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Past Events 2006

December 5, 2006 • 5:30pm-8:30pm
Annual GABC Holiday "Nikolaus" Reception & Dinner

Welcome remarks by Egon Kochanke, Minister Economics, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and GABC Board Member

Buffet dinner and German served.

German Embassy House
1900 Foxhall Road
Washington DC

November 14, 2006 • 12noon-2:00pm
Lunch Discussion with Paul B. Dyck, newly appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe, U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration


October 27, 2006
A Transatlantic Economic Forum
Merkel´s Moment of Truth - Does Germany Need Broader Economic Reforms?
All day conference in cooperation with the Atlantic Council of the United
States as part of its Program on Transatlantic Relations

For full agenda click here.

GABC members & invited guests only. Llimited seating available.


October 24, 2006
Annual Board meeting
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
4645 Reservoir Road
Washington, DC

Board members only

Annual Membership Dinner with His Excellency Dr. Klaus Scharioth
Residence of the German Ambassador
1800 Foxhall Road
Washington, DC

Members & invited guests only

GABC members & guests with host Ambassador Dr. Klaus Scharioth
Official world cup soccer ball presentation to Ambassador Dr. Klaus Scharioth by Chairman Ron Docksai and President Steven Williams

October 3, 2006 • 8:30am-10:00am
Breakfast Discussion with Dr. Georg Milbradt
Minister President, State of Saxony
Chairman of the CDU Saxony


GABC Board, Sponsor & Corporate Members only

Charles Ludolph of Stonebridge International, President Steve Williams and
Executive Director Ulrich Gamerdinger welcome Minister President Dr. Georg Milbradt

Meg Hardon introduces Loh Kin Wah, President of Qimonda AG. To the right Chairman Ron Docksai (Bayer), Minister President Milbradt and board member David Geanacopoulos of VW


September 12, 2006 • 8:30am-10:00am
Breakfast discussion with Dr. Jens Baganz, State Secretary Nordrhein-Westfalen Ministry for Economics, "Mittelstand" & Energy


GABC Board, Sponsor & Corporate Members only


May 24, 2006
4pm

Executive Committee Meeting

5:30pm
Farewell Reception for GABC´s Boardmember Joern Rosenberg

BMW
The Executive Tower
1399 New York Avenue, NW
Washington DC


May 17, 2006 • 12 noon-02:00pm
Registration 11:30am

His Excellency Ambassador Dr. Klaus Scharioth

Bank of America
Penthouse

Founding, Sponsor & Corporate Members only

President Steve Williams (Lockheed Martin), Treasurer and Host Oliver Moss
(Bank of America), Ulrich Gamerdinger (Executive Director). His Excellency
Dr. Klaus Scharioth (German Ambassador to the United States)

April 28, 2006 • 12 noon-2pm
Luncheon Meeting with General and Honorary Consuls of Germany to the USA

The Watergate Hotel

Deputy Chief of Mission Peter Gottwald, The Honorable Tom Coleman &
GABC´s Membership Committee Chairman Lewis Leibowitz (Hogan & Hartson).

April 5, 2006 • 12 noon-2:00pm
Michael Glos, German Federal Minister for Economics and Technology and Member of the Executive Board of the CSU
in cooperation with the Hans Seidel Foundation

Washington, DC

By invitation only

 

Congressman James F. Sensenbrenner with GABC Board Members Ron Docksai (Bayer) Craig Helsing (BMW), Ulrich Gamerdinger (Executive Director), David Geanacopoulos (VW) and the Honorable Tom Coleman (BASF/The Livingston Group) at the dinner in honor of Minister Glos at the Residence of
Ambassador Dr. Scharioth.

April 3, 2006 • 7pm
Dinner with the Budget and Finance Committee of the State Parliament of Lower Saxony

The Watergate Hotel


March 19-21, 2006
Towards a Transatlantic Market Place:
The US-German Perspective for a New Framework

in cooperation with Dräger Foundation, Lübeck, DIN-Group, Berlin, BDI-Federation of German Industries, Berlin and United States Chamber of Commerce, Washington DC

Click here for full program

with support from American Institute of Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) Washington DC

United States Chamber of Commerce
1615 H Street, Washington, DC


March 2, 2006 • 12 noon-2pm
"Farewell Lunch" with his Excellency Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger*
Washington, DC

*Wolfgang Ischinger has been appointed Ambassador to the UK and will depart Washington Spring 2006

Board/Sponsor Members only


March 1, 2006 • 12 noon-2 pm
Luncheon discussion with Dr. Klaus Mangold, Federal Commissioner for Foreign Investment in Germany and Executive Advisor to the Chairman of DaimlerChrysler AG

Washington, DC


February 22, 2006 • 8:30-10am
Breakfast discussion with the Minister President of Germany’s largest
State of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Deputy Party Chairman of the CDU,
Dr. Juergen Rüttgers


February 9, 2006
Soccer Rules the World – A German American Dinner in New York
In cooperation with the State of Hessen

Speakers include: Udo Cords, Minister of Higher Education, Research and the Arts of the State of Hessen, His Excellency Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger (invited) and Andrej Markovits, Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies


February 3, 2006 • 7:30-9:30 am
(E)-Procurement Best Practices
Senior executive discussion with Hans Heith, Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) of Deutsche Telekom

In cooperation with Detecon, Fairfax County Economic Development Authority


December 8, 2005
GABC’s Annual Holiday Reception
German Embassy House


December 8, 2005
Breakfast Discussion with Germany´s new State Secretary Georg Boomgaarden
Foley and Lardner


November 8, 2005
GABC’s Annual Membership Dinner with His Excellency
Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger

GABC Members at the Annual Dinner with His Excellency Ambassador
Wolfgang Ischinger at his Residence in Washington DC


November 7, 2005
Getting Down to Business: The German Election Outcome and Its Impact on Transatlantic Business

Luncheon Discussion with Ambassador Richard Burt, Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, and Chairman of Diligence, LLC,
Michael Hansen, Former E.V.P. Corporate Development, Bertelsmann AG and Robert Liberatore, Group Senior V.P. Global External Affairs and Public Policy, DaimlerChrysler Corporation

In cooperation with American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS
)


September 27, 2005
Roundtable Discussion and Reception with Egon Kochanke, Minister of Economics
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany


June 27, 2005
The Honorable Gerhard Schroeder,
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
“Germany and the U.S. – Strategic Partnership for the 21st Century”

in cooperation with the US Chamber of Commerce, Washington DC

Ulrich Gamerdinger, GABC´s Executive Director, meets Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Shown to the right is GABC Chairman, Don Neese


June 23, 2005
LIFE SCIENCES: Investing in Germany Opportunities and Challenges for Companies in the Life Science Sector
In cooperation with Hogan & Hartson


June 15, 2005
Life Science: Investing in the USA
Arabella Sheraton Grand Hotel Munich
In cooperation with Hogan & Hartson


April 30, 2005
GABC May Ball with Assistant Secretary of State, E. Anthony Wayne, The Honarable Jack Buechner and the Secretary of the State of Brandenburg Jörg Schönbohm
Watergate Hotel

May Ball, from left to right, Dr. Bernd Fischer, Assistant Secretary of State,
E. Anthony Wahne and Steve Williams


April 6, 2005
Luncheon Discussion with Ludwig Stiegler and Joachim Poss, Members of the German Bundestag


March 17, 2005
Jour Fixe - Dinner Roundtable
German Embassy House


January 11, 2005
Breakfast with Dr. Otto Wiesheu, Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs


January 10, 2005
Breakfast with Prof. Dr. Klaus Zimmermann, President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)


December 8, 2004
Breakfast Discussion with Fritz Kuhn, Die Gruenen


December 7, 2004
Kick-off event at the German Embassy with His Excellency Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger

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