Events
Field trips to destinations of geographical importance, conferences at focal points of world history, forums about issues with substance and relevant participants are the signature of our event calendar.
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Schedule of Activities
Members can access our schedule of activities here.
Upcoming
- Geopolitical Monitor, April 23, 2024
Topic: “Kranker Mann am Indus? Pakistan zwischen Nachbarschaftsstreit, Wahlchaos und Klimawandel”
Speakers: Georg Klussmann, Head of Division Afghanistan/Pakistan, Federal Foreign Office; Dr. habil. Christian Wagner, Senior Fellow, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
Moderator: Jürgen Osterhage, Freelance media coach, fmr. ARD correspondent in New-Delhi
Online - Geopolitical Monitor, May 8, 2024
Topic: “Ukraine between Western War Fatigue and Russia’s Presidential Election”
Speakers: Nico Lange, Senior Fellow, Munich Security Conference; Dr. Jana Puglierin (TBC), Head, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
Moderator: Dr. Stefan Meister, Head of the Centre for Order and Governance in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP)
Berlin, Germany - Study Trip to Pakistan, from May 17-25, 2024
Islamabad and Karachi
- Chinese-German Young Leaders Conference, from May 26-31, 2024
Hangzhou, P.R. China
- VII. Walther Leisler Kiep Symposium “Challenges to the Global Order – Revisionism, Populism, and the Rise of the Global South”, from June 12-13, 2024
Berlin, Germany
Past
- Chapter Meeting, March 19, 2024
Young Leaders Alumni
Topic: “Innovating fast, while safeguarding trust – Deutsche Börse’s perspective on digital assets and their regulation”
Speakers: Sujata Wirsching, Head of Unit Luxembourg Governmental Affairs and Lead Digital Finance, Group Regulatory Strategy, Deutsche Börse; Miryusup Abdullaev, Managing Director, Deutsche Börse Digital Exchange
Frankfurt am Main, Germany - Geopolitical Monitor, 10 March, 2024
Topic: “Der Gaza-Krieg und seine Auswirkungen – Welche Zukunft hat die Zwei-Staaten-Lösung noch?”
Speakers: Deidre Berger, Chair, Jewish Digital Cultural and Recovery Project Stiftung; Steven Höfner, fmr. Director, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Ramallah
Moderator: Dr. Dirk Schmalenbach, Partner, Freshfields
Berlin, Germany - Geopolitical Monitor, February 15, 2024
Topic: “Quo Vadis Türkiye”
Speakers: Prof. Dr. Sanem Aydin-Düzgit, Prof. Dr. Fuat Keyman
Moderator: Dr. Hürcan Asli Aksoy
Online - Chapter Meeting, February 14, 2024
Young Leaders Alumni
Topic: “You might not be interested in geopolitics - but geopolitics is interested in you”
Speakers: Dr. Timo Blenk, Partner & CEO, Agora Strategy; Roberta Randerath, Senior Consultant & Head of Marketing, Agora Strategy
München, Germany - Christmas Dinner, December 7, 2023
International Club Berlin
Berlin, Germany
VIII London Global Forum
London, United Kingdom
October 7, 2019
Topic: Book Presentation „Brexit. Causes and Consequences“ by Rudolf G. Adam
On Monday, 7 October 2019, Sir Robert Cooper presented to members of Global Bridges and some invited guests the book „Brexit. Causes and Consequences“, written by our member Rudolf Adam. The event took place in the Churchill Room at the Carlton Club, St. James, London. Read more
Study Trip to Ethiopia and Ghana
Addis Ababa – Accra
September 15 – 22, 2019
Compared to China, whose population will remain at 1.4 billion by 2050, the population of Africa will grow from the current 1.3 billion to 2.3 billion. The challenges involved are enormous, but so are the opportunities for the “Continent of the Century”. Time for Global Bridges to get their own impressions of Africa in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) and Ghana (Accra).
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2019 Global Bridges Conference / X Young Leaders Alumni Conference
Riga, Latvia
July 11-13, 2019
Topic: “The Baltic Bridge: Latvia as a Key Player in a Modern Europe”
This year’s 2019 Global Bridges Conference / X Young Leaders Alumni Conference took place in Jūrmala and Riga, Latvia on the shores of the Baltic Sea with more than 40 amazing Young Leader Alumni, Global Bridges-members and friends. Centered on the topic, “The Baltic Bridge: Latvia as a Key Player in a Modern Europe”, this year’s conference dove into the unique role of Latvia within the Baltics and larger European context.
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