Washington, Brussels, Berlin, & Leipzig September 5 – September 14, 2024

Meet Alina at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)

Meeting location: Baggage Claim 6

or

Meet Laura at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
Meeting location: Baggage Claim 10

If you arrive at Washington Union Station (WAS), please use public transportation, a cab, or rideshare to get to the hotel directly and keep the receipt for reimbursement.

If you are already in Washington DC, please meet us at the hotel for check-in.

or

5:00 pm from IAD

Check-in

Walk to Mission Dupont Circle (10 minutes)

1606 20th St NW
Washington, DC 20009

• Devon Adams, Public Policy and Strategic Alliances Manager, Guardant Health
• Jordan Cohen, Analyst in Firearms Policy, Congressional Research Service
• Nicholas Courtney, Team Lead & Broadband Program Specialist, Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, U.S. Department of Commerce
• Khalid Sarsour, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public Affairs
• LaGloria Wheatfall, Communications Lead, Paramount
• Ashlee Woodson, Consultant, Eagle Hill Consulting 

Shuttle transfer to Georgetown University

Mortara Center for International Studies

3600 N Street NW, 36th St NW

Washington, DC 20007

Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Anderson

Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

Georgetown University

4645 Reservoir Rd NW

Washington, DC 20007

Axel Dittmann

Deputy Chief of Mission

3132 M St NW

Washington, DC 20007

Tour of the ARD Studio &

Discussion on U.S. News from a German Perspective with

•       Julia Kastein, Journalist Radio
•       Kerstin Klein, Journalist TV

Shuttle transfer to Zaytinya

701 9th St NW

Washington, DC 20001

Check-out

Put luggage on shuttle

Shuttle transfer to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl SW

Washington, DC 20024

1607 New Hampshire Ave NW

Washington, DC 20009

led by Ashley Hodges

with

•       Dr. Sarah Beringer

Head of Strategy & Communications, German Historical Institute

•       Anna Maria Boss

Head Librarian, German Historical Institute

•       Dr. Jana Keck

Research Fellow in Digital History, German Historical Institute

Lunch

5:45 pm – 7:15 am +1

Flight UA 950 from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Brussels Airport (BRU)

Check-in (once rooms are ready)

Optional:

Visit some of Brussel’s cultural sites

7:00 – 7:45 am

Breakfast at Atlas Hotel (on your own)

8:00 am

Shuttle transfer to NATO Headquarters

Avenue Leopold III

1110 Bruxelles

Leave laptops and larger electronic devices on the shuttle.

9:30 – 10:30 am

Welcome by

•       Laura Djuragic

Deputy Public Affairs Advisor

U.S. Mission to NATO

•       Aaron Honn

Public Affairs Advisor

U.S. Mission to NATO

Briefing on NATO, U.S. Goals and Priorities, and the Washington Summit

10:30 – 11:45 am

Tour through NATO Headquarters with

Nick Nguyen

Head of the Public Disclosure Unit

NATO Archives

12:00 pm

Shuttle transfer to Maison Antoine

Jourdanplein 1

1040 Etterbeek

12:30 – 1:15 pm

Eat fries

1:30 pm

Walk to Free Russia Foundation (20 minutes)

Av. Palmerston 3

1000 Bruxelles

2:00 – 3:15 pm

Briefing on the European Union with

Roland Freudenstein

Director

Free Russia Foundation Brussels

3:30 pm

Shuttle transfer to the European Parliament

Rue Wiertz 60

1047 Bruxelles

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Visit of the European Parliament and Exchange with

Dr. Sergey Lagodinsky

Member of the European Parliament

moderated by Chase Phillips

5:15 pm

Galerie de la Reine 38

Rue des Bouchers 43

1000 Bruxelles

5:30 – 7:00 pm

Free time

7:00 – 9:00 pm

A Dinner Debrief led by Alan Cheng

7:00 – 9:00 pm

Walk back to Atlas Hotel (10 minutes)

6:30 am

Grab a breakfast box from Alina and Laura

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

Lunch

Check-in (once rooms are ready)

1:00 pm

Pariser Platz

10117 Berlin

1:30 – 3:30 pm

Walking Tour of Berlin

3:45 pm

Am Kupfergraben 7

10117 Berlin

4:30 – 6:30 pm

Adrian Pourviseh

Graphic Novelist & Sea Rescuer

6:45 pm

Oranienburger Str. 6

10178 Berlin

7:15 – 8:00 pm

Eat Currywurst

8:15 pm

Shuttle transfer to The Social Hub Berlin

7:00 – 9:45 am

Breakfast at The Social Hub Berlin (on your own)

10:00 am

Hiroshimastraße 12-16

10785 Berlin

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Dr. Matthias Roßbach

Head of the Representation of the State of North Rhein-Westphalia to the Federal Government

12:00 pm

Nonnendammallee 104

13629 Berlin

Eat your lunch boxes

12:30 – 2:00 pm

• Angela Behns-Vespermann

Head of Siemens Professional Education North-East and East

• Katharina Steier

International Program Manager, Siemens Professional Education

• Patrick Weber

Senior Director Government Affairs, Siemens AG

Coffee Chat with Apprentices and Instructors

2:00 pm

Entrance: Dorotheenstraße 100

10117 Berlin

Leave laptops and larger electronic devices on the shuttle.

3:00 – 4:00 pm

Nyke Slawik

Member of the German Bundestag

moderated by Alex Schyllander

4:00 – 5:30 pm

•      Innokenty Burshteyn

Political Advisor, FDP Parliamentary Group & NBP Alumnus

•       Rita Lieder

Political Advisor, FDP Parliamentary Group, Lawyer, & NBP Alumna

5:30 – 6:30 pm

Free time

6:30 pm

Gerichtstraße 35

13347 Berlin

7:00 – 9:30 pm

•       Helena Marschall

Fridays for Future Activist

•       Zahra Pischnamazzadeh

Fridays for Future Activist

9:30 pm

Shuttle transfer to The Social Hub

6:40 am

Meet in the hotel lobby

Grab a breakfast box

Walk to Jannowitzbrücke (5 minutes)

Public transportation (S3, S5, S7, S9) to Berlin Hauptbahnhof

7:26 – 8:42 am

Public transportation (ICE 73) from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf

9:00 am

Public transportation (1) from Hauptbahnhof (Leipzig) to Marschnerstraße

Walk to Thomasschule zu Leipzig (5 minutes)

Hillerstraße 7

04109 Leipzig

9:15 am – 12:30 pm

School Visit

9:15 – 10:25

Campus tour led by English AP

10:25 – 10:45

Coffee and cake break

10:45 – 11:30

Class visit and presentation on “In a Nutshell: The U.S. Elections and Political Polarization” by Darrin Camilleri

11:30 – 12:30

Discussion on Germany’s education system with the student representative

12:45 – 1:05 pm

Lunch at Johannapark

1:05 pm

Walk to Amadeu Antonio Stiftung (20 minutes)

Floßplatz 24

04107 Leipzig

1:30 – 3:00 pm

A Post-Election Discussion: The Rise of the Right in the East with

•       Marie Künne

Program Manager, Debunk. & NBP Alumna

•       Benjamin Winkler

Program Director, Debunk

3:00 pm

Walk to Leipzig, Hohe Straße (5 minutes)

Public transportation (10/11) to Augustusplatz

Walk to Universität Leipzig (5 minutes)

Krochhochhaus

Goethestraße 2

04109 Leipzig

3:30 – 4:30 pm

East German Identity – A Conversation with

Dr. Rebecca Pates

Professor

Universität Leipzig

4:45 – 6:00 pm

Walking Tour with

Mario Futh

Ph.D. Student & NBP Alumnus

6:16 – 7:30 pm

Public transportation (ICE 504) from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof to Berlin Hauptbahnhof

7:45 pm

Public transportation (S3, S5, S7, S9) from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Jannowitzbrücke

Walk to Mervan Bistro (5 minutes)

Schillingstraße 1A

10179 Berlin

8:00 – 9:00 pm

Eat Döner

9:00 pm

Walk to The Social Hub Berlin (5 minutes)

7:00 – 8:00 am

Breakfast at The Social Hub Berlin (on your own)

8:15 am

Shuttle transfer to Atlantik-Brücke

Am Kupfergraben 7

10117 Berlin

8:45 – 9:45 am

The Final Debrief led by Alejandra Silva

10:00 – 11:00 am

Meeting on Inclusive Tech and the German Start-Up Scene with

Dr. Nakeema Stefflbauer

Tech Operator & Investor

Founder, FrauenLoop

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Lunch with

Julia Friedlander

CEO

Atlantik-Brücke

12:00 pm

Shuttle transfer to The Social Hub

12:30 – 2:00 pm

Navigating the Upcoming Elections: DEI at Stake? A Panel Discussion with

•       Aisha Gringel, Legal Counsel, Lufthansa & Co-Founder, Afro-German Academics Network
•       Enrique Anarte Lazo, TikTok Lead, Thomson Reuters Foundation & LGBTQ+ Reporter
•       Azadê Peşmen, Moderator, Producer, and Entrepreneur & NBP Alum
•       Maggie Salas-Crespo

moderated by Jesse George, Value Ambassador at GermanDream

2:00 pm

Shuttle transfer to Bundespräsidialamt / Schloss Bellevue

Spreeweg 1

10557 Berlin

2:45 – 3:45 pm

Western Democracies in Peril? A Discussion with

Dr. Oliver Schmolke

Ministerial Director

Head of Home Affairs Directorate-General

Office of the Federal President

4:00 – 7:00 pm

At the invitation of

•       Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of the Federal Republic of Germany

•       and his wife Elke Büdenbender

First Lady of the Federal Republic of Germany

With guests of honor

•       William Ruto

President of the Republic of Kenya

•       and his wife Rachel Ruto

First Lady of the Republic of Kenya

7:30 pm

Shuttle transfer to The Social Hub

5:00 am

Grab a breakfast box

Put luggage on shuttle

5:00 am

Shuttle transfer to Berlin Airport (BER)

7:45 am – 2:05 pm

Departure