Upcoming Events

18:00 GMT/ 19:00 CET Register here Thursday, March 11th What constitutes political maturity and does have more of it? John Kampfner Author of "Why the Germans Do it Better, Notes from a Grown-Up Country"

12:00 GMT/ 13:00 CET Register here Friday, March 12th Keynote by Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission

16:00 GMT/ 17:00 CET Register here Wednesday, March 17th EU-British Security Cooperation after Brexit – What can we learn from each other? Dr. Ulrike Franke Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations Michel Yakovleff French Lieutenant General (retired) Prof. Richard G Whitman Associate Fellow at Chatham House Upcoming Events

18:00 GMT/ 19:00 CET Register here Wednesday, March 17th Fleeing a warming world - Climate migration and displacement Member of the for the Greens Past Events 1st February

14:30 GMT/ 15:30 CET Register here New Beginnings: Redefining the Anglo-German Relationship H.E. Jill Gallard CMG British Ambassador to the Federal Republic Germany H.E. Andreas Michaelis German Ambassador to the Court of St. James, United Kingdom Chair: Tom Nuttall Berlin bureau chief, The Economist

16:00 GMT/ 17:00 CET Register here Beyond Brexit: A new chapter in Anglo-German scientific and educational relations MdB German Federal Minister for Education and Research Chair: Prof Dr Katharina Spieß Head of the Education and Family Department, DIW Berlin

17:00 GMT/ 18:00 CET Register here COVID-19: Social Impact, Policy Responses, and the Roles of Experts Prof Dr Lothar Wieler President of the Robert-Koch Institute Philippa Whitford MP SNP Spokeswoman for Health and Social Care Chair: Prof Dr Klaus Hurelmann Professsor of Public Health and Education, Hertie School 2nd February

10:00 GMT / 11:00 CET Register here A Women's Quota for Diverse Leadership: Breakthrough or Intervention in Entrepreneurial Freedom? Dorothee Bär MdB German State Minister for Digitization Janina Kugel Manager and former CHRO of Siemens AG Daniela Weber-Rey Supervisory Board HSBC Trinkhaus Germany Chair: Ilka Hartmann Managing Director of the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany

11:30 GMT/ 12:30 CET Register here Balancing Social and Environmental Sustainability: Real Estate and Housing Markets in Transition Rolf Buch Chief Executive Officer of Vonovia SE Katia Kipping MdB Chairwoman of Party Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Director Emeritus of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) 13:30 GMT/ 14:30 CET Register here On our Joint Journey to a Low-carbon Future – Perspectives from the Chemical Industry on the European Green Deal Dr Martin Brudermüller Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE

15:30 GMT/ 16:30 CET Register here The German Automotive Industry: Ready for Tomorrow? Hiltrud Werner Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Group Christian Kames Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking for J.P. Morgan in Germany Dr Martin Koers Managing Director of the German Association of the Automotive Industry Chair: Stefan Menzel Automotive Correspondent, Handelsblatt 3rd February

10:00 GMT/ 11:00 CET Register here Financial Hub Europe: Challenges and Threats of Redefining Europe as a Financial Centre Alexander Dibelius Chairman, CVC Capital Ludovic Subran Chief Economist, Allianz SE Andreas Fendel Managing Partner, Quadriga Capital Chair: Bobby Vedral Partner, MacroEagle

13:30 GMT/ 14:30 CET Register here Protecting farmers, the environment and food security: Rethinking EU agricultural subsidies Julia Klöckner German Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture

15:00 GMT/ 16:00 CET Register here Who Governs in Times of Crisis? Constitutional Expectations and Constitutional Realities MdB Member of the German Bundestag 4th February

10:00 GMT/ 11:00 CET Register here Does Venture Capital dare enough? Has the VC landscape contributed to the decline of breakthrough innovations in favour of incremental change? Christian Angermayer Founder, Apeiron Investment Group Dr Marlon Braumann Partner, Elevat3 Capital Dr Florian Heinemann Founding Partner, Project A Ventures Dr Hendrik Brandis Co-Founder and Partner, Earlybird Jörg Rheinboldt Managing Director, APX Ventures

12:00 GMT/ 13:00 CET Register here The Effects of Climate Change on Individual and Public Health Dr Eckart von Hirschhausen Physician and TV host Prof Dr Karl Lauterbach MdB Member of the Bundestag 15:00 GMT/ 16:00 CET Register here Financing the Future: Investing in Sustainable Growth President of the European Investment Bank MdB Parliamentary Leader of the CDU/CSU in the German Bundestag Dr Markus Steilemann Chief Executive Officer, Covestro AG

16:45 CET/ 17:45 GMT Register here Effective climate policy: The role of carbon capture Dr Jan Wurzbacher CEO and Founder, Climeworks MdB Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development Dr Julio Friedmann Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University 5th February

10:00 GMT/ 11:00 CET Register here Building Back Better: Delivering the Next Generation of Connectivity for Europe Nick Read CEO, Vodafone Group Chair: Prof Erkko Audio Chair in Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship, Imperial College

11:30 GMT/ 12:30 CET Register here The Pandemic and Beyond: Rethinking Financial Stability and Supervision Andrea Enria Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank Sam Woods Deputy Governor of the Bank of England Chair: Prof Sir John Vickers Warden of All Souls College Oxford

13:30 GMT/ 14:30 CET Register here Modern Challenges for the Modern Central Bank: Perspectives from the Bank of England and the European Central Bank Andrew Bailey Governor of the Bank of England Luis de Guindos Vice President of the European Central Bank Chair: Professor Silvana Tenreyro President of the European Economic Association 15:00 GMT/ 16:00 CET Register here The Euro: A Changing Europe in a Changing World Paschal Donohoe President of the Eurogroup and Minister for Finance of the Republic of Ireland Chair: Prof Andrés Velasco Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy

16:15 GMT/ 17:15 CET Register here The Future of Anglo-European Relations Tony Blair Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Vice Chancellor and German Federal Minister for Finance Chair: Minouche Shafik, Baroness Shafik Director of the London School of Economics 16:00 GMT/ 17:00 CET Register here Thursday, February 11th The Role of Start-ups in Tackling Climate Change Anna Alex Co-Founder, Planetly Ferry Heilemann Co-Founder, Forto Daniel Metzler CEO, Isar Aerospace

14:30 GMT/ 15:30 CET Register here Monday, February 15th Done Deal? New Perspectives on Economy and Partnership German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Kwasi Kwarteng British Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

16:00 GMT/ 17:00 CET Register here Monday, February 15th Global Aviation in a Post-Covid World Carsten Spohr Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Lufthansa AG 15:00 GMT/ 16:00 CET Register here Monday, February 22nd Europe's Recovery Fund - A Step towards the Completion of the EMU? Yanis Varoufakis Member of the Hellenic Parliament

18:30 GMT/ 19:30 CET Register here Tuesday, February 23rd Volunteering and Happiness: Evidence from behavioural economics Dr Christian Krekel Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics

17:30 GMT/ 18:30 CET Register here Wednesday, February 24th Die moderne Großstadt – Zwischen Nachhaltigkeit und sozialem Wandel Michael Müller Regierender Bürgermeister Berlin Past Events

17:00 GMT/ 18:00 CET Tuesday, March 2nd The Blending of Common Law and Civil Law in the Procedure of the ICC: Curse or Blessing Prof. Alex Whiting Deputy Prosecutor of the Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor’s office and Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School Judge Bertram Schmitt German Judge of the International Criminal Court Judge Howard Morrison UK Judge of the International Criminal Court Prof. Elies van Sliedregt (Chair) Chair in International & Comparative Criminal Justice University of Leeds

15:00 GMT/ 16:00 CET Wednesday, March 3rd Europe, the UK and Spain: the challenging road ahead Pedro Sánchez Prime Minister of Spain Further Speakers in February and March

Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission MdB German Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Yanis Varoufakis Member of Parliament and former Greek Minister of Finance Doris König Vice President of the German Constitutional Court Former President of the German Bundestag Ola Källenius CEO, Daimler AG

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