Events - Foundation Office Washington, D.C.
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Discussion
How Democracy Wins
KAS USA / IWDU Panel Discussion: The Role of Female Leadership in the Face of Rising Threats to Democratic Values
With global authoritarianism on the rise, the importance of reliable and consistent leadership is as essential as it has ever been. In national security and foreign policy, women have traditionally played a vital role in promoting democracy, human rights, and social justice.
Seminar
New Models in Local News: How AI will change the Business of Local News
Workshop hosted by KAS USA and Medill School of Journalism
With breathtaking speed, generative AI is changing how journalists produce and people consume news. One of the major questions is this: How will AI affect the business models of local media around the globe?
Seminar
Cybertrialogue – United States, Israel and Germany
KAS USA Seminar in October
Building on the June 2023 KAS Cybertrialogue in Berlin, which stressed the challenges and possibilities of democracies to protect critical infrastructure, we continue our event series in Washington, DC. Since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against the Ukraine the awareness of cybersecurity needs has risen markedly and the focus on resilience has become sharper.
Live stream
Threat Perception and Deterrence after the Ukraine War
KAS USA / UVA Online Event
This online event launches a new report by the National Security Policy Center at the University of Virginia, published by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung USA. It sets out to create a new understanding of deterrence and risk in this era of tripolar Great Power Competition.
Discussion
One Year Inflation Reduction Act
Initial Outcomes and Impacts for US-EU Trade and Investment - KAS USA / E3G Panel Discussion
This event launched a new report by E3G, published by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung USA. It sets out to gather initial evidence of any impacts that the Inflation Reduction Act may have for EU-U.S. trade and cleantech investment.
Study and Information Program
KAS-AJC Exchange Seminar 2023
A Visiting Program in New York, NY, Washington, DC, and Chicago, IL
12 participants from Germany visited New York, NY, Washington, DC, and Chicago, IL for an in depth exchange with U.S. stakeholders. The annual KAS-AJC Exchange Seminar connects political and civic leaders from the U.S. and Germany to shape the relations between Israel, Germany and the U.S., to learn about Jewish life in our countries and to discuss Jewish Advocacy efforts.
Online-Seminar
KAS USA / AGI Transatlantic Trade Week 2023
The Future of "Friendshoring" and Reconciling Trade and Climate Policies
The global trading system is becoming increasingly contested as domestic, climate, and national security priorities play a larger role in U.S. and EU policymaking. In the United States, the Biden administration – with an approach that has been called "friendshoring" – is looking to reorient supply chains toward like-minded partners. In the European Union, several new policy tools reflect a more geoeconomic approach to policy making.
Study and Information Program
Transatlantic Trade Week 2023
Study and Information Program
For the Transatlantic Trade Week, KAS USA hosted the special guest Kai Whittaker, member of the German Parliament’s Committee of Labor and Social Affairs and deputy chair of the US-German Parliamentary Group. Mr. Whittaker had meetings in the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Department of State. He also engaged in discussions with experts on the labor market and the future of work and AI, as well as with experts on the future of transportation and e-mobility, including executives of the VW Group of America and Electrify America.
Study and Information Program
Media Policy and Common Political Challenges from a Transatlantic Perspective
Dialogue Program with State Lawmakers from Hesse
From April 24th to the 28th, a delegation from Hesse traveled to Chicago, IL and Washington, DC for talks with media experts, regional officials, industry stakeholders and academic experts. The state parliamentarians exchanged views with American experts on media policy and possible solutions to polarization on both sides of the Atlantic.
Study and Information Program
World Health Summit Regional Meeting
Visiting Program in Washington, DC with the Members of Bundestag Hermann Gröhe and Dr. Georg Kippels
Hermann Gröhe, Vice Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, former Federal Minister of Health and Vice Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung visited Washington, DC on the occasion of the World Health Summit Regional Meeting. He was accompanied by fellow Bundestag Member Dr. Georg Kippels, Member of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development, the Health Committee, and the Subcommittee on Global Health.
