American Council On Germany

NYC: Transatlantic Stammtisch for Young Professionals
2018-09-13 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
The ACG will host a Transatlantic Stammtisch with Kai Hennig, Deputy Chief of Mission of the German Embassy in Romania.
RSVP (acceptances only) to the American Council on Germany at 212-826-3636 or events@acgusa.org.
Transatlantic Stammtisch brings together young professionals for informal networking opportunities with individuals interested in transatlantic relations, Germany, and the German language.

NYC: Transatlantic Cooperation: Indispensable for American Prosperity, Freedom in Europe, and Global Security
2018-09-17 12:00 - 14:00
The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Peter Beyer, Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the German Federal Foreign Office and Member of the German Bundestag (CDU).
There is no charge to attend this event. RSVP (acceptances only) to the American Council on Germany at 212-826-3636 or events@acgusa.org.

Peter Beyer serves as the Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the German Federal Foreign Office. He has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2009 and a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 1996. Mr. Beyer is also a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, where he serves as Special Rapporteur on Transatlantic Relations. He is Executive Vice President of the Southeast Europe Association. Prior to his current roles, he served as Managing Chairman of the Heiligenhaus town branch of the CDU and a member of the Heiligenhaus town council from 2008 to 2009. In addition, he was an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Mettmann county branch of the CDU. Before joining the public sector, he worked as an attorney specializing in industrial property law in the Cologne office of Mayer Brown LLP, the Los Angeles office of Murchison & Cumming LLP, and the Chicago office of Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione LLP. Mr. Beyer completed his undergraduate studies at the Universities of Düsseldorf and Bonn, and received his Master in Law at the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville.
With special thanks to Penguin Random House for hosting this event

Atlanta: Strong Ties in Rough Times - Uncharted Atlantic Waters
2018-09-18 12:00 - 14:00
The Atlanta Warburg Chapter and the German American Chamber of Commerce of the South will host a discussion and luncheon with Mr. Peter Beyer, Member of the Bundestag (CDU) and Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation for the Federal Foreign Ministry.

Registration:

$10 for GACC South and ACG Members
$20 for Non-Members

Beyer began his legal career as an associate attorney for the US-headquartered firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt (now Mayer Brown). He also worked with Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione in Chicago, and Murchison & Cumming in Los Angeles.
A committed Atlanticist for many years, Beyer stands out among Members of the German Bundestag and his party as one of the most committed advocates of a strong transatlantic relationship with the United States and Canada. He serves as parliamentary Special Rapporteur on Transatlantic Relations in the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He is an active member of Atlantik-Brücke, the Aspen Institute and United Europe in addition to numerous organizations in his district. Beyer is also Executive Vice-President of the Southeast Europe Association.
In April 2018, Beyer was appointed Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation.

Charlotte: Transatlantic Cooperation is Indispensable for American Prosperity, Freedom in Europe and Global Security
2018-09-20 11:30 - 13:30
The Charlotte Warburg Chapter and the World Affairs Council of Charlotte will host a discussion and luncheon with Peter Beyer, Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation and Member of the Bundestag (CDU).
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NYC: The Opportunities and Challenges of Digitalization in the Workplace
2018-09-21 12:00 - 14:00
The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Reiner Hoffmann, Chairman of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB).
RSVP (acceptances only) to the American Council on Germany at 212-826-3636 or events@acgusa.org.
Reiner Hoffmann was elected Chairman of the German Trade Union Confederation (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund), one of the biggest national confederations of trade unions worldwide, in 2014 and re-elected this year. He became a member of the Executive Board of the DGB in 2014. Prior to this, he was a Regional Director of IG BCE – Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie (the Industrial Mining, Chemistry, and Energy Union) of North Rhine. Mr. Hoffmann served as Deputy Secretary-General of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) from 2003 to 2009 and Director of the European Trade Union Institute (EGI) in Brussels from 1994 to 2003. Prior to that, he worked at the Hans Böckler Foundation in Düsseldorf from 1983 to 1994. Mr. Hoffmann started his career as a trainee at Hoechst and continued his education studying at the Bergische Universität-Gesamthochschule Wuppertal. He completed his studies in 1982 as a graduate economist and worked for a limited time as an assistant to the Economic and Social Committee of the European Community in Brussels. Mr. Hoffmann has been a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 1972. He serves on numerous Boards, including those of Bayer AG and Atlantik-Brücke.

With special thanks to Morgan Stanley Foundation & Endowment Services for hosting this event

Los Angeles: Transatlantic Relations: A Personal Perspective
2018-09-24 12:00 - 13:30
The Los Angeles Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Ambassador James Melville, Former U.S. Ambassador to Estonia.
There will be a $35 charge for members and a $40 charge for nonmembers to attend. RSVP here by September 21.
On-site parking is available for $15 per car.
James Melville is retiring on September 30 after a 33-year diplomatic career in the U.S. Foreign Service. He resigned as Ambassador to Estonia in July. Jim’s many assignments have included service as Chargé d’Affaires in Berlin, London and Moscow and as Executive Director of the State Department’s European Bureau. He also has the distinction of serving in two countries that no longer exist — the German Democratic Republic and the Soviet Union.

NYC: The Reality Behind Artificial Intelligence
2018-09-27 12:00 - 14:00
The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel, CEO of the Hasso Plattner Institut and Dean of the Digital Engineering Faculty at Potsdam University.
There is no charge to attend this event. RSVP (acceptances only) to the American Council on Germany at 212-826-3636 or events@acgusa.org.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel is CEO of the Hasso Plattner Institut and Dean of the Digital Engineering Faculty at Potsdam University. He is also a Professor of Computer Science at HPI and holds the Chair of Internet Technologies and Systems. He teaches courses on IT Systems Engineering in HPI’s Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree programs and on the MOOC (massive open online courses) platform developed by his team openHPI. He supervises numerous Ph.D. projects and is a teacher at the HPI School of Design Thinking.

Prof. Dr. Meinel’s current research focuses on security engineering, knowledge engineering, and Web 3.0/Semantic Web. He is also scientifically active in Design Thinking research. His earlier scientific work concentrated on efficient algorithms and complexity theory. Prof. Dr. Meinel is the author or coauthor of more than 25 books and anthologies, as well as numerous conference proceedings. He has had more than 550 (peer-reviewed) papers published in scientific journals and at international conferences and holds a number of international patents. He is a member of the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), Director of the HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Research Program, Honorary Professor at the TU Beijing and at the Dalian University of Technology, Visiting Professor at Shanghai University, Concurrent Professor at the University of Nanjing, and a member of numerous scientific committees and Supervisory Boards.
With special thanks to NORD/LB for hosting this event

NYC: The Future of the German-American Relationship
2018-09-28 08:00 - 08:30
The ACG will host a discussion with Dr. A. Wess Mitchell, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
There is a $35 charge for members to attend this event.
RSVP (acceptances only) to the American Council on Germany at 212‐826‐3636 or events@acgusa.org.
Dr. A. Wess Mitchell took the oath of office as Assistant Secretary of State on October 12, 2017. As Assistant Secretary, he is responsible for diplomatic relations with 50 countries in Europe and Eurasia, and with NATO, the EU, and the OSCE. Prior to joining the State Department, Dr. Mitchell spent 12 years at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), a think tank dedicated to the study of Central Europe. A co‐founder of CEPA, he served as President and CEO from 2009 to 2017 and Director of Research from 2006 to 2009. Dr. Mitchell played an instrumental role in CEPA’s growth to become a leading transatlantic think tank with offices in Washington, DC, and Warsaw, Poland.
From 2013 to 2016, Dr. Mitchell chaired the Europe Working Group for the John Hay Initiative. He also served on advisory boards for several U.S. and European institutes, including the Zbigniew Brzezinski Institute for Geostrategy, the Slovak Atlantic Commission, the Prague Center for Transatlantic Relations, Atlantic Initiative Berlin, and the Alexander Hamilton Society.
Dr. Mitchell is the author of numerous articles and reports on transatlantic relations and international security. His work has been translated into 10 languages and appeared in major publications such as the Washington Post, Washington Times, International Herald Tribune, American Interest, National Interest, Orbis, and Internationale Politik. He is the coauthor of two books on geopolitics, including most recently Unquiet Frontier: Vulnerable Allies, Rising Rivals and the Crisis of American Power (with Jakub J. Grygiel).
Dr. Mitchell holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Otto Suhr Institut für Politikwissenschaft at Freie Universität in Berlin; an M.A. from the Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he was awarded the 2004 Hopper Award; a certificate in EU Studies from the American Consortium on European Union Studies; and a B.A. in History from Texas Tech University. Dr. Mitchell participated in the ACG’s Young Leaders Study Group on the Future of Europe: Demographic Trends, Migration, and Social Cohesion in 2009 and 2010. He speaks German and has studied Dutch and Czech.

NYC: The 2008 Financial Crisis and Its Impact on the Transatlantic Relationship
2018-10-02 08:00 - 09:30
The ACG will host a breakfast briefing with Dr. Adam Tooze, Kathrynand Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History and Director of the European Institute at Columbia University and Author of Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World.
RSVP (acceptances only) to the American Council on Germany at 212-826-3636 or events@acgusa.org.
Dr. Adam Tooze is the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History at Columbia University, where he directs the European Institute. He is the author and editor of seven books, including Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World, which was released in August. His research interests include modern German history with a special focus on the history of economics, and he is also the author of Statistics and the German State 1900-1945: The Making of Modern Economic Knowledge (2001). Professor Tooze formerly taught at Yale University, where he was Director of International Security Studies, and at the University of Cambridge. He has worked in executive development with several major corporations and contributed to the National Intelligence Council. He has written for publications including Foreign Affairs, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, El País, Die Zeit, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Tageszeitung, and Spiegel Magazine.
With special thanks to Alliance Bernstein for hosting this event

NYC: Is Chemnitz Germany's Charlottesville Moment?
2018-10-02 18:00 - 20:00
The ACG, Deutsches Haus at NYU, and NYU’s Center for European and Mediterranean Studies will host a panel discussion with David Gill, Consul General of Germany in New York; Cigdem Ipek, Social Scientist in Berlin; and Dr. Christian Martin, Professor of European and Mediterranean Studies and Max Weber Visiting Chair in German and European Studies at New York University; and moderated by ACG President Dr. Steven E. Sokol.
There is no charge to attend this event. RSVP (acceptances only)
to the American Council on Germany at 212-826-3636 or events@acgusa.org.
David Gill (@germanyny) grew up in a rectory in Herrnhut in the eastern part of Saxony, in the former German Democratic Republic. He was denied attendance and completion of a public school and subsequently studied at a public university on the basis of political reasons. After an apprenticeship to become a plumber, he first underwent theological training and eventually attended a theological seminary of the Protestant Church in Berlin-Brandenburg. In 1990, he initially was Chairman of Normannenstrasse Citizens’ Committee at the headquarters of the Ministry of State Security (Stasi) and then Head of Administration, Parliamentary Special Committee for the dissolution of the GDR Ministry of State Security/Office of National Security. He was Spokesman and Head of Division of the Federal Commissioner for the Files of the State Security Service of the former GDR before studying law, amongst others in Philadelphia. After holding positions with the Federal Ministry of the Interior and with the Office of the Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Berlin, he was for eight years the Deputy Representative of the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) to the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union. During the term of Joachim Gauck, President of Germany from 2012 to 2017, he was State Secretary and Head of the Office of the Federal President. Since August 2017, he is the German Consul General in New York.
Çiğdem İpek is a Berliner of Turkish descent. She holds a degree in social sciences from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and studied abroad at the New School for Social Research in New York City. Her areas of interest include migration, integration, and identity, as well as education and employment policies. Her professional experience was shaped by a range of diverse employers: the Berlin Senate and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, in addition to NGOs and freelance projects. Today, she is a staff member of the Chancellery and serves as a desk officer at the Office of the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees, and Integration.
Dr. Christian Martin (@chwmartin) is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Kiel, Germany. He currently holds the Max Weber Chair in German and European Studies at New York University. He has studied political science at the University of Konstanz and holds a doctorate from there (2002). Dr. Martin was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Konstanz and at the Max-Planck-Institute in Jena (2003-2004). He was an Assistant Professor at the University of Hamburg (2004-2008) and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Northwestern University (2008-2011). Dr. Martin’s research interests focus on the political conditions and consequences of globalization and regional integration. He has published on the effects of globalization for electoral participation and on the incentive to adopt more proportional voting systems in a highly globalized environment. His current research project is on backlashes against globalization and EU integration. Most recently, Dr. Martin has written on voter turnout and the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as well as on the electoral fate of the German Social Democrats.

NYC: Current Trends and Challenges in German Politics
2018-10-05 08:00 - 09:30
The ACG will host a breakfast briefing with H.E. Hermann Gröhe, Member of the German Bundestag (CDU), Former Federal Minister of Health, and Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group.
RSVP (acceptances only) to the American Council on Germany at 212-826-3636 or events@acgusa.org.
Hermann Gröhe has been a member of the German Bundestag since 1994, and has served as the Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group since March of 2018. Prior to his current position, he served as the Federal Minister of Health in the third cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel, and it was during this time (in 2014) that he became a member of the CDU Federal Executive Board. Mr. Gröhe has served in various other CDU/CSU roles, including Secretary-General of the CDU (2009-2013); Legal Advisor of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Spokesman of its fact-finding committee, and member of its Committee on Foreign Affairs (2005-2008); as well as Chairman of the CDU Rhein-Kreis Neuss (2001-2009), Spokesman on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid for the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group (2005-2008), Spokesman of the “Young Group” in the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group (1994-1998), and a member of the CDU Program Commission (1991-1993). Mr. Gröhe was also a member of the County Council Neuss (1991-1993 and 1984-1989), Chairman of the National Junge Union Germany (1989-1994), and County Chairman of the Junge Union Neuss (1983-1989). Mr. Gröhe is a licensed lawyer and earned his degree at the University of Cologne in 1987. In addition to his political pursuits, he is the Deputy Chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, served as the Co-editor of the German Protestant magazine, Chrismon (2000-2009), and was Chairman of the Diakonisches Werk in Neuss, a relief organization of the Protestant Church of Germany (EKD) in Neuss (2000-2008).

NYC: Transatlantic Entrepreneur Partnership Conference
2018-10-15 08:00 - 2018-10-18 17:00
In cooperation with New York International, Berlin Partner, and the German Consulate of New York, the American Council on Germany will take part in the 8th annual Transatlantic Entrepreneur Partnership (TEP) Conference.
More information here: http://tep.nyintl.net/

Charlotte: Rising Anti-Semitism and Populism in Europe
2018-10-15 13:30 - 15:00
The Charlotte Eric M. Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany, the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte, Temple Beth El, and the American Jewish Committee will host a discussion with Stefan Schlüter, Retired German Diplomat.
There will be no charge to attend. RSVP here by October 14.
Mr. Schlüter has been engaged with the Jewish community for many years and strongly believes German diplomats have an obligation to reach out to Jewish communities due to the legacy of the Holocaust. After studying political science at the University of Hamburg, Schlüter went to Israel as a 23-year-old in 1975 and lived on Kibbutz Ramat Rachel near Jerusalem. He joined the German Foreign Office in 1979, and was sent to Buenos Aires, where he met his wife, and then Algiers before moving to Tel Aviv as spokesman for the German Embassy. While in Tel Aviv from 1986 to 1990, his daughter was born. During diplomatic postings in Los Angeles (where is his son attended a synagogue preschool), New York as Deputy Consul General, and San Francisco as Consul General, Mr. Schlüter engaged in dialogue with Jewish organizations and at synagogues about Germany’s relationship with the Jewish people and organized several trips to Germany for rabbis. Since the summer of 2017, he is a retired member of the German Foreign Office and currently serves as a Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy in Berlin.

About the Tour: Stefan Schlüter is undertaking a two-week speaking tour of 11 cities in the southeastern and midwestern regions of the United States. The goal of this project is to engage communities in smaller U.S. cities to examine German-Jewish themes, to openly discuss Germany today in the context of its history, and to provide opportunities to learn about contemporary Germany. Thematically, a number of topics will be covered during the speaking tour: Jewish life in Germany, Germany’s coming to terms with its past, German-Israeli relations, rising anti-Semitism and populism in Europe. In addition, the meetings will provide opportunities to discuss these and a wider range of topics, such as transatlantic relations, migration issues and refugee policy, developments in the EU, Brexit, and the Middle East conflict.

Funding for this project was provided by the German Federal Foreign Office and Allianz and is administered under the auspices of the Deutschlandjahr USA 2018/2019 – Year of German-American Friendship.

NYC: When Cities Collaborate: Global Public-Private Partnerships in the Digital Age
2018-10-16 18:30 - 21:00
The ACG, Berlin Partner, German Consulate of New York, and New York International will host a discussion and reception with Eric L. Adams, Brooklyn Borough President; Ana Ariño, Chief Strategy Officer, New York City Economic Development Corporation; Dr. Stefan Franzke, CEO, Berlin Partner; Joachim Köhler, Managing Director, Commerzbank Open Space; Vanessa Liu, Vice President, SAP.iO Foundry NY; and Robin Cammarota, Program Director and Digital Strategist, American Council on Germany (Moderator).
RSVP (acceptances only), to the American Council on Germany at events@acgusa.org.

The Transatlantic Entrepreneur Partnership Conference – or TEP – convenes startups in New York for a series of discussions, meetings, and site visits. This year’s TEP program will focus on connecting startup and business ecosystems across cities around the world. The conference will focus on key areas including blockchain, cryptocurrency, and AI as a way of connecting business across the globe.

Atlanta: Contemporary German-Jewish Relations
2018-10-17 18:30 - 20:30
The Atlanta Warburg Chapter and the Atlanta American Jewish Committee will host a discussion and dinner with Stefan Schlütter, retired German Diplomat.
There will be no charge to attend. RSVP to Dov Wilker at wilkerd@ajc.org by October 16 at noon.
Mr. Schlüter has been engaged with the Jewish community for many years and strongly believes German diplomats have an obligation to reach out to Jewish communities due to the legacy of the Holocaust. After studying political science at the University of Hamburg, Schlüter went to Israel as a 23-year-old in 1975 and lived on Kibbutz Ramat Rachel near Jerusalem. He joined the German Foreign Office in 1979, and was sent to Buenos Aires, where he met his wife, and then Algiers before moving to Tel Aviv as spokesman for the German Embassy. While in Tel Aviv from 1986 to 1990, his daughter was born. During diplomatic postings in Los Angeles (where his son attended a synagogue preschool), New York as Deputy Consul General, and San Francisco as Consul General, Mr. Schlüter engaged in dialogue with Jewish organizations and at synagogues about Germany’s relationship with the Jewish people and organized several trips to Germany for rabbis. Since the summer of 2017, he is a retired member of the German Foreign Office and currently serves as a Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy in Berlin.

About the Tour: Stefan Schlüter is undertaking a two-week speaking tour of 11 cities in the southeastern and midwestern regions of the United States. The goal of this project is to engage communities in smaller U.S. cities to examine German-Jewish themes, to openly discuss Germany today in the context of its history, and to provide opportunities to learn about contemporary Germany. Thematically, a number of topics will be covered during the speaking tour: Jewish life in Germany, Germany’s coming to terms with its past, German-Israeli relations, rising anti-Semitism and populism in Europe. In addition, the meetings will provide opportunities to discuss these and a wider range of topics, such as transatlantic relations, migration issues and refugee policy, developments in the EU, Brexit, and the Middle East conflict.

Birmingham: How Germany Has Come to Terms with its Past
2018-10-18 17:30 - 19:30
The American Council on Germany, Birmingham Holocaust Education Center, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, and UAB Institute for Human Rights will host discussion with Stefan Schlütter, Retired German Diplomat and Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy in Berlin.

NYC: Brexit and the Future of Multilateralism
2018-10-23 12:00 - 14:00
The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Ambassador Thomas Matussek, Senior Advisor at Flint Global, Deputy Chairman of the International Business Council (Berlin), and Former German Ambassador to the UK, UN, and India.
RSVP (acceptances only) to the American Council on Germany at 212-826-3636 or events@acgusa.org.
Ambassador Thomas Matussek is a Senior Advisor at Flint Global and Deputy Chairman of the International Business Council (Berlin), after having served as German Ambassador to the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and India. He previously headed the public-policy representation of Deutsche Bank in Berlin and was the Managing Director of the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft, the International Forum of Deutsche Bank. Early in his career, he served as Special Assistant for Europe to Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. He was the Director General of the German Foreign Ministry and held senior staff positions with Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher – when he was deeply involved in negotiations on German unification – and with Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel, when he worked toward a solution to the Balkan crisis. As Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the United Nations in New York, he negotiated the first four UN resolutions on the Iranian nuclear issue, which became the foundation for the so-called 3+3 Iranian nuclear deal, accomplished in 2014. Ambassador Matussek sits on a number of Boards, including the Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen (United Nations Association of Germany); Institute for Strategic Dialogue in London; Internationaler Wirtschaftssenat e.V. (World Economic Council) in Berlin; and Aspen Institute Germany.

Indianapolis: Contemporary German-Jewish-Israeli Relations
2018-10-24 12:00 - 14:00
The Indianapolis Warburg Chapter, Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, The Circle: Jews, Germans, and Hoosiers in Conversation, and the Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council will host a discussion and luncheon with Stefan Schlüter, Retired German Diplomat.
Lunch will be served. There will be no charge to attend. RSVP to Brandon Hale at BrandonH@ihcindy.org by October 22.
Mr. Schlüter has been engaged with the Jewish community for many years and strongly believes German diplomats have an obligation to reach out to Jewish communities due to the legacy of the Holocaust. After studying political science at the University of Hamburg, Schlüter went to Israel as a 23-year-old in 1975 and lived on Kibbutz Ramat Rachel near Jerusalem. He joined the German Foreign Office in 1979, and was sent to Buenos Aires, where he met his wife, and then Algiers before moving to Tel Aviv as spokesman for the German Embassy. While in Tel Aviv from 1986 to 1990, his daughter was born. During diplomatic postings in Los Angeles (where is his son attended a synagogue preschool), New York as Deputy Consul General, and San Francisco as Consul General, Mr. Schlüter engaged in dialogue with Jewish organizations and at synagogues about Germany’s relationship with the Jewish people and organized several trips to Germany for rabbis. Since the summer of 2017, he is a retired member of the German Foreign Office and currently serves as a Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy in Berlin.

About the Tour: Stefan Schlüter is undertaking a two-week speaking tour of 11 cities in the southeastern and midwestern regions of the United States. The goal of this project is to engage communities in smaller U.S. cities to examine German-Jewish themes, to openly discuss Germany today in the context of its history, and to provide opportunities to learn about contemporary Germany. Thematically, a number of topics will be covered during the speaking tour: Jewish life in Germany, Germany’s coming to terms with its past, German-Israeli relations, rising anti-Semitism and populism in Europe. In addition, the meetings will provide opportunities to discuss these and a wider range of topics, such as transatlantic relations, migration issues and refugee policy, developments in the EU, Brexit, and the Middle East conflict.
Funding for this project was provided by the German Federal Foreign Office and Allianz and is administered under the auspices of the Deutschlandjahr USA 2018/2019 – Year of German-American Friendship

San Francisco: Globalization at Stake: Exhaustion, Systemic Competition and Disintegration of the Transatlantic West
2018-10-24 18:00 - 20:00
The San Francisco Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and reception with Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther, Director of the German Economic Institute.
There will be a $10 charge for members and a $20 charge for nonmembers to attend this event. RSVP here by October 22.
Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther is a German economist who has been the Director of the German Economic Institute since July 2004. Since August 2001, Dr. Hüther has also been an Honorary Professor at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel. In the academic year 2016-17, he was Gerda Henkel Adjunct Professor in the Department of German Studies at Stanford University. In 1999, he joined DekaBank as Chief Economist and, starting in 2001, additionally served as Division Manager of economics and communication. In 1995, he was appointed Secretary General of the German Council of Economic Advisers. Upon completion of his Doctorate in Economics, in 1991, Dr. Hüther became a member of the research staff of the Council of Experts for the Evaluation of Macroeconomic Development. From 1982 to 1987, he studied economics as well as medieval and modern history at the Justus-Liebig University in Gießen. Dr. Hüther and his team carry out research on pressing issues including the eurozone’s future governance design, digitalization, German Ordnungspolitik, the past economic crisis, and capital market supervision. He is a member of the Board of Atlantik-Brücke. He was awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz).

Madison: Germany Coming to Terms with its Past
2018-10-26 14:00 - 16:00
The Madison Warburg Chapter, Madison College, and the American Jewish Committee will host a discussion with Stefan Schlüter, retired German Diplomat.
Light refreshments will be served. There will be no charge to attend. RSVP here by October 26.
Mr. Schlüter has been engaged with the Jewish community for many years and strongly believes German diplomats have an obligation to reach out to Jewish communities due to the legacy of the Holocaust. After studying political science at the University of Hamburg, Schlüter went to Israel as a 23-year-old in 1975 and lived on Kibbutz Ramat Rachel near Jerusalem. He joined the German Foreign Office in 1979, and was sent to Buenos Aires, where he met his wife, and then Algiers before moving to Tel Aviv as spokesman for the German Embassy. While in Tel Aviv from 1986 to 1990, his daughter was born. During diplomatic postings in Los Angeles (where is his son attended a synagogue preschool), New York as Deputy Consul General, and San Francisco as Consul General, Mr. Schlüter engaged in dialogue with Jewish organizations and at synagogues about Germany’s relationship with the Jewish people and organized several trips to Germany for rabbis. Since the summer of 2017, he is a retired member of the German Foreign Office and currently serves as a Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy in Berlin.

About the Tour: Stefan Schlüter is undertaking a two-week speaking tour of 11 cities in the southeastern and midwestern regions of the United States. The goal of this project is to engage communities in smaller U.S. cities to examine German-Jewish themes, to openly discuss Germany today in the context of its history, and to provide opportunities to learn about contemporary Germany. Thematically, a number of topics will be covered during the speaking tour: Jewish life in Germany, Germany’s coming to terms with its past, German-Israeli relations, rising anti-Semitism and populism in Europe. In addition, the meetings will provide opportunities to discuss these and a wider range of topics, such as transatlantic relations, migration issues and refugee policy, developments in the EU, Brexit, and the Middle East conflict.

Funding for this project was provided by the German Federal Foreign Office and Allianz and is administered under the auspices of the Deutschlandjahr USA 2018/2019 – Year of German-American Friendship.

Young Leaders: Young Leaders Alumni Reception in Washington, DC
2018-10-26 18:00 - 20:00
The German Ambassador Emily M. Haber,
in partnership with the American Council on Germany and Atlantik-Brücke will host a Young Leader Alumni reception.
Registration is needed in order to attend. Please RSVP (acceptances only) by October 19 to the American Council on Germany at events@acgusa.org or +1-212-826-3636. Registrations received after this date cannot be considered.

Ambassador Emily M. Haber has been German Ambassador to the United States since June 2018. Prior to her Washington posting, Ambassador Haber, a career Foreign Service Officer, was deployed to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, serving as State Secretary overseeing security and migration at the height of the refugee crisis in Europe. In this capacity, she worked closely with the U.S. administration on topics ranging from the fight against international terrorism to global cyberattacks and cybersecurity. In 2009, she was appointed Political Director and, in 2011, State Secretary at the Foreign Office, the first woman to hold either post. Earlier in her career, she served at the German Embassy in Ankara; in Berlin, she has served as Deputy Head of the Cabinet and Parliamentary Liaison Division, as Director of the OSCE Division, and as Deputy Director-General for the Western Balkans. She has extensive knowledge of the Soviet Union and Russia, having worked both in the Soviet Union Division at the German Foreign Office and on various occasions at the German Embassy in Moscow. Read her full bio here.

Indianapolis: Amicable Divorce? The European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States after Brexit
2018-10-29 08:30 - 10:00
The Indianapolis Warburg Chapter, Honorary Consul of Germany Sven Schumacher, and Honorary Consul of France Martin Baier will host a discussion and breakfast with Dr. Céline-Agathe Caro, Senior Policy Analyst at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
There will be a no charge to attend this event. RSVP here by October 22.

Dr. Céline-Agathe Caro is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Washington office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), a German political foundation affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). In its role as a think-tank and advisory body, the KAS is responsible for drafting timely academic analysis and making policy recommendations for German political leaders. Dr. Caro is in charge of monitoring U.S. think tanks and universities with a special emphasis on U.S. foreign and transatlantic policy, U.S. positions on key international issues and the American perceptions of current developments in the EU. Between 2010 and 2015 Dr. Caro was the Coordinator for European Policy in the headquarters of the KAS in Berlin. In this context, Dr. Caro coordinated publications and organized conferences on current issues regarding the future of the European integration and Germany’s EU policy. In addition, in the Spring and Fall of 2013 she was a visiting lecturer at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris and at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Lyon, a French grande école. Dr. Caro began her career in the KAS as a research fellow in its Paris office from 2007 to 2010, focusing on expanding Franco-German institutional relations. Prior to that she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Dresden where she taught French Studies and French-German history (2002-2007). Dr. Caro’s analyses and policy papers appear frequently in KAS periodicals and in different German and French journals. Since 2010 she is a frequent participant in seminars and panel discussions at think tanks, governmental institutions and universities. She is also a frequent commentator on European issues for German, French and international media. Dr. Caro attended the Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle in Paris, where she obtained a master’s degree in German Studies as well as a joint Ph.D. in German and French Studies in cooperation with the University of Dresden. Her doctoral research examined the development of environmental awareness and the emergence of green movements in France and Germany.

Minneapolis: Germany Coming to Terms with its Past
2018-10-29 11:00 - 12:30
The MinneapolisWarburg Chapter, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, Wells Fargo, and the American Jewish Committee will host a discussion and luncheon with Stefan Schlüter, retired German Diplomat.
There will be no charge to attend. RSVP to Cheree@minndakjcrc.org by October 24. Attendees will be required to show an official government I.D.
Mr. Schlüter has been engaged with the Jewish community for many years and strongly believes German diplomats have an obligation to reach out to Jewish communities due to the legacy of the Holocaust. After studying political science at the University of Hamburg, Schlüter went to Israel as a 23-year-old in 1975 and lived on Kibbutz Ramat Rachel near Jerusalem. He joined the German Foreign Office in 1979, and was sent to Buenos Aires, where he met his wife, and then Algiers before moving to Tel Aviv as spokesman for the German Embassy. While in Tel Aviv from 1986 to 1990, his daughter was born. During diplomatic postings in Los Angeles (where is his son attended a synagogue preschool), New York as Deputy Consul General, and San Francisco as Consul General, Mr. Schlüter engaged in dialogue with Jewish organizations and at synagogues about Germany’s relationship with the Jewish people and organized several trips to Germany for rabbis. Since the summer of 2017, he is a retired member of the German Foreign Office and currently serves as a Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy in Berlin.
Funding for this project was provided by the German Federal Foreign Office and Allianz and is administered under the auspices of the Deutschlandjahr USA 2018/2019 – Year of German-American Friendship.

Young Leaders: The State of the German‐American Partnership: Business, Economics, and Security
2018-10-30 08:00 - 09:30
The ACG will host a breakfast briefing in Washington, DC for Young Leader Alumni with Steffen Kampeter, CEO of the Confederation of German Employer’s Associations (BDA).
RSVP (acceptances only) to the American Council on Germany at 212‐826‐3636 or events@acgusa.org.
Steffen Kampeter is CEO of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA). Previously, he served as State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance, and was also a member of the German Bundestag from 1990 to 2016. An economist by training, he was the majority leader in the Budget, Appropriations, and Ways and Means Committee and chaired the working group on budget policy of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group. In his Westphalian constituency of Minden‐Lübbecke, Mr. Kampeter serves as Chairman of the local CDU.

NYC: Self-Perception and External Expectations: Rethinking Germany’s Role on the World Stage
2018-10-31 12:00 - 14:00
The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Christoph von Marschall, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent of Der Tagesspiegel, and Author of Wir Verstehen die Welt Nicht Mehr: Deutschlands Entfremdung von Seinen Freunden (1999 ACG Kellen Fellow).
There is no charge to attend this event. RSVP (acceptances only) to the American Council on Germany at 212-826-3636 or events@acgusa.org.
Dr. Christoph von Marschall is Chief Diplomatic Correspondent of the Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel. As the inaugural Helmut Schmidt Fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the ZEIT Foundation, he researched and wrote his most recent book, Wir Verstehen die Welt Nicht Mehr: Deutschlands Entfremdung von Seinen Freunden, which was published last month. From 2005 to 2013, he was Der Tagesspiegel’s U.S. Correspondent, Washington Bureau Chief, and White House Correspondent. Beginning when Barack Obama took office in 2009, Dr. von Marschall was the only German newspaper correspondent in the White House Press Corps. From 1995 to 2005, he served as the Editor of the Editorial Page. In addition to his role at Der Tagesspiegel, Dr. von Marschall is a regular guest at ARD-Presseclub and a commentator at Deutschlandfunk and WDR, and he writes for Zeit Online, Cicero, and Das Parlament. Dr. von Marschall is the Vice-Chairman of the Berlin Presse Club e.V. and the author of many books. He studied East European history and political science in Freiburg, Mainz, and Krakow and received his Ph.D. from Freiburg University in 1988.

Pittsburgh: Amicable Divorce? The European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States after Brexit
2018-10-31 12:00 - 14:00
The Pittsburgh Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Céline-Agathe Caro, Senior Policy Analyst at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
There will be a no charge to attend this event. RSVP here by October 30.
Dr. Céline-Agathe Caro is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Washington office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), a German political foundation affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). In its role as a think-tank and advisory body, the KAS is responsible for drafting timely academic analysis and making policy recommendations for German political leaders. Dr. Caro is in charge of monitoring U.S. think tanks and universities with a special emphasis on U.S. foreign and transatlantic policy, U.S. positions on key international issues and the American perceptions of current developments in the EU. Between 2010 and 2015 Dr. Caro was the Coordinator for European Policy in the headquarters of the KAS in Berlin. In this context, Dr. Caro coordinated publications and organized conferences on current issues regarding the future of the European integration and Germany’s EU policy. In addition, in the Spring and Fall of 2013 she was a visiting lecturer at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris and at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Lyon, a French grande école. Dr. Caro began her career in the KAS as a research fellow in its Paris office from 2007 to 2010, focusing on expanding Franco-German institutional relations. Prior to that she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Dresden where she taught French Studies and French-German history (2002-2007). Dr. Caro’s analyses and policy papers appear frequently in KAS periodicals and in different German and French journals. Since 2010 she is a frequent participant in seminars and panel discussions at think tanks, governmental institutions and universities. She is also a frequent commentator on European issues for German, French and international media. Dr. Caro attended the Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle in Paris, where she obtained a master’s degree in German Studies as well as a joint Ph.D. in German and French Studies in cooperation with the University of Dresden. Her doctoral research examined the development of environmental awareness and the emergence of green movements in France and Germany.
Abstract: The United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the European Union in March 2019. Yet, both sides are still working on a withdrawal agreement as well as a framework for their future relationship. Border and trade issues are among the biggest points of contention. The lack of consensus in the U.K. regarding the best Brexit strategy further complicates tense negotiations between London and the 27 other EU member states. The outcome of this process will be of crucial importance for the future of the EU and the transatlantic partnership. With its political and economic weight, Germany remains a key player in the current discussions among Western allies.

Philadelphia: Self-Perception and External Expectations: Rethinking Germany’s Role on the World Stage
2018-11-01 12:00 - 13:30
The Philadelphia Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Christoph von Marschall, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent for Der Tagesspiegel.
There is no charge to attend this event. RSVP here by October 30. For questions, please contact Wyatt Berger at wberger@mmwr.com or 215-772-7239.
Christoph von Marschall is Chief Diplomatic Correspondent of the German daily “Der Tagesspiegel,” published in Berlin. From 2005 to 2013, he was Washington Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent. Before that, he served as the newspaper’s Editorial Page Editor.
He has written several books on Barack Obama and the differences in political culture between Germany and the United States, most recently “What’s the Matter with America? Why They Hate What We Love” and “The New Obama. What to Expect from the Second Term.” His first biography of Barack Obama was published in 2007, under the title “The Black Kennedy.”
Von Marschall holds a PhD in East European History from the University of Freiburg, Germany.

Cleveland: Amicable Divorce? The European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States after Brexit
2018-11-01 12:00 - 14:00
The Cleveland Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Céline-Agathe Caro, Senior Policy Analyst at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
There will be a no charge to attend this event. RSVP here by October 22.

Dr. Céline-Agathe Caro is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Washington office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), a German political foundation affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). In its role as a think-tank and advisory body, the KAS is responsible for drafting timely academic analysis and making policy recommendations for German political leaders. Dr. Caro is in charge of monitoring U.S. think tanks and universities with a special emphasis on U.S. foreign and transatlantic policy, U.S. positions on key international issues and the American perceptions of current developments in the EU. Between 2010 and 2015 Dr. Caro was the Coordinator for European Policy in the headquarters of the KAS in Berlin. In this context, Dr. Caro coordinated publications and organized conferences on current issues regarding the future of the European integration and Germany’s EU policy. In addition, in the Spring and Fall of 2013 she was a visiting lecturer at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris and at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Lyon, a French grande école. Dr. Caro began her career in the KAS as a research fellow in its Paris office from 2007 to 2010, focusing on expanding Franco-German institutional relations. Prior to that she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Dresden where she taught French Studies and French-German history (2002-2007). Dr. Caro’s analyses and policy papers appear frequently in KAS periodicals and in different German and French journals. Since 2010 she is a frequent participant in seminars and panel discussions at think tanks, governmental institutions and universities. She is also a frequent commentator on European issues for German, French and international media. Dr. Caro attended the Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle in Paris, where she obtained a master’s degree in German Studies as well as a joint Ph.D. in German and French Studies in cooperation with the University of Dresden. Her doctoral research examined the development of environmental awareness and the emergence of green movements in France and Germany.

Washington, DC: Germany’s Estrangement from its Allies: Self-Perception and External Expectations
2018-11-02 09:00 - 10:30
The Washington, DC Warburg Chapter, German Marshall Fund of the U.S., and the Heinrich Böll Stiftung will host a discussion and breakfast with Christoph von Marschall, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent of Der Tagesspiegel and Author of Wir Verstehen die Welt Nicht Mehr: Deutschlands Entfremdung von Seinen Freunden (1999 ACG Kellen Fellow).
There is no charge to attend this event. RSVP here by October 30.
Dr. Christoph von Marschall is Chief Diplomatic Correspondent of the Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel. As the inaugural Helmut Schmidt Fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the ZEIT Foundation, he researched and wrote his most recent book, Wir Verstehen die Welt Nicht Mehr: Deutschlands Entfremdung von Seinen Freunden, which was published last month. From 2005 to 2013, he was Der Tagesspiegel’s U.S. Correspondent, Washington Bureau Chief, and White House Correspondent. Beginning when Barack Obama took office in 2009, Dr. von Marschall was the only German newspaper correspondent in the White House Press Corps. From 1995 to 2005, he served as the Editor of the Editorial Page. In addition to his role at Der Tagesspiegel, Dr. von Marschall is a regular guest at ARD-Presseclub and a commentator at Deutschlandfunk and WDR, and he writes for Zeit Online, Cicero, and Das Parlament. Dr. von Marschall is the Vice-Chairman of the Berlin Presse Club e.V. and the author of many books. He studied East European history and political science in Freiburg, Mainz, and Krakow and received his Ph.D. from Freiburg University in 1988.

Hot Topics Call: Election in Hesse and Merkel's Future
2018-11-02 11:00 - 12:00
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