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CNN anchor Jim Clancy promised a day of big ideas at the Global Business Dialogue in Berlin, and participants responded May 25, 2012, with energetic discussions focused on the future of American and European commerce.
“Big ideas, that’s what we want to have today,” Clancy told the audience of 400 business and government leaders from Canada to Vietnam. “We want fresh ideas, and we want to share them with one another.”
Thunderbird School of Global Management, which offers Executive MBA and corporate certificate programs from its European headquarters in Geneva, organized the event with the U.S. Commercial Service and the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany.
Deutsche Bank executive Jürgen Fitschen joined a high-powered lineup of speakers that included U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson, U.S. Ambassador to Germany Philip Murphy and Thunderbird Interim President Barbara Barrett, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Finland from 2008 to 2009.
“The transatlantic relationship has been a model and a premiere growth engine for decades,” Murphy said during his welcoming remarks. “Now it is time to build on the success of the past.”
Fitschen, a member of the Deutsche Bank Management Board, shared insights from his recent trip to Athens, where some Greeks are calling for an exit from the European Union. Meanwhile, U.S. Ambassador Philip Reeker reminded participants that many Europeans in the Balkan region are still anxious to join the union.
“It hasn’t deterred them,” said Reeker, a Thunderbird graduate who served as U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia from 2008 to 2011. “That is their goal and the United States’ goal, to see a Europe whole, free and at peace. That has been the basis of our stability and our prosperity since 1945.”
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Berlin Sen. Sybille von Obernitz also participated in the event at the Axica Conference and Convention Centre next to Berlin’s famed Brandenburg Gate. The sessions coincided with Thunderbird’s annual European reunion, which attracted hundreds of alumni from 32 regional chapters.
The Global Business Dialogue follows Thunderbird’s inaugural event Nov. 10-11, 2011, near its campus in Phoenix, Arizona. Platinum sponsors in Berlin included United Airlines and management consulting and outsourcing firm Accenture.
Video: Global Business Dialogue highlights (2:03)
Video: European Union: Still a dream for some (1:03)
 Thunderbird Europe Director Sarah Schwab, right, networks with participants May 25, 2012, at the Global Business Dialogue in Berlin. (Photo by DARYL JAMES) |
 Thunderbird School of Global Management alumni raise their hands May 25, 2012, during the Global Business Dialogue in Berlin. (Photo by DARYL JAMES) |
 U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson speaks May 25, 2012, during the Global Business Dialogue in Berlin. (Photo by DARYL JAMES) |
 Deutsche Bank executive Jürgen Fitschen speaks May 25, 2012, during the Global Business Dialogue in Berlin. (Photo by DARYL JAMES) |
 Thunderbird co-organized the Global Business Dialogue at the Axica Conference and Convention Centre next to Berlin’s famed Brandenburg Gate. (Photo by DARYL JAMES) |
 Panelists discuss the German growth model during a session at the Global Business Dialogue in Berlin. Panelists, from left, include Gabor Steingart of Handelsblatt, Frank Riemensperger of Accenture Germany, Stephan Heck of DZ Equity Partner, and Jürgen Friedrich of Germany Trade & Invest. (Photo by DARYL JAMES) |
 Heinrich Hiesinger of ThyssenKrupp AG sits with Thunderbird Interim President Barbara Barrett during the Global Business Dialogue in Berlin. (Photo by DARYL JAMES) |
 Philip Murphy, the U.S. Ambassador to Germany, speaks May 25, 2012, during the Global Business Dialogue in Berlin. (Photo by DARYL JAMES) |
 Axica Conference and Convention Centre staff prepare to serve guests during the Global Business Dialogue in Berlin. (Photo by DARYL JAMES) |
 About 400 participants attend the Global Business Dialogue in Berlin. (Photo by DARYL JAMES) |
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