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Washington, Berlin, Hamburg, & Brussels April 27 – May 6, 2023

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Program

Thursday, April 27

Dress Code: Casual

11:00 am – 5:00 pm Participants arrive in Washington, DC

Meet Alina and Edrick at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
Meeting location: Baggage Claim 6

If you arrive at Washington Union Station (WAS) or are already in DC, please use a cab or rideshare to get to the hotel directly and keep the receipt for reimbursement.
5:00 pm Shuttle transfer to Grand Hyatt

Check-in
6:30 pm Meet in the hotel lobby

Shuttle transfer to the home of Michael Werz
1837 California St NW
Washington, DC 20009
7:00 – 9:00 pm Dinner & Drinks at the Home of Michael Werz
Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progresswith Guests of Honor:

  • Sophie al Mutawaly, Associate Director for Graduate Admissions, Georgetown University
  • Kevin Dibb, Policy Affairs Specialist, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

and NBP Alumni:

  • Devon Adams (Cohort # 5)
  • Marwa Odeh (Cohort # 2)
  • Khalid Sarsour (Cohort # 5)
9:15 pm Shuttle transfer to Grand Hyatt

Friday, April 28

Dress Code: Business

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

Shuttle transfer to Georgetown University’s MAGES Center
5th Floor of the Intercultual Center
1501 Tondorf Rd
Washington, DC 20007

Drop-off at the intersection of O St and 37th St
8:00 am – 12:00 pm Predeparture Briefing

8:00 – 9:15 am
Introductions, Rules, Roles, and Expectations with Alina & Edrick

9:15 am
Walk to Mortara Center for International Studies (5 minutes)
3600 N Street NW, 36th St NW
Washington, DC 20007

9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Introduction to Transatlantic Relations with Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Anderson
Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

Georgetown University
12:00 pm Shuttle transfer to the Residence of the German Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Emily Haber
1800 Foxhall Rd NW
Washington, DC 20007
12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch Roundtable on Transatlantic Relations and Global Challenges with
Dr. Emily Haber
German Ambassador to the United States
with Guests of Honor:

  • Darion Akins, Diplomat-in-Residence (DIR) for DC Metro Area, U.S. Department of State
  • Charles DeBow, Vice President Business Development and Programs, National Black Chamber of Commerce
  • Octavio Espinal, Senior Director, Office of the President, UnidosUS
  • Miriam Golan, Advisor, German Executive Director, World Bank Group
  • Allie Hall, President, American Indian Society of Washington, DC
  • Adam Hunter, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Madalene Mielke, President & CEO, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)
  • Michael Nephew, Elder & Vice-President, American Indian Society of Washington, DC
  • Majid Sattar, Political Correspondent, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
  • Ellie Shaw, Co-Chair Advisory Council & Director, Federal Government Affairs, American Express
  • Erin Sikorsky, Director, The International Military Council on Climate and Security
  • Blaine Volpe, Membership Director, Millennial Action Project
2:15 pm Shuttle transfer to ARD Studio Washington Georgetown
3132 M St NW
Washington, DC 20007
2:30 – 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

  • Gudrun Engel, Journalist TV
  • Katrin Brand, Journalist Radio
5:30 pm Shuttle transfer to Lapis
1847 Columbia Rd NW
Washington, DC 20009
6:00 – 8:30 pm Dinner with NBP Alumni:

  • Silas Burris (Cohort #2)
  • Marwa Odeh (Cohort #2)
  • Ashlee Woodson (Cohort #2)
8:45 pm Shuttle transfer to The Darcy

 

Saturday, April 29

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 Center for American Progress
1333 H St NW #1
Washington, DC 20005
12:30 – 2:00 pm United States Holocaust Memorial Museum:
A Debrief with Monoswita SahaLunch
2:00 pm Shuttle transfer to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
5:10 pm – 7:40 am +1 Flight UA 108 from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Munich Airport (MUC)

Sunday, April 30

Dress Code: Casual

9:00 – 10:05 am Flight LH 1934 from Munich Airport (MUC) to Berlin Airport (BER)
11:00 am Shuttle transfer to Precise Tale

Check-in (once rooms are ready)
Optional:

Typical Berlin Flea Market at Mauerpark

Monday, May 1

Dress Code: Casual

7:00 – 8:30 am Breakfast at Precise Tale (on your own)
8:30 am Meet in the hotel lobby

Walk to Anhalter (5 minutes)

Public transportation (S1/2/25/26) from Anhalter to Brandenburger Tor
9:00 – 11:00 am Walking Tour of Berlin
11:00 am Public transportation (U6) from Kochstraße to Bahnhof Berlin Friedrichstraße

Walk to Atlantik-Brücke e.V. (10 minutes)
Am Kupfergraben 7
10117 Berlin
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 pm Discussion on Diversity and Anti-Discrimination in Germany and Europe with

Angelo Camufingo
Speaker, Consultant, & Trainer
STUBBORN Consulting
2:45 – 3:30 pm Briefing on Germany’s Dual Education System by Lange Luntao
3:45 – 4:30 pm Briefing on Germany’s Multi-Party System by Nicholas Courtney

 

4:30 pm Walk to Bahnhof Berlin Friedrichstraße (10 minutes)

Public transportation (S1, S2, S25, S26) from Bahnhof Berlin Friedrichstraße to Anhalter

Walk to Precise Tale (5 minutes)
5:00 – 6:00 pm Free time
6:00 pm Meet at the hotel lobby

Walk to Anhalter (5 minutes)

Public transportation (S1/S2/S26) to Berlin Nordbahnhof

Walk to FREA Lab (5 minutes)
Schröderstraße 15
10115 Berlin
6:30 – 8:30 pm Dinner on Climate & Environment with

  • Samira Ghandour, Fridays for Future Activist
  • Helena Marschall, Fridays for Future Activist
8:30 pm Walk to Berlin Nordbahnhof (5 minutes)

Public transportation (S1/S2/S25) to Anhalter

Walk to Precise Tale (5 minutes)

Tuesday, May 2

Dress Code: Business

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

Shuttle transfer to Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
Keithstraße 1
10787 Berlin
9:30 – 10:30 am “What Happened Yesterday?” –
Discussion on Germany’s Social Partnership Model and Labor Policies withAnnika Wünsche
Director Europe and International
German Confederation of Trade Unions
10:30 am Shuttle transfer to Vertretung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen beim Bund
Hiroshimastraße 12-16
10785 Berlin
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Briefing on Germany’s Political System with

Dr. Matthias Roßbach
Head of “Coordination of Federal and European Policy and International Affairs” State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia, Berlin Representation
12:00 pm Shuttle transfer to LAWRENCE berlin mitte
Oranienburger Str. 69
10117 Berlin
12:30 – 2:00 pm Lunch Roundtable with

Janina Kugel
Non-Executive Board Member, Senior Advisor, and Author
Advisory Board Member, NEW BRIDGE PROGRAM
2:15 pm Shuttle transfer to U.S. Embassy
Pariser Platz 2
10117 BerlinBack entrance: Behrenstraße / EbertstraßeLeave laptops and larger electronic devices on the shuttle.
3:00 – 4:00 pm Meeting on U.S. Diplomacy in Germany with 

Nathan Cooper
Public Diplomacy Officer
U.S. Embassy Berlin
4:15 pm Walk to the German Reichstag (15 minutes)
Platz der Republik 1
11011 Berlin
4:30 – 5:45 pm An Outside Debrief with Alexandra McGee
5:45 pm Walk to Bundestag Visitor’s Entrance: Schneidemannstraße (5 minutes)
6:30 – 8:00 pm Tour Through the German Bundestag
8:00 pm Shuttle transfer to Curry 61 – Berlin
Oranienburger Str. 6
10178 BerlinEat Currywurst
9:00 pm Shuttle transfer to Precise Tale

Wednesday, May 3

Dress Code: Business Casual

7:00 – 7:20 am Breakfast at Precise Tale (on your own)
7:20 am Meet in the hotel lobby

Public transportation (M41) from Abgeordnetenhaus to Berlin Hauptbahnhof
8:04 – 10:03 am Public transportation (IC 2074) from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
10:15 am Public transportation (U3) from Hbf Süd to Baumwall

Walk to Anleger Kajen (10 minutes)
20459 Hamburg
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Harbor Cruise with German Apprentices
12:30 pm Walk to Elbphilharmonie (10 minutes)
Platz d. Deutschen Einheit 4
20457 Hamburg
1:00 – 3:00 pm “Hamburg: The Gateway to the World – Perspectives on Migration” Lunch
at the invitation ofProf. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Sabine Kunst
Chairperson of the Board
Joachim Herz Stiftung
with

  • Torben Knye, Head of Marketing, Sales, & PR, Emigration Museum Hamburg
  • Jara Al-Ali, Co-Director of Refugee Law Clinic Hamburg
3:00 pm Walk to Baumwall (Elbphilharmonie) (5 minutes)

Public transportation (U3) from Baumwall to Rathaus and (Bus 5) from Rathausmarkt to Bf. Dammtor

Walk to Hamburg University’s Research Unit “Hamburg’s (Post-)Colonial Heritage” (5 minutes)
Rothenbaumchaussee 34
20148 Hamburg
3:45 – 4:45 pm Exchange on Germany’s Colonial History with

Kim Sebastian Todzi
Researcher
Hamburg University
4:45 pm Walk to Hamburg Dammtor (10 minutes)
5:28 – 7:22 pm Public transportation (ICE 803) from Hamburg Dammtor to Berlin Hauptbahnhof
7:30 pm Public transportation (U5) from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Brandenburger Tor

Walk to TERAS Döner Kebap (10 minutes)
Wilhelmstraße 45
10117 Berlin

Eat Döner
9:00 pm Walk to Precise Tale (15 minutes)

Thursday, May 4

Dress Code: Business

7:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast at Precise Tale (on your own)
9:00 am Shuttle transfer to Berlin Airport (BER)
11:40 am – 1:05 pm Flight SN 2582 from Berlin Airport (BER) to Brussels Airport (BRU)
1:30 pm Shuttle transfer to Hotel Indigo

Lunch

Check-in
3:15 pm Meet in the hotel lobby

Shuttle transfer to European Parliament
Rue Wiertz 60
1047 Bruxelles
4:00 – 5:00 pm Tour of the European Parliament

Exchange with Staffers of MEP Prof. Dr. Angelika Niebler, Christian Social Union/European People’s Party:

  • Olga Johanna Passamera, Head of Office
  • Julian Finkenthei, Assistant
5:00 – 6:00 pm Meeting with Dr. Sergey Lagodinsky
Member of the European Parliament
Alliance 90/The Greens
6:30 pm Shuttle transfer to Le Marmiton
Galeire de la Reine 38
Rue des Bouchers 43
1000 Bruxelles
7:00 – 9:00 pm Briefing on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine by Chris Li

Dinner
9:00 pm Walk to Hotel Indigo (15 minutes)

Friday, May 5

Dress Code: Business

6:30 – 8:45 am Breakfast at Hotel Indigo (on your own)
8:45 am Meet in the hotel lobbyShuttle transfer to NATO Headquarters
Avenue Leopold III
1110 BruxellesLeave laptops and larger electronic devices on the shuttle.
9:30 – 1:30 pm 9:30 – 10:30 am
Tour through NATO Headquarters with

  • Nick Nguyen, NATO Archives Unit
  • Juliana Wilczynski, NATO Archives Unit

10:30 – 11:45 am
Discussion on NATO’s Role and Activities with 

  • Agnieszka Blümel, 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
  • Edward Wrong, Senior Analyst, Joint Intelligence and Security Division

12:00 – 1:30 pm
Lunch Discussion on Transatlantic Security & Defense hosted by
Ambassador Julianne Smith
United States Permanent Representative to NATO
2:00 pm Shuttle transfer to Hotel Indigo
2:30 – 3:30 pm Briefing on the European Union withRoland Freudenstein
Vice President and Head of GLOBSEC Brussels Office
4:00 – 4:45 pm Briefing on Migration by Valentina De Fex
5:00 – 5:45 pm A Debrief with Herbert Dennis
5:45 – 6:45 pm Free time
6:45 pm Meet in the hotel lobbyWalk to Friterie Patatak (15 minutes)
Rue de la Bourse 34
1000 BruxellesEat fries
Optional: Farewell Brewskis at Delirium
Imp. de la Fidélité 4
1000 Bruxelles

Saturday, May 6

Dress Code: Casual

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

Shuttle transfer to Brussels Airport (BRU)
10:35 am – 12:00 pm Departure