The inaugural event of a new discussion series on social policy, organized in cooperation with UBS Deutschland AG, will focus on new forms of social and civic engagement. Social entrepreneurs and representatives of corporate foundations are invited into a dialogue with each other to present their projects and highlight different aspects of effective social enterprise.

Together with the Network on Social Innovation, the BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt organizes an interdisciplinary lecture series on “Social Innovation,” which will take place at the Munich University of Applied Sciences in the 2010 summer term.

This year’s workshop once again will gather some 40 experts of Transatlantic relations and leading business representatives for an intensive exchange of opinions. In four roundtable panel sessions, the speakers and workshop participants will address the following topics among others: Taking Stock: Where Do We Stand in the Crisis? Prospects for Financial Regulatory Reform.

Under the title “The Financial Crisis: The Way Forward”, the next Munich Economic will dissect the causes of the crisis and discuss possible ways to exit the slump.

After the second German-Russian Dialogue Baden-Baden, which took place in October 2009, the participants of both conferences are invited to an alumni neeting in Moscow, which is designed to strengthen the networks and mutual understanding among young leaders.

The debate during the Summit Lecture focused on three questions: How did politicians and executives manage the crisis in Japan in the 1990s? What are the structural (misguided) developments that its economy is suffering from? And how can it cope with today’s global crisis?

From January 27 to February 3, 2010, the “Round Table USA” organized an alumni trip for journalists and experts entitled “Societies in Transitions: Energy, Climate and Oceans – Impacts on the Global Economy.”

For the second time, the International Diplomats Programme will bring together a selected group of young diplomats from the Near and Middle East, North Africa, South and South East Asia for a tour d’horizon of Germany. Designed to strengthen their future connections to Germany, the one-year program provides them with the opportunity to experience and explore the country through a variety of perspectives.