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SUMMARY:European Digital Sovereignty and Transatlantic Relations with the Biden Administration
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When the new European Commission under the leadership of President Ursula von der Leyen took office\, the strengthening of digital capabilities throughout the European Union quickly emerged as a top priority. Even before her confirmation\, Dr. von der Leyen called for Europe to achieve “technological sovereignty in some critical technology areas.” The German Minister of Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier also spoke about sovereignty in the context of  the storage of European data abroad. An opinion shared by French Minister of Economic and Finance\, Bruno Le Maire\, who declared in 2020 that “European digital sovereignty will need some big projects to be lead\, including the future European cloud.” \nWith a new administration in Washington\, officials from Europe and the U.S. are stepping up talks regarding a new pact for transatlantic data transfers. The agreement – whenever it is reached – will replace the so-called Privacy Shield\, the mechanism for legally transferring personal data between the U.S. and EU\, which was struck down by the European Court of Justice in July 2020. \nIn the wake of the massive cyberattack that targeted software firm SolarWinds – which affected at least 100 U.S. companies\, nine federal agencies\, and six EU institutions – the European Union and the United States recognize the need to work together to develop common cybersecurity standards. They are likely to include cybersecurity in transatlantic talks about technology and data. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the French and German Consulate Generals in New York for a discussion with Dr. Regine Maria Grienberger\, Cyber Ambassador in the German Federal Foreign Office\, and Henri Verdier\, Ambassador for Digital Affairs in the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. \nThis event is supported by the French-American Foundation\, the French-American Chamber of Commerce\, and the German-American Chamber of Commerce.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7416197161653%2FWN_28fsq37bQ2-I6mktuFJUZA” css=”.vc_custom_1619716196735{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Regine Grienberger is the Director for Cyber Foreign and Security Policy at the German Federal Foreign Office. Her previous professional experience was chiefly in the field of EU foreign policy as well as EU financial and economic policy\, with a focus on general agricultural policy. \nShe served as Deputy Head of the Minister’s Office (under Sigmar Gabriel and Heiko Maas)\, Deputy Head of Division E04 (European economic and financial policy)\, and desk officer for general agricultural policy\, with responsibility for crisis management in pandemics\, among other areas. Her tasks also included EU public relations and the EU’s external relations with countries of the Western Balkans. She was Head of the Political Section at the German Embassy in Rome and culture\, press\, and protocol attaché at the German Embassy in Ljubljana. \nDr. Grienberger studied Agriculture in Bonn\, Munich\, Vienna\, and at Michigan State University. She obtained her doctorate in Bonn. \nHenri Verdier is Ambassador for Digital Affairs for the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. Previously\, he was the interministerial director for digital information and communications systems (DG Dinsic) of France; and director of Etalab\, the French agency for public open data. Mr Verdier is also an entrepreneur: he was the co-founder and CEO of MFG Labs\, an internet-based startup involved in social data mining\, and chairman of the board of Cap Digital\, the French-European Cluster for Digital Content and Services\, located in Paris. He is a member of the ARCEP strategic committee\, a member of the CNIL strategic committee\, and also served as a member of the board of Paris-Sorbonne University. \nIn addition\, Mr. Verdier was the founding director of Edition Odile Jacob Multimedia\, a publishing company in the field of e-learning and executive adviser for innovation at Lagardère Group as well as director of foresight at Institut Telecom. In 2012\, he co-authored\, with Nicolas Colin L’Age de la Multitude\, Entreprendre et Gouverner Après la Révolution Numérique (The Age of Multitude\, Entrepreneurship and Governance After the Digital Revolution). Mr Verdier is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/european-digital-sovereignty-and-transatlantic-relations-with-the-biden-administration/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210602T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210602T100000
DTSTAMP:20260411T114204
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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. Join us on Wednesday\, June 2 at 9:00 am ET for a discussion with political journalist Corinna Emundts.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2516225486203%2FWN_balGsgHGTKOjWzS9gklUGA” css=”.vc_custom_1622548665510{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Corinna Emundts (2004 ACG Kellen Fellow) is a political journalist in Berlin. From 2008 to 2013\, she was head of the Berlin editorial department of tagesschau.de. Since February 2013\, she is the coordinator of and correspondent for tagesschau.de in ARD’s Berlin studio. As a freelance political correspondent\, she wrote and reported from Berlin between 2004 and 2008 for the Hamburg weekly newspaper Die Zeit and “tagesschau.de” as well as Deutschlandfunk and Deutschlandradio. Before that\, the political scientist and winner of the Theodor Wolff Prize in 1995 worked as an editor and reporter for the Süddeutsche Zeitung\, Frankfurter Rundschau\, and Die Woche.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-7/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210603T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210603T150000
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SUMMARY:Revisiting "The City of Man": The Future of Multilateral Politics
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]From the threat of pandemics to climate change\, the rule of law\, terrorism\, and human rights\, the world faces existential problems that nation-states cannot solve alone. But the necessary cooperation in a globalized world presupposes that certain principles and values are shared by all people. Multilateralism is as much a prerequisite as an instrument for all states to cooperate with each other and promote common goals\, but also to balance and regulate competing interests. \nAs described in a recent study published by the Brookings Institution\, the current malaise of the multilateral order goes deeper than the nationalistic aspirations of individual politicians. A logic of “you’re with us or you’re against us“ threatens to prevail in the international arena. It is time to ask: What is the future of multilateralism? And\, what concrete measures can revive it today? \nIn today’s environment\, what lessons can be learned from “The City of Man: A Declaration on World Democracy\,” an initiative which Thomas Mann launched in 1940 together with Reinhold Niebuhr\, Antonio Giuseppe Borgese\, and others to outline their vision of a stable global system in which humanity would be the guiding principle for securing peace and social welfare. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Thomas Mann House for a virtual discussion with Ambassador Nina Hachigian\, the first Deputy Mayor for International Affairs of Los Angeles\, and 2021 Thomas Mann Fellows Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Marx of the Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg and Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn of the Freie Universität Berlin; and moderated by attorney and civic leader Kimberly Marteau Emerson.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3616225485050%2FWN_R-5jyTJhSBONgz2SEdC1_A” css=”.vc_custom_1622548540971{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Kimberly Marteau Emerson (Moderator) is an attorney and civic leader. She hosts several events each week to maintain the friendship and mutual support between Germany and the United States. Formerly\, she worked in the Clinton Administration as the Director of Public Liaison for the U.S. Information Agency (USIA). Currently\, she serves on the International Board of Human Rights Watch and continues to be active with HRW in Berlin. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband\, ACG Chairman John B. Emerson\, former U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany\, and their three children. \nAmbassador Nina Hachigian was appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be the first Deputy Mayor of International Affairs in 2017. Her office seeks to expand Los Angeles’ global ties to help bring jobs\, culture\, and visitors to the city and to share L.A.’s values and experience. Prior to this\, Ambassador Hachigian served as the United States Representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (“ASEAN”). She was a Senior Fellow and a Senior Vice President at the Center for American Progress focused on Asia policy and U.S.-China relations and the director of the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy for four years. Ambassador Hachigian served on the staff of the National Security Council in the Clinton White House from 1998-1999. She received her B.S. from Yale University and her J.D. from Stanford Law School \nProf. Dr. Friedhelm Marx studied Linguistics\, Literature\, and Catholic Theology in Tübingen\, Bonn\, and at the University of Virginia from 1984 to 1989. In 1994\, he received his doctorate in Bonn with a thesis on Goethe and Wieland; in 2000 he habilitated at the University of Wuppertal with a thesis on Christ Figurations in the Work of Thomas Mann. Since 2004\, Friedhelm Marx has held the Chair of Modern German Literature at the Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg. \nAs a Thomas Mann Fellow\, he is examining how the European visions of exiled writers of the interwar period have changed in the face of U.S. political reality. In doing so\, he wants to explore which European debates took place in California’s exile community. \nProf. Dr. Michael Zürn is a political scientist. His research particularly focuses on the emergence and functioning of international and supranational institutions and their effects on the global political order. Prof. Zürn is Director of the Department of Global Governance at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and Professor of International Relations at Freie Universität Berlin. He has been a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and of the Academia Europaea since 2014. \nTogether with Christoph Möllers and Rainer Forst\, during his Thomas Mann Fellowship Michael Zürn aims to describe the profound conflicts that characterize current societies and international institutions — including populism\, nationalism\, and authoritarianism — in an effort to reassess the legitimacy of normative orders in the state or supranational space.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/revisiting-the-city-of-man-the-future-of-multilateral-politics/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210607T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210607T100000
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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. Join us on Monday\, June 7 at 9:00 am ET for a discussion with Sumi Somoskanda\, Senior News Anchor at DW News (Deutsche Welle).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9116228146155%2FWN_Fv5ozUo5QgC9mqcsLKweQw” css=”.vc_custom_1622814690579{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Sumi Somoskanda is currently a senior news anchor at DW News (Deutsche Welle)\, Germany’s international broadcaster. Sumi reports on Germany for various international publications\, including The Atlantic\, Foreign Policy\, Washington Post\, Al Jazeera\, Global Post\, Newsweek\, PRI\, and USA Today. She served as an editor at the Berlin Policy Journal\, Germany’s premiere English-language foreign affairs magazine. \nShe regularly moderates panels and conferences both in Germany and the US and lectures American university students at the CIEE Global Institute in Berlin. Sumi is an alumna of the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship program and part of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network. In addition to her native English\, she speaks fluent German and Spanish\, and conversational Tamil.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-8/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210607T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210607T120000
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SUMMARY:Reading the Tea Leaves: What Will Saxony-Anhalt’s Election Mean for Germany’s Federal Election?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Germany is in the midst of a Superwahljahr – with elections in six German states and a federal election which will mark the end of Angela Merkel’s time as Chancellor. In March\, voters took to the polls in Baden-Würtemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. This Sunday\, the last election in the run up to September 26 will take place in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Although it is a relatively small state\, the looming question is whether the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany will beat out the CDU as the strongest party in the state? How will other parties fare? \nJoin the American Council on Germany for a discussion with political scientist Prof. Dr. Christian Stecker about Sunday’s election results – and what they might mean for German election campaigning in the coming months.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5216228147533%2FWN_Z_VNsVknQXGDxm1EXQGyuQ” css=”.vc_custom_1622814827471{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Originally from Halle an der Saale\, since the summer of 2020\, Prof. Dr. Christian Stecker has been a Visiting Professor at the Chair for Comparative Politics and German Government. He is currently on leave from the University of Mannheim’s Center for European Social Science Research. His research focuses on the design of democracies\, federal systems\, minority governance\, and populist parties in parliaments.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/reading-the-tea-leaves-what-will-saxony-anhalts-election-mean-for-germanys-federal-election/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210609T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210609T143000
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SUMMARY:Under Duress: Multilateralism\, Partnerships\, and Strategic Alliances
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If anything\, the Covid-19 pandemic has underscored the common global challenges facing Europe and the United States that know no national or geographic boundaries. Global health concerns\, climate change\, arms control\, an increasingly aggressive Russia\, and domestic and international concerns regarding China are among the common challenges that require a joint approach. There is more urgency than ever to prevent a fracturing of the multilateral system. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the New York office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung for a discussion between Ambassador John B. Emerson\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Chair of the ACG\, and Ambassador Christoph Heusgen\, German Ambassador to the United Nations\, about the pressures on the multilateral system.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fkas-de.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_IgUeMN1-RG62vMJ9DW52OA” css=”.vc_custom_1622651934686{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. \nAmbassador Christoph Heusgen has been the Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations since July 2017 and has been Germany’s representative on the Security Council 2019-2020. Before coming to New York\, Ambassador Heusgen served for 12 years as Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to the Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel. His career in the Foreign Service also included terms as Deputy Head in charge of European Affairs in the private office of Foreign Minister Kinkel (1993-1997) and Director of the Policy Unit of the High Representative Javier Solana in the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union in Brussels (1999-2005).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/under-duress-multilateralism-partnerships-and-strategic-alliances/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210614T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210614T100000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Brussels?
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. However\, with President Biden in Europe this week\, the ACG will shift focus from Germany to the European Union as a whole and the state of transatlantic relations. \nJoin us on Monday\, June 14 at 9:00 am ET for a discussion with Handelsblatt’s Brussels Bureau Chief\, Moritz Koch\, who will reflect on the NATO and G7 meetings in Europe.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” css=”.vc_custom_1623417702510{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Moritz Koch studied politics and economics at the University of Hamburg and Johns Hopkins University. During his studies\, he freelanced for Stern magazine and worked for the think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. After a traineeship at Süddeutsche Zeitung\, he reported first from New York on the financial crisis and then from Washington on President Barack Obama’s second term and Donald Trump’s election victory. In 2017\, he moved to Berlin. Since March 2021\, he has headed the Handelsblatt bureau in Brussels.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-brussels/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210615T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210615T120000
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SUMMARY:Resilience and Adaptation: The Use of Space and the Future of Architectural Design
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly everything we considered to be normal—and that includes how architects and planners think about interior and outdoor spaces. We have changed how we live\, work\, and travel\, how we navigate space\, and what we expect regarding safety and sanitation. In the field of design and architecture\, the pandemic has upended workflows and standards. Although there is still some uncertainty about the future\, as we emerge from the pandemic the time is ripe for rethinking how we will use space moving forward. What will smart\, safe\, and beautiful design look like in a post-vaccine\, post-pandemic world? How can architects meet changing expectations and demands in an altered environment – from corporate\, residential\, industrial\, K–12 education\, health care\, and cultural spaces? \nJoin the 1014 and the American Council on Germany for a discussion with architects Jürgen Mayer and Gideon Shapiro.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3716231622459%2FWN_OJXAejENQwGI5yYJvVu_RA” css=”.vc_custom_1623162276414{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Jürgen Mayer H. is an architect and owner of J.MAYER. und Partner. After studying architecture at the University of Stuttgart\, The Cooper Union New York\, and Princeton University\, Jürgen Mayer H. founded his Berlin office in 1996. He has realized a wide range of different projects worldwide since its foundation. Recent notable projects include the parking garage in Miami Design-District\, the FOM university building in Dusseldorf\, Germany\, a court building in Hasselt\, Belgium\, and various public and infrastructural buildings in Georgia\, such as the airport in Mestia and the border crossing in Sarpi. The most prominent project is the internationally renowned Metropol Parasol\, the re-design of the Plaza de la Encarnacion in Seville\, Spain with its expansive sculptural wooden construction. Small-scale residential buildings have also gained international recognition\, such as the Villa n.n.in Moscow\, Dupli.Casa and Casa Morgana. A large number of projects are currently being realized\, such as RKM 740 Tower: a high-rise residential building in Dusseldorf with medical practices and surgeries on the lower levels\, the revitalization and expansion of an IT campus in Berlin Potsdam and Voltair\, a hybrid building in downtown Berlin. \nGideon Fink Shapiro\, Ph.D.\, is a New York-based critic and curator of architecture\, landscape and urbanism. Bridging the worlds of history and contemporary design\, his writing has been published in journals such as Architect\, Domus\, Next City\, Places\, The Architects Newspaper\, The Avery Review\, Yale Constructs\, and Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. He collaborated with Robert A.M. Stern to write The New Residential Colleges at Yale: A Conversation Across Time (Monacelli\, 2018) and he co-authored\, with Aaron Betsky\, 50 Lessons to Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright (Rizzoli\, 2021). He also edited Re-Living the City (Actar\, 2016) and the Domus Architecture Guide New York mobile app. He is currently working with 1014 to develop an exhibition on the past and future of 1014 Fifth Avenue as a hub for transatlantic cultural exchange.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/resilience-and-adaptation-the-use-of-space-and-the-future-of-architectural-design/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210616T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210616T120000
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SUMMARY:The Global Semiconductor Shortage: A Challenge and an Opportunity
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are experiencing a global shortage in the supply of semiconductors – the microchips at the heart of countless products in today’s economy. From personal computers and cars to washing machines and even toasters\, microchips are in great demand. As companies prepare to take on their suppliers in Asia\, governments in the United States and Europe explore ways to incentivize semiconductor production at home. Join the American Council on Germany for a discussion with Dr. Reinhard Ploss\, the CEO of Infineon Technologies AG\, about the challenges – and opportunities – of the current shortage for companies\, manufacturers\, and governments.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8316234178361%2FWN_8wypbmx5SGCMBkcxO9Ns1A” css=”.vc_custom_1623417871373{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Reinhard Ploss has been a member of the Management Board of Infineon Technologies AG since 2007. He has been CEO since October 2012 (mandated until December 31\, 2022). \nHe began his career at Infineon (Siemens AG until 1999) in 1986 as a process engineer for chip manufacturing in Munich. A decade later\, he was the Head of the Power Semiconductor Business Unit\, focusing on development and manufacturing. In 2000\, he became the President of the Automotive\, Industrial & Multimarket Business Group and in 2005 the Head of Development and Manufacturing as well as Operational Management in the Automotive\, Industrial & Multimarket Segment \nDr. Ploss was born in 1955 in Bamberg. He studied process engineering at the Technical University of Munich and received his doctorate in 1990.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-global-semiconductor-shortage-a-challenge-and-an-opportunity/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210621T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210621T100000
DTSTAMP:20260411T114204
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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. Join us on Monday\, June 21 at 9:00 am ET for a discussion with Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson\, Special Correspondent for NPR.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8716239452451%2FWN_AiuFQpMhTBmUnw8HPz7PXQ” css=”.vc_custom_1623945280500{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Special correspondent Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is based in Berlin. Her reports can be heard on NPR’s award-winning programs\, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered\, and read at NPR.org. From 2012 until 2018. Ms. Nelson was NPR’s bureau chief in Berlin. She won the ICFJ 2017 Excellence in International Reporting Award for her work in Central and Eastern Europe\, North Africa\, the Middle East\, and Afghanistan. \nMs. Nelson was also based in Cairo for NPR and covered the Arab World from the Middle East to North Africa during the Arab Spring. In 2006\, she opened NPR’s first bureau in Kabul\, from where she provided listeners with an in-depth sense of life inside Afghanistan\, from the increase in suicide among women in a country that treats them as second-class citizens to the growing interference of Iran and Pakistan in Afghan affairs. For her coverage of Afghanistan\, she won a Peabody Award\, Overseas Press Club Award\, and the Gracie in 2010. She received the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award from Colby College in 2011 for her coverage in the Middle East and Afghanistan. \nShe spent 20 years as a newspaper reporter\, including as Knight Ridder’s Middle East Bureau Chief. While at the Los Angeles Times\, she was sent on extended assignment to Iran and Afghanistan following the Sept. 11\, 2001\, terrorist attacks. She spent three years as an editor and reporter for Newsday and was part of the team that won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for covering the crash of TWA Flight 800. \nA graduate of the University of Maryland\, Nelson speaks Farsi\, Dari\, and German.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-9/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210623T110000
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SUMMARY:Assessing the Rural-Urban Divide and Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While many metropolitan cities surge forward\, rural areas and many low-income urban areas continue to be hurt by demographic decline\, loss of manufacturing jobs\, rising poverty and lack of investment\, and poor infrastructure – both in terms of traditional infrastructure related to buildings\, water systems and transportation as well as broadband internet connectivity. Failing to address these issues will deepen the chasm between rural and urban areas\, with negative implications for national cohesion. Urgent infrastructure needs are deepening the rural-urban divide and also the gap in urban centers themselves. These communities need school renovations\, investments in health care\, upgrades to water and sewage treatment systems\, improved transportation\, and greater access to broadband. Such investments can help to reduce out-migration of younger people and the loss of business opportunities\, to increase job growth and economic productivity\, and to enable these regions to better face the forces of globalization\, digitization\, and automation. \nTo discuss these issues and to explore collaboration at the state-level\, the Aspen Institute Germany and the American Council on Germany invite you to the next discussion in our virtual event series State-to-State: German-American State Legislator Dialogue with German and American state legislators including Ellen Demuth (CDU)\, Member of the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate\, Philipp da Cunha (SPD)\, Member of State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania\, Senator M. Teresa Ruiz (D)\, New Jersey State Senate (invited)\, and Senator Jerry Sonnenberg (R)\, Colorado Senate.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FtZAsdu-rpj4pGdyrk73KOFIjD7HJ5AKLFnEx” css=”.vc_custom_1623930692001{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Philipp da Cunha has been a member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania since 2016\, representing the legislative districts of Bützow-Land\, Güstrow-Land\, and the town of Güstrow. He serves as the spokesperson for energy and consumer protection policy as well as for digitization and network policy for the SPD parliamentary group. He also currently serves as the Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee and is a member of the Energy Committee. Born in Hamburg in 1987\, he studied electrical engineering at the University of Rostock\, specializing in microelectronics and data technology. He graduated with a Master of Engineering (Diplom-Ingenieur) in 2014. \nEllen Demuth was first elected to the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate in 2011 and is serving her third term representing the legislative district of Linz am Rhein-Rengsdorf. After her re-election in 2021\, she was elected deputy leader of the CDU parliamentary group and currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Committee for Digital Affairs\, Digital Infrastructure\, and Media. In her previous term\, she served as Chair of the Enquete Commission for Tourism Development and was a member of the Committee for Media\, Digital Infrastructure and Network Policy and the Committee for Society\, Integration\, and Consumer Protection. When she was first elected in the 2011 state election\, she was one of the youngest members of parliament and the youngest member of her parliamentary group. She is also an elected member of the city council of her hometown Linz and the district council of her region Neuwied. \nM. Teresa Ruiz was elected to the New Jersey State Senate in 2007 to represent the 29th Legislative District\, which includes Belleville Township and parts of the City of Newark in Essex County. A first-generation Puerto Rican American\, she is the first Latina to serve in the State Senate. Senator Ruiz serves as Senate President Pro Tempore. She is Chair of the Senate Education Committee and is a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and Senate Higher Education Committee. She recently sponsored a bill to address the digital divide which would create the “Broadband Assistance Office” in the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. A lifelong resident of Newark’s North Ward\, Senator Ruiz is an advocate for the people and issues in which she believes to promote the ideas of justice\, inclusion\, and equality. \nJerry Sonnenberg is a Colorado native who has been farming and ranching in northeastern Colorado his entire life. He continues to live and work on the same family farm that both his father and he were raised. He grew up in Sterling\, Colorado\, graduated from Sterling High School\, and attended Northeastern Junior College. Senator Sonnenberg was first elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2006 and immediately became a strong voice for agriculture and rural Colorado. After serving 8 years he was elected to serve from District 1 in the Colorado Senate where he represents the counties of Cheyenne\, Elbert\, Lincoln\, Logan\, Kit Carson\, Morgan\, Phillips\, Sedgwick\, Yuma\, Washington\, and Weld.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/assessing-the-rural-urban-divide-and-infrastructure/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210624T150000
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SUMMARY:Strengthening Democracies in the Digital Age
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Technological cooperation is one of the key topics of the transatlantic agenda. The capacity of nations to innovate and regulate will impact their future relevancy. Beyond setting incentives to enhance innovation\, regulation and setting standards are at the forefront of the geopolitical dimension of tech policy. \nOn June 24 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm Pacific Time\, Germany’s Ambassador to the United States\, Dr. Emily Haber will join in a discussion with Joel Kaplan\, Vice President of Global Public Policy at Facebook; Marietje Schaake\, International Policy Director at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center; and Chris Riley\, Senior Fellow for Internet Governance at the R Street Institute\, to discuss the opportunities and challenges of the digital transformation for the US and the EU with respect to strategies to strengthen democratic public spheres\, restore digital trust and promote liberal liberal-democratic values through a global digital order. Nate Persily\, co-director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center\, will introduce and moderate the event. \nThis event is part of the series “Meeting America\,” virtual talks with the German Ambassador and American stakeholders across the United States. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the German Consulate General San Francisco and the Stanford Cyber Policy Center.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fstanford.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_1twknKOPSjencaShgNMC3A” css=”.vc_custom_1624546294866{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. \nDr. 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. \nJoel Kaplan is Vice President\, Global Public Policy at Facebook. In this role\, he manages the company’s global public policy strategy\, working with governments and non-governmental organizations to foster understanding and support for Facebook’s innovative technology. He originally joined Facebook in 2011 as Vice President of US Public Policy\, overseeing the company’s relationships with policymakers at the federal and state levels. \nPrior to joining Facebook\, Mr. Kaplan was the Executive Vice President for Public Policy and External Affairs for Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH). In that position\, Kaplan oversaw enterprise-wide public affairs and led EFH’s efforts to publicly demonstrate and communicate its role in the energy industry. \nMr. Kaplan joined EFH from the White House\, where he served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy under President George W. Bush from 2006-2009. He was responsible for the development and implementation of the Administration’s policy agenda. He framed strategic decisions on a full range of policy matters and integrated the execution of legislative\, communications\, and external outreach and policy strategies on behalf of the President and Chief of Staff. \nFrom 2003-2006\, he served as the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. From 2001-2003 he was Special Assistant to the President for Policy within the White House Chief of Staff’s office. He began his professional career as a law clerk for Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig and then for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. \nProf. Nathaniel Persily is the James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School\, with appointments in the departments of Political Science\, Communication\, and FSI. Prior to joining Stanford\, Professor Persily taught at Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania Law School\, and as a visiting professor at Harvard\, NYU\, Princeton\, the University of Amsterdam\, and the University of Melbourne. Professor Persily’s scholarship and legal practice focus on American election law or what is sometimes called the “law of democracy\,” which addresses issues such as voting rights\, political parties\, campaign finance\, redistricting\, and election administration. He has served as a special master or court-appointed expert to craft congressional or legislative districting plans for Georgia\, Maryland\, Connecticut\, New York\, North Carolina\, and Pennsylvania. He also served as the Senior Research Director for the Presidential Commission on Election Administration. His current work\, for which he has been honored as a Guggenheim Fellow\, Andrew Carnegie Fellow\, and a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences\, examines the impact of changing technology on political communication\, campaigns\, and election administration. He is co-director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center\, Stanford Program on Democracy and the Internet\, and the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project\, which supported local election officials in taking the necessary steps during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide safe voting options for the 2020 election. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, and a commissioner on the Kofi Annan Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital Age. \nMarietje Schaake is the International Policy Director at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center and an International Policy Fellow at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. She was named President of the Cyber Peace Institute. \nBetween 2009 and 2019\, she served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Dutch liberal democratic party where she focused on trade\, foreign affairs\, and technology policies. Ms. Schaake is affiliated with a number of non-profits including the European Council on Foreign Relations and the Observer Research Foundation in India and writes a monthly column for the Financial Times and a bi-monthly column for the Dutch NRC newspaper. \nDr. Chris Riley is R Street’s senior fellow of Internet Governance. He will be leading the Knight Foundation­funded project on content moderation\, running convenings of a broad range of stakeholders to develop a framework for platforms managing user-generated content. Chris will also be doing policy analysis around content regulatory issues related to that project\, including work on Section 230 in the United States and the Digital Services Act in the European Union. \nPrior to joining R Street\, Dr. Riley led global public policy work for the Mozilla Corporation\, managing their work on the ground in Washington\, D.C.\, Brussels\, Delhi\, and Nairobi from Mozilla’s San Francisco office\, and worked with government policymakers\, stakeholders in industry and civil society\, and internal teams at Mozilla to advance their mission. Prior to that\, he worked in the U.S. Department of State to help manage the Internet Freedom grants portfolio designated by Congress to support technology development\, digital safety training\, research\, and related work as a part of advancing the expression of human rights online in internet-repressive countries. \nHe received his bachelor’s in computer science from Wheeling Jesuit University\, his PhD in computer science from Johns Hopkins University\, and his JD from Yale Law School.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/strengthening-democracies-in-the-digital-age/
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SUMMARY:Fireside Chat with Victoria Nuland Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs\, U.S. Department of State
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Although strained at times\, the transatlantic alliance has remained indispensable. President Biden’s recent trip to Europe for G7\, NATO\, and U.S.-EU Summits has served as an opportunity for the United States to reengage with its allies. As we reflect on these meetings and think about the common challenges ahead\, what are the priorities for U.S. foreign policy? How will these priorities impact the transatlantic partnership? \nJoin the American Council on Germany and Atlantik-Brücke for a fireside chat with Ambassador Victoria Nuland\, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. The conversation will be led by ACG Chairman Ambassador John B. Emerson.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8116239303952%2FWN_ITQd7jm4Rgu7818aA2rrug” css=”.vc_custom_1623930428805{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ambassador Victoria Nuland was sworn in as Under Secretary for Political Affairs in April 2021. \nPrior to that\, she was Senior Counselor at the Albright Stonebridge Group\, a global strategic advisory and commercial diplomacy firm based in Washington\, DC.  She was also a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution\, Distinguished Practitioner in Grand Strategy at Yale University\, and a Member of the Board of the National Endowment for Democracy. \nA U.S. diplomat for 32 years\, Ambassador Nuland served as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from September 2013 until January 2017 under President Obama and Secretary Kerry.  She was State Department Spokesperson during Secretary Hillary Clinton’s tenure\, and U.S. Ambassador to NATO during President George W. Bush’s second term\, 2005-2008.  Nuland served as Special Envoy and chief negotiator on the Treaty on Conventional Arms Control in Europe from 2010-2011\, and as Deputy National Security Advisor to Vice President Cheney from 2003-2005.  In addition to two tours at NATO in Brussels\, she has served overseas in Russia\, China\, and Mongolia\, and in various assignments at the State Department in Washington. \nAmbassador Nuland has a B.A. in history from Brown University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/fireside-chat-with-victoria-nuland-under-secretary-of-state-for-political-affairs-u-s-department-of-state/
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