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Berlin, Washington, Alabama & Atlanta June 6 – June 15, 2024

Berlin, Washington, Alabama & Atlanta June 6 – June 15, 2024
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Program

Thursday, June 6

Recommended Dress Code: Business Casual

12:50 – 3:25 pm Fellows arrive in Berlin

Meet Alina, Lisa, and Laura at The Social Hub Berlin

Check-in

When you arrive at Berlin Hauptbahnhof, you can use the S3, S5, S7, or S9 to Jannowitzbrücke and walk from there (5 minutes). Tickets will be reimbursed if necessary.

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

5:30 pm Meet in the hotel lobby

Walk to Jannowitzbrücke (5 minutes)

Take the S3, S5, S7, or S9 to Warschauer Straße

Walk from Warschauer Straße to Michelberger Hotel (10 minutes)
Warschauer Str. 39-40
10243 Berlin

Room Whiskey

6:00 – 8:00 pm Welcome Reception with New Bridge Partners and Alumni

  • Innokenty Burshteyn, olitical Advisor for “The Future of Domestic and Legal Policy,” FDP Parliamentary Group & NBP Alumnus
  • Daniel Hamilton, Project Manager, Deutschlandstiftung Integration
  • Bassant Helmi, Founder & CEO, Global Project Partners
  • Dara Kossok-Spieß, Co-Founder, SWANS Initiative
  • Marie Künne, Project Manager, Amadeu Antonio Foundation & NBP Alumna
  • Bayram Oruç, Entrepreneur & NBP Alumnus
  • Rebecca Roth, Project Manager, Neue deutsche Medienmacher*innen
  • Andreas Wutz, Desk Officer USA, German Federal Foreign Office
8:30 pm Walk from Michelberger Hotel to Warschauer Straße (10 minutes)

Take the S3, S5, S7, or S9 to Jannowitzbrücke

Walk to The Social Hub Berlin (5 minutes)


Friday, June 7

Recommended Dress Code: Business

6:30 – 7:45 am Breakfast at The Social Hub Berlin (on your own)
7:45 am Meet in the hotel lobby

Shuttle transfer to Auswärtiges Amt (German Federal Foreign Office)
Werderscher Markt 5
10117 Berlin (Entrance: Protokollhof)

8:30 – 9:30 Meeting with

Dr. Tobias Lindner
Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office
Member of the German Bundestag (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)

9:30 am Shuttle transfer to Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V. (German Council on Foreign Relations)

Rauchstraße 17
10787 Berlin

10:00 am – 12:30 pm Predeparture Briefing: Introduction to Transatlantic Relations with

Dr. Dominik Tolksdorf
Research Fellow
USA and Transatlantic Relations
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V. (German Council on Foreign Relations)

12:45 am Shuttle transfer to Restaurant Lutter & Wegner am Gendarmenmarkt
Charlottenstraße 56
10117 Berlin
1:15 – 2:30 pm Lunch Discussion with

  • Martin Klingst, Journalist & Author
  • Theresa (“Tsesa”) Monaghan, Advisor to the Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation Michael Link, Member of the German Bundestag
  • Ana Ramic, Vice President & Chief of Staff, American Academy in Berlin
2:30 pm Walk to Atlantik-Brücke (15 minutes)
Magnus-Haus
Am Kupfergraben 7
10117 Berlin
3:00 – 4:30 pm Rules, Roles, and Expectations with Alina, Lisa, & Laura
5:00 – 7:00 pm Atlantik-Brücke Happy Hour
Dinner and Drinks with

  • Jonas Ader, Program Manager
  • Franka Ellman, Director of Programs and Transatlantic Partnerships
  • Jakob Flemming, Program Manager
  • Julia Friedlander, CEO
  • Laura Korndoerfer, Program Manager
  • Tobias Luthe, Senior Program Manager
  • Mira Walter, Assistant to the CEO
  • Beate Wild, Director of Communications
7:30 pm Walk from Atlantik-Brücke to Hackescher Markt (10 minutes)

Take the S3, S5, S7, or S9 to Jannowitzbrücke

Walk to The Social Hub Berlin (5 minutes)

Saturday, June 8

Recommended Dress Code: Casual

6:30 am Meet in the hotel lobby

Grab a breakfast box

Check out

Put luggage on shuttle

Shuttle transfer to Berlin Airport (BER)
Melli-Beese-Ring 1
12539 Schönefeld

9:50 am – 7:10 pm 9:50 am – 12:50 pm
Flight UA 963 from Berlin Airport (BER) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)

5:35 – 7:10 pm
Flight UA4485 from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA)

11:10 am – 2:30 pm Flight UA 235 from Berlin (BER) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
Shuttle transfer to the Lyle
8:00 pm Check-in

Free time


Sunday, June 9

Recommended Dress Code: Casual

7:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast at the Lyle (on your own)
9:00 am Meet in the hotel lobby

Shuttle transfer to the White House Visitor Center
1450 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004

9:30 am – 12:00 pm Walking Tour: Washington Monuments with

  • Nicholas Courtney, Team Lead & Broadband Program Specialist, Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, U.S. Department of Commerce & NBP Alumnus
  • Lauren Rogal, Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center
12:00 pm Shuttle transfer from Lincoln Memorial or MLK Memorial (depending on pace)

to Nationals Park
1500 South Capitol St SE
Washington, DC 20003
Clear bag policy: Bags are prohibited when entering the stadium unless they are clear plastic, vinyl, or PVC or smaller than a 5” by 7” by ¾”.

1:30 – 4:00 pm Baseball Game: Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves
Buy your own lunch at one of the many food stands.
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Shuttle transfer to the Lyle
4:30 – 5:30 pm Free time
5:30 pm Meet in the hotel lobby

Walk to Mission Dupont Circle (10 minutes)
1606 20th St NW
Washington, DC 20009

6:00 – 8:00 pm Happy Hour with NBP Alumni

  • Devon Adams, Public Policy & Strategic Alliances Manager, Guardant Health
  • Dr. Silas Burris, Assistant Professor 10 X, Capella University, & Academic Coach, Montgomery College
  • Jordan Cohen, Analyst in Firearms Policy, Congressional Research Service
  • Nicholas Courtney, Broadband Program Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Joshua Higginbotham, Business Development Manager, Delta Defense LLC
  • Eric Lee, Professional Staff Member, U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Chelsea McKelvey, Student, University of Virginia School of Law
  • Marwa Odeh, Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, National Employment Law Project
  • Julian Pecora, Associate Attorney, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
  • Anand Raghuraman, Director Global Public Policy, Mastercard
  • Khalid Sarsour, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative at the Executive Office of the President
  • LaGloria Wheatfall, Communications Lead, Paramount
8:30 pm Walk back to the Lyle (10 minutes)

Monday, June 10

Recommended Dress Code: Business

7:00 – 8:15 am Breakfast at the Lyle (on your own)
8:15 am Meet in the hotel lobby

Shuttle transfer to the U.S. Capitol
1406 Longworth House Office Building
Corner of Independence Ave and South Capitol Street
Washington, D.C. 20515

Please leave laptops and larger electronic devices on the shuttle.

9:00 – 9:30 am Conversation on Federal and State Politics with

  • Jake Silverman, Legislative Assistant Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05)
10:00 am Shuttle transfer to the Residence of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Unites States
1800 Foxhall Rd, NW
Washington, DC 20007 

Please leave laptops and larger electronic devices on the shuttle.

10:30 – 11:30 am “Elections & Political Trends – A Transatlantic Analysis”: A Conversation with

  • Andreas Michaelis, German Ambassador to the United States

moderated by Mario Futh

11:40 am Shuttle transfer to WeWork Office Space & Coworking
1701 Rhode Island Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20036
12:00 – 1:45 pm Roundtable on “Technology, Disinformation, & Democracy” with

  • Sabra Horne, Entrepreneur in Residence at BMNT
  • Brian Murphy, Managing Director for Logically.ai; President of the Information Professionals Association
  • Hallie Stern, Founder of Terra Optica; Senior Consultant at Blackbird.AI, Core Team at DISARM Foundation

moderated by Enver Cetin

2:00 – 3:00 pm Discussions on U.S. Elections and the Partisan Divide with

  • Layla Zaidane, President and CEO Future Caucus

moderated by Joseph Langner

3:15 pm Shuttle transfer to ARD Studio Washington
3132 M St NW
Washington, DC 20007
4:00 – 5:00 pm The USA – from a German Journalist’s Perspective with

  • Kerstin Klein, Journalist
  • Torben Boergers, Journalist
5:10 pm Shuttle transfer to Bertelsmann Foundation North America
1108 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC

Floor 1

5:30 – 7:30 pm Bertelsmann Networking Reception: Young Professionals in DC
7:40 pm Shuttle transfer to Zaytinya
701 9th St NW
Washington, DC 20001
8:00 – 9:30 pm Dinner
9:30 pm Shuttle transfer to the Lyle

Tuesday, June 11

Recommended Dress Code: Business & Casual

7:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast at the Lyle (on your own)
9:00 am Check out

Put luggage on shuttle

Shuttle transfer to the Pentagon
South Parking
S Rotary Rd
Arlington, VA 22202

Please leave laptops and larger electronic devices on the shuttle.

10:00 – 11:00 am Discussion on the Transatlantic Security Alliance with

Alton Buland
Principal Director for Europe and NATO
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Department of Defense

11:30 am Shuttle transfer to Tatte Bakery & Cafe | Clarendon (Virginia)
2805 Clarendon Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201
12:00 – 1:00 pm Tour of the U.S. Capitol
1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Shuttle transfer to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
2401 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Access Rd
Arlington, VA 22202
3:48 – 5:01 pm Flight AA5148 from Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) to Montgomery Dannelly Field (MGM)
5:30 pm Shuttle transfer to the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center

Check in

6:00 pm Meet in Meeting Room Riverview II
6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner and Debrief with Mario Futh
7:00 pm Meet in the hotel lobby
7:00 – 8:30 pm Historic Evening Walk with

  • Dr. Maurice Robinson, Assistant Professor of History, Alabama State University Book Review Editor, Journal of African American History
8:30 pm Return to the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center

Wednesday, June 12

Recommended Dress Code: Business Casual

6:00 – 8:30 am Breakfast at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center (on your own)
8:30 am Meet in the hotel lobby

Walk to the Legacy Museum (10 minutes)
Equal Justice Initiative
400 N Court St
Montgomery, AL 36104

9:00 am – 12:15 pm Visit of the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
12:30 – 1:15 pm Lunch at Pannie-George’s Kitchen Inc

Overflow Space

1:15 pm Shuttle transfer to the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park
Equal Justice Initiative
831 Walker St
Montgomery, AL 36104
1:30 – 2:15 pm Visit of the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park
2:15 pm Shuttle transfer to Montgomery Interpretive Center
Alabama State University
1521 Harris Way
Montgomery, AL 36106
2:45 – 3:45 pm Debrief with Anoja Perinpanathan
4:00 – 5:00 pm Discussion on “Infrastructure & Civil Rights” with
Dr. Maurice Robinson
Assistant Professor of History, Alabama State University
Book Review Editor, Journal of African American History
5:30 pm Shuttle transfer to Central Restaurant
129 Coosa St
Montgomery, AL 36104
6:00 – 8:00 pm Dinner Discussion with

  • Dr. Valda Harris Montgomery, Civil Rights Advocate
  • Dr. Maurice Robinson, Assistant Professor of History, Alabama State University & Book Review Editor, Journal of African American History
  • Stacia Robinson, Director of the Alabama Office of Minority Affairs, Office of the Governor
  • Rev. Manuel Williams, Pastor at Resurrection Catholic Church
8:00 pm Walk to the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center (5 minutes)

Thursday, June 13

Recommended Dress Code: Business Casual

6:00 – 8:45 am Breakfast at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center (on your own)
8:45 am Meet in the hotel lobby

Check out

Put luggage on shuttle

Shuttle transfer to National Memorial for Peace and Justice
Equal Justice Initiative
417 Caroline St
Montgomery, AL 36104

9:00 – 9:40 am Visit of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice
9:40 am Shuttle transfer to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
400 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104
10:00 am – 12:00 pm The Southern Poverty Law Center: A Catalyst for Racial Justice in the South and Beyond with

  • Lisa Borden, Senior Policy Counsel for International Advocacy
  • Tafeni English, Alabama State Office Director
  • Jess Unger, Senior Staff Attorney for Voting Rights
  • Laura Williamson, Senior Policy Advisor, Democracy and Voting Rights
12:30 – 4:00 pm Grab a lunch box

Shuttle transfer to the Joachim Herz House
301 Moores Road
Covington GA 30016

4:00 – 4:45 pm Welcome by the Joachim Herz Foundation with

  • Katrin Traoré, Program Manager Joachim Herz Foundation
5:00 – 5:45 pm Welcome by the Joachim Herz Foundation with Loubna Doudouh
6:00 – 8:00 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Shuttle transfer to The Whitley
3434 Peachtree Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30326

Check in


Friday, June 14

Recommended Dress Code: Business

6:30 – 8:30 am Breakfast at The Whitley (on your own)
9:00 – 10:30 amm “Global Health & Pandemic Preparedness”

9:00 – 9:05
Introductory Remarks by

  • Pam Redmon, Senior Strategic Advisor, Emory Global Health Institute
  • Mateo Blazevic

9:05 – 9:40
Lessons Learned from COVID-19 by
Dr. Henry Walke, Director of the Office of Readiness and Response, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

9:40 – 9:50
Input: Environmental Surveillance by
Dr. Marlene Wolfe, Assistant Professor, Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, RSPH

9:50 – 10:00
Overview: Emory Global Health Institute’s Mission & Strategy by
Dr. Michael Chung, Associate Director, Emory Global Health Institute

10:00 – 10:30
Empathetic AI by
Dr. Anant Madabhushi, Director, Empathic AI for Health Institute

10:30
Closing by

  • Dr. Rebecca Martin, Vice President for Global Health, Emory University
  • Mateo Blazevic
10:30 am Shuttle transfer to Atlanta City Hall
55 Trinity Ave SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Atlanta Pride: A Conversation on LGBTQIA+ Affairs with

  • Malik Brown, Director, Mayor’s Division of LGBTQ Affairs, City of Atlanta & NBP Alumnus
  • Paulina Guzman, Director, Mayor’s Office of International and Immigrant Affairs, City of Atlanta
  • Ana Petrova, International Affairs Specialist, Mayor’s Office of International and Immigrant Affairs, City of Atlanta
  • Meredith Steinmetz-Rodriguez, Interim Deputy Director, Mayor’s Office of International and Immigrant Affairs, City of Atlanta

Lunch

1:00 pm Shuttle transfer to The Coca-Cola Company
1 Coca Cola Pl SE
Atlanta, GA 30313
1:30 – 3:00 pm Transatlantic Business and Trade with

  • Jonathan “Rocky” Rief, Senior Director for Economic and Fiscal Policy

moderated by Maycaa Hannon

3:00 pm Shuttle transfer to The Whitley

Free time

5:30 pm Meet in the hotel lobby

Shuttle transfer to the Halle Haus
1180 West Conway Drive
Atlanta, GA 30327

6:00 –
9:00 pm
Farewell Reception

at the invitation of The Halle Foundation

  • Marshall Sanders, Executive Director

with

  • Lance Alloway, Director of Development, Peace Programs at The Carter Center
  • Malik Brown, Director of the Mayor’s Division of LGBTQ Affairs & NBP Alumnus
  • Matt Cox, CEO & Executive Director, Greenlink Analytics
  • Douglas Duerr, Vice Chair, Goethe-Zentrum Atlanta
  • Matthias Hoffmann, President & CEO at the GACC South
  • Antonio (“Tony”) Izzo, In-House Technician, Joachim Herz Stiftung
  • Rejoice Jones, Founder and CEO of Vower & NBP Alumna
  • Anthony Pacheco, Community Organizing Manager at Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta & NBP Alumnus
  • Berenice Rodriguez, Director of Organizing and Civic Engagement at Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta & NBP Alumna
  • Jackson Sullins, Senior Manager Sales Execution at Hapag-Lloyd America LLC
  • Sabrina Tams, Associate Partner, Rödl & Partner & Honorary Representative of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
  • Katrin Traoré, Manager at Joachim Herz Stiftung
9:00 pm Shuttle transfer to The Whitley

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Saturday, June 15

Recommended Dress Code: Casual

6:30 – 11:00 am Breakfast at the Whitley (on your own)
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Free time
1:00 pm Check out

Put luggage on taxi

Shuttle transfer to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
6000 N Terminal Pkwy Suite 4000
Atlanta, GA 30320

124:05 pm Departure

Flight UA8830 from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Frankfurt International Airport (FRA)

Flight and train tickets to final destination as booked