Program
Itinerary
Politics, Economics, and the Media in the Unified Germany
June 17 - July 2, 2000
Saturday,
June 17, 2000
Arrive in Berlin
Sunday,
June 18, 2000
Orientation and
sightseeing Tour of former East and West Berlin
Monday,
June 19, 2000- German Parliament Day
Arrive at Reichstag,
home of Deutsche Bundestag (the German Parliament)
Morning Seminar
on the methods of the Deutsche Bundestag,
Workshop on the
tasks and working methods of the press department of the Deutsche Bundestag
Lunch by invitation
of the Deutsche Bundestag
30-minute talks
with representatives of the political parties represented in the Bundestag
Tuesday,
June 20, 2000
Talk with Andreas
Schmidt, member of the Christian Democratic Party and the investigative
committee that looked into the CDU party financing scandal
Lecture and question-and-answer
session with Thomas Habicht, SFB (broadcast network) "Germany,
ten years after unification"
Talk with Bernd
Mützelburg, Deputy Head of Foreign and Security Policy Department
Dinner and night
out with German RIAS alumni (the blind date)
Wednesday,
June 21, 2000
Visit and talk
with Johann Legner, spokesman of the Federal Commissioner for
the Records of the State Security Service of the former GDR Focus: the Stasi
files (kept by the former GDR)
Talk with Hans-Christian
Ströbele, member of the Alliance 90 Party/The Greens and member
of the investigative committee on CDU party financing
Cocktail reception
by invitation of Dr. David Arnett, Minister Conselor for Public
Affairs, US Embassy, Chairman of the RIAS BERLIN KOMMISSION
Thursday,
June 22, 2000- World Expo Day
Visit World Exposition
Hannover, Germany
Friday,
June 23, 2000
Tour and talk with
director of the Sachsenhausen Memorial (Concentration Camp) in Oranienburg,
Germany
Saturday,
June 24, 2000
Breakfast with
Mayor of Potsdam, Matthias Platzeck
Participate in
Rosenfest in the streets
Chamber concert
with compositions of Johann S.Bach and his sons Raffaelsaal , "Orangerie" at
the old castle, Park Sanssouci
Sunday,
June 25, 2000
Guided tour of
Schloß Cecilienhof, site of the famous Potsdam Conference
Flight to Brussels,
Belgium
Dinner with the
German Ambassador to NATO, Gebhardt von Moltke at the Brussels
representation of the city state of Berlin,
Monday,
June 26, 2000- European Union Day
Morning seminar
on the European Union
Lunch by invitation
of the European Commission
Lecture by Dr.
Ulrich Sante on the permanent mission of the Federal Republic of Germany
to the Western European Union (WEU)
Tuesday,
June 27, 2000- NATO Day
Morning seminar
on NATO organized by US Liason Officer, Office of Information and Press
Lunch by invitation
of NATO
Question-and-answer
session with Jamie Shea, press spokesman for NATO
Flight to Hamburg/Bus
Ride to Schwerin, Germany
Wednesday,
June 28, 2000
Walking tour of
the city of Schwerin by Andrea Gottke, RIAS fellow
Meet with Helmut
Holter, Minister for labour and building Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Visit to the NDR
(television network) station in Schwerin.. Watch local news from station studios
Organ Concert at
the Schwerin Cathedral
Thursday,
June 29, 2000
Travel to Wittenburg,
Germany
Lunch with Dr.
Harald Ringsdorff, prime minister of the state of Mecklenburg-Western
Pomerania
Travel to Hamburg,
Germany
After tour of Hamburg
Harbour and talk on harbour enlargement habour city project
Lecture - Hamburg-
A European Center of the Digital Economy by Uwe Jens Neumann,
executive director, Hamburg Business Development Corporation
Dinner and presentation
by AOL Europe
Friday,
June 30, 2000
Morning tour and
talk of the hanger at Lufthansa Airlines Technik
Lunch and presentation
on "Link to your roots"and tour of the Zollmuseum
After seminar on
development of new media company, iXL in Hamburg by Jens Bley, founder of iXL
Hamburg operation
Lecture on Hamburg
economic development by Dr. Thomas Mirow, Senator for Economy,
city/state of Hamburg
Evening talk with
producers of Tagesschau", most popular evening news program in Germany and tour
of ARD (television network) studios
Saturday
July 1, 2000
Farewell dinner
Sunday
July 2, 2000
Departure for Washington, DC