THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AWARD DINNER NOVEMBER 30, 2010 CIPRIANI WALL STREET, NEW YORK A NOTE FroM The EXECUTIVE DireCTor WELCOME TO THE 16TH ANNUAL AICGS GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AwARD DINNER Tonight’s gala is a multi-faceted celebration. on the basis of both cooperation and competi- First and foremost, we are very proud to honor tion, as leaders in partnership often do. The Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Reitzle, President and CEO Institute is proud to join in celebrating this of the Executive Board of Linde AG, for his historic milestone by honoring those who enduring positive influence on the German- continue to support the strong bond between American partnership. As a leader in the indus- Germany and the United States. trial gas and engineering industry, Wolfgang Reitzle has contributed greatly to the ties Finally, AICGS is proud to honor Dr. Elizabeth between Germany, Europe, and the United Heineman, recipient of the German Academic States, and we are delighted to welcome him Exchange Service (DAAD) Prize for Distin- among the Institute’s distinguished Global guished Scholarship in German and European Leadership Award recipients. Earlier this year, Studies. The DAAD Prize is awarded annually to AICGS was honored to bestow a special a scholar whose work furthers understanding of version of the Global Leadership Award to the role of contemporary Germany in European Chancellor Angela Merkel. It is a great privilege and global affairs. Dr. Heineman’s work exempli- for us to honor these two outstanding leaders. fies the cutting-edge research and writing on key issues affecting Germany and Europe. We are also pleased that Jacques Nasser, Chairman of BHP Billiton, is with us for the first On behalf of the Institute, I thank you for your time to present the award to Prof. Dr. Reitzle. participation in tonight’s celebration. I would like to express our special appreciation to In recognizing contributions to the German- the AICGS Board of Trustees, our Global American alliance, we also celebrate an Leadership Award Dinner Sponsors, and our important milestone in that partnership: the Associate Members for their generous contri- twentieth anniversary of the unification of butions of time and financial support. Their Germany. This pivotal event played a central partnership with the Institute adds luster role in the larger European transformations to this evening’s event and enables AICGS over the past two decades. And German to continue building Knowledge, Insights, unification has also transformed German- and Networks that strengthen the German- American relations in multiple ways, working American relationship. Best regards, Jackson Janes, PhD Executive Director American Institute for Contemporary German Studies AICGS Board of TrUSTees Fred H. Langhammer Susan S. Harnett Dr. Steven Muller J. Michael Schell Chairman, Global Affairs, The Estée Lauder Global Consumer Head of Business President Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University, Executive Vice President, Business Companies Inc., Co-Chair Performance Management, Citigroup, Inc. Co-Chair Emeritus Development and Legal, Alcoa Dr. Eugene A. Sekulow Hendrik Hollweg Caroll H. Neubauer Carl A. Siebel Consultant, Co-Chair Regional Lead Partner West, Ernst & Young AG Chairman and CEO, B.Braun of America President & CEO, Carl Siebel and B. Braun Medical Inc. Consulting GmbH David W. Detjen, Esq. The Honorable Louis R. Hughes Partner, Alston & Bird LLP, Vice-Chair CEO, InZero Systems Dr. Andreas Nick Lianne Stein and Secretary Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, Sal. President, Boeing Germany Dr. Michael J. Inacker Oppenheim jr. & Cie. John F. Curtis Bereichsleiter, Corporate Communications Charles Varvaro Chief Financial Officer, Aqua Venture and Public Affairs, Metro AG Morris W. Offit Director, Global Technology Services, IBM Holdings LLC, Treasurer Chairman and CEO, Offit Capital Advisors LLC The Honorable Wolfgang Ischinger Honorary: Prof. Dr. h.c. Roland Berger Global Head of Government Relations, Dr. Lutz R. Raettig The Honorable James A. Baker III Honorary Chairman, Roland Berger Strategy Allianz SE Chairman, Supervisory Board, Senior Partner, Baker & Botts Consultants, Vice-Chair Europe Morgan Stanley Bank AG, Frankfurt Martin Jäger Ex officio: Stefan Baron Vice President, Head of Global External Affairs Dr. Jackson Janes Global Head of Communications, and Public Policy, Daimler AG Executive Director, AICGS Deutsche Bank AG Dr. Josef Joffe Prof. Ernestine Schlant Bradley Publisher and Editor, Die Zeit The New School University Frederick Kempe The Honorable Richard R. Burt President and Chief Executive Officer, Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates The Atlantic Council of the United States Edward T. Cloonan Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld Chairman and CEO, Alcoa HonorarY Co-Chairs The Honorable Thomas L. Farmer, Esq. Consultants International Group, Inc. The Honorable John C. Kornblum Senior Counselor, NOERR STIEFENHOFER Dr. Josef Ackermann The Honorable Hans-Ulrich Klose Prof. Dr. Dieter Feddersen LUTZ Rechtsanwälte Chairman of the Management Board Member of the Bundestag, Coordinator Attorney at Law, Member of the Board and the Group Executive Committee, of German-American Cooperation of Directors of Dräger Foundation Dennis R. Kruse Deutsche Bank AG Vice President of Network Services, H.E. Philip Murphy Alan H. Fleischmann Orange Business Services The Honorable James Baker III U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Co-Founder and Managing Director, Senior Partner, Baker Botts LLP Republic of Germany ImagineNations Group Susan C. Livingston Former Secretary of State Partner, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. H.E. Dr. Klaus Scharioth Dr. Gerhard Gnaedig, Esq. Dr. rer. pol. Manfred Bischoff Ambassador of the Federal Republic The Honorable Frank E. Loy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, of Germany to the United States Guenther E. Greiner Former Undersecretary of State Daimler AG President, International Corporate for Global Affairs Dr. Henning Schulte-Noelle Consultancy LLC Dr. Rolf-E. Breuer Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Dr. Wallace Mathai-Davis Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Allianz SE Michael E. Hansen Managing Partner, The GIA Group Deutsche Bank Group CEO, Elsevier Health Sciences Dr. Ron Sommer Peter Melerski Ronald Daniels Former CEO, Deutsche Telekom AG Consultant President, Johns Hopkins University pasT reCipienTS Sponsors Dr. Angela Merkel Sanford I. Weill Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Citigroup Presented by Gerhard Schröder LEADERSHIP SPONSORS Dr. rer. pol. Manfred Bischoff Chancellor of the Federal Republic Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Daimler AG of Germany Fred H. James A. Baker, III Dr. Heinrich Von Pierer Langhammer 61st U.S. Secretary of State President and Chief Executive Officer, Presented by The Honorable Robert M. Kimmitt Siemens AG Chairman, Deloitte Center for Presented by James Wolfensohn Cross-Border Investment President, The World Bank Richard Parsons Dr. Rolf-E. Breuer Chairman, Time Warner Inc. Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Presented by The Honorable Ronald S. Lauder Deutsche Bank Group Chairman, Central European Media Enterprises Presented by Paul A. Volcker Ltd; Chairman, Clinique Laboratories Former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Dr. Mathias Döpfner PRINCIPAL SPONSORS Chairman and CEO, Axel Springer AG Dr. Henning Schulte-Noelle Presented by The Honorable Robert M. Kimmitt Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Allianz AG Deputy Secretary, United States Department Presented by Benjamin A. Gilman of the Treasury Chairman, House International Relations Committee, United States House MILLER BUCKFIRE Dr. Josef Ackermann of Representatives Chairman, Board of Managing Directors & Group Executive Committee Deutsche Bank AG Eckhard Pfeiffer MILLER BUCKFIRE Presented by The Honorable Robert M. Kimmitt Chairman of the Board, Deputy Secretary, United States Department Intershop Communications of the Treasury Presented by Christopher Forbes Vice Chairman, Forbes, Inc. MILLER BUCKFIRE Martin Sullivan President and CEO, American Jürgen Schrempp International Group (AIG) Chairman of the Board of Management, Presented by Dr. Henry Kissinger DaimlerChrysler AG Former Secretary of State Presented by William Daley EXECUTIVE SPONSORS United States Secretary of Commerce Dr. Gunter Thielen Chairman and CEO, Bertelsmann AG Dr. Ron Sommer Presented by Richard D. Parsons Chairman of the Board of Management, Chairman and CEO, Time Warner, Inc. Deutsche Telekom AG Presented by Robert M. Kimmitt A.G. Lafley Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive, Procter and Gamble Jürgen Sarrazin Presented by Wolfgang Ischinger Speaker of the Board, Dresdner Bank AG Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Presented by U.S. Senator Bill Bradley Germany to the United States of America and its North American business units are proud to support the Dr. h.c. Karl Otto Pöhl Fresenius American Institute for Contemporary German Studies Former Chairman, the Deutsche Bundesbank Presented by Alan Greenspan and its mission to enhance the links and understanding Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System between America, Germany and Europe. Commerzbank is proud to be a sponsor of American Institute for Contemporary German Studies www.commerzbank.com Daimler Financial Services Achieving more together 25367_AICGS_Ad_5.25x4.0625in_091110.indd 1 09/11/2010 22:13:59 SENIOR SPONSORS prograM COCKTAIL RECEPTION WELCOME & GREETINGS Dr. Jackson Janes, Executive Director,