Alfred Herrhausen Society

The not-for-profit Alfred Herrhausen Society - The international forum of the Deutsche Bank - mbH (AHG) is Deutsche Bank 's international forum. Founded in 1992, she is named after the spokesman of Deutsche Bank's board of directors, Alfred Herrhausen, who died in 1989 in an assassination attempt. It is an expression of Deutsche Bank's commitment to civil society.

Their thematic focus is on new forms of governing as a response to changes in the 21st century, which is particularly highlighted by the projects I think of the German Conference , Urban Age and Foresight . With international and national conferences, discussion sessions and publications, the company wants to inspire problem-oriented solutions for global challenges. It has a network of partner institutions from all over the world. The company has its headquarters in Berlin, Unter den Linden. In autumn 2012 she was able to celebrate her 20th anniversary.

As an advisory body, she is assisted by a board of trustees from leading personalities from business, culture, media and science. The co-chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank AG, Anshu Jain , chairs the board of trustees. Thomas Matussek has been director of the Alfred Herrhausen Society since January 2013. He previously worked as a German Ambassador to London, the United Nations in New York and New Delhi.

The Foresight program has focused on the question of whether joint approaches to solving the problems in a multipolar world can exist in divergent future plans for important countries rather than a "clash of futures", while the Urban Age conference series has been changing since 2005 with the future of Metropolitan regions and analyzed the problems of the mega- In this context, the Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award is also given to the responsibility partnerships of citizens, politicians, business and NGOs to improve the quality of life in the cities. I think of Germany's conference, and has been debating Germany's strengths, weaknesses and problems since 2009. The aim is to present an objective but passionate inventory of German politics, economics and culture from a German and international perspective, free of any prohibitions on the part of the parties. Future topics will be researched and programs developed in Trace Lab, the thematic laboratory of the AHG.

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