15 September 2022
10:00
Opening Keynotes
Governing Mayor of Berlin, Franziska Giffey
Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris
Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Senior Advisor Program Europe’s Future, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Francesca Bria, Innovation Economist, Digital Policy Expert and President of the Italian National Innovation Fund
Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Founder of The Tawakkol Karman International Foundation
12:00
Topic 1 | Transformation & Resilience – On Crises as Change Agents
With the consequences of global warming, the ongoing pandemic and a war in Europe, our world is experiencing serious challenges. Can these challenges serve as a wake-up call for fundamental change? What does this mean for global cities?
Could war prompt us to question our assumptions? Localize now: Has globalization come to an end? Bye-bye fossil fuels: How is energy weaponized for global security policies? Russia, China, Central-Eastern Europe: Are we observing the beginning of a new world order?
Speakers include
Mihhail Kõlvart, Mayor of Tallinn (remote)
Christian Mölling, Research Director at German Council on Foreign Relations
Düzen Tekkal, Founder & CEO of HÁWAR.help e.V.
Christian Stöcker, Professor and Course Director for Digital Communication at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Maren Urner, Neuroscientist and professor of media psychology
14:45
Topic 2 | Global Cohesion & Solidarity – On Food, Shelter & Economies
Local crises make global connections visible. How can we find new ways to achieve cross-border cooperation and solidarity? Destination Metropolis: How can cities cope with new waves of migration and the arrival of refugees? Weaving Social Fabric: How can metropolises unite to solve the world’s challenges? Inflation and recession: How can we weather the gathering storm? Putin’s hunger plan: How can we subvert strategies of depletion?
Speakers include
Magid Magid, Author and Director of Union of Justice. Former Member of European Parliament and Lord Mayor of Sheffield
Parag Khanna, Founder and Managing Partner of FutureMap
Frank Sieren, Journalist & China specialist
Riivo Anton, Founding partner at Specialist VC
Ivar Siimar, Partner in Trind Ventures and former president of Estonian Business Angel Network
TopCheri & EES, artists
16:45
Topic 3 | Democracies in Danger – On Free Speech, Propaganda & Fake News
Cities like Berlin are liberal centers and drivers of innovation in research, business and culture. Tolerance and freedom of speech are the foundation of our democracy. How can we identify fake news and propaganda, and what tools do we have to protect our societies from them?
Speakers include
Marietta Slomka, Journalist
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Leader of democratic Belarus (remote)
Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Founder of The Tawakkol Karman International Foundation
Sevgil Musaieva, Ukrainian journalist, Editor-in-Chief for Ukrayinska Pravda
Szabolcs Panyi, Hungarian investigative journalist
Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, Ukrainian musician & civil activist
18:30
Closing
20:00
Evening Program
Program is subject to change
16 September 2022
10:00
Topic 1 | From Mindset to Policy – on Urban Adaptation
Maren Urner, Neuroscientist and professor of media psychology
Kristina Lunz, Co-Founder and Germany Co-Executive Director of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy
Frank Sieren, Journalist & China specialist
Main stage / terrasse / stage II
12:45
Topic 2 | From Material to Culture and Data – on Values and Ressources
Niklas Maak, Journalist
Stephan Schwarz, Senator for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises
Francesca Bria, Innovation Economist, Digital Policy Expert and President of the Italian National Innovation Fund
Carson Chan, Director of the Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and Natural Environment, MoMA New York
Eva Kreienkamp, CEO BVG
Ross Douglas, Founder & CEO of Autonomy Paris & the Urban Mobility Weekly
Christoph Rauhut, Architect & Landeskonservator Berlin
Berlin visions on the future of ICC:
ICCA
ICCC
Graft
Main stage / terrasse / stage II
15:00
Topic 3 | From Propaganda to Civil Rights
Ligia Noronha, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Head of UNEP
Peter Pomerantsev, British journalist and author
Franak Viacorka, Senior Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and journalist
Nataliya Gumenyuk, Ukrainian journalist and author
Ana-Maria Trăsnea, Permanent Secretary for International Relations, Senate Chancellery Berlin
Main stage / terrasse / stage II
Program is subject to change
Transformation & Resilience – On Crises as Change Agents
15 – 16 September 2022
Topic I
With the consequences of global warming, the ongoing pandemic and a war in Europe, our world is experiencing serious challenges. Can these challenges serve as a wake-up call for fundamental change? What does this mean for global cities?
Could war prompt us to question our assumptions?
Localize now: Has globalization come to an end?
Bye-bye fossil fuels: How is energy weaponized for global security policies?
Russia, China, Central-Eastern Europe: Are we observing the beginning of a new world order?
More info coming soon
Global Cohesion & Solidarity – On Food, Shelter & Economies
15 – 16 September 2022
Topic II
Local crises make global connections visible. How can we find new ways to achieve cross-border cooperation and solidarity?
Destination Metropolis: How can cities cope with new waves of migration and the arrival of refugees?
Weaving Social Fabric: How can metropolises unite to solve the world’s challenges?
Inflation and recession: How can we weather the gathering storm?
Putin’s hunger plan: How can we subvert strategies of depletion?
More info coming soon
Democracies in Danger – On Free Speech, Propaganda & Fake News
15 – 16 September 2022
Topic III
Cities like Berlin are liberal centers and drivers of innovation in research, business and culture. Tolerance and freedom of speech are the foundation of our democracy. How can we identify fake news and propaganda, and what tools do we have to protect our societies from them?
Player 3 Has entered the War: Anonymous & the Information Wars
Hostile Media: War on TikTok
Neo-imperialism and the Politics of Remembrance
Propaganda, Hate & Social Media: Twitter, Trump, Musk, Zuckerberg & Co.
Journalism in the Time of Open-source intelligence & Fake News: Bellingcat, the Intercept & Co.
More info coming soon
Topics
Democracies in Danger – On Free Speech, Propaganda & Fake News
Cities like Berlin are liberal centers and drivers of innovation in research, business and culture. Tolerance and freedom of speech are the foundation of our democracy. How can we identify fake news and propaganda, and what tools do we have to protect our societies from them?
Global Cohesion & Solidarity – On Food, Shelter & Economies
Local crises make global connections visible. How can we find new ways to achieve cross-border cooperation and solidarity?
Transformation & Resilience – On Crises as Change Agents
With the consequences of global warming, the ongoing pandemic and a war in Europe, our world is experiencing serious challenges. Can these challenges serve as a wake-up call for fundamental change? What does this mean for global cities?