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​Grand Speaker Series, Culture and Sports


UPCOMING EVENTS ​

 EVENTS IN 2023


April 13
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Stuart Sandlin, CEO of HAPAG LLOYS, USA


May 1
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Dr. Robert Engelhorn, President of BMW Mfg.


​May 10
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Christiana Riley, Executive Board Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt


​May
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John Emerson, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany


​June 1-9
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​TEASE Artist’s Tour in Germany: Frankfurt, Schloss Plüschow, Rostock, Berlin


​Nov.
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Fred Kempe, President, Atlantic Council of the U.S., Gänsebraten-Dinner / Roast Goose Dinner


Dec. 9
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Christmas-Party, Cedarwood Country Club
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TBD
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Business Forum

with Dr. Jürgen Großmann, owner of steel conglomerate Georgsmarienhütte and former CEO of RWE, in conjunction with WACC

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Symposium 

​The American Academy in Berlin

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President of the Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Industie (BDI)

Prof. Siegfried Russworm

 EVENTS IN 2023


​Jan. 24
​Key-note speech of Ambassador Marek Magierowski, Poland at a Gala-luncheon organized with the World Affairs Council Speech at Queens University
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Celebration with Ambassador Magierowski of the German-French Friendship Treat with the Alliance Française

​Jan. 25
​Key note speech of Ambassador Marek Magierowski at UNC Chapel Hill

 EVENTS IN 2022


Dec. 17
​Christmas-Party, Cedarwood Country Club
Sep. 15/16
Karl Haeusgen, President and Thilo Brodtmann, CEO, VDMA
June 10
Delegation of Bavarian Federal Parliamentarians, in cooperation with the ACG
May 26-28

"Day of Europe", with Stavros Lambrinidis Ambassador at the Embassy of the E.U. to the United States, Charlotte and Charleston 

​May 11/12

Hanns-Seidel Foundation Delegation of Bavarian Business Leaders
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April 24 – 30
​TEASE– Transatlantic Exhibition of Art in the SouthEast, Charlotte and Charleston
March 1-5
Lt. General (ret.) Ben Hodges, formerly Commander-in-Chief of the American Army in Europe, and Brigadegeneral Frank Gräfe, and Kapitän zur See Ivo Schneider, Embassy Washington, “NATO & its Challenges – A German and an American View”
Charlotte on March 1, at UNC Chapel Hill on March 2
and in Charleston on March 3
January 25
Jean-Arthur Régibeau, Ambassador of Belgium to the United States, in Charlotte:
Celebration of the German-French Friendship Treaty, in cooperation with the Alliance Française
January 26
Ambassador Jean-Arthur Régibeau in Charleston:
Lecture at the Mroz Global Leadership Institute / College of Charleston,
Lecture at The Library Society, "Walker international Studies and Diplomacy Series"
January 27
Ambassador Jean-Arthur Régibeau in Chapel Hill:
Krasno Global Events Series, “Ambassadors and Distinguished Statesperson Forum”, organized by Prof. Dr. Klaus Larres at UNC Chapel Hill, and Ambassador Barbara Stephenson

 EVENTS IN 2021


​December 18
​The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation’s 2021 Christmas Party at Cedarwoord Country Club – ‘Ode to Beethoven’ with Concert Pianist and String Quartet, - Champagne Reception – 3-course Dinner
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

 EVENTS IN 2020


January
Celebration of the German-French Friendship Treaty with the Alliance Française, Charlott

 EVENTS IN 2019


December 13
Christmas Party - The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation, Dinner ​
November 19
Niels von Redecker, Director, German Information Center USA German Embassy
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
Celebration of the Fifth Anniversary of The N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation with guest of honor: Dr. Karen Donfried, President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States
​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, Washingto
February 13-20
​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
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, 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

 EVENTS IN 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 minutes 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

EVENTS IN 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

EVENTS IN 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
Sept. 29 – Oct. 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” 

EVENTS IN 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

EVENTS IN 2014


Prof. Dr. Kurt Biedenkopf, 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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      • Stefan Engel
      • Ambassador (ret.) Mark Erwin
      • Lieutenant General Frederick Benjamin "Ben" Hodges
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      • Ambassador (ret.) James Melville
      • Berkeley von Feilitzsch
      • Heribert von Feilitzsch
      • Dipl.-Ing. Knudt Flor
      • Claudius Reckord
      • Holger Stark
      • Joe Woerner
      • Kristin Zettlemoyer
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