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Washington, Brussels, Berlin, & Hamburg June 29 – July 8, 2023

Program

Thursday, June 29

Dress Code: Casual

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm	Participants arrive in Washington, DC Meet Alina and Lisa at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) Meeting location: Baggage Claim 10 If you arrive at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) or at Washington Union Station (WAS), please use a cab or rideshare to get to the hotel directly and keep the receipt for reimbursement. If you are already in DC, please meet us at the hotel for check-in.
5:00 pm	Shuttle transfer to The Darcy Check-in
6:30 pm	Meet in the hotel lobby Walk to Mission Dupont Circle (15 minutes) 1606 20th St NW Washington, DC 20009
7:00 – 9:00 pm	New Bridge Happy Hour with NBP Alumni: Devon Adams (Cohort #5) Silas Burris (Cohort #2) Eric Lee (Cohort #5) Marwa Odeh (Cohort #2) Anand Raghuraman (Cohort #2) Khalid Sarsour (Cohort #5) LaGloria Wheatfall (Cohort #6) Ashlee Woodson (Cohort #2)
9:30 pm	Walk to The Darcy (15 minutes)

Friday, June 30

Dress Code: Business

7:00 – 8:00 am	Breakfast at The Darcy (on your own)
8:00 am	Meet in the hotel lobby Shuttle transfer to Georgetown University’s Healy Hall Healy 106 Drop-off at the intersection of O St and 37th St
8:00 am – 12:30 pm	Predeparture Briefing 8:30 – 9:45 am Introductions, Rules, Roles, and Expectations with Alina & Lisa 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Introduction to Transatlantic Relations with Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Anderson Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Georgetown University
12:30 pm	Shuttle transfer to Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany 4645 Reservoir Rd NW Washington, DC 20007
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm	Lunch Discussion on Germany’s Feminist Foreign Policy with Anna Faure Head of the Cultural Department
2:30 pm	Shuttle transfer to ARD Studio Washington Georgetown 3132 M St NW Washington, DC 20007
2:45 – 3:45 pm	Free time Meet back at ARD Studio at 3:45 pm
4:00 – 5:30 pm	Tour of the ARD Studio & Discussion on U.S. News from a German Perspective with Katrin Brand, Journalist Radio Kerstin Klein, Journalist TV
5:30 pm	Shuttle transfer to Zaytinya 701 9th St NW Washington, DC 20001
6:00 – 8:30 pm	New Bridge Partner Dinner with: Miriam Davis-Rosenbaum, Events & Partnerships Manager, National Indian Education Association Majid Sattar, Political Correspondent, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Blaine Volpe, Membership Director, Millennial Action Project
8:45 pm	Shuttle transfer to The Darcy

Saturday, July 1

Dress Code: Casual

7:00 – 9:30 am	Breakfast at The Darcy (on your own) Check-out Put luggage on shuttle
9:45 am	Meet in the hotel lobby Shuttle transfer to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl SW Washington, DC 20024
10:15 am – 12:15 pm	Self-Guided Tour of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
12:15 pm	Shuttle transfer to German Historical Institute Washington 1607 New Hampshire Ave NW Washington, DC 20009
12:30 – 2:00 pm	United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: A Debrief by Jennifer Kwon with Anna Maria Boss Head Librarian, German Historical Institute Jana Keck Research Fellow in Digital History, German Historical Institute Lunch
2:30 pm	Shuttle transfer to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
5:35 pm – 7:35 am +1	Flight UA 950 from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Brussels Airport (BRU)

Sunday, July 2

Dress Code: Casual

7:15 am

Arrival at Brussels Airport (BRU)

9:00 am

Shuttle transfer to Hotel Indigo

Check-in (once rooms are ready)

Optional:

Visit some of Brussel’s cultural sites

Monday, July 3

Dress Code: Casual

7:00 – 7:45 am	Breakfast at Precise Tale (on your own)
7:45 am	Meet at the hotel’s meeting room “Fern”
8:00 – 9:30 am	Briefing on the European Union with Roland Freudenstein Vice President and Head of GLOBSEC Brussels Office
9:30 – 10:00 am	Briefing on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine by Jordan Cohen
10:00 am	Meet in the hotel lobby Shuttle transfer to European Parliament Rue Wiertz 60 1047 Bruxelles
10:30 am – 12:00 pm	Visit of the European Parliament and Exchange with Lukas Manske Head of Office, David McAllister (Member of the European Parliament, Chair Foreign Affairs Committee)
12:30 pm	Shuttle transfer to Maison Antoine Jourdanplein 1 1040 EtterbeekEat fries
2:00 pm	Shuttle transfer to NATO Headquarters Avenue Leopold III 1110 Bruxelles
3:00 – 6:15 pm	3:00 – 4:30 pm Tour through NATO Headquarters withNick Nguyen Head of the Public Disclosure Unit, NATO Archives 4:30 – 5:30 pm Discussion on NATO’s Role and Activities with Agnieszka Blümel, Senior Analyst, Joint Intelligence and Security Division Llewellyn Hunt, Senior Analyst, Joint Intelligence and Security Division Lt. Col. Carlos Rivera, Head of Middle East Branch and Terrorism Intelligence Cell, Joint Intelligence and Security Division 5:30 – 6:15 pm “Moving into the Future: NATO’s Strategic Concept” – A conversation with Ruben-Erik Diaz-Plaja Senior Policy Adviser, Policy Planning Unit, Office of the Secretary General
6:30 pm	Shuttle transfer to Le Marmiton Galerie de la Reine 38 Rue des Bouchers 43 1000 Bruxelles
7:00 – 9:00 pm	Debrief by Gerardo de la GarzaDinner
9:00 pm	Walk back to Hotel Indigo (15 minutes)

Tuesday, July 4

Dress Code: Business

6:30 am	Check outGrab a breakfast box Shuttle transfer to Brussels Airport (BRU)
9:25 – 10:50 am	Flight SN2581 from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)
11:45 am	Shuttle transfer to Precise Tale Lunch Check-in (once rooms are ready)
3:00 pm	Shuttle transfer to Brandenburger Tor Pariser Platz 10117 Berlin
3:30 – 5:30 pm	Walking Tour of Berlin with Hannah Schneider Tour Guide
5:45 pm	Shuttle transfer from Checkpoint Charlie to Atlantik-Brücke e.V. Am Kupfergraben 7 10117 Berlin
6:15 – 9:00 pm	4th of July Celebration with Atlantik-Brücke Staff
9:00 pm	Shuttle transfer to Precise Tale

Wednesday, July 5

Dress Code: Business Casual

7:00 – 8:30 am	Breakfast at Precise Tale (on your own)
8:30 am	Shuttle transfer to Atlantik-Brücke e.V. Am Kupfergraben 7 10117 Berlin
9:00 – 9:45 am	Briefing on Germany’s Education System by Joshua Acevedo
10:00 – 10:45 am	Briefing on Leadership in America by Abdullah Hammoud
11:00 am – 12:00 pm	“The Emotional Rollercoaster of Trying to Follow your Dreams” – A Conversation on Leadership withHans Raffauf Entrepreneur
12:15 pm	Shuttle transfer to Vertretung des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz beim Bund In den Ministergärten 6 10117 Berlin
12:45 – 2:15 pm	Welcome by Britta Lenz Permanent Representative of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate to the Federal Government Briefing on Germany’s Political System with Dr. Christoph Breuer, Policy Officer for Justice Clarissa Göbel, Policy Officer for Labor, Social Affairs, Transformation, and Digitalization Barbara Schafitel, Policy Officer for Economy, Transportation, Agriculture, and Viticulture Lunch
2:15 pm	Walk to U.S. Embassy (10 minutes) Pariser Platz 2 10117 Berlin Back entrance: Behrenstraße / Ebertstraße
3:00 – 4:00 pm	Meeting on U.S. Diplomacy in Germany with Nathan Cooper Public Diplomacy Officer U.S. Embassy Berlin
4:00 pm	Shuttle transfer to Bundestag Visitor’s Entrance: Schneidemannstraße
4:45 – 5:45 pm	Tour of the Reichstag Dome
6:00 pm	Shuttle transfer to Curry 61 – Berlin Oranienburger Str. 6 10178 BerlinEat Currywurst
8:00 pm	Shuttle transfer to Precise Tale

Thursday, July 6

Dress Code: Business Casual

7:00 – 7:45 am	Breakfast at Precise Tale (on your own)
7:45 am	Meet in the hotel lobby Public transportation (M41) from Abgeordnetenhaus to Berlin Hauptbahnhof
8:38 – 10:22 am	Public transportation (ICE 806) from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
10:30 am	Public transportation (U3) from Hbf Süd to Baumwall Walk to Elbphilharmonie (5 minutes) Platz d. Deutschen Einheit 4 20457 Hamburg
11:00 am – 1:00 pm	“Germany’s Dual Education System” – Lunch Discussion at the invitation ofUlrich Müller Member of the Executive Board Joachim Herz Stiftungwith • Beate Gröblinghoff, Head of Central Office for VET International, Hamburg Institute for Vocational Education and Training • German Apprentices
1:30 pm	Meet outside Elbphilharmonie
1:30 – 3:00 pm	Walking Tour: Hamburg’s Colonial History and Postcolonial Remembrance with Dr. Tania Mancheno Researcher and Lecturer University of Hamburg
3:15 pm	Walk from Magellan-Terrassen to Überseequartier (5 minutes) Public transportation (U4) from Überseequartier to Jungfernstieg Walk to Hapag-Lloyd AG (5 minutes) Ballindamm 25 20095 Hamburg
4:00 – 5:00 pm	Discussion on Labor & Social Affairs with • Nils Haupt, Senior Director Corporate Communications • Jorge Terradas, Senior Director HR Management
5:00 pm	Walk to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (10 minutes)
5:51 – 7:55 pm	Public transportation (IC 2075) from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Berlin Hauptbahnhof
8:00 pm	Public transportation (U5) from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Brandenburger TorWalk to TERAS Döner Kebap (10 minutes) Wilhelmstraße 45 10117 BerlinEat Döner
9:30 pm	Walk to Precise Tale (15 minutes)

Friday, July 7

Dress Code: Business

6:30 – 8:00 am	Breakfast at Precise Tale (on your own)
8:15 am	Shuttle transfer to Paul-Löbe-Haus, Eingang West Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 1 10557 Berlin
9:00 – 9:45 am	Meeting with Armand Zorn Member of the German Bundestag (Social Democratic Party) moderated by Nicole Jackson
10:00– 11:45 am	Free time Lunch
11:45 am	Meet back at Paul-Löbe-Haus, Eingang West Shuttle transfer to Stern und Kreisschiffahrt GmbH Anleger Friedrichstraße/Reichstagufer
12:30 – 2:45 pm	Farewell Boat Tour Through Berlin
3:00 pm	Shuttle transfer to Atlantik-Brücke e.V. Am Kupfergraben 7 10117 Berlin
3:30 – 4:15 pm	The Final Debrief led by Bao-Tram Do
4:30 – 6:00 pm	Discussion on Diversity and Anti-Discrimination in Germany with Angelo Camufingo DEI & Social Justice Consultant, Trainer, & Speaker at STUBBORN Consulting Project Lead of the Competence Network of and for People of African Descent at Each One Teach One
6:00 pm	Shuttle transfer to FREA Lab Schröderstraße 15 10115 Berlin
6:30 – 9:30 pm	Dinner on Climate & Environment with Samira Ghandour, Fridays for Future Activist Helena Marschall, Fridays for Future Activist moderated by Patrick Branco
9:30 pm	Shuttle transfer to Precise Tale

Saturday, July 8

Dress Code: Casual

5:00 am

Check-out

Pick up a breakfast box

Put luggage on shuttle

5:00 am

Shuttle transfer to Berlin Airport (BER)

7:45 – 11:10 am

Departure