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SUPPORT FROM
Atlantik Brücke e.V.
Emory University | Goizueta Business School
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Atlanta
Georgia Department of Economic Development Goethe-Zentrum Atlanta
Metro Atlanta Chamber World Affairs Council of Atlanta
THIRD ANNUAL AMCHAM BUSINESS DAY
ATLANTA, NOVEMBER 1, 2011
Global Changes –
Transatlantic Challenges
How political uprisings and financial turmoil
impact Euro-American business relations.
Today’s transatlantic relationship between Europe, especially Germany,
and the United States, is increasingly affected by current developments
in the Euro zone and political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa.
In this day and age, it is even more important to promote and focus
on the values and ideas that are the foundations of this traditional
transatlantic friendship.
ATTENDING UNIVERSITIES
Emory University
Department of German Studies Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia State University Kennesaw State University
Morehouse College
North Georgia College & State University UNC Charlotte
University of Georgia Columbus State University
EVENT DATE & LOCATION
October 14th & 15th, 2010
Emory University
Goizueta Business School
1300 Clifton Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
www.emory.edu
Fees
$
50 for registration
( Participants of the business seminar are
invited for the Cocktail Reception and Dinner)
RSVP
By October 19, 2011
Kathleen Darmstadt
Via Email: [email protected]
Via Phone: 404 885 5221
EVENT AGENDA
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 | Seminar
2pm - 5pm
Welcome
Dr. Christoph Rückel
BridgehouseLaw
Introduction: German-American Relationship Today
Fred B. Irwin
President, AmCham Germany
Speech: Keyfactors for sustainable growth on both sides
of the Atlantic
Dr. Marcus C. Schmidt
Director, North America, Germany Trade and Invest
Panel Discussions: Global Changes – Transatlantic Challenges
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 | Cocktail Reception & Dinner
5pm - 8:30pm
Keynote Speech
Peter Fischer
Minister, Head of Economics and Science Department of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Washington, DC
Presentation of Internship Program
AmCham - BridgehouseLaw Internship Program, Inc., a Georgia non-profit organization
www.amchaminternship.org
Every young American returning from his internship in Germany will be a potential transatlantic Ambassador and a promoter of German-American friendship.
Bridgehouse attorney and Internship Director, Deana Spencer, will introduce interns from 2011 who will live share their experiences while in Germany and the effect the program has for their future.
Presentation of Westbrook Endowed Fund Scholarship
Honoring Mrs. Viola Westbrook, Senior Lecturer (retired)
Department of German Studies, Emory University
With over 40 years of service to Emory University
by Professor Peter Höyng, Chair, Department of German Studies
Panelists
Friedrich Merz
Chairman, Atlantik-Brücke e.V., Berlin
Prof. Dr. Markus C. Kerber
Professor, Berlin Technology University
Martin Richenhagen
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of AGCO Corporation, Atlanta
Rüdiger Lentz
German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA, Washington, DC
Prof. Jeffrey A. Rosensweig
Director, Global Perspectives Program, Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Atlanta
Moderator
3rd Annual AmCham Business Day
PANELISTS
Friedrich Merz, attorney at law, is a Member of the Corporate Practice at
Mayer Brown, LLP in Berlin and Chairman of the Atlantik Brücke e.V.
He was a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1994 and Member of the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) from 1994 to 2009.
Prof. Dr. Markus C. Kerber served as officer in the Federal Cartel Office. Prof. Dr. Kerber completed his doctorate in 1986 with his dissertation
Corporate Divestiture under the German Act against Restraints of Competition (Die Unternehmensentflechtung nach dem GWB). Beginning in 1986, Prof.
Dr. Kerber served as director for investment banks in Paris and London (Banque Indosuez and Bankers Trust). Since 1991-92, he has served as attorney at law and consultant in Berlin, Paris, and London. In 2001, Prof. Dr. Kerber completed his post-doctorate in the fields of public fi-nance and economic policy at the Berlin University of Technology, and upon completion, Prof. Dr. Kerber has been a professor in Berlin and Paris. Martin H. Richenhagen has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of AGCO Corporation since August 2006 and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since July 2004. Mr. Richenhagen
is currently a member of the Board, Audit and Technology & Environment Committees for PPG Industries, Inc. From 2003 to 2004, Mr. Richenhagen was Executive Vice President of Forbo International
SA and from 1998 to 2002, he was Group President of Claas KGaA mbH
and from 1995 to 1998 Senior Executive Vice President for Schindler
Deutschland Holdings GmbH.
Rüdiger Lentz is Executive Director of the US German–American Heritage Foundation and Museum in Washington. From January 1999 until November 2009 he was the Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Diplomatic Correspondent for Deutsche Welle. Before joining Deutsche Welle, Lentz worked as a correspondent for the German news maga-zine Der Spiegel and as a TV commentator and reporter at ARD/WDR, Germany’s largest public TV and radio station. Lentz has also held various positions including Editor in Chief at RIAS-TV Berlin. He is a founding member of the German-American Business Council in Washington and a Visiting Lecturer at the School of Foreign Service in
Washington. He has also been a regular guest on CNN and C-Span.
PANELISTS
(CONTINUED)
Jeffrey Rosensweigis the Director of the Global Perspectives Program at Goizueta Business School of Emory University. Previously, he served for six years as an Associate Dean. He is a frequent keynote speaker on topics related to global economic and financial trends and forecasts. In 2000, Professor Rosensweig was elected to the Council on Foreign Relations. Professor Rosensweig is often quoted in the national business press, including Forbes, Fortune, and Businessweek. He has appeared nationally on ABC World News Tonight and Good Morning
Amer-ica, the NBC Today Show, NBC National Nightly News, Nightline, Bloomberg TV, and he is a frequent economic commentator for CNN.
He has published numerous papers and has written three books, includ-ing the critically-acclaimed Winninclud-ing the Global Game: A Strategy for Linkinclud-ing
People and Profits. Professor Rosensweig was recently selected by the Wall
Street Journal as one of the 12 favorite professors in all Executive MBA
Programs worldwide. Professor Rosensweig has also taught Interna-tional finance at Yale’s School of Management. Elected by the faculty in 1996, Professor Rosensweig served for 12 years as Chairman of Emory
University’s Center for Ethics.
Peter Fischerhas been Minister of the Economic Department of the
German Embassy to the United States in Washington, DC since July
2011. Before coming to Washington he served with the German Foreign
Service in Berlin, Tel Aviv, London, Shanghai, Singapore, Paris,
Bonn. From 1991 through 1993 he served in the Office of the Federal
President of the Federal Public of Germany in the Foreign Policy Department. He obtained a Master’s Degree in History and Political
Science from the Free University in Berlin. He studied at the Science Po in Paris and obtained a Master in Government, Georgetown University, USA (Fulbright Scholarship) after he finished High School in Berlin (John F. Kennedy School).
Katja Ridderbusch is an Atlanta based journalist and media consultant. As a senior foreign correspondent she reports for leading German news media, including daily nationals Die Welt and Handelsblatt, the news website Spiegel Online, as well as German National Public
Radio Deutschlandfunk. As a media consultant, she has worked with UPS, KPMG, the German Marshall Fund of the U.S., the Goethe Institut and the British Council. She is the recipient of the
distinguished Arthur F. Burns Fellowship for Journalists and serves in the Advisory Council to the Department of German Studies at Emory University in Atlanta.
