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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each week\, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. These conversations are held simultaneously on Clubhouse and Zoom\, providing the opportunity for a more informal and interactive exchange. \nMonday\, May 3 at 9:00 am ET\, the speaker will be Melissa Eddy\, Berlin Correspondent for the New York Times[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8916191890049%2FWN_0WJXrJBFQOqo064Kyjax1Q” css=”.vc_custom_1619189051818{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Melissa Eddy is a correspondent based in Berlin who covers German politics\, social issues and culture for The New York Times. Her most recent work has delved into the challenges of integrating 1 million refugees\, the spate of Islamist terror attacks and the legacy of a trove of Nazi-looted art. \nShe has covered Germany’s green energy transformation and Chancellor Angela Merkel since she entered office in 2005. A Minnesota native fluent in German and French\, she came to Germany as a Fulbright scholar in 1996. Before joining The International Herald Tribune\, now the international edition of The New York Times\, in 2015\, she was a correspondent for The Associated Press in Frankfurt\, Vienna and the Balkans.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-4/
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SUMMARY:German Foreign Policy Priorities in an Election Year – and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus crisis\, other global challenges abound. Germany and the United States have to tackle simultaneous public health\, economic\, and social justice crises at home but in all corners of the globe foreign policy challenges are simmering. 2021 has already seen a host of issues – from a confrontational U.S.-China relationship to an increasingly aggressive Russia (in Ukraine and Syria not to mention interfering in western elections); from nuclear tensions with Iran and North Korea to instability in the Middle East and in Latin America; from migration and humanitarian crises to issues like counter-terrorism\, cyber-security\, and climate. \nAs Germany heads toward federal elections in September 2021\, what role will foreign policy play? \nJoin the American Council on Germany\, Deutsches Haus at NYU\, and NYU’s Center for European and Mediterranean Studies for a discussion with Bundestag members Metin Hakverdi (SPD)\, Gyde Jensen (FDP)\, and Omid Nouripour (The Greens) regarding Germany’s foreign policy priorities in an election year.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7616197209422%2FWN_IhWIn2uQR2O0vCR1wtiSlw” css=”.vc_custom_1619720978176{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Metin Hakverdi joined the SPD in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs and on the Finance Committee. He is the Chairman of the USA/North America Working Group within the SPD Parliamentary Group and a member of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group in the German Bundestag. \nBefore being elected to the Bundestag\, Mr. Hakverdi was a member of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 2008 to 2013\, where he was on the Budget Committee and the Committee of Public Companies and Assets. He attended high school in Simi Valley\, California\, in 1985/86 and studied law at the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel and at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. He became licensed to practice law in 2000. \nGyde Jensen (ACG Young Leader alumna) became a member of the Bundestag in 2018\, making her the youngest female member of parliament in the 19th German Bundestag at that time. On 31 January 2018\, she assumed the chairmanship of the Bundestag Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid\, making her the youngest committee chairwoman in the history of the Bundestag. \nIn addition to her role in parliament\, Ms. Jensen has been serving as a member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2018. As a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP)\, she is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group. She currently serves on the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination\, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights\, and the Sub-Committee on Human Rights. \nOmid Nouripour is the Foreign Policy Spokesperson of the Green Parliamentary Group. He was elected to the Bundestag in 2006 and currently serves on the Committees on Foreign Policy and Human Rights. \nMr. Nouripour has been an active member of the German Green Party (Alliance 90/The Greens) since 1996. From 1999 until 2003\, he was the chairman of the Green Party’s Youth Organization in Hessen. When elected\, he took over the political mandate of Joschka Fischer\, the former German Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister. Mr. Nouripour first worked on European issues and Internal Affairs and was later a member of both the Budget Committee as well as the Committee of Defense. \nHe studied German Philology\, Political Science\, and Law at the Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/german-foreign-policy-priorities-in-an-election-year-and-beyond/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210504T110000
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SUMMARY:Resilience and Adaption: Digitalization – Where Do We Stand?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]More than one year into the pandemic\, we follow up with thought leaders in the fields of digitalization and AI – Dr. Gesche Joost\, Professor for Design Research at the Berlin University of the Arts\, and Dr. Mona Sloane of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University – on where things stand when it comes to digitalization and the digital divide. Has the pandemic helped close the gap\, or has it exacerbated inequalities? We’ll explore this question domestically and internationally. \nJoin the American Council and Germany and 1014 on Clubhouse or Zoom as we continue the conversation with Dr. Gesche Joost and Dr. Mona Sloane[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2416197033443%2FWN_jqGclBmgSBKaVH2t2qBhiw” css=”.vc_custom_1619703381653{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Gesche Joost is Professor for Design Research at the Berlin University of the Arts and since 2005 heading the Design Research Lab. With international partners\, she conducts research and development projects in the areas of human-computer interaction\, wearable computing\, as well as user-centered design and participation. Until 2010\, she was a junior professor for Interaction Design & Media at the Technical University of Berlin in cooperation with Telekom Innovation Laboratories. As a visiting professor\, she taught Gender and Design at the HAWK Hildesheim and was a distinguished research fellow at UTS Sydney in 2014. In 2009\, she received the young talent award for science from the mayor of Berlin. \nShe acts in various committees\, amongst them on the board of DGTF e.V. (German Society for Design Theory and Research) and on the board of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes). She is co-founder of the nonprofit company Calliope engaging in digital education for school children in Germany. From 2014 to 2018\, she was appointed as a Digital Champion for the EU commission. Since 2015\, she is a member of the Supervisory Board of SAP SE. Since 2018\, she is a member of the Supervisory board of ING DiBa AG and Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA. \nMona Sloane is a sociologist working on inequality in the context of AI design and policy. She frequently publishes and speaks about AI\, ethics\, equitability\, and policy in a global context. She is a Fellow with NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge (IPK)\, where she convenes the Co-Opting AI series and co-curates The Shift series. She also is a Senior Research Scientist at the NYU Center for Responsible AI\, an Adjunct Professor at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering\, and is part of the inaugural cohort of the Future Imagination Collaboratory (FIC) Fellows at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She is the technology editor of Public Books and is a fellow at The GovLab. Her most recent project is Terra Incognita: Mapping NYC’s New Digital Public Spaces in the COVID-19 Outbreak which she leads as principal investigator. She currently also serves as principal investigator of the Procurement Roundtables project\, a collaboration with Dr. Rumman Chowdhury (Director of Machine Learning Ethics\, Transparency & Accountability at Twitter\, Founder of Parity)\, and John C. Havens (IEEE Standards Association) that is focused on innovating AI procurement to center equity and justice. She also works with Emmy Award-winning journalist and NYU journalism professor Hilke Schellmann on hiring algorithms\, auditing\, and new tools for investigative journalism and research on AI. With Dr. Matt Statler (NYU Stern)\, she is also leading the Public Interest Technology Convention and Career Fair project that looks to bring together students and organizations building up the public interest technology space. She is also affiliated with the Tübingen AI Center in Germany where she leads a 3-year federally funded research project on the operationalization of ethics in German AI startups. She has written for The Guardian\, MIT Technology Review\, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\, OneZero Medium\, and other outlets. She holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science and has completed fellowships at the University of California\, Berkeley\, and at the University of Cape Town[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/resilience-and-adaption-digitalization-where-do-we-stand/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210506T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210506T120000
DTSTAMP:20260411T065053
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SUMMARY:From Estrangement to Adversity: Recognizing the Threat Posed by Russia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There is no country quite like Russia. Many western observers hoped – or even assumed – that after the fall of the Soviet Union\, Russia would fall into line. Instead\, Russia has charted its own course. Despite its relatively small economy\, Russia has been able to exert its global influence through a host of unconventional tactics. Under Vladimir Putin\, Russia has demonstrated a surprising willingness to use any tool available to maintain this influence\, including cyberattacks\, disinformation campaigns\, foreign election interference\, and support for authoritarian regimes. How are Europe and the United States responding to the threat posed by Russia? \nJoin the ACG and the Freunde des American Council on Germany e.V. for a discussion with Russia experts Katja Gloger and Dr. Fiona Hill about Russia\, Europe\, and the United States.  They will discuss issues such as  Ukraine\, cybersecurity\, the domestic political outlook in Russia\, and more.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1716200528801%2FWN_IECZWILaSf-inRIj9uu2jQ” css=”.vc_custom_1620052927297{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Journalist and author Katja Gloger studied Eastern European History and Political Science in Hamburg and Moscow and has an MBA from Purdue University\, Indiana. She started her career as a news reporter for German Television ARD. As Moscow Bureau Chief for Stern magazine\, she witnessed the fall of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia. She also worked as Foreign Editor for Stern magazine – with a focus on Russia\, international affairs\, and security policy. She also served as Stern’s Senior Political Correspondent in Washington\, DC\, from 2004 until the end of 2008. Since 2009\, she has served on the magazine’s editorial board. \nMs. Gloger won the prestigious German Henri Nannen Award for Best Documentary Reporting in 2010. She is a Board member of the German section of Reporters Without Borders\, a human rights organization defending the freedom of the press\, and a member of the Atlantik-Brücke. She has published several books on Russia\, including Putin’s World: The New Russia\, Ukraine\, and the West. \nDr. Fiona Hill is the Robert Bosch Senior Fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. She served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council from 2017 to 2019. From 2006 to 2009\, she served as national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at The National Intelligence Council. She is co-author of Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin (Brookings Institution Press\, 2015). \nPrior to joining Brookings\, Dr. Hill was Director of Strategic Planning at The Eurasia Foundation in Washington\, D.C. From 1991 to 1999\, she held a number of positions directing technical assistance and research projects at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government\, including associate director of the Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project\, director of the Project on Ethnic Conflict in the Former Soviet Union\, and coordinator of the Trilateral Study on Japanese-Russian-U.S. Relations. \nDr. Hill has researched and published extensively on issues related to Russia\, the Caucasus\, Central Asia\, regional conflicts\, energy\, and strategic issues. She holds a master’s in Soviet Studies and a doctorate in History from Harvard University where she was a Frank Knox Fellow. She also holds a master’s in Russian and Modern History from St. Andrews University in Scotland and has pursued studies at Moscow’s Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/from-estrangement-to-adversity-recognizing-the-threat-posed-by-russia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210511T110000
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SUMMARY:Hotels\, Restaurants\, Cafes\, and Bars: Innovative Approaches to Navigating Difficult Times in the Hospitality Industry
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With lockdown measures\, social distancing requirements\, and other restrictions\, the hospitality\, and gastronomy sectors have been hit hard by the pandemic. How have hotels\, restaurants\, cafes\, and bars navigated the myriad of regulations? How have they adapted to the changing circumstances as the pandemic goes through different phases? How are they positioning themselves for the coming months? \nJoin the American Council on Germany and 1014 for a discussion with Nadine and Tom Michelberger who run the Hotel Michelberger in Berlin as a continually evolving family business; Rose Previte who owns and manages “Compass Rose” and “Maydan” in Washington D.C.; as well as Charlotta Janssen who opened the restaurant “Chez Oskar” in Brooklyn\, New York\, in 2000 to showcase her artwork.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5816203963848%2FWN_yWaFYiz5SFWpsO8Xah3T3w” css=”.vc_custom_1620396780100{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Nadine and Tom Michaelberger are the founders of the Michelberger Hotel in Berlin and projects that evolved from it\, like Michelberger Music and Michelberger’s Fountain of Youth or Michelberger Booze. Entrepreneurs at heart\, with a high sense of self-responsibility to define and find new ways of creating\, running\, and growing companies\, that are diverse in ideas\, aware of the social impact\, and always financially independent. \nLike so many in the D.C. restaurant industry\, Rose Previte\, owner of Compass Rose and Maydan restaurants on D.C.’s 14th Street corridor\, moved to D.C. to study and work in public policy. She found herself behind the bar in what morphed from side gig to a calling: running restaurants that pull from her other passion\, travel. Ms. Previte opened Compass Rose\, which highlighted a variety of international cuisines and featured its now-famous khachapuri\, or Georgian cheese bread\, in 2014. She followed that with Maydan\, a much more ambitious live-fire restaurant a few blocks up 14th Street\, in late 2017. It quickly blew up\, becoming a national destination. \nCharlotta Janssen was born in Maine to German parents living in America under the Marshall Plan. In 1973\, her family moved to Iran\, which they fled during the revolution in 1979. Back in Germany\, she studied painting at the University of Arts in Berlin from 1986-1989. She dropped out and traveled the world as a street musician and performance artist. In 1991\, she picked up her brushes again and started organizing art shows wherever she traveled. She moved to New York in 1995\, and opened “Chez Oskar” in Brooklyn in 2000\, as a venue to exhibit her art.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hotels-restaurants-cafes-and-bars-innovative-approaches-to-navigating-difficult-times-in-the-hospitality-industry/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210512T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210512T110000
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SUMMARY:Global Financial Stability: What’s at Stake?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a severe global economic crisis. While the current situation in Europe and the United States is different\, in an effort to jump-start their economies both the EU and the U.S. are in the process of adopting ambitious stimulus packages. The NextGeneration EU recovery plan is in the process of being ratified by the national parliament of each EU member state. In the U.S.\, the Biden-Harris administration has proposed major spending programs in. the form of the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan. \nJoin the ACG and the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung for a discussion about the state of the economy in Europe and the U.S. as we begin to emerge from the pandemic. Can Europe and the U.S. afford this level of spending? Is it sustainable in the short- to mid-term? Should we be concerned about inflation? ACG Chairman Ambassador John B. Emerson and Chairman of the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung Markus Ferber will discuss these questions and more with economist Megan E. Greene.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5816203964047%2FWN_v7LQYwv4TsS8DnF74Hz09w” css=”.vc_custom_1620396471415{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ambassador 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. \nMarkus Ferber is a German politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1994. He is a member of the Christian Social Union (CSU)\, part of the European People’s Party (EPP). He has been the EPP Coordinator of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs since 2018 and also serves as Coordinator of the EU Regulation Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). In addition to his parliamentary work\, since 2020 Mr. Ferber has served as Chairman of the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung\, the leading think-tank in Bavaria and affiliated with the CSU. \nMegan E. Greene currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School\, where she is working on a book examining the gaps between theory and reality in economics today and how they prevent us from addressing the biggest economic\, financial\, political\, and social issue of our time: inequality. She is also the first Dame DeAnne Julius Senior Fellow in International Economics at Chatham House. She has a biweekly column in the Financial Times on global macroeconomics and appears regularly on TV and radio outlets such as Bloomberg\, CNBC\, NPR\, and BBC.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/global-financial-stability-whats-at-stake/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210513T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210513T120000
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SUMMARY:German-U.S. Relations in 2021: Challenges and Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]German foreign policy faces profound challenges in 2021: Strengthening relations with the United States\, navigating a complex relationship with China\, working to ensure full post-COVID economic recovery in Europe and contributing to strengthening the European Union in the first full year following the UK exit from the Union – all while the 16-year political leadership of Angela Merkel as Chancellor comes to its end in September with a national election already dominating headlines. In conversation with Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship Faculty Chair\, Nicholas Burns\, and Executive Director\, Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook\, Germany’s Ambassador to the United States\, Dr. Emily Haber\, will discuss the future of the transatlantic and the German-American relationship with respect to key geopolitical and geo-economic questions facing her country in a critical election year. \nThis event is part of the series  “Meeting America\,” the first of several virtual talks with the German Ambassador and American stakeholders across the United States.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fharvard.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FtJUodeyuqTsqGdMTqQ5sf5MASINiecBagr7n” css=”.vc_custom_1620396662181{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]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. \nAmbassador Haber has many years of experience with Russia and the former Soviet Union. She held various posts at the German Embassy in Moscow\, including Head of the Political Department. At the Foreign Office in Berlin\, she served as Head of the OSCE Division and as Deputy Director-General for the Western Balkans\, among other positions. \nShe holds a PhD in history and is married to former diplomat Hansjörg Haber. The couple has two sons.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/german-u-s-relations-in-2021-challenges-and-opportunities/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210517T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210517T100000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each week\, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. These take place on Zoom\, providing the opportunity for a more informal and interactive exchange. \nThe Monday\, May 17 at 9:00 am ET\, the speaker will be Bloomberg Opinion columnist Andreas Kluth\, who was previously Editor-in-Chief of Handelsblatt Global and a writer for The Economist.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7316209164702%2FWN_SuJMbfv9Ra6144mG1pOQHg” css=”.vc_custom_1620916511666{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/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-6/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T120000
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SUMMARY:Vaccine Nationalism or Vaccine Diplomacy? The Global Quest for Vaccines
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\nThe coronavirus pandemic has affected nearly every country in the world. It has disrupted the lives of billions of people. The development and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines has been positive. However\, while some countries have secured billions of doses others struggle to obtain supplies. We’ve seen cases of “vaccine nationalism” as some countries hoard vaccines and make them available to their citizens and also “vaccine diplomacy” by countries using vaccine distribution to help others while advancing their standing in the international community. In light of these trends\, how do we develop a global strategy for dealing with the pandemic?  Should vaccines be considered a public good rather than a market commodity? Are there global vaccine distribution programs – and can they be scaled up to meet global demand? \nJoin the 1014 and the American Council on Germany for a discussion about taking a global approach to vaccine distribution with Thomas J. Bollyky\, Director of the Global Health Program and Senior Fellow for Global Health\, Economics\, and Development at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR); Prof. Dr. Anna Holzscheiter\, Chair of Political Science at the Institute of Political Science at the Technical University Dresden\, and Head of the Governance for Global Health Research Group at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB); and Dr. Moritz Rudolf\, Associate in the Asia Department of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5016208414468%2FWN_ioxDdZljThqPv_s7gSAy6Q” css=”.vc_custom_1620841476916{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Thomas J. Bollyky is the Director of the Global Health Program and Senior Fellow for Global Health\, Economics\, and Development at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University. He is the author of Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways. \nMr. Bollyky’s work has appeared in general interest publications such as the New York Times\, Washington Post\, and the Atlantic as well as scholarly journals such as Foreign Affairs\, Science\, the Lancet\, the New England Journal of Medicine\, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. He has testified multiple times before the U.S. Senate and served on three expert committees at the National Academies of Science\, Engineering\, and Medicine and as the co-chair of its workshop on globalization and international regulatory harmonization. He directed the first two CFR-sponsored Independent Task Forces devoted to global health: Improving Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons from COVID-19 (2020) and The Emerging Global Health Crisis: Noncommunicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (2014). Mr. Bollyky has been a consultant to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a temporary legal advisor to the World Health Organization. \nPrior to coming to CFR\, Mr. Bollyky served in a variety of positions in the U.S. government\, most recently at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). He was a Fulbright scholar to South Africa\, where he worked as a staff attorney at the AIDS Law Project\, and an attorney at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP\, where he represented clients before the International Court of Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court. \nMr. Bollyky received his BA in biology and history at Columbia University and his JD at Stanford Law School\, where he was the president of the Stanford Law & Policy Review. He is a member of the New York and U.S. Supreme Court bars. \nProf. Dr. Anna Holzscheiter is the Chair of Political Science at the Institute of Political Science at the Technical University Dresden and Head of the Governance for Global Health Research Group at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB). She has been researching in the field of global health policy for many years\, with a focus on the emergence\, impact and change of international organizations as well as the manifold relationships between (inter)governmental and societal actors in international politics. \nDuring the Covid-19 crisis\, she has been a sought-after interview partner by Deutschlandfunk Nova\, radioeins\, Deutsche Welle\, and the German newspaper TAZ. She also has written opinion pieces on international health policy and the WHO. \nAnna Holzscheiter completed her PhD at Freie Universität Berlin in 2006. Before accepting her appointment as Full Professor at TU Dresden\, she worked as an assistant professor for International Relations (2015-2019) and as a research assistant at the Research Unit for Transnational Relations\, Foreign and Security Policy at Freie Universität Berlin (2006-2014). During the academic year 2014-15\, she was John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at Harvard University. From 2007 to 2010 she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Public Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. \nDr. Moritz Rudolf is an Associate in the Asia Department of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)\, where he focuses on China\, international law\, political systems\, and regional cooperation and alliances. Previously\, he was a Researcher at the Mercator Institute for China Studies in Berlin. He holds a doctorate in International Law from the Humboldt University of Berlin\, where he wrote his dissertation on the historical\, political\, and international legal aspects of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/vaccine-nationalism-or-vaccine-diplomacy-the-global-quest-for-vaccines/
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SUMMARY:The Future of Jobs: Workforce Trends and Preparedness
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and the Aspen Institute Germany invite you to the next discussion in our virtual event series State-to-State: German-American State Legislator Dialogue bringing together state legislators to discuss how subnational actors have to step up to address common transatlantic challenges. \nOur third event will focus on how states in both countries are addressing the challenges posed by long-lasting structural changes in our economies and the workplace. What are the specific issues states are facing related to long-term structural changes in our economies? How can states strengthen the ability of enterprises and workers to adapt to changing labor demands and to benefit from investments in new technologies\, clean energy\, and the environment? How can we equip the workforce with the skills required for the jobs of today and tomorrow? What specific policies should governments consider in light of increased AI automation and growing demand for technical skills? How can incentives for reskilling be democratized to create broader access to training opportunities? \nJoin us for a discussion with Juan Fernandez-Barquin (R)\, Florida House of Representatives\, Christina Kampmann MdL (SPD)\, State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia\, and Senator Sandra Williams (D)\, Ohio State Senate (invited).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Faspeninstitute-de.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FtZ0lce6sqjIiGNw0NHTbWbP-NniTNfZbpMng” css=”.vc_custom_1620916381592{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Juan A. Fernandez-Barquin is serving his second term in the Florida House of Representatives for District 119. He currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Professions and Health Subcommittee and is a member of the Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee. He is an attorney with Genovese Joblove & Battista\, P.A. Previously\, Mr. Fernandez-Barquin was an assistant public defender for the Office of the Public Defender\, 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida for Palm Beach County. He also serves in a number of nonprofit capacities\, including as the Chairperson for the Board of Directors for the Hearing and Speech Center of Florida\, Miami-Dade County’s largest nonprofit provider of hearing and speech-language therapy services. He previously served as an adjunct professor at Miami-Dade College and is a graduate of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Leadership Miami program. Mr. Fernandez-Barquin has been selected as a 2021 ACG Young Leader. \nChristina Kampmann has been a member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017\, representing the Legislative District of Bielefeld. She serves as the spokesperson for digitization and innovation for the SPD parliamentary group and sits on the Europe and International Affairs Committee and the Parliamentary Investigation Committee III (Kleve). Prior to joining the Legislature\, she served as Minister for Family\, Children\, Youth\, Culture\, and Sports of the state North Rhine-Westphalia from 2015 to 2017. From 2013 to 2015\, she was a member of the German Bundestag where she sat on the Interior Committee and Digital Agenda Committee. Ms. Kampmann holds a degree in administration\, a bachelor’s degree in political science\, and a master’s degree in European studies. Before becoming a member of parliament\, she worked for the city of Bielefeld in the job center and most recently in the registry office. Ms. Kampmann is also a member of the board of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and of the Political Advisory Board of the SPD Economic Forum. \nSandra Williams was elected to the Ohio Senate in 2015 and is serving her second term representing the 21st Senate District comprising a part of Cuyahoga County and Cleveland. She currently serves as Ranking Member on the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee\, Senate Workforce and Higher Education Committee\, and Senate Ways and Means Committee and also is a member of the Small Business & Economic Opportunity Committee. Ms. Williams has made strong efforts to improve access to economic development opportunities; such as improving contracting for women and minority contractors\, as well as working to expand job training opportunities for Ohioans entering the workforce or transitioning into new fields. She was the joint sponsor of legislation that renewed the Ohio Third Frontier program\, which is dedicated to assisting the growth of diverse startup and early-stage technology companies. Ms. Williams has spent more than three decades in public service – as a corrections officer\, probation and parole officer\, mediator for the State of Ohio\, legislative aide\, and State Representative – and also served as a member of the United States Army Reserve and was honorably discharged in 1995. She is a member of the Ohio Democratic Women’s Caucus\, NAACP\, and Black Women’s Political Action Committee.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-future-of-jobs-workforce-trends-and-preparedness/
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SUMMARY:“Germany’s Role in Europe”
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Atlanta Eric M. Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany and the World Affairs Council of Atlanta invite you to a virtual discussion with Ambassador Emily Haber as part of the Embassy’s “Meeting America” series. \nIn early 2021\, the U.S. inaugurated a new President\, the United Kingdom left the European Union\, and the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out has been lethargic in Europe. Looking to the months ahead\, Germany will hold a historic election when Chancellor Angela Merkel will step down after nearly 16 years and a new Chancellor will be selected. \nJoin us for a discussion with German Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. Emily Haber\, moderated by Rickey Bevington\, Senior Anchor for Georgia Public Radio. This discussion will touch on the transatlantic relationship as well as Ambassador Haber’s take on issues such as the Iran nuclear deal\, Russia\, and China.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.r20.constantcontact.com%2Fregister%2FeventReg%3Foeidk%3Da07ehy9bf6l10572d80%26oseq%3D%26c%3D%26ch%3D” css=”.vc_custom_1621354917729{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. 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. \nAmbassador Haber has many years of experience with Russia and the former Soviet Union. She held various posts at the German Embassy in Moscow\, including the Head of the Political Department. At the Foreign Office in Berlin\, she served as Head of the OSCE Division and as Deputy Director-General for the Western Balkans\, among other positions. She holds a Ph.D. in history and is married to former diplomat Hansjörg Haber. The couple has two sons. \nRickey Bevington is a senior anchor and correspondent for Georgia Public Radio and is the award-winning Atlanta-based host of National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.” She has interviewed icons as diverse as filmmaker Ken Burns\, singer Dolly Parton\, journalist Tom Brokaw\, rappers T.I. and Big Boi\, and former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young. Ms. Bevington has hosted live audience fireside chats with figures including former US President Jimmy Carter\, former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark\, and World Cup-winning coach Jill Ellis. She regularly moderates live\, televised candidate debates for Congressional\, Legislative\, and Mayoral elections. \nMs. Bevington’s journalism has garnered honors including the Edward R. Murrow Awards\, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Southeast (EMMYS)\, the Society of Professional Journalists and Public Radio News Directors\, Inc. Her 2017 TEDx talk is “The Future of News is in our Hands.” \nShe holds a degree in Comparative Literature from Barnard College of Columbia University\, and she studied literature at the University of Strasbourg in France. Ms. Bevington serves on the board of the Atlanta Press Club and is a Trustee of the Georgia Council for International Visitors.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-role-in-europe/
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SUMMARY:Political Persecution and State-Sanctioned Air Piracy in Belarus: How Should the West Respond?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On May 23rd Alexander Lukashenko\, who has served as the President of Belarus since 1994\, ordered the forced landing of a European civilian airliner traveling from Athens to Vilnius in the Belarussian capital\, Minsk\, due to an alleged security threat in his country’s airspace. The real objective\, however\, was to detain a Belarusian political journalist\, Raman Pratasevich\, and his partner\, Sofia Sapega. \nEuropean leaders and U.S. President Joe Biden have condemned the forceful diversion of the plane\, the threat to more than 170 passengers and crew on board\, and the detention of Lukashenko’s political opponent. In response\, the European Union has called for the blockade of the Belarusian airspace and a boycott of the Belarusian airlines Belavia. It is preparing a fourth round of sanctions against Belarus. \nJoin the American Council on Germany for a discussion about how the West should respond to this unprecedented event and Lukashenko’s brazen disregard for the rule of law with Dr. Joerg Forbrig\, Senior Fellow and Director for Central and Eastern Europe at The German Marshall Fund of the United States\, and Katsiaryna Shmatsina\, Fellow at the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6216220357767%2FWN_-aocb_otTHmOhsYLuQmOow” css=”.vc_custom_1622035815308{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Joerg Forbrig is a Senior Fellow and the Director for Central and Eastern Europe in the German Marshall Fund’s Berlin office. His work focuses on Europe’s East broadly\, including the Eastern-most member countries of the European Union and NATO\, the EU’s Eastern neighborhood\, and Russia. In addition\, he leads GMF efforts to assist civil society in Belarus\, and he works closely with the Balkan Trust for Democracy and the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation to bolster democracy assistance to Central and Eastern Europe at large. Prior to joining GMF in 2002\, Dr. Forbrig worked as a Robert Bosch Foundation fellow at the Center for International Relations in Warsaw\, Poland. \nHe has been published widely on democracy\, civil society\, and Central and Eastern European affairs\, including the books Reclaiming Democracy (2007)\, Prospects for Democracy in Belarus (2006)\, and Revisiting Youth Political Participation (2005). He is also a regular contributor to major international media. Dr. Forbrig studied political science\, sociology\, and Eastern European affairs at universities in Germany\, Poland\, and Hungary. He holds a PhD in social and political sciences from the European University Institute in Florence and a master’s in political science from Central European University in Budapest. He speaks English\, Russian\, Polish\, and Slovak in addition to his native German. \nKatsiaryna Shmatsina is a Fellow at the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies\, where she focuses on foreign and security policy\, international risk\, Russia\, Eurasia\, and NATO. Previously\, she worked for the American Bar Association where she was involved with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)\, especially in projects on good governance and rule of law in UNDP in-country offices. She also served as a pro bono local expert on Belarus for the World Bank’s Doing Business and Women\, Business\, and the Law reports. \nIn the summer of 2019\, she was a research fellow at the Polish Institute of International Affairs in Warsaw. In 2018\, she was awarded a fellowship at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security\, Washington DC. In 2016\, she received a Civil Society Leadership Award from the Open Society Foundations. Ms. Shmatsina holds a master’s degree in International Relations from Syracuse University\, New York (2016) and a degree in law from Belarusian State University (2013). Apart from mother-tongue Belarusian\, she commands Russian\, English\, German\, and French.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/political-persecution-and-state-sanctioned-air-piracy-in-belarus-how-should-the-west-respond/
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