GERMAN CONFERENCE AT HARVARD
Addressing Global Challenges: Directions for a New Decade
February 19-20, 2010

We hereby cordially invite you to attend the German Conference at Harvard 2010.  Please save the date: February 19-20, 2010.

Between keynote speeches and panel discussions we invite our guests to effective networking and meaningful dialogue over lunch, an evening reception, and a closing concert and party on Saturday night.

Confirmed conference speakers include:

Ursula von der Leyen, Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

Annette Schavan, Federal Minister of Education and Research 

Prof. Dr. Juergen Kluge, former head of McKinsey Germany and future CEO of Haniel 

Claus Kleber, anchorman of Germany's leading daily TV news program "heute journal" on channel ZDF

Kent Nagano, Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera

Matthias Kleiner, President of the German Research Foundation

Photographer Peter Badge, who shot the world-famous photo series of all living Nobel Laureates

The conference will feature unique Keynote Addresses and six Panel Discussions in business, politics, science, and society. High-profile thinkers will address a wide range of topics:

Innovate or Bust

Scaling Renewable Energy: Mega-Projects vs. Decentralized Solutions

Redesigning Health Care from Scratch

Afghanistan - and no End?

Peaceful Revolutions: Lessons from Berlin 1989?

Where is the next Harvard? Future Excellence in Scientific Research

For further information, please visit our website at: www.germanconference.org

We hope to welcome you on February 19-20, 2010 here at Harvard!

Best regards,
The Organizing Committee of the German Conference at Harvard 2010