• Source: German American Conference at Harvard

      • The German American Conference at Harvard (GAC) is a student-led conference organized on a yearly basis since 2008. The conference brings together American and German leaders from business, politics, and academia with students. By building a community of aspiring and established leaders in the United States and Germany, the conference aims at bettering transatlantic relations. According to the German newspaper Handelsblatt the German American conference has developed into an important "transatlantic summit".
      Until 2014 the conference was called German Conference at Harvard.


      List of Conferences



      There was no conference in 2016 because the conference date was moved from fall 2016 to spring 2017.


      Innovation Lounge


      Since 2015 the German American Conference at Harvard features an Innovation Lounge. Participants are given the chance to interact with Startups, Think Tanks and industry leaders from both sides of the Atlantic. The German business weekly WirtschaftsWoche has described this Innovation Lounge as a "Schlaraffenland" for startups.


      Former Speakers


      (selection)

      Norbert Lammert, Former president of the German Bundestag
      Frank-Walter Steinmeier, former Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs
      Sigmar Gabriel, former Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany
      Wolfgang Schmidt, Federal Minister for Special Affairs, Head of the Chancellery
      Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, former German Federal Minister of Defense
      Yves Leterme, Secretary-General of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, former Prime Minister of Belgium
      Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference
      General Wesley Clark
      Robert Zoellick, 11th President of the World Bank
      General Michael Hayden, Former Director of CIA & NSA
      Frank Mattern, Director of McKinsey & Company and Global Head of Recruiting
      Dr. Miriam Meckel, Chief Editor, WirtschaftsWoche
      Thomas Gottschalk, German TV Host and Entertainer
      Dr. Peter Wittig, German Ambassador to the U.S.
      Ska Keller, Vice-president and Spokesperson for migration of the Green Group in the European Parliament
      Ingo Zamperoni, former U.S. Correspondent of ARD and ARD news anchor
      Kai Diekmann, former Chief Editor BILD
      Ranga Yogeshwar, German TV Host & Scientist
      Prof. Claudia Kemfert, Head of the department of energy, transportation and environment at the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin / DIW Berlin
      Stephan Gemkow, CEO Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH


      References




      External links


      Official website

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