The Transatlantic Business Dialogue is a semiannual forum hosted in Berlin by the German American Business Council in cooperation with members of the German Bundestag. It provides opportunity for North American and German leaders from the public and private sector to talk candidly about the most pressing matters facing the transatlantic business community.

The most recent GABC Transatlantic Business Dialogue was held on April 14, 2026, in Berlin.

The next Transatlantic Business Dialogue Dinner will take place on October 13, 2026, in Berlin.

From left: Ulrich (Uli) Gamerdinger (GABC President and CEO), State Secretary Stefan Rouenhoff, Member of the German Bundestag (MdB), Chargé d’Affaires Alan Meltzer (U.S. Embassy Berlin), Lew Iadarola (Hensoldt), Tobias Winkler, Member of the German Bundestag (MdB)

From left: CdA Alan Meltzer (US Embassy Berlin) and Steffen Bilger, MP (Germany’s Secretary of Transportation) at the Transatlantic Business Dialogue in Berlin

From left: Roderich Kiesewetter, Member of the German Bundestag (MdB), Chargé d’Affaires Alan Meltzer (U.S. Embassy Berlin), Volker Ratzmann (DHL Group)

2025 GABC Transatlantic Business Dialogue Berlin

From left: Kai Whittaker, Member of the German Bundestag (MdB), Tobias Winkler, Member of the German Bundestag (MdB), Ulrich (Uli) Gamerdinger (GABC, President and CEO), Nicolas Zippelius, Member of the German Bundestag (MdB)

From left: Jan Metzler, Member of the German Bundestag (MdB), Dr. Jens Zimmermann, MdB, Sandra Weeser, MdB, Alan Meltzer (U.S. Embassy Berlin) and Uli Gamerdinger (GABC)

From left: Nicholas Zippelius, MdB, Thorsten Ende (Siemens), Jane Bocklage (U.S. Embassy Berlin), Sebastian Schäfer, MdB and Amb. Pete Selfridge (SAP)

Alan Meltzer (U.S. Embassy Berlin) and Uli Gamerdinger (GABC)

Laura Lane (GABC Chair Emeritus) and H.E. Stephane Dion (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada) at the GABC Transatlantic Business Dialogue Berlin

From left: Nancy Ziuzin Schlegel (Lockheed Martin), Volker Ratzmann (DP-DHL), Chargée d’Affaires a.i. Isabelle Poupart (Canadian Embassy to Germany), Sandra Weeser, MdB, Prof. Dr. Andrew Ullmann, MdB, GABC Chair Emeritus Laura Lane, GABC President & CEO Ulrich (Uli) Gamerdinger and Amb. Pete Selfridge (SAP)

From left: Nancy Ziuzin Schlegel (Lockheed Martin), Chargée d’Affaires a.i. Isabelle Poupart (Canadian Embassy to Germany), Sandra Weeser, MdB, GABC Chair Emeritus Laura Lane, GABC President & CEO Ulrich Gamerdinger

Nancy Ziuzin Schlegel (Lockheed Martin), Sandra Weeser, MdB and Prof. Dr. Andrew Ullmann, MdB

From left: Holger Stark (Die Zeit), State Secretary Dr. Jörg Kukies (German Federal Chancellery), GABC President & CEO Ulrich Gamerdinger, Dorothee Martin, MdB

From left: Sören Schmitz (PCI Gases), Dr. Christoph Schäfers (Uniper), Roland Sackers (Qiagen), GABC President & CEO Ulrich Gamerdinger

From left: Dr. Jens Zimmermann, MdB, Esra Limbacher, MdB, Andres Max (RTX), Dorothee Martin, MdB, Tim Holt (Siemens Energy)

From left: Steffen Bilger, MdB, DCM Clark Price (US Embassy to Germany), GABC President & CEO Ulrich Gamerdinger

From left: Brian Rampp (Audi), GABC Chair Emeritus Laura Lane, Stefan Rouenhoff, MdB, Sören Schmitz (PCI Gases)

From left: HE Ambassador Emily Haber (German Embassy to the US), GABC Chair Emeritus Laura Lane, GABC President & CEO Ulrich Gamerdinger, Dr. Jens Zimmermann, MdB and Chargée d’Affaires a.i. Isabelle Poupart, (Canadian Embassy to Germany)

From left: William Czajkowski (US Embassy to Germany) and Metin Hakverdi, MdB

From left: Bernd Hops (Infineon), Volker Ratzmann (DP-DHL), HE Ambassador Emily Haber (German Embassy to the US), GABC Chair Emeritus Laura Lane

From left: Sandra Weeser, MdB, GABC Chair Emeritus Laura Lane

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