The German American Conference
For information regarding our annual German American Conference at Harvard (formerly known as German Conference), please visit the links to our old website below:
- 2017 – The German American Conference (Upcoming)
- 2015 – Germany and the U.S.: Building Our Future
- 2014 – The US and Germany: Drifting Apart?
- 2013 – The End of the West as we Know It?
- 2012 – Decidedly Indecisive? The German Angst of Leadership
- 2011 – The German Conference at Harvard
- 2010 – Addressing Global Challenges: Directions for a new Decade
- 2009 – Division and Unity
- 2008 – Germany in the Modern World
Former Speakers (selection)
Robert Zoellick
11th President of the World Bank Group; Chairman of Goldman Sachs’ International Advisors
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Brigitte Zypries
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
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Prof. Claudia Kemfert
Head of the department of energy, transportation and environment at the DIW in Berlin
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Martin Hirsch
High Commissioner for Active Inclusion Against Poverty and for Youth in the French Administration
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Peter Bofinger
Professor of Economics at Würzburg University and Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
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