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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Upcoming
- 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
- Cosmopolitan Talk, June 27, 2024
Topic: “Digitale Plattformen als Staaten”
Speakers: Dr. Moritz Holzgraefe, Director Public Affairs EU, Axel Springer SE
Moderator: Michael Rümmelein, Co-Founder and Director, Swiss 5 Group
Zurich, Switzerland
Past
- 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 - 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
XIII Study Trip to China
Beijing, Shangri-La, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Wuzhen, and Hong Kong
October 15 to 28, 2017
This year’s trip to China was overshadowed by the 19th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party which took place during our stay. When we were in Beijing, the number of police officers and the amount of neighborhood watches reached an unprecedented number: the nervousness surrounding this big event was tangible. Due to the overlap, we could not visit the CPC Party School, nor could we not go to Tibet as planned.
As always, the trip included political, business and cultural meetings and events. Read more
Global Bridges’ First Study Trip to Russia
Kolomna, Moscow and St. Petersburg
September 23 to 30, 2017
“Russia is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” said Winston Churchill. In order to solve this puzzle at a time when more is talked about others than with others, a delegation from Global Bridges traveled for the first time to Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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VI German-Chinese Young Leaders Conference
Hamburg, Germany
August 20 to 25, 2017
„The Challenges Facing Today’s Young Leaders“
40 Young Leaders from Germany and the People’s Republic of China came together in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg to discuss both the challenges as well as the opportunities of today’s global development. The Military Academy of the German Armed Forces in Hamburg-Blankenese generously hosted the conference. The campus offered a great setting for the working groups and their discussions on topics such as sustainable economic policy, Industry 4.0 and “China’s Belt and Road Initiative.”
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