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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on Monday\, October 2 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Brent Goff\, Chief Anchor at DW News and Host of “The Day with Brent Goff.”[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6016958333813%2FWN_3HPS9X5yQDKJsw2X23rhiw” css=”.vc_custom_1695833422994{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Brent Goff is the Chief Anchor at DW News and Host of “The Day with Brent Goff.” He joined DW in 2000 and has become one of the most recognized on-air personalities. Prior to joining DW\, Brent worked as a producer for CNN. He was both a Fulbright Scholar and a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow in Germany.  Brent grew up in rural North Carolina\, and his first job in TV journalism was at a small TV station in Missouri. He holds an MA in German and European Studies from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-75/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231004T110000
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SUMMARY:Dealing with Disinformation: Current Forms of Disinformation\, Actors\, and Spheres of Influence
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the last decade\, widespread disinformation – distributed through the internet\, over social media\, and especially through messengers – has influenced our political systems and societies in an unprecedented way. When it comes to disinformation\, what is the current state of affairs? What have we learned about the resiliency of our institutions? Are we ready for the impact AI will have on already fragile systems? The American Council on Germany and the German Consulate General of New York are launching a new online series to discuss these questions titled “Dealing with Disinformation.” \nOn October 4\, at 11:00 am ET\, the American Council on Germany and the German Consulate General of New York will kick off the series with a virtual discussion on how actors use disinformation campaigns to influence public opinion\, divide societies\, and disrupt democratic processes. We will be joined by Lutz Güllner\, Head of Strategic Communications and Information Analysis at the European External Action Service\, and Nina Jankowicz\, Vice President at the Centre for Information Resilience and former Head of the Disinformation Governance Board of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8616954075359%2FWN_UGqWCUHxT2uG7lEparBZiA” css=”.vc_custom_1695407625039{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Lutz Güllner is the Head of the Division for Strategic Communications and Information Analysis in the European External Action Service. He leads a team of about 40 persons dealing with issues related to disinformation and foreign manipulative interference. In his work\, he focuses on addressing disinformation threats for the EU and for the EU’s neighborhood region. Prior to his current position\, he served as Head of the EEAS’s foreign and security policy communication team (2017-2019) and as Head of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Trade’s communication team (2013-17). He was also Deputy Head of the Trade Strategy Unit and responsible for the coordination of EU-US trade and economic relations. In 2009 and 2010\, Mr. Güllner was spokesperson for the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy\, Catherine Ashton. He was also the Commission’s spokesperson for trade policy. In previous positions\, he was in charge of economic relations between the EU and Russia. Prior to joining the European Commission\, he worked as a public affairs consultant in Brussels. \nNina Jankowicz is an internationally recognized expert on disinformation and democratization and the author of two books: How to Lose the Information War (Bloomsbury 2020) and How to Be A Woman Online (Bloomsbury 2022)\, an examination of online abuse and disinformation and tips for fighting back. She currently serves as the Vice President at the UK-based Centre for Information Resilience\, a non-profit focused on countering disinformation. Ms. Jankowicz has advised governments\, international organizations\, and tech companies\, and testified before the U.S. Congress\, UK Parliament\, and European Parliament. \nIn 2022\, Ms. Jankowicz was appointed to lead the Disinformation Governance Board\, an intra-agency best practices and coordination entity at the Department of Homeland Security; she resigned from the position after a sustained disinformation campaign caused the Biden Administration to abandon the project. From 2017-2022\, she held fellowships at the Wilson Center\, where she was affiliated with the Kennan Institute and the Science and Technology Innovation Program and led accessible\, actionable research about the effects of disinformation on women\, minorities\, democratic activists\, and freedom of expression around the world. In 2016-17\, she advised the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on disinformation and strategic communications under the auspices of a Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellowship. Early in her career\, she managed democracy assistance programs to Russia and Belarus at the National Democratic Institute.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/dealing-with-disinformation-current-forms-of-disinformation-actors-and-spheres-of-influence/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231004T180000
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SUMMARY:The Implications of the EU’s AI Act:  A View from Germany
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and reception with Paula Cipierre\, Head of Privacy and Public Policy for Palantir Technologies and 2023 ACG McCloy Fellow on Global Trends. \n\nPaula Cipierre is the Head of Privacy and Public Policy at Palantir Technologies. She advises the company and its customers on strategic and ethical questions about developing and deploying Palantir software. She has researched and worked at the intersection of data protection\, data ethics\, and the digital world for over a decade. A vocal proponent of interdisciplinary thinking and lifelong learning\, she holds several humanities and social sciences degrees from universities in Europe and the United States\, including an LLM in Information Technology Law from the University of Edinburgh. She recently co-wrote a book about what we can learn from art to shape the future with software.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-implications-of-the-eus-ai-act-a-view-from-germany/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T093000
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SUMMARY:Science Diplomacy\, Academic Freedom\, and the New Role of Universities
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On October 5\, the ACG\, the American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation\, and the German Center for Research and Innovation will host a breakfast briefing with Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal\, President of the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. \n\nProf. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal has been the President of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since October 1\, 2022. From 1989 to 1996\, she studied Political Sciences\, Law\, and Slavonic Studies (Russian Studies) in Heidelberg and Hamburg. She received her Doctorate in 2001 and her Habilitation in Political Sciences in 2007 from the University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (today the Helmut Schmidt University). \nAfter a visiting fellowship in Canberra and a deputy professorship at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg\, she held a fixed-term professorship for German and comparative politics at the Justus Liebig University Giessen. Prof. Dr. von Blumenthal has been a Professor of German Politics at the Department of Social Sciences of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since 2009. She has served as Dean of Studies and afterwards as Dean of the Faculty of Arts III. In 2014\, she became the Founding Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. From October 2018 to October 2022\, she was President of the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). As a political scientist\, she has researched German politics\, especially on federalism and parliaments and on the role of higher education institutions in integrating refugees.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/science-diplomacy-academic-freedom-and-the-new-role-of-universities/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231009T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231009T100000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.\nJoin us on Monday\, October 9 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause on the day after state elections in Bavaria and Hesse with Michael Watzke\, Bavarian Correspondent for Deutschlandradio. He’ll talk about the impact of the elections at the state and national level.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4916965321275%2FWN_QFcbOjZyRy2GOuO43VyhsQ” css=”.vc_custom_1696532187525{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Michael Watzke has been the Bavarian Correspondent for Deutschlandradio since 2010. He first embarked on a career in journalism by working on the school paper (Die Waage) in Remscheid and later worked as a free-lancer for the Rheinischen Post and at WDR’s regional studio in Wuppertal. He studied Journalism at the German Journalist School in Munich and Political Science and Communications at the LMU Munich and at American University in Washington DC. After completing his studies\, Mr. Watzke worked as a journalist\, editor\, and moderator and\, from 2002 until 2010\, as Lead Reporter for Antenne Bayern. He was awarded an Arthur F. Burns Fellowship in 2014 and worked at WNYC.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-76/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231012T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231012T120000
DTSTAMP:20260428T214717
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SUMMARY:Dealing with Disinformation: How Is Disinformation Shifting Democratic Processes and International Relations?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Disinformation is a cause for tremendous concern to countries around the world – including democracies. Information manipulation has become more common – and far more sophisticated – in recent years. There are domestic and foreign actors who engage in disinformation campaigns to disrupt democratic processes or otherwise make money by intentionally spreading false or misleading information. How resilient are nation-states and the international order? What can be done to address disinformation at the national and multilateral levels? \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the German Consulate General New York for the second installment of the series on “Dealing with Disinformation.” German diplomat and former journalist Ralf Beste and Melissa Fleming\, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications at the United Nations\, will discuss the impact of disinformation on international relations during a webinar on Thursday\, October 12\, at 11:00 am ET.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2516964545872%2FWN_Ixk5tyIPR_u65YqlhWXDpw” css=”.vc_custom_1696454617802{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ralf Beste is a German diplomat and former journalist. He currently serves as the Director-General for Culture and Society at the German Federal Foreign Office. From September 2019 until March 2022\, he was Germany’s Ambassador to Austria. Prior to that\, he was Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Staff in the Foreign Office\, where he was responsible for the 2014 “Review of German Foreign Policy.” He became the Director of the Policy Planning staff in 2017. \nFrom 1996 until 2000\, he was the Parliamentary Correspondent for the Berliner Zeitung – first in Bonn and then in Berlin. In 2001\, he moved to the Berlin Bureau of Der Spiegel\, where he reported on foreign and security policy and the Greens. \nMr. Beste studied History in Bochum\, Bielefeld\, and Baltimore and holds Master’s degrees from Bielefeld University and The Johns Hopkins University. \nMelissa Fleming is Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications at the United Nations\, having taken up her post in September 2019. \nMs. Fleming leads the UN’s Department of Global Communications\, which is responsible for informing global audiences about the state of the world and engaging them to build support for the Organization’s work and goals. \nIn this role\, Ms. Fleming oversees the UN’s strategic communications operations\, including its multilingual news and digital media services\, public outreach programmes\, and global campaigns. \nUnder her leadership\, the UN Department of Global Communications engages in far-reaching efforts to address misinformation\, disinformation\, and hate speech. She is leading on the development of a Code of Conduct for Information Integrity on Digital Platforms. \nPreviously\, Ms. Fleming served 10 years at the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) as Head of Global Communications. Prior to that\, she was the Spokesperson and Head of Media and Outreach at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). She also headed the Press and Public Information team at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). \nMs. Fleming is a TED speaker\, the author of the book  A Hope More Powerful than the Sea\, and the host of the award-winning UN podcast Awake at Night. \nMs. Fleming holds a Master of Science in Journalism from the College of Communication\, Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts in German Studies from Oberlin College.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/dealing-with-disinformation-how-is-disinformation-shifting-democratic-processes-and-international-relations/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231016T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.\nJoin us on Monday\, October 16 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with journalist Alfred Schmit.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9716972074397%2FWN_3pIJyxl0SKmf1Sq_SPASQw” css=”.vc_custom_1697207478505{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Alfred Schmit works as a journalist in Berlin. Since December 2018\, he has been a radio correspondent in ARD’s capital studio in Berlin. Previously\, he worked as London correspondent for ARD radio\, for SWR Radio in the Economics department in Stuttgart and as newswriter for the German national TV news\, tagesschau\, in Hamburg. Mr. Schmit’s topics primarily include economics\, finance\, and consumer issues. Previously\, the radio journalist worked at DEUTSCHE WELLE as presenter for the English-language section and a correspondent’s deputy in Bonn. A political scientist by training\, he graduated from the Universität Heidelberg and completed journalism training at the Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists in Munich (ifp). Mr. Schmit also spent a year studying in the United States at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-77/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231023T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231023T100000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: Special Edition - The Polish Election
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us on Monday\, October 23\, for a special edition of the regular Kaffeepause. We’ll discuss the results of Poland’s election and the future of German-Polish relations with former German Ambassador to Poland Rolf Nikel.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8416976372954%2FWN_ndOm6mFbTkKdj46Qsd1r4A” css=”.vc_custom_1697637356483{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ambassador Rolf Nikel has served as the Vice President of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) since September 2020\, when he was elected to this office by DGAP’s general assembly. \nBefore joining DGAP\, Amb. Nikel spent more than 40 years working for the German Foreign Office. From July 2014 until the end of June 2020\, he was Germany’s ambassador to Poland. From 2011 to 2014\, he was the Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control. Prior to that\, he served in the Federal Chancellery – as deputy head of its foreign and security policy division (2006 to 2011) and head of its United Nations and Global Issues Group (2005 to 2006). During his diplomatic career\, he also worked at German embassies in Moscow\, Nairobi\, Paris\, and Washington\, DC\, where he headed the political department. \nRolf Nikel studied political science\, economics\, and international law in Frankfurt; Durham\, North Carolina; and Paris. He was also a fellow at Harvard University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-special-edition-the-polish-election/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T110000
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SUMMARY:Germany’s Zeitenwende and Nuclear Deterrence
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With Russia’s war in Ukraine\, we have seen a fundamental shift in Germany’s foreign\, security\, and energy policy. Putin’s nuclear threats and saber-rattling has also led to a reexamination of Germany’s approach to nuclear defense. Prior to the current conflict\, there was little discussion about nuclear defense. \nIn a new book titled “Deutschlands nukleare Interessen” (Germany’s Nuclear Interests)\, security expert Dr. Karl-Heinz Kamp reexamines Germany’s nuclear defense policy and highlights the need for German parliamentarians and policymakers to have a nuanced understanding about nuclear matters and the role of deterrence. Join us on October 24 at 11 am ET for a virtual discussion with Dr. Kamp.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8716976627053%2FWN_-3zj-p0YSkqpJZvz3O4iVA” css=”.vc_custom_1697662734818{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Karl-Heinz Kamp is a Lecturer at the University “Roma Tre” in Rome and an Associate Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin. Previously\, he served as Special Envoy of the Political Director in the German Ministry of Defense. From 2013 to 2015\, he was the Academic Director at the Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS) in Berlin and then served as the Academy’s President until 2019. \nHe started his career in 1986 at the German Council of Foreign Affairs (DGAP) in Bonn. In 1988\, he was a Research Fellow at the Center for Science and International Affairs (CSIA) at Harvard‘s John F. Kennedy School of Government. In September 1988\, he joined the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Bonn\, where he became Head of the Foreign- and Security Policy Research Section in 1992 and later the Director of its International Planning Staff. From 2003 to 2007\, he was the Security Policy Coordinator of the Foundation in Berlin. From 1997 to 1998\, Dr. Kamp was on a temporary assignment with the Planning Staff of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From November 2007 to October 2013\, he served as the Research Director of the NATO Defense College (NDC) in Rome to build up NATO’s Research Division. \nDr. Kamp is a member of numerous international institutions and academic bodies. In 2009\, Secretary Madeleine Albright selected him as one of the Advisors for the NATO Expert Group on the New Strategic Concept. Since 2016\, he is also the co-editor of the strategic journal “Sirius\,” and he has published more than 400 articles on security policy issues in books and journals.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-zeitenwende-and-nuclear-deterrence/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231026T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231026T140000
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SUMMARY:How has the War in Ukraine Changed Germany’s  Energy and Climate Policy?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG and the Heinrich Böll Stiftung\, Washington DC will host a discussion and luncheon with Sascha Müller-Kraenner\, Executive Director/CEO of Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. (Environmental Action Germany). \nSascha Müller-Kraenner has served as Executive Director/CEO of Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.\, DUH (Environmental Action Germany) since January 2015. Environmental Action Germany is an independent non-profit organization that was founded in 1975 and is focused on environmental and consumer protection. It is a leading environment and consumer advocacy organization that works mostly at the German state and national and on the European level. \nMr. Müller-Kraenner is also a founding partner and board member of Ecologic Institute\, a non-profit applied environmental policy research institute with offices in Berlin\, Brussels\, and Washington\, DC. Before assuming his current role\, he held various positions with The Nature Conservancy between 2007 and 2014\, and earlier in his career\, he worked for the Heinrich-Böll Foundation. \nMr. Müller-Kraenner studied Philosophy in Munich and graduated with honors in Biology and Public Law from the University of Bayreuth.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/how-has-the-war-in-ukraine-changed-germanys-energy-and-climate-policy/
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