Program
Thursday, November 11
Dress Code: Casual
2:00 – 3:00 pm | Participants arrive in Washington, DC
Meet Alina at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) Meeting location: Terminal B, Baggage Claim Participants who do not fly into DC, please proceed to the hotel directly. |
3:30 pm | Shuttle transfer to Grand Hyatt for check-in |
6:30 pm | Meet in the hotel lobby
Shuttle transfer to the home of Michael Werz |
7:00 pm | Dinner & Drinks at the Home of Michael Werz Atlantik-Brücke Board Member Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress |
9:30 pm | Shuttle transfer to Grand Hyatt |
Friday, November 12
Dress Code: Business Attire
8:30 am | Meet in the hotel lobby
Shuttle transfer to The Gathering Spot |
9:00 – 11:00 am | Brunch & Introductions |
11:00 am – 12:15 pm | Free time |
12:15 pm | Meet back at The Gathering Spot |
12:30 – 2:00 pm | Lunch Roundtable on Diversity in Transatlantic Relations with
· Spencer Boyer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy, US Department of Defense |
2:00 pm | Shuttle transfer to U.S. Department of State
Harry S Truman Building |
2:45 – 3:45 pm | Transatlantic Relations Continued: Meeting with
· John Ashworth, Senior German Desk Officer, U.S. Department of State |
4:00 pm | Shuttle transfer to ARD Studio Washington Georgetown 3132 M St NW Washington, DC 20007 |
4:30 – 5:30 pm | Tour of the ARD Studio in Washington &
Discussion on U.S. News from a German Perspective with · Claudia Buckenmaier, Journalist |
5:30 pm | Shuttle transfer to Grand Hyatt |
5:45 pm | Meet in the lobby and fill out German registration form |
6:30 pm | Meet in the hotel lobby
Shuttle transfer to the home of Ricklef Beutin |
7:00 pm | Dinner Reception with
Host: Ricklef Beutin Transatlantic Guests: · Aysha Afzal Chowdhry, Senior Director, RiceHadleyGates LLC |
9:30 pm | Shuttle transfer to Grand Hyatt |
Saturday, November 13
Dress Code: Casual
7:30 – 8:30 am | Breakfast at the Grand Hyatt |
8:30 am | Meet in the hotel lobby
Shuttle transfer to Heurich House Museum |
9:00 am – 12:00 pm | Not-Your-Standard Walking Tour through Washington, DC
Tracing German Footprints in the U.S. Capital |
12:00 pm | Shuttle transfer to Grand Hyatt |
12:00 – 2:00 pm | Free time |
by 2:00 pm | Check-out, leave luggage at hotel |
2:00 – 5:30 pm | Free time |
5:30 pm | Meet in the hotel lobby
Walk to Farmers & Distillers (10 minutes) |
6:00 – 7:30 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm | Walk back to the hotel (10 minutes)
Grab luggage |
8:15 pm | Shuttle transfer to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) |
11:20 pm – 1:15 pm +1 | LH 415 from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Munich Airport (MUC) |
Sunday, November 14
Dress Code: Casual
2:15 – 3:25 pm | LH 1944 from Munich Airport (MUC) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) |
3:25 pm | Shuttle transfer to Westin Grand
Check-in |
6:00 pm | Meet in the hotel lobby
Walk to TERAS Döner Kebap (10 minutes) Take-out |
Monday, November 15
Dress Code: Business Attire
6:30 – 8:00 am | Breakfast at The Westin Grand |
8:00 am | Meet in the hotel lobby
COVID-19 rapid tests |
8:30 am | Walk to the Brandenburg Gate (10 minutes) |
9:00 – 11:00 am | Walking Tour of Berlin |
11:00 am | Shuttle transfer from Checkpoint Charlie to Stiftung Neue Verantwortung
Beisheim Center |
11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Meeting with
Dr. Julian Jaursch |
12:30 pm | Snack |
1:00 pm | Shuttle transfer to N26 GmbH Rungestraße 22 10179 Berlin |
1:30 – 2:30 pm | Visit of N26 and Discussion on FinTech with
Dr. Jan Boehm |
2:45 | Shuttle transfer to the German Bundestag Dorotheenstraße 100 10117 Berlin |
3:30 – 4:30 pm | Tour of the German Bundestag with
Jürgen Trittin |
4:45 pm | Walk to Pforte Paul-Löbe-Haus, Eingang West |
5:00 pm | Discussion on Current Debates in German Politics with
Cem Özdemir |
5:30 pm | Shuttle transfer to Westin Grand |
6:30 pm | Meet in the hotel lobby
Shuttle transfer to Einstein Stammhaus |
7:00 pm | Dinner on “Remembrance Culture: A Comparison between the US and Germany” with
Prof. Dr. Susan Neiman |
9:30 pm | Shuttle transfer to Westin Grand |
Tuesday, November 16
Dress Code: Business Attire
8:00 – 10:00 am | Breakfast Roundtable “Diversity and Intersectionality” at The Westin Grand with
· Ye-One Rhie, Member of the German Bundestag (SPD) |
10:00 am | Walk to the German Federal Foreign Office (10 minutes)
Eingang Protokollhof |
10:30 – 11:15 am | Meet & Greet with
Michelle Müntefering |
11:30 am | Shuttle transfer to Ecosia Gerichtstraße 23 13347 Berlin |
12:00 – 1:30 pm | Visit of Ecosia & Discussion on Redefining Capitalism Through Ecosia’s Social Enterprise Business Model with
Ruby Au Snack |
1:30 pm | Shuttle transfer to Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft
Hauptstadtbüro |
2:00 – 3:00 pm | Briefing on “Social Market Economy” with
Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther |
3:00 pm | Shuttle transfer to the U.S. Embassy
Back entrance at the corner of Behrenstraße and Ebertstraße |
3:30 – 4:30 pm | Meet & Greet with
Clark Price |
4:30 pm | Shuttle transfer to Vertretung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen beim Bund Hiroshimastr. 12-16 10785 Berlin |
5:00 – 6:00 pm | Briefing on Germany’s Political System and the 2021 Election Outcome with
Dr. Matthias Roßbach Head of “Coordination of Federal and European Policy and International Affairs” State Chancellery of North-Rhine Westphalia, Berlin Representation |
6:30 pm | Shuttle transfer to Lutter & Wegner Charlottenstraße 56 10117 Berlin |
7:00 pm | Dinner on Climate & Environment with
· Henrike Cremer, Fridays for Future Activist |
9:30 pm | Shuttle transfer to Westin Grand |
Wednesday, November 17
Dress Code: Business Attire
6:30 – 7:10 am | Breakfast at Westin Grand |
7:10 am | Meet in the hotel lobby
Public transportation to Berlin Hauptbahnhof |
7:46 – 8:52 am | Train to Wolfsburg Hbf
Walk to Volkswagen AG (10 minutes) |
9:15 – 12:30 pm | Discussion on German Work Life and the Social Partnership Model
Tour through Volkswagen AG Lunch |
12:30 pm | Walk to Wolfsburg Hbf (10 minutes) |
1:05 – 2:14 pm | Train to Berlin Hauptbahnhof |
2:15 pm | Shuttle transfer to German Federal Chancellery Willy-Brandt-Straße 1 10557 Berlin |
3:30 – 4:30 pm | Visit of the Federal Chancellery & Discussion with
Ludwig Blaurock |
5:00 pm | Shuttle transfer to Westin Grand |
5:30 pm | Optional:
Meet in the hotel lobby Join Alina for a Glühwein and a snack at the Christmas Market Winterwelt am Potsdamer Platz (20 minutes by foot) |
Thursday, November 18
Dress Code: Business Attire
6:30 – 9:15 am | Breakfast at the Westin Grand |
9:15 am | Meet in the hotel lobby
Walk to Munich Security Conference (3 minutes) |
9:30 – 10:30 am | Visit of Munich Security Conference & Discussion on Foreign and Security Policy with
Ambassador Boris Ruge |
10:30 am | Walk to Deutsches Historisches Museum (10 minutes) Hinter dem Gießhaus 3 (entrance Pei Building) 10117 Berlin |
11:00 am – 1:00 pm | Multaka Project meets DOCUMENTA. Exhibit
A Tour of German History with Refugee Guides |
1:00 – 3:30 pm | Walk to Westin Grand (10 minutes)
Snack Free time |
3:30 pm | Meet in the hotel lobby
Shuttle transfer to Axel Springer |
4:00 – 5:30 pm | Visit to the WELT Newsroom and Discussion with
Dr. Jan Philipp Burgard |
5:30 pm | Shuttle transfer to Westin Grand |
5:45 pm | Meet in the hotel lobby
Fill out Belgian registration form |
6:00 pm | Free time
Dinner on your own |
Friday, November 19
Dress Code: Business Attire
4:30 am | Meet in the hotel lobby
Shuttle transfer to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) |
6:50 – 8:15 am | SN 2592 from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Brussels Airport (BRU) |
8:30 am | COVID-19 tests
Shuttle transfer to tbd |
10:30 – 11:30 am | Briefing on the European Union with
Roland Freudenstein, Vice President and Head of GLOBSEC Brussels office |
12:00 – 1:30 pm | Lunch on European Politics |
1:30 pm | Shuttle transfer to Brunswick Group Advisory Ltd
27 Avenue Des Arts, 1040 Brussels (7th floor) |
2:00 – 3:30 pm | Discussion on Current Challenges of the EU:
Brexit, Digitalization, Health, and the Green Deal |
3:30 pm | Shuttle transfer to the hotel |
4:00 – 5:30 pm | Free time |
5:30 pm | Optional:
Walk to Fritland (5 minutes) Take-away fries from Fritland |
Saturday, November 20
Dress Code: Casual
7:00 – 10:00 am | Breakfast at Brussels Marriott Hotel Grand Place |
10:00 am – 7:00 pm | Free time |
7:00 pm | Farewell Dinner at Restaurant Vincent Rue des Dominicains 8 1000 Bruxelles |
9:00 pm | Walk to Brussels Marriott Hotel Grand Place (5 minutes) |
Sunday, November 21
Dress Code: Casual
7:00 – 7:30 am | Breakfast at Brussels Marriott Hotel Grand Place |
7:30 am | Shuttle transfer to Brussels Airport |
Departure |