Program 2015

Sunday, July 26th, 2015

• Reception Dinner
  Dr. Karl A. Lamers, MdB

Monday, July 27th, 2015

• Official Reception
  Prof. Dr. Sebastian Harnisch
  (Heidelberg University / Institute of Political Science)
• Germany: a Grand Coalition State?
  Prof. Dr. Reimut Zöhlnhöfer
  (Heidelberg University / Institute of Political Science)
• Germany: Public Administration Reform in a Multilevel System
  Prof. Dr. Sabine Kuhlmann
  (Potsdam University)

Tuesday, July 28th, 2015

• Governmental Management in Germany I: Federal and State level cooperation
  Marco-Alexander Breit
  (Personal consultant of Head of German Chancellery)
• Governmental Management in Germany II: Spatial Planning, Regional and Local Governance
  Prof. Dr. Karsten Zimmermann
  (Dortmund University)
• Urban Development and Citizen Participation
  Dr. Michèle Bernhard
  (Urban Planning and Statistics, City of Heidelberg)

Wednesday, July 29th, 2015

• German Public Administration and Fiscal Federalism
  Prof. Dr. Gisela Färber
  (Speyer University)
• Child Care: Reform Dynamics and Implementation
  Prof. Dr. Diana Auth
  (Giessen University)
• The Challenge of Aging Societies: Role of Psychology and Resulting Policy Issues
  Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Wahl
  (Heidelberg University / NAR)
• A guided hiking walk from Heidelberg to 'Stift Neuburg'
  (approx. 70' to 90' min)

Thursday, July 30th, 2015

• Youth (un-) Employment: Comparing EU member states
  Jennifer Shore
  (CUPESSE Project)
• Urban Politics in German and Europe
  Prof. Dr. Hubert Heinelt
  (Darmstadt University)
• Local Industrial Development and Politics
  Wolf-Rainer Lowack
  (Metropolitan Region Rhein-Neckar)

Friday, July 31st, 2015

• Housing policy in Germany
  Dr. Tobias Robischon
  (Schader Foundation)
• Tourism and City Marketing
  Mike De Vries
  (City Marketing Heidelberg)
• Visit and guided tour by governmental official through Heidelberg's 'Bahnstadt'
  Alexander Krohn
  (City of Heidelberg, Office for the Environment)

Monday, August 3rd, 2015

• Environmental Policy in Germany
  Prof. Dr. Jale Tosun
  (Heidelberg University)
• Germany's Energiewende: how it works!
  Dr. Martin Pehnt
  (Head of Department 'Energy'. ifeu)
• Rulers and Shakers in Cyber politics and Society: Asian and European Perspectives
  Speaker: Dr. Kristin Shi-Kupfer (MERICS, Berlin),
  Speaker: Prof. Dr. Barbara Mittler (Cluster of Excellence, Asia and Europe in a Global Context)
  Speaker: Dr. Wolf J. Schünemann (IPW)
  Moderator: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Harnisch (IPW)

Tuesday, August 4th, 2015

• Germany's Leadership role in the EU
  Prof. Dr. Sebastian Harnisch
  (Heidelberg University)
• Creativity as a Leadership Trait
  Prof. Dr. Rainer Holm-Hadulla
  (Heidelberg University)
• Training Creative Leaders
  Prof. Udo Dahmen
  (Pop Academy Mannheim)

Wednesday, August 5th, 2015

• Conclusion
  Prof. Dr. Sebastian Harnisch
  (Heidelberg University)
• Feedback and hand out of Participation
  Moderation: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Harnisch (Heidelberg University)

Thursday, August 5th, 2015

• The EU-Taiwan dialogue
  George Cunningham
  (European External Action Service)
• NATO in and out Afghanistan
  Dr. Knut Kirste
  (Head officier of Political Affairs and Security Policy Division)