The 8th German Symposium at LSE 2009
Global Challenges – German Perspectives
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Monday, 16th February 2009
Professor Gesine Schwan – SPD Candidate for President of Germany
Title: Global Governance
Chair: Prof David Held, LSE Government Department
Old Building, Old Theatre, 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Further information about Professor Schwan is available on her website.
Tuesday, 17th February 2009
HE Georg Boomgaarden - German Ambassador to the Court of St. James's
Title: Germany and the International Financial and Economic Crisis
Chair: Dr Andrea Mennicken, LSE Department of Accounting
St. Clement’s, S78, 2.15 pm to 3.15 pm
Christian Schmidt - Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defence
Title: German Security Policy - Tour d'Horizon
Chair: Dr Bastian Giegerich, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Clement House, D702, Time 5 pm to 6 pm
A German transcript of the public lecture is available on Christian Schmidt's website.
Wednesday, 18th February 2009
Frank Bsirske – President of ver.di (United Services Union)
Title: TBC
Chair: Professor Richard Hyman, LSE Employment Relations & Organisational Behaviour Group
20 Kingsway, G108, 2 pm to 3 pm
Dr Wolfgang Schäuble – Federal Minister of the Interior
Title: Germany and the Financial Crisis. Lessons to be Learned!
Chair: Sir Howard Davies, Director, LSE
Clement House, Hong Kong Theatre (D1), 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm
A German transcript of the public lecture is available here and an English transript is available here.
UPDATE: ALL PLACES FOR THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED.
Frank Mattern – CEO McKinsey Germany
Title: Building a Low-Energy High-Growth Economy
Chair: Dr Jörn Rothe, LSE Managerial Economics and Strategy Group
Clement House, D202, 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm, followed by a reception organised by McKinsey.
Please note that the event is ticketed. Tickets will be given out on Houghton St during the week. For the reception, registration with McKinsey was required.
Thursday, 19th February 2009
Berthold Kohler – Editor Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)
Title: Newspapers: Is the End near?
Chair: Mr Charlie Beckett, Director of POLIS, LSE Department of Media and Communication
Clement House, D702, 2.15 pm to 3.15 pm
Professor Lothar Bisky – Leader of Die Linke (Left Party)
CANCELLED - due to averse weather conditions at Berlin airport.
Title: The German LEFT (party) and the Financial Crisis.
Chair: Dr Waltraud Schelkle, LSE European Institute
20 Kingsway, G108, 4 pm to 5 pm
Michael Sommer – President of the German Confederation of Trade Unions
CANCELLED - due to averse weather conditions at Berlin airport.
Title: Die Finanzkrise und die Rolle der Gewerkschaften (The Financial Crisis and the Role of Trade Unions)
Chair: Dr Virginia Doellgast, LSE Department of Management
St. Clement’s, S75, 6 pm to 7 pm
Michael Sommer will speak in German and unfortunately we are not able to provide a simultaneous translation.
Friday, 20th February 2009
Professor Norbert Walter – Chief Economist Deutsche Bank
Title: The Financial Crisis - Causes, Consequences, Cures
Chair: Dr Philippe Mueller, LSE Department of Finance
Clement House, D202, 2 pm to 3 pm
Archbishop Dr Robert Zollitsch - Chairman of the German Episcopal Conference of the Roman Catholic Church
Title: The Church and its Position in Society. Commitment in Germany and Europe.
Deutsch: Die Kirche und ihr gesellschaftliches Engagement: Eine Standortbestimmung für Deutschland und ein Ausblick auf Europa.
Chair: Dr Patrick Riordan SJ, Assistant Director of the Heythrop Institute for Religion, Ethics and Public Life, Heythrop College
Clement House, D202, 6pm to 7.15pm
A German transcript of the public lecture is available here and an English transript is available here.
Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest Party
8pm to 2am at the Underground Bar.
Please be aware that tickets are only sold by the German Society and are not available otherwise.
Notice regarding the Lecture with Dr Wolfgang Schäuble – Federal Minister of the Interior
For security reasons, if you want to take part in this lecture, please send an email to Su.Soc.German@lse.ac.uk asap but by no later than Monday, February 9th 2400hrs. It should include your name, your date of birth and in which capacity you take part (e.g. LSE student, LSE staff, journalist). The information will be passed on to Mr Schäuble's security staff. At the event, please turn up with ID; acceptable forms of ID are: LSE ID, Passport, ID card, driving licence. Please be considerate to others and only reserve a place if you can make it; please let us know if you cannot turn up although you had reserved a seat. We apologize for the inconvenience.