German American Conference at Harvard explained

The German American Conference at Harvard (GAC) is a student-led conference organized on a yearly basis since 2008.[1] The conference brings together American and German leaders from business, politics, and academia with students.[2] [3] By building a community of aspiring and established leaders in the United States and Germany, the conference aims at bettering transatlantic relations.[4]
According to the German newspaper Handelsblatt the German American conference has developed into an important "transatlantic summit".[5]

Until 2014 the conference was called German Conference at Harvard.[6]

List of Conferences

!Year[7] !Theme!Dates
2008Germany in the Modern World12 April
2009Division and Unity19-20 February
2010Addressing Global Challenges: Directions for a New Decade19-20 February
2011Future18-19 February
2012Decidedly Indecisive? The German Angst of Leadership17-18 February
2013The End of the West as we Know It?15-16 February
2014The US and Germany: Drifting Apart?14-15 February
2015Germany and the U.S.: Building Our Future30-31 October
2017Connecting Future Generations7-9 April
2018In Our Own Hands5-7 October
2019Breaking Barriers1-3 November
2020NeustartOctober - November (Virtual Event Series)
2021The Future of Problem Solving21-24 October
2022If not now, when?28-30 October
2023Think Beyond27-29 October
2024Hard Conversations15-17 November

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)[8] [9] [10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Last Years | German American Conference at Harvard . 2015-11-11 . 2016-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161013115209/http://germanamericanconference.org/last-years/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Album Archive.
  3. Web site: Harvard Kennedy School - Student-Organized Conferences . 2015-11-11 . 2015-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151001160401/https://www.hks.harvard.edu/degrees/diversity/student-organized-conferences . dead .
  4. Web site: German Missions in the United States - German American Conference . 2015-11-11 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042055/http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__events/GKs/BOST/2015/10/30__Conference__vs.html . dead .
  5. Web site: Studententreffen wird zum US-deutschen Gipfel: Deutsches Harvard.
  6. http://www.bfna.org/article/annual-german-conference-at-harvard-university
  7. Web site: Last Years – German American Conference at Harvard. en-US. 2019-03-29.
  8. Web site: German American Conference at Harvard . 2015-11-11 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081905/http://www.gaccny.com/en/events/partner-events/single-view/events/german-american-conference-at-harvard/?cHash=68983b2759238317f8953219e0f98ece . dead .
  9. http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/GKs/BOST/2013/02/21__GCH__pr.html
  10. Web site: Album Archive.
  11. https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/#/news/81
  12. Web site: The Uncharted Path Ahead for German-American Relations Heinrich Böll Stiftung Washington, DC Office - USA, Canada, Global Dialogue . 2024-11-20 . us.boell.org . en.

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