WELCOME TO ATLANTIK-BRÜCKE E.V. Annual Report 2008/2009 XVIII. Enchanted Holiday Evening in New York On December 16, 2009, the annual fundraising dinner for the benefit of the “Youth for Understanding”- Foundation was held in New York. Youth for Understanding Foundation “Signal from St. Louis” XXXI. German-American Young Leaders Conference St. Louis, Missouri August 23 to 28, 2009 Signal from St. Louis CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL RECEIVES X ERIC M. WARBURG AWARD June 25, 2009 Library of Congress, Washington, DC Dr. Thomas Enders, Chuck Hagel, Dr. Walther Leisler Kiep, Dr. Beate Lindemann, Dr. Angela Merkel Speech by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel Laudation by The Honorable Chuck Hagel Press Release Inaugural Meeting of Atlantik-Brücke’s International Advisory Council in Mumbai, India, at the Invitation of Ratan N. Tata February 19 – 20, 2009 Photographer: Daniel Biskup, BILD “The Mumbai Declaration” One hundred days following the tragic terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the International Advisory Council (IAC) of Atlantik-Brücke demonstrated its solidarity with India and underscored the crucial global mission of the transatlantic community by holding its inaugural session at the Taj Mahal Hotel, where 32 of the incidents’ 170 victims were killed. The IAC honored those whose lives were lost and India’s future through a “Mumbai Declaration,” which urges the Atlantic Community at a time of spreading financial crisis to recommit itself through concrete actions to fighting global poverty, maintaining open markets, resisting protectionism, and otherwise protecting the remarkable gains of globalization that followed the Berlin Wall’s fall nearly twenty years ago. more Conference Report Delegation of Atlantik-Brücke in the swing state Ohio during the final days of the 2008 American presidential election campaign “Signal from Hamburg” XXX German-American Young Leaders Conference August 24 to 29, 2008 in Hamburg-Blankenese, Germany Crisis, Conflict, and Change: It’s Time – Again – for Coordinated Transatlantic Action German and American Young Leaders Conference Tackles Issues with Spirit of Renewed Cooperation Sixty-four Americans and Germans from top academic, corporate, foundation, government, military and media organizations met from August 24-29 2008 in Hamburg, Germany for the 35th anniversary of the Atlantik-Bruecke’s Young Leaders conference “Beyond Transatlantic Evergreens: How Can Young Leaders Influence the Future.” more Atlantik-Brücke – A Brief History			Welcome to Atlantik-Brücke e.V.