


Thanks to a generous grant from the “Wunderbar Together” initiative which brought you the Transatlantic Alumni Conference in May 2019, the American Bundestag Network (ABN) and Cultural Vistas are facilitating five online meetings for German-American exchange alumni in fall 2020.
To allow for maximum participants on both sides of the Atlantic, the events will take place at varying times and days during the following weeks. Watch this space as dates are announced!
September 14, 2020 at 5:30 PM MESZ: Online Kick-Off Event
Presenter biographies
September 22, 2020 at 6:30 PM MESZ: How to get ahead: Networking and Mentoring
Presenter biographies
October 4, 2020 8 PM MESZ: Power of Citizen Diplomacy
Week of October 12, 2020: Election Experts: Predicting the Future of Transatlantic Relations
October 19, 2020 at 6 PM MESZ: Wrap-Up Celebration: Moving Forward Together
Following the concluding event, we will host and maintain an online repository of event documents, notes, proceedings, session and speech recordings, and other supporting materials. These will be made available to participants as a resource for continued collaboration.
In addition to the joint grant applicants above, the following organizations have pledged to support the project with financial or logistical assistance or both: Bosch Alumni Association + Robert Bosch Foundation Alumni Association, Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange Alumni Association, DAAD Alumni Association, German Fulbright Alumni Association, German-American Partnership Program, PPP Alumni e.V., and the Heidelberg Alumni U.S., New York.
Event Highlights

Dagmar Freitag, MdB
Kick-off Event

Hon. John Shimkus, US House of Representatives
Wrap-up Celebration

Emily Haber, German Ambassador to USA
Wrap-up Celebration
Special Interest Career Advice
September 22
Women in transatlantic careers
Careers in international politics
Careers in security and defense
Career advice for transatlantic minorities and POCs
Careers in climate change
Register for the webinars through Eventbrite.
Check out more events from the Wunderbar Together Initiative at this link.