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Past Events (2014 - 2020)

2021

  • December 18

Christmas-Party Cedarwood Country Club

  • October 10

Wreath-Laying at the Tomb of Baron Johann de Kalb in Camden S.C. upon invitation of Major General Julian Burs, with BG Frank Gräfe

  • October 9

Dinner with Brigadegeneral Frank Gräfe Military Attaché at the German Embassy in Washington

  • September 28

Dr. Udo Lange President of FEDEX Logistics

  • September 16

Reception at the Carolina Yacht Club “The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation in Charleston”, with Tomas Baert, Mayor John Tecklenburg, Dr. Andrew Hsu, President of the College of Charleston

  • September 15

Tomas Baert Head of Trade & Agriculture at the E.U. Embassy in Washington

2020

  • January 22

Celebration of the 57th Anniversary of the German-French Friendship Treaty / Elysée Treaty in cooperation with the Alliance Française

2019

  • December 13

Christmas-Party of The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation – A festive dinner

  • November 19

III. Community Symposium, co-organized with Charlotte Country Day School. “Thirty Years After Peaceful Revolution” Keynote speakers and panelist: Dr. Niels von Redecker, Director of German Information Center USA, German Embassy and Piotr Erenfeicht, Head of the Political Section, Embassy of Poland; panel discussion with Chris Domeny, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Hungary

  • November 3 - 6

Delegation Rhineland-Palatinate, Dr. Volker Wissing Vice Minister-President and Secretary of Commerce

  • September 26

Knut Dethlefsen Executive Director, Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, Washington D.C.; Germany-US-China: How to assess the German-Chinese and U.S. Relationship; joint luncheon event with the American Council on Germany

  • September 9

Dinner Reception for Janet LaBar President & CEO, Charlotte Regional Business Alliance

  • August 3

Dr. Karen Donfried President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States

5th Anniversary of The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation

  • June 6

White Asparagus Feast keynote speaker: Sven Afhüppe, Editor-in-Chief of Das Handelsblatt

  • April 29 - 30

Helga Barth Minister-Political Affairs - Head of Political Department at the German Embassy, Washington

  • March 6

Roland Nelles Chief Correspondent of Spiegel Online, Washington

  • February 13 - 16

Annette Schavan former Federal Minister for Education and Research, and former German Ambassador to the Holy See

  • January 20 - 22

Karl Matthias Klause Minister, Head of Economic Department, German Embassy, Washington and Nicole Koesling, Sr. V.P. Human Resources, Volkswagen, Chattanooga

  • January 21

Diversity Symposium on Martin-Luther-King-Jr. Day, co-organized with Charlotte Country Day School. Keynote speaker and panelist: Nicole Koesling, Sr. V.P. Human Resources, Volkswagen Chattanooga; panel discussion with Karl-Matthias Klause, Minister, German Embassy, Washington; Keva Walton, Sr. VP Charlotte Regional Business Alliance; Dr. Derek Raghavan, President of the Levine Cancer Institute; Rohan Paul, Deloitte; moderated by Troy Pelshak, entrepreneur, philanthropist and former NFL player.

  • January 15 - 16

Emily Haber Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany

2018

  • December 14

Christmas-Party of The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation – A festive dinner

  • November 16

Dr. Timo Lochocki James K. Batten Public Policy Visiting Professor of Public Policy, “New Chancellor? New Congress? What’s Next for a Changing Political Landscape"

  • October 24

John Emerson former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, co-hosted by the American Council on Germany

  • October 10

Knudt Flor President and CEO of BMW Manufacturing Co., Spartanburg, SC

  • October 3 - 5

TEASE – Transatlantic Exhibition of Art in the SouthEast Vernissages in Charlotte, Elder Gallery and in Boone, Appalachian State University

  • September 20

Peter Beyer Member of the Bundestag (MdB) and Coordinator of Transatlantic Relations, co-hosted by the World Affairs Council of Charlotte

  • September 19

Reception in honor of Peter Beyer with selected members of the City and County Administration and members of the German/international business community

  • July 23

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Secretary General of the CDU Party in Germany, and delegation; roundtable discussion with members of the City Administration and members of the German/international business community hosted by Consul General Detlev Rünger and Honorary Consul Klaus Becker

  • July 21

Welcome Reception for the top management of Germany’s soccer club Borussia Dortmund including BVB’s CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke and soccer legends Roman Weidenfeller, Patrick Owomoyela and Lars Ricken. Mayor pro tem Julie Eiselt and approximately 120 guests welcomed the team in Charlotte on the eve of the International Champions Cup against Liverpool

  • June 20

FEI World Equestrian Games, Sharon Decker COO of the Tryon International Equestrian Center and former N.C. Secretary of Commerce; co-hosted by the Carolina World Trade Organization

  • May 31

White Asparagus Feast keynote speaker: John Williams, President & CEO Domtar Corp.

  • April 4

Prof. Dr. Peter M. Huber Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court, Germany; panel discussion with Judge Al Diaz, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; moderated by Judge Louis Bledsoe, Special Superior Court Judge for Complex Business Cases; joint luncheon event co-hosted by the American Council on Germany and the World Affairs Council of Charlotte

  • March 19 - 21

Visit of Louisa Maria Giersberg national political correspondent for Norddeutscher Rundfunk, NDR, a German regional radio and TV-station and a member of the ARD consortium, for a 45-minute program that introduced the modern New South and the relations between Mecklenburg-Pomerania and Mecklenburg County

  • February 27

Charlotte City Mayor Vi Lyles roundtable discussion with selected members of German institutions to discuss future possibilities of cooperation between the City of Charlotte and members of the German community

  • February 22

Klaus Zellmer President & CEO, Porsche North America, “Embracing Change”; co-hosted event by the World Affairs Council of Charlotte

2017

  • October 12

Ambassador Thomas Matussek “Three Elections and a Brexit: The Unraveling of Europe?” Ambassador Matussek, former German Ambassador to the United Kingdom, the United Nations and to India. Co-hosted by the American Council on Germany

  • October 8 - 10

Atlantic Bridge (Atlantik Brücke) Delegation, Dr. Friedrich Merz Chairman of the Atlantic Bridge, visited Charlotte with a delegation of 22 members. The program included a dinner reception at the 59th floor at Bank of America, a tour through the Levine Museum of the New South, a meeting with the Mayor of Charlotte, a luncheon event at K+L Gates with comprehensive briefing on Charlotte by John Silvia, Chief Economist of Wells Fargo Bank and representatives of the business community, as well as a roundtable discussion on vocational training at CPCC under the leadership of Dr. Kandi Deitemeyer.

  • June 26 - 27

Prof. Dr. Michael Haspel Director of the Lutheran Academy Thuringia and Professor for Systematic Theology, a recognized expert on Martin Luther, presented a comparative analysis “From Martin Luther to Martin Luther King, Jr”.

  • June 1

White Asparagus Feast keynote speaker: Robert Stolz, The Wurth Group

  • May 18

Economic Delegation from the State of Thuringia, led by Wolfgang Tiefensee former Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development and former Mayor of Leipzig

2016

  • December 2

Detlev Rünger Consul General of Germany, “German Foreign Policy Today: Between Routine Work and Crisis Management”

  • October 30

Delegation of Thuringian Members of the Federal Parliament (Bundestag) and the State Parliament (Landtag) led by Christian Carius President of the Thuringian State Parliament; reception of the delegation with the Mayor of Charlotte, Jennifer Roberts; the event was co-sponsored by Konrad-Adenauer Foundation.

  • October 24

Dr. Timo Lochocki Transatlantic Fellow—Europe Program, German Marshall Fund of the United States, “Is Germany Following the US and Turning into a Reluctant Hegemon?” Co-hosted by the American Council on Germany.

  • October 1

Economic Delegation of the German Bundestag reception of the delegation with the Mayor of Charlotte, Jennifer Roberts

  • September 29 – October 5

TEASE – Transatlantic Exhibition of Art in the SouthEast Atlanta – Spartanburg – Charlotte – Durham / Raleigh

  • July 30

FC Bayern München against Inter Milano, Bank of America Stadium. The event solely materialized because of The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation’s initiative to bring the German soccer giant together with the City of Charlotte.

  • June 23

White Asparagus Feast guests of honor: John Kornblum, former Ambassador of the United States to German, and Jim McPhilliamy, owner of the Charlotte Independence, a United Soccer League Team

  • April 13

Symposium “Implementing COP21 – The Business of Clean Power: The Intelligent Grid” co-hosted by E4Carolinas, sponsored by the Federal Republic of Germany

  • May 18

Reception for FC Bayern Munich legend and brand ambassador Paul Breitner guests included dignitaries of the city, including Mayor Jennifer Roberts, and members of the Charlotte business and sports community

  • January 6

Christian Carius President of the State Parliament of Thuringia; “A Phoenix Still Rising: Economic Transformation in East Germany 25 Years after Unification”

2015

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg former German Minster for Economics and Technology and Minster for Defense; Chairman of Spitzberg Partners

Jagoda Marinić Founding Director of the Intercultural Center, Heidelberg

Rudolph Houck Partner at Eaton & Van Winkle, New York

Ralf Fücks President of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung/Foundation in Berlin

Prof. Jonathan Steinberg University of Pennsylvania, “Why Bismarck matters today”; joint exhibition with the Goethe Cultural Center, Atlanta, and Davidson College, Davidson, NC

First German Opera Ball in Charlotte Honoring His Excellency Dr. Peter Wittig, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States; Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte

Josef Joffe Editor of DIE ZEIT

2014

Prof. Dr. Kurt Biedenkopf 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall former member of the Bundestag and Minister-President of the State of Saxony

Yasmin Fahimi Secretary General of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD)

Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger Foreign Affairs Editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)

Ruprecht Polenz Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag

Peter Schneider German novelist, Roth Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at Georgetown University

Thomas Matussek former German Ambassador to the United Kingdom and India; Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations

Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller Senior fellow, Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings; former senior transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund on the United States (GMF)

Holger Stark White-House Correspondent for DER SPIEGEL

TEASE – Transatlantic Exhibition of Art in the SouthEast Atlanta – Spartanburg – Charlotte – Durham / Raleigh

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