Alumni Conference
Common Global
Responsibility

November 6-9, 2003
Georgetown University,Washington DC

Program


Thursday, November 6, 2003
p.m. 5.00 - 6.00 Registration
6.00 - 8.00 Welcome
Kurt-Juergen Maass, Secretary General, Institute for
Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa), Stuttgart

Reception at the Georgetown University
Conference Center
hosted by the BMW Center for German and
European Studies, Edmund A.Walsh School
of Foreign Service, Georgetown University


Friday, November 7, 2003
a.m. 8.00 - 9.00 Registration
9.00 - 10.00
PLENARY SESSION
Keynote speech: Drifting Apart or Growing Together?
Transatlantic Relations After Iraq
Daniel S. Hamilton, Richard von Weizsaecker
Professor and Director of the Center for Transatlantic
Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced
International Studies,Washington D.C.
10.00 - 10.30 Break
10.30
WORKING GROUPS 1-4
Group 1: Security Issues, hosted by the Institute for
Foreign Cultural Relations
Group 2: Energy and Environment, hosted by the
Robert Bosch Foundation
Group 3: Politics and Media, hosted by the Goethe
Institut
Group 4: Migration/Integration/Intercultural
Communication, hosted by the
German-American Fulbright
Commission
11.00 - 11.30 Keynote speech in each working group | Discussion
11.30 - 12.30 Session 1 | Discussion
12.30 - 1.30 Lunch
p.m. 1.30 - 2.30
PLENARY SESSION
Keynote speech: Transatlantic Relations in Perspective
Karsten D. Voigt, Coordinator for German-American
Cooperation in the German Foreign Office, Berlin
WORKING GROUPS 1-4
2.30 - 3.30 Session 2 | Discussion
3.30 - 4.00 Break
4.00 - 5.00 Session 3 | Discussion
6.00 Departure by bus
7.00-9.00 Reception at the German Embassy
hosted by Thomas Wriessnig, Head of the Cultural
Affairs Department


Saturday, November 8,2003
a.m. 9.00 - 10.30
PLENARY SESSION
Keynote speech: New Aspects of Crisis Prevention and
Conflict Management in German Foreign Policy
Claus Wunderlich, Director, Group 22 Global Issues,
Federal Chancellery, Berlin
10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 12.00
WORKING GROUPS 1-4
Session 4 | Discussion
12.00-12.30 Informal meeting, exchange of views and ideas
p.m. 12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-3.00
WORKING GROUPS 1-4
Session 5 | Discussion
3.00-3.30 Break
3.30-5.00
PLENARY SESSION
Presentation of findings of all working groups
Discussion
Outlook

Final remarks
Kurt-Juergen Maass, Secretary General, Institute for
Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa), Stuttgart
evening free
End of conference


Sunday, November 9, 2003
Departure
Please note: This program is subject to change.
28/10/03