \nProf. Dr. Claudia Kemfert\, Professor of Energy Economics and Sustainability at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and head of the Energy\, Transportation\, and Environment Department at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)\nJennifer Morgan\, International Executive Director of Greenpeace International[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/resilience-and-adaptation-climate-and-the-corona-crisis/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200625T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200625T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152704
CREATED:20200624T131621Z
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SUMMARY:The Impact of COVID-19 on the United States
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Online Presentation and Discussion with Andrew Frank\, Founder & President\, KARV Communications; and Eric Andrus\, Executive Vice President\, KARV Communications. \nAndrew Frank and Eric Andrus of KARV Communications will present an overview of the present situation in the United States as the business sector and all of the nation grapple with the pandemic’s enormous global economic and societal impact. They will discuss the complex communications challenges companies doing business in the U.S. may face as the economy begins to reopen – amidst an enduring pandemic and civil rights activism. \nKARV Communications has examined public health and economic realities in the U.S.\, assistance and regulatory initiatives by government and private sector entities\, and the potential business and political ramifications of these developments – and will provide insights of interest to companies doing business in the U.S. as well as enterprises around the world. \nACG Young Leader alumnus Andrew Frank brings a wealth of experience in a number of areas\, including crisis communications\, public affairs and media skills. Prior to founding KARV Communications\, he served for 15 years in various positions at Strategy XXI Partners and Kreab Gavin Anderson\, including Managing Partner. From 1992-1997 he was a political appointee in the Clinton Administration\, including Managing Director of the United States Information Agency’s New York Foreign Press Center\, and Senior Advisor for Communications to the Director of U.S.I.A. beginning in January 1993. Andrew graduated from The George Washington University in Washington D.C.\, and studied at Syracuse University’s London Centre. He is a former Adjunct Professor of Crisis Communications at Fordham University Graduate School of Business\, a guest lecturer at Columbia University\, American University and others. \nEric Andrus is a senior strategic communications strategist with more than three decades of experience advising corporate\, government\, and non-profit leaders on a range of critical reputational\, financial communications\, and positioning issues. Before joining KARV\, Eric served as a partner at Finsbury\, where he helped the firm’s Fortune 500 clients advance their business goals while facing complex changes and challenges. He received two political appointments during the Clinton Administration: Director of Communications for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service\, and Director of the U.S. Information Agency’s New York Foreign Press Center. Eric previously held senior media strategist and spokesperson positions with two New York City economic development agencies\, and served as an account executive with Geto & de Milly\, Inc.\, a New York City-based firm specializing in public and government relations. Earlier in his career\, Eric served in communications-related positions for a number of presidential\, congressional\, and state-wide political campaigns. A long-standing member of the Board of United Neighborhood Houses\, Eric graduated from Emerson College with a B.S. degree in Mass Communication. \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-united-states/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200626T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200626T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152704
CREATED:20200624T131906Z
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SUMMARY:Transatlantic Perspectives: The Local Impact of COVID-19 and Digitalization
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The coronavirus outbreak has demonstrated ways in which digitalization has helped communities by allowing many people to work from home and enabling students to continue their education via remote learning. We’ve also seen how technology can assist with healthcare both in terms of service and tracking the pandemic. However\, the crisis has also exposed a continued “digital divide” – a gulf between those with access to technology and those with little or no access – that has a profound impact on equity in communities. And the increased use of technology also raises concerns about cyber-security and data privacy. \nJoin us on Friday\, June 26\, at 11:00 am ET for a conversation about digitalization and cities – during and after the pandemic. Drawing on alumni from ACG programs\, speakers include Sunanna Chand\, Vice President of Systems Reinvention at Teach for America\, Bruce Clark\, Executive Director at Digital Charlotte; and Devin Dienes\, Project Manager at Digitalstadt Darmstadt.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/transatlantic-perspectives-the-local-impact-of-covid-19-and-digitalization-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200630T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152704
CREATED:20200624T132104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200701T163524Z
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SUMMARY:Resilience and Adaptation: Rethinking Civil Society
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The corona crisis is affecting almost every aspect of civil society. It is having an impact on individuals\, families\, and organizations – with long-lasting reverberations for the institutions that shape civil society. Against the backdrop of simultaneous public health and economic crises\, there are calls for greater social equity. What does civil society need to address the current challenges? How can institutions and practices adapt to best serve their communities? Practitioners and experts from Germany and the United States will take on these and other questions. Join us on June 30 at 11:00 am ET for a video discussion with Brian Gallagher\, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way Worldwide; Melanie Harrington\, Senior Director for Affiliate Equity Programs at the ACLU;  and Dr. Andreas Rickert\, Founder and CEO of PHINEO.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/resilience-and-adaptation-rethinking-civil-society/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200702T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200702T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152704
CREATED:20200629T133246Z
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SUMMARY:The European Council Presidency: Can Germany Bring Europe Together?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On July 1\, Germany will assume the six-month rotating Presidency of the European Council. Germany takes on this role at a critical juncture for the European Union. The public health and economic implications of the corona crisis\, Brexit and European cohesion\, and the state of the transatlantic relationship are only some of the issues on the agenda. What is expected of Germany in 2020? Join us on Thursday\, July 2 at 11:00 am ET for a discussion about Germany and the future of Europe with Dr. Ulrike Guérot\, Head of the Department for European Policy and the Study of Democracy at the Danube University in Krems (Austria) and the founder of the European Democracy Lab in Berlin.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_nywhqkx-Tr6OAnWxxhQd4g|||” css=”.vc_custom_1593437537766{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Ulrike Guérot is professor at the Danube University in Krems\, Austria and head of the Department for European Policy and the Study of Democracy. Moreover\, she is the founder of the European Democracy Lab in Berlin\, a think-tank generating innovative ideas for Europe. Besides working and teaching at universities in Europe and the United States\, Ulrike Guérot has worked at and directed several European research institutes and think tanks. Her books (“Why Europe Must Become a Republic” in 2016 and “The New Civil War – the Open Europe and its Enemies” in 2017) hit best-selling marks in Germany and beyond. Her work has been widely translated and published throughout Europe.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-european-council-presidency-can-germany-bring-europe-together/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200707T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200707T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152704
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SUMMARY:Resilience and Adaptation: Culture and the Corona Crisis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Social distancing requirements have abruptly put a halt to most cultural events. While museums and libraries in some communities in the United States and in Europe slowly start to re-open\, concerts\, performances\, and many other cultural events are being cancelled for the rest of the year. How can cultural institutions survive under such circumstances – and will they adapt? What can artists\, musicians\, and cultural managers do? What will the future look like for cultural institutions? Join us on Tuesday\, July 7 at 11:00 am ET for a conversation with Elke Buhr\, Chief Editor of Monopol\, Germany’s largest contemporary art magazine\, and Adrian Ellis\, Chairman of the Global Cultural Districts Network and Founder/Director of AEA Consulting\, on the unique challenges facing the arts and culture in this unprecedented time.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_bSDXWBeVTtaUcgvlfGttVQ%3F|||” css=”.vc_custom_1593621255763{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/resilience-and-adaptation-culture-and-the-corona-crisis/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200714T110000
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SUMMARY:Resilience and Adaptation: Media and the Corona Crisis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]ournalism and the media play an indispensable role in democracies – especially in times of crisis. How can journalists keep the public informed about the world around them in the midst of a lock-down and with social distancing in place? How can they gather information for their reporting and opinion pieces? And\, how does one ensure that alternative facts do not masquerade as opinion? Joining us to discuss the challenges facing the media in Europe and the United States during the pandemic are two editorial page editors. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, July 14 at 11:00 am ET for a conversation with with Sewell Chan (2014 ACG Young Leader)\, Editorial Page Editor for the Los Angeles Times\, and Anna Sauerbrey (2018 ACG Kellen Fellow)\, Opinion Page Editor for Der Tagesspiegel and monthly contributor to the New York Times.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_t74S8irIQhGbcBzCZ1zBeg|||” css=”.vc_custom_1594402982130{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Sewell Chan oversees the editorial board and the Op-Ed and Sunday Opinion pages of the Los Angeles Times. He was named to the position in April 2020. He previously served as a deputy managing editor\, overseeing foreign and national news coverage; the front page; the Data and Graphics Department; the multiplatform copy desks; newsletters; and the editorial library. He also supervised the home page and audience engagement teams and helped reorganize them into an integrated News Desk. \nBefore joining The Times in September 2018\, he worked for 14 years at the New York Times\, where he was a metro reporter\, Washington correspondent\, deputy Op-Ed editor and international news editor. He began his career in July 2000 as a reporter at the Washington Post\, reporting on local government\, education and social services. \nA native New Yorker\, he grew up in an immigrant family and was the first in his family to finish college. He graduated from Harvard with a degree in social studies and received a master’s degree in politics from Oxford\, where he studied on a British Marshall scholarship. \nAnna Sauerbrey heads the opinion pages of Der Tagesspiegel and Tagesspiegel Causa\, her newspaper’s online magazine for debate. She writes essays and comment for her own newspaper and a monthly column on German politics and culture for the New York Times. The development of Tagesspiegel Causa was supported by Google’s Digital News initiative. \nShe studied middle and modern history\, political science and journalism in Mainz and Bordeaux. From 2005 to 2009\, she was a research assistant at the History Department of the University of Mainz. She worked as an intern at the F.A.Z. and ZDF\, among others\, and was a freelancer for the Mainzer Rhein-Zeitung for several years. In 2009\, Ms. Sauerbrey completed a traineeship at the Berliner Tagesspiegel and became a staff member of its opinion editorial department. In 2013\, she was an Arthur F. Burns Fellow at the Philadelphia Inquirer. In 2018\, she was awarded an Anna-Marie and Stephen M. Kellen Fellowship for Berlin-based Journalists. She conducted research on the role religion plays in American politics.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/resilience-and-adaptation-media-and-the-corona-crisis/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200714T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200714T150000
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SUMMARY:A Bastille Day Discussion: Emmanuel Macron\, France\, and Europe’s Place in the World
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany is delighted to partner with the Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Townhall to host a conversation with ACG Chairman Ambassador John B. Emerson\, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International\, and former ACG President William M. Drozdiak\, nonresident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution’s Center on the United States and Europe and a senior advisor with Europe with McLarty Associates\, titled “A Bastille Day Discussion: Emmanuel Macron\, France\, and Europe’s place in the world” on Tuesday\, July 14\, at 11 am PT. (Bios for both speakers are included below.) \nThis special discussion will focus William Drozdiak’s new book\, THE LAST PRESIDENT OF EUROPE: Emmanuel Macron’s Race to Revive France and Save the World\, where Drozdiak argues that Macron is the last staunch leader working to hold the European project together. The book delves into the plethora of challenges facing Macron at home and abroad — including Trump’s attacks on NATO and the international order\, European politics\, the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) protesters\, the resurgence of anti-Semitism\, and the endless turmoil of Brexit. The conversation will move beyond Drozdiak’s book to an in-depth discussion regarding Franco-German relations\, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and European Union post-pandemic recovery fund\, and Europe’s role on the world stage. \nTo register for this webinar\, please click here. We hope you can join us for this timely discussion.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/a-bastille-day-discussion-emmanuel-macron-france-and-europes-place-in-the-world/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200717T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200717T110000
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CREATED:20200713T135859Z
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SUMMARY:Fighting Unemployment during the Corona Crisis: A Transatlantic Perspective
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Under the auspices of Deutschlandjahr USA 2018/19\, the American Council on Germany and the Heidelberg University Association partnered to hold a series of in-person “Heidelberg Lectures.” Over the next few months\, we plan to continue this collaboration in an online format as part of WunderbarTogether 2020. \nWe hope you can join us on Friday\, July 17 at 10 am EDT\, for the first of four events. Heidelberg University’s Prof. Dr. Welf Werner – who also serves as the Director of the Heidelberg Center for American Studies – will discuss “Fighting Unemployment during the Corona Crisis: A Transatlantic Perspective.”[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_2-Q2KP7nQuSU12bPITE-6Q|||” css=”.vc_custom_1594648703090{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Born in Göttingen\, Prof. Dr. Welf Werner was trained in economics\, finance\, management\, and economic history at the Freie Universität Berlin and Indiana University in Bloomington\, Indiana. Before joining the faculty of International University Bremen as Professor of International Economics in 2004\, he taught U.S. economic policy and history as lecturer and assistant professor at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies. Welf Werner received his Ph.D. and venia legendi from the Economics Department of the Freie Universität in 1992 and 2003\, respectively. He was a John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for European Studies in 1994 and returned to the United States in 1997 as a research fellow at both Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and George Washington University. \nIn February 2018\, Welf Werner was appointed Professor of American Studies at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at Universität Heidelberg and director of the Heidelberg Center for American Studies. His research and teaching focus on U.S. domestic and foreign economic policies while giving due regard to their intertwining with history and political science. His interdisciplinary cooperation has occasionally gone beyond the social sciences\, as\, for example\, with the volume Wie viel Ungleichheit verträgt die Demokratie? Armut und Reichtum in den USA\, co-edited with Winfried Fluck in 2004. Specific research interests have touched upon fields such as international trade in services\, financial market globalization\, monetary regime change\, natural disasters and international risk management\, globalization and inequality\, welfare state reform\, and the economic determinants of populism. \n  \nWelf Werner has occasionally advised private companies and industries on their international endeavors and engaged in public sector consulting\, including for the economics ministries of Germany and Jordan. He has been granted research funding and academic honors from institutions such as Harvard University\, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft\, VolkswagenStiftung\, the German Academic Exchange Service\, the German Marshall Fund of the United States\, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes\, Bundesverband Deutscher Banken\, Bremer Landesbank\, and Stiftungsfonds Deutsche Bank. \n  \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/fighting-unemployment-during-the-corona-crisis-a-transatlantic-perspective/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200723T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200723T120000
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SUMMARY:A Marathon EU Summit: Compromise and Concessions
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nAfter  days and nights of negotiations at the longest EU Summit in 20 years\, European leaders announced that they had reached agreement regarding a $857 billion pandemic recovery plan. Leaving perhaps her final mark on the European Union\, Chancellor Angela Merkel was instrumental in achieving European consensus regarding this new plan.\n  \nJoin us Thursday\, July 23 at 11:00 am ET for a virtual discussion titled “A Marathon EU Summit: Compromise and Concessions.” Steven Erlanger\, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for the New York Times\, will discuss what the recovery plan means for the EU and for Chancellor Merkel’s legacy.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_Ou6oeskMS1SSFI45TP5pNw|||” css=”.vc_custom_1595431426906{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text] \nSteven Erlanger is the Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for The New York Times\, a position he assumed in 2017. He is based in Brussels.\nMr. Erlanger was previously the bureau chief in London\, from 2013 to 2017; in Paris\, from 2008 to 2013; in Jerusalem\, from 2004 to 2008; in Berlin\, from 2001 to 2002; in Prague\, from 1999 to 2001; in Moscow\, from 1994 to 1996; and in Bangkok\, Thailand\, from 1988 to 1991. \nMr. Erlanger has also served as the newspaper’s editor of cultural news\, from 2002 to 2004; as the chief diplomatic correspondent in Washington\, from 1996 to 1999; and as a Moscow correspondent\, from 1992 to 1994. He joined The Times in 1987\, as a metro reporter. \nBefore coming to The Times\, Mr. Erlanger worked for The Boston Globe for 11 years. At The Globe\, he was a European correspondent\, based in London\, from 1983 to 1987\, and the deputy national and foreign editor for three years before that. He also served as assistant national editor and assistant foreign editor\, and reported from Eastern Europe\, Canada and revolutionary Iran. \nFrom 1975 to 1983\, Mr. Erlanger was a teaching fellow at Harvard University\, first in the College and then at the Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He also was the assistant editor of the Nieman Reports\, the journal of Harvard’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism\, in 1975. \nMr. Erlanger shared the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for a series about Russia\, and was part of a team awarded the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting\, for his work on Al Qaeda.  In 2016\, Mr. Erlanger was made a chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur by the French government for his long career in journalism. He shared and received the American Society of News Editors’ Jesse Laventhol prize for deadline reporting on 2001 for his work in the former Yugoslavia. He received the German Marshall Fund’s Peter Weitz Prize in 2000 for excellence and originality in reporting and analyzing European and transatlantic affairs and the Robert Livingston Award for international reporting in 1981 for a series of articles about Eastern Europe. \nMr. Erlanger graduated from the Taft School in Watertown\, Conn.\, and received an A.B. degree\, magna cum laude\, Phi Beta Kappa\, from Harvard College in 1974. He majored in political philosophy in the government department. He also studied Russian as a senior fellow at St. Antony’s College\, Oxford. \nMr. Erlanger has published articles in The Economist\, The Spectator\, The New Statesman\, The New Republic\, The Financial Times\, Foreign Policy\, The National Interest\, the Columbia Journalism Review and other publications. He wrote a monograph\, “The Colonial Worker in Boston\, 1775\,” for the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 1975.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/a-marathon-eu-summit-compromise-and-concessions/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200729T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200729T110000
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CREATED:20200720T131104Z
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SUMMARY:Fighting the Pandemic and Balancing Economic\, Social\, and Health Challenges in Europe and the United States
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After Germany’s first confirmed COVID-19 case was documented near Munich\, Bavaria was forced to take up the fight against the pandemic. Confronted with high infection rates and located in close proximity to Austria and northern Italy\, Bavaria had to act swiftly to prevent a health care disaster. But\, as the chair of the Ministers-President Conference\, Bavaria was also thrust into the national spotlight – and Bavaria’s successful corona crisis management has led to strong approval ratings for Minister President Markus Söder. There is no doubt that the coronavirus crisis has had public health and economic implications on the federal\, state\, and local levels in Germany – and the United States. \nAs communities on both sides of the Atlantic try to move back to normalcy\, join us for a timely discussion on Wednesday\, July 29\, at 10 am ET. The American Council on Germany and the Hanns Seidel Foundation are delighted to host a conversation with Michael Chertoff\, Co-Chair of the Advisory Committee ReOpen DC\, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of The Chertoff Group\, and Dr. Florian Herrmann\, Chair of the Bavarian Corona Crisis Task Force\, Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery\, and State Minister for Federal and European Affairs and Media\, titled “Fighting the Pandemic and Balancing Economic\, Social\, and Health Challenges in Europe and the United States.” The discussion will be moderated by Ann Marie Hauser (2007 ACG Young Leader)\, Vice President for Public Affairs at The Hudson Institute.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_nn20bcyWQfW2kNcb9HEFHA|||” css=”.vc_custom_1595250639591{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Michael Chertoff is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of The Chertoff Group and the former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from 2005 to 2009. Before heading up the Department of Homeland Security\, Mr. Chertoff served as a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Earlier\, during more than a decade as a federal prosecutor\, he investigated and prosecuted cases of political corruption\, organized crime\, corporate fraud and terrorism – including the investigation of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Mr. Chertoff is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College (1975) and Harvard Law School (1978). From 1979-1980 he served as a clerk to Supreme Court Justice William Brennan\, Jr. \nDr. Florian Herrmann (CSU) is the Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery\, State Minister for Federal and European Affairs and Media\, and the Chair of the Bavarian Corona Crisis Task Force. He began his career in politics in 1999 when he became the Director of the Freising branch of the Christian Social Union and thereafter has held many positions within the CSU. Since 2013\, Dr. Herrmann has been a member of the CSU Party Executive Board. Since 2008\, Dr. Herrmann has been a member of the Bavarian Landtag (State Parliament). Dr. Herrmann received a Master of Law from the University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. in international law in Frankfurt\, Germany. \nAnn Marie Hauser (Moderator) is Vice President of Public Affairs at Hudson Institute and an ACG Young Leader alumna. Previously\, she served as the deputy staff director of the Senate Republican Conference chaired by Sen. John Thune (R-SD). She has held prominent communications positions in both private and political realms. In 2011\, she served as communications director for Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s presidential bid\, and previous government service includes: communications director for Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE); director of public affairs at the U.S. Department of Commerce for Sec. Gutierrez; and spokesperson for international affairs at the U.S. Department of Treasury in the George W. Bush administration. Ms. Hauser holds a Bachelor of Arts from Texas A&M University in speech communications and journalism.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/fighting-the-pandemic-and-balancing-economic-social-and-health-challenges-in-europe-and-the-united-states/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200730T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200730T120000
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SUMMARY:China: A Common Transatlantic Challenge
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Late last week\, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a controversial speech about engagement with China in the past\, present\, and future – and called upon democratic and free societies to stand up to an increasingly authoritarian and internationally assertive China. Europe has been directly – and indirectly – affected by increasing rivalry between China and the United States. The Trump administration has long been critical of the stance of European allies vis-à-vis China. However\, the United States and Europe have shared interests when it comes to developing an approach to China and this realization may now gain traction through a new initiative\, the EU-US Dialogue on China agreed to by Secretary Pompeo and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell. Has the moment for transatlantic collaboration on China arrived? What are the opportunities and challenges for greater cooperation amongst allies across the Atlantic? \nThe American Council on Germany and the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society are partnering to host an online conversations about the United States\, Europe\, and China. We hope you can join us on Thursday\, July 30 at 11 am ET for a panel discussion with Dr. Melanie Hart\, Senior Fellow and Director of China Policy at the Center for American Progress; Dr. Mikko Huotari\, Executive Director of the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS); and\, Dr. Orville Schell\, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at Asia Society\, on “China: A Common Transatlantic Challenge.”[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_gXeHL2aySYm3eGK_JoLXwg|||” css=”.vc_custom_1595938207461{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Melanie Hart is a senior fellow and director of China Policy at the Center for American Progress. She leads the organization’s work on China and U.S.-China relations. Her most recent work focuses on developing a comprehensive U.S. strategy toward China\, analyzing the domestic political factors driving Chinese foreign policy in the Xi Jinping era\, tracking Chinese industrial policy in the energy and information technology sectors\, and assessing China’s intentions toward the global order. \nDr. Hart has worked on Chinese domestic and foreign policy issues for nearly two decades. Before joining American Progress\, she worked primarily in the information technology sector\, helping American businesses understand China’s emerging industrial policies. She currently serves on the board of the American Mandarin Society\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the professional development of current and future stewards of the U.S.-China relationship. \nDr. Hart has a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California\, San Diego\, and a B.A. from Texas A&M University. She studied Chinese at China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing and has worked as a Chinese-English translator for Caijing Magazine. \nDr. Mikko Huotari is the Executive Director of MERICS. His research focuses on China’s foreign policy\, China-Europe relations and global (economic) governance and competition. He has published on China’s rise as a financial power\, trade and investment relations with Europe as well as on geopolitical shifts related to China’s emergence as a global security actor. \nDr. Huotari studied in Freiburg\, Nanjing and Shanghai. He holds a Ph.D. from Freiburg University and was a guest scholar at the University of California in San Diego in 2017/2018. In 2019\, he was appointed as one of 15 German representatives to the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum. \nDr. Orville Schell is the Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at Asia Society. He is a former professor and Dean at the University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Journalism. Dr. Schell is the author of fifteen books\, ten of them about China\, and a contributor to numerous edited volumes\, including The New Yorker\, The Atlantic\, The New York Times\, The Nation\, and The New York Review of Books. His most recent book is Wealth and Power: China’s Long March to the 21st Century with John Delury (2013). Dr. Schell worked for the Ford Foundation in Indonesia\, covered the war in Indochina as a journalist\, and has traveled widely in China since the mid-70s.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/china-a-common-transatlantic-challenge/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200803T110000
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SUMMARY:The Impact of the Proposed US Military Drawdown - for Germany and Beyond"
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last week\, U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced the drawdown of nearly 12\,000 U.S. troops from Germany. This decision will have a significant impact on the security of Europe – and has the potential to change the dynamic of the German-American partnership. \nJoin us on Monday\, August 3 at 11:00 am ET for an online discussion with the Süddeutsche Zeitung’s Deputy Foreign Editor\, Paul-Anton Krüger\, who will discuss the implications of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany. (His full bio is below) \nWe hope you can join us for this timely discussion[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_X1COq9kgT2GY2adbiBWIKg|||” css=”.vc_custom_1596198996465{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Paul-Anton Krüger has been Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy Department with a focus on the Middle East and international security since October 2018. Prior to that\, he was a correspondent for large parts of the Arab world and Iran based in Cairo for four years. After graduating from the Alte Landesschule in Korbach\, he studied journalism in Berlin and Munich. In August 2005\, he joined the Süddeutsche Zeitung as a volunteer\, worked as an editor from 2008 and as head of the foreign policy department from 2011. In the fall of 2007\, Mr. Krüger was a guest editor at the Chicago Tribune as part of the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship\, the German-American journalism scholarship of the International Journalism Programs e.V.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-impact-of-the-proposed-us-military-drawdown-for-germany-and-beyond/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200807T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200807T120000
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SUMMARY:From Structural Change to COVID-19: Sustainable Strategies from Dortmund and Pittsburgh
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Cities that were built on iron\, steel\, and coal have had to overcome deep economic challenges and structural changes in recent decades. Both Dortmund and Pittsburgh have rebuilt themselves as thriving metropolises. However\, the spread of COVID-19 is forcing cities to confront a new set of challenges. Three months ago\, the ACG discussed the impact of the pandemic with the Mayors of Dortmund and Pittsburgh. (Watch it here.) \nJoin us on Friday\, August 7\, at 11:00 am ET for the second webinar with William Peduto\, Mayor of Pittsburgh\, and Ullrich Sierau\, Mayor of Dortmund\, for an update on how their cities have developed sustainable strategies to meet the challenges of structural change\, a public health crisis\, and diversity and inclusion in their communities – and how they are preparing for the future. (Their full bios are below) \nThis event is being held under the auspices of Deutschlandjahr 2020 and in cooperation with the Office of International Relations and Sustainable Development of the City of Dortmund and the Office of the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1015965504492%2FWN_S0XGZ2_URv2xoSvNfsza3w|||” css=”.vc_custom_1596550498485{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]William Peduto was elected to the office of Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh in the General Election on November 5\, 2013\, and took office as Pittsburgh’s 60th Mayor in January of 2014. Prior to taking office\, he worked for 19 years on Pittsburgh City Council – seven years as a staffer then twelve years as a Member of Council. As a Councilman\, Bill Peduto wrote the most comprehensive package of government reform legislation in Pittsburgh’s history. As Mayor\, Peduto continues to champion the protection and enhancement of Pittsburgh’s new reputation – maintaining fiscal responsibility\, establishing community based development plans\, embracing innovative solutions and becoming a leader in green initiatives. \nSince taking office\, Mayor Peduto has led a collaborative effort to make Pittsburgh a leading 21st Century city. The Peduto administration has partnered with the White House on numerous initiatives\, resulting in direct access to federal support related to affordable housing\, education\, economic development\, energy efficiency\, immigration\, manufacturing\, community policing\, workforce development\, technology and transportation. Under Peduto’s leadership the City of Pittsburgh has played an active role in National League of Cities\, U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Pennsylvania Municipal League initiatives. Pittsburgh was recently selected to join the Rockefeller Foundation network’s 100 Resilient Cities\, which provides resources to improve city resilience in the face of climate change\, globalization and urbanization trends. In 2015 Mayor Peduto signed a unique agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to make the city a world leader in district energy production and Pittsburgh joined the UN’s Compact of Mayors\, a global coalition of climate leaders committed to local action and global impact. Recently Mayor Peduto joined with mayors around the world to reaffirm Pittsburgh’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and efforts to combat climate change. Mayor Peduto is also a founding member of the MetroLab Network\, a national alliance of cities and universities committed to providing analytically-based solutions to improve urban infrastructure\, services and other public sector priorities.\nUllrich Sierau is the Mayor of the City of Dortmund. After completing his degree in urban planning at Dortmund and Oxford\, he worked in the Ministry of Urban Development\, Housing\, and Transportation of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1994\, he became the director of the Dortmund-based Institute for Urban and Regional Development Research of North Rhine-Westphalia (ILS). From 1999–2007 he served as councilor and head of Dortmund’s Department of City Planning before being appointed planning officer for Urban Planning and Infrastructure in 2007. \nIn 2009\, he was elected as Mayor of the City of Dortmund and was re-elected in 2014. Throughout his tenure in office\, Mayor Sierau has focused on implementing sustainable urban development projects. As a result\, Dortmund was awarded the title of Germany’s Most Sustainable City in 2014 and won the title of Germany’s Most Digital City in 2018.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/from-structural-change-to-covid-19-sustainable-strategies-from-dortmund-and-pittsburgh/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200810T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200810T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152704
CREATED:20200804T150110Z
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UID:10000350-1597053600-1597057200@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Returning to the Skies? Air Travel and COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Virtually every aspect of life has changed due to the spread of COVID-19. Perhaps one of the hardest hit industries is travel. Global stay-at-home orders and travel bans have drastically cut domestic and international travel. As some areas of the world begin to reopen\, airlines and hotels begin to set in place new precautions to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus. When will it be safe to travel again? What will the travel industry look like in a post-pandemic world? \nJoin us on Monday\, August 10 at 10:00 am ET for a special online discussion with Frank Naeve\, Vice President of Sales for the Americas for Lufthansa\, on what COVID-19 means for the airline industry today and in the future.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4015965531841%2FWN_0v-nBtQ7S-GkrU3xMOhzhw|||” css=”.vc_custom_1596553227467{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Frank Naeve serves as the Vice President of Sales of the Americas for Lufthansa. His professional career commenced in 1987 in the air and sea freight division of the Schenker Company and two years later in 1989\, he joined Lufthansa’s cargo division. \nHis career with Lufthansa has been a varied and exciting one. He attended Lufthansa’s International Airline Professional Program\, a training initiative designed to prepare young executives for future managerial responsibilities\, and following a stint in passenger sales\, he moved to Singapore as Lufthansa Cargo’s Regional Marketing Manager for Southeast Asia and Australia. \nIn 1997\, he moved to the pricing department at Lufthansa Cargo’s Frankfurt-based headquarters and took over as Departmental Manager a year later. Soon after\, he was appointed Manager Career Opportunities\, Development and Recruitment at Deutsche Lufthansa AG. \nMr. Naeve moved to Shanghai in November 2001 as General Manager Sales Greater China\, and four years later returned to Frankfurt as Vice President Margin Management. In 2011\, he rose to the position of General Manager of Jade Cargo International\, a Chinese joint venture of Lufthansa Cargo\, and in 2014 became Vice President\, Digitization of Lufthansa Cargo. \nHe was appointed Vice President Asia-Pacific in 2015\, and two years later was named Vice President Region South & Southeast Asia and Vice President Region Northern Asia.  And\, on May 1st\, 2019\, he was appointed Lufthansa Group Vice President of Sales for the Americas\, responsible for sales of the group’s carriers in North & South America out of the group’s New York regional headquarters.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/returning-to-the-skies-air-travel-and-covid-19/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200811T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200811T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152704
CREATED:20200806T145807Z
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SUMMARY:Defense Spending\, the U.S. Military Drawdown\, and More: Assessing the German-American Relationship at a Critical Juncture
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are a number of important issues on the transatlantic agenda. And\, yet the relevance of the partnership between the United States and Germany has been called into question in recent years. From defense spending and the proposed U.S. military drawdown\, to transatlantic trade and investment\, to relations with other countries such as China and Russia\, the German-American relationship has been charged. With the German presidency of the European Council\, what can we expect for the transatlantic relationship in the months and years to come? \nJoin us on Tuesday\, August 11 at 11:00 am ET for an online discussion about the evolving German-American relationship with Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT)\, Senior Member of House Committee on Armed Services\, and Bundestag Member Dr. Tobias Lindner (Die Grüne)\, Spokesman for Security Policy\, Chairman of the Defense Committee. The event will be moderated by Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook\, Executive Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project and Executive Director of The Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship at the Harvard Kennedy School and Co-Director of the ACG’s Eric M. Warburg Chapter in Boston. \nThis event is being held as part of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020\, a comprehensive and collaborative initiative funded by the Germany Federal Foreign Office and implemented together with the Goethe-Institut.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7415967258090%2FWN_AqF1ko-iQnmYYUAw-dtr0g|||” css=”.vc_custom_1596725849432{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]A public school teacher turned public servant\, Rob Bishop represents Utah’s First Congressional District in the U.S. Congress. Congressman Bishop is a life-long resident of the First District\, with the exception of two years he spent in Germany while serving a mission for the LDS Church. He was born and raised in Kaysville\, Utah. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Utah with a degree in Political Science. He started teaching at Box Elder High School (BEHS) in Brigham City in 1974. From 1980 through 1985 he taught German and coached debate at Ben Lomond High School in Ogden\, Utah\, before returning to BEHS. Before retiring in December of 2002\, he taught advanced placement courses in government and U.S. History\, while serving as the Chair of the History Department at BEHS. Now in his ninth term in the House\, Congressman Bishop serves as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Natural Resources and as a Senior Member of House Committee on Armed Services where he sits on the Readiness Subcommittee and the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee. \nSince 2011\, Dr. Tobias Lindner has served as Member of the Bundestag\, representing Südpfalz. He currently serves as Spokesman for Security Policy\, Chairman of the Defense Committee\, Member of the Budget Committee\, Deputy Chairman of the Audit Committee\, Chairman of the Green Regional Group Rhineland-Pfalz. He joined the Green Party in 1998\, later serving as Party chairman of Germersheim County and the City of Wörth am Rhein. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). \nCathryn Clüver Ashbrook is a German and American national and the founding Executive Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)\, which examines the challenges to negotiation and statecraft in the 21st century. In January 2018\, she was named Executive Director of the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship. From 2011-2017\, she served as the Executive Director of the India and South Asia Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at HKS\, a program which ended formal activities in 2018. Her areas of expertise include EU-US relations – including trade and security policy – and digital public policy in urban and national contexts[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/defense-spending-the-u-s-military-drawdown-and-more-assessing-the-german-american-relationship-at-a-critical-juncture/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200812T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200812T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152704
CREATED:20200811T183624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200811T215521Z
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SUMMARY:Pipeline Politics: The Transatlantic Debate over Nord Stream II
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In mid-July\, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced revised guidelines regarding sanctions on energy pipeline projects – including Nord Stream II and TurkStream. The Trump administration is concerned that Nord Stream II\, which is nearing completion\, threatens to give Moscow economic and political leverage over Europe and will undermine Europe’s energy security. However\, these new sanctions may also lead to further tensions in the transatlantic relationship. \nJoin us on Wednesday\, August 12 at 11:00 am ET for an online discussion about Nord Stream II\, European energy policy\, and what this all means for the transatlantic relationship featuring Ambassador Daniel Fried\, Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council and former US Ambassador to Poland\, and Dr. Kirsten Westphal\, Head of Geopolitics of Energy Transformation for the German Institute for International and Security Affairs.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6215971708963%2FWN_5APaKD4VQ9eDDbqZ57_r2Q|||” css=”.vc_custom_1597170950148{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ambassador Daniel Fried is the Atlantic Council’s Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow. In the course of his forty-year Foreign Service career\, Ambassador Fried played a key role in designing and implementing American policy in Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. As special assistant and NSC senior director for Presidents Clinton and Bush\, ambassador to Poland\, and assistant secretary of state for Europe (2005-09)\, Ambassador Fried crafted the policy of NATO enlargement to Central European nations and\, in parallel\, NATO-Russia relations\, thus advancing the goal of Europe whole\, free\, and at peace. During those years\, the West’s community of democracy and security grew in Europe. Ambassador Fried helped lead the West’s response to Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine starting in 2014: as State Department coordinator for sanctions policy\, he crafted US sanctions against Russia\, the largest US sanctions program to date\, and negotiated the imposition of similar sanctions by Europe\, Canada\, Japan\, and Australia. \nAmbassador Fried became one of the US government’s foremost experts on Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. While a student\, he lived in Moscow\, majored in Soviet studies and history at Cornell University (BA magna cum laude 1975)\, and received an MA from Columbia’s Russian Institute and School of International Affairs in 1977. He joined the US Foreign Service later that year\, serving overseas in Leningrad (human rights\, Baltic affairs\, and consular officer)\, and Belgrade (political officer)\, and in the Office of Soviet Affairs in the State Department. \nAs Polish desk officer in the late 1980s\, Fried was one of the first in Washington to recognize the impending collapse of Communism in Poland\, and helped develop the immediate response of the George H.W. Bush Administration to these developments. As political counselor at the US Embassy in Warsaw (1990-93)\, Fried witnessed Poland’s difficult but ultimately successful free market\, democratic transformation\, working with successive Polish governments. \nAmbassador Fried also served as the State Department’s first special envoy for the closure of the Guantanamo (GTMO) Detainee Facility. He established procedures for the transfer of individual detainees and negotiated the transfers of seventy detainees to twenty countries\, with improved security outcomes.\nDr. Kirsten Westphal is based at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)\, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin. For more than 50 years\, the SWP has provided analysis on foreign policy issues not only to the Bundestag and the German Federal Government\, but also to economic actors and the general public. \nDr. Westphal is assigned for International Energy Relations and Global Energy Security at the institute. She was a Member of the Expert Panel to the Global Commission on the Geopolitics of Energy Transformation in 2018-2019 and contributed to the Commission’s Report “A New World”\, published in 2019. In parallel\, she has been leading the Project “Geopolitics of Energy Transformation 2030 (GET 2030)” supported by the German Federal Foreign Office. Over the course of 2019/2020 the follow-up project (EU GET 2030) examines the geopolitics of the energy transformation from the EU’s perspective. This project involves IFRI in Paris\, PISM in Warsaw; and Real Instituto Elcano in Madrid. It is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office. \nSince 2015\, Westphal has been conducting a series of Track 2 dialogues with Russia and Poland\, with the kind support of the German Federal Foreign Office. Previously\, she has worked as a consultant in the energy industry. She has experience in international election observation missions of the OSCE and EU. She is on the Advisory Board of the Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research (REKK) Foundation\, Budapest\, member of the Scientific Council of the Royal Institute Elcano\, Madrid\, and on the Editorial Board of the European Energy & Climate Journal. \nShe has published widely on international energy relations and EU external energy relations. Her books include Global Energy Governance in a Multipolar World (Aldershot/ Burlington Ashgate 2010); and The Political and Economic Challenges of Energy in the Middle East and North Africa (Routledge\, 2018). Her recent publications on the geopolitics of energy transformation\, on energy security reimagined in times of decarbonization and on the operationalization of SDG 7 have appeared in Nature\, Global Policy\, Energy Strategy Review\, European Energy Journal and at SWP among others.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/pipeline-politics-the-transatlantic-debate-over-nord-stream-ii/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200818T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200818T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152704
CREATED:20200811T183354Z
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SUMMARY:The Challenge of COVID-19: How Is the German Social System Coping?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nCOVID-19 has disproportionally affected low income and minority communities\, increased the digital divide\, shown weakness in healthcare systems\, and changed the nature of everyday life including work and education. Although Germany was able to suppress the infection rate\, the pandemic has taken a toll on its social system.\n\n\nJoin us on Tuesday\, August 18 at 11:00 am ET for a webinar with Bundestag Member Ekin Deligӧz (Green Party)\, who serves on the Bundestag’s Budget Committee and as Spokeswoman for the Bavarian Greens in the Bundestag. She will discuss the impact of the pandemic on German society. \nThis event is being held as part of WunderbarTogetherUSA 2020\, a comprehensive and collaborative initiative funded by the Germany Federal Foreign Office and implemented together with the Goethe-Institut. \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4415971707621%2FWN_RbfeiIHgTCG0__NUJtOmmw|||” css=”.vc_custom_1597170798502{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]In September 1979\, Ekin Deligöz came with her family from Turkey to Germany. In 1992\, she passed her Abitur in Weißenhorn\, Bavaria and then completed a degree in administrative sciences in Constance and Vienna\, which she finished in 1998 as a graduate in administrative science. \nIn 1991\, she was one of the co-founders of the Bavarian State Association of Green Youth and at that time was the spokeswoman for the “Grün Bunt Alternative Jugend Bayern”. \nMs. Deligöz has been a member of the German Bundestag since 1998. From 2002 to 2005\, she was Parliamentary Managing Director of the parliamentary group of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen. From 1998 to 2009\, she was a member of the children’s commission of the German Bundestag. From 2005 to 2009\, she was deputy chair of the Bundestag committee for families\, seniors and women. Between 2009 and 2013\, Ms. Deligöz was one of the deputy group chairwomen of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen in the Bundestag. \nSince 2013\, she has been a member of the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag and chairwoman of the Greens in the Audit Committee. She is also a deputy member of the Labor and Social Affairs Committee and spokeswoman for the Bavarian Greens in the Bundestag. Since 2018\, Ms. Deligöz has served as the Vice president of the German Child Protection Association “Deutscher Kinderschutzbund”.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-challenge-of-covid-19-how-is-the-german-social-system-coping/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200821T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200821T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152704
CREATED:20200819T211556Z
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SUMMARY:The 2020 Political Conventions: Reactions from Berlin
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Due to the COVID-19 pandemic\, for the first time\, the Democratic and Republican National Conventions are being held as virtual events on national television. With dozens of speakers each day\, this new format is like a highly choreographed Zoom event with viewers tuning in from across the country and around the world. \nJoin us on Friday\, August 21 at 12:00 pm ET (following the Democratic Convention) and Friday\, August 28  at 12:00 pm ET (following the Republican Convention)\, for a conversation with a group of Bundestag members who are following the conventions from Berlin.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2415978716750%2FWN_ZSsg3yOfTbWylrVqsjSvXA|||” css=”.vc_custom_1597871735080{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/the-2020-political-conventions-reactions-from-berlin/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200828T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200828T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152704
CREATED:20200819T211937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200825T141732Z
UID:10000522-1598616000-1598619600@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:The 2020 Political Conventions: Reactions from Berlin
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Due to the COVID-19 pandemic\, for the first time\, the Democratic and Republican National Conventions are being held as virtual events on national television. With dozens of speakers each day\, this new format is like a highly choreographed Zoom event with viewers tuning in from across the country and around the world. \nJoin us on Friday\, August 28  at 12:00 pm ET (following the Republican Convention)\, for a conversation with Bundestag members Franziska Brantner (The Greens)\, Thomas Erndl (CSU)\, and Alexander Kulitz (FDP)\, who are following the conventions from Berlin.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6615978719033%2FWN_a_EMMYakT8Wf8Rjf-zhCpg|||” css=”.vc_custom_1598365046263{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/the-2020-political-conventions-reactions-from-berlin-2/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200831T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200831T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T152704
CREATED:20200831T133640Z
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SUMMARY:Wir schaffen das: Five Years Later
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the conflict in Syria was intensifying\, millions of Syrians sought to escape the danger any way possible – mostly on foot. For many\, Germany was the ideal destination. After visiting a refugee camp in Dresden\, on August 31\, 2015\, Chancellor Angela Merkel said “Wir schaffen das” – or “We can manage this” – referring to Europe’s ability to cope with mass migration from Syria. By the end of the year\, Germany became the destination for over one million refugees. \nNow five years later\, on August 31 at 11 am\, the ACG will host a virtual discussion on the lasting impact of the estimated 1.1 million migrants who settled in Germany in 2015 and the millions more who settled elsewhere in Europe. Join us for a discussion with Adam Hunter\, Executive Director of the Refugee Council USA; Jagoda Marinic\, writer and columnist for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Director of the International Welcome Center in Heidelberg; Victoria Rietig\, Head of the Migration Program at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5015988809044%2FWN_ikqhMpWPTeiIzYCR559rBA|||” css=”.vc_custom_1598880942656{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/wir-schaffen-das-five-years-later/
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