Annual Meetings

Annual Meetings

Once a year the members meet in Berlin for the "Tönissteiner Annual Meetings". The program is based on an international topic of current interest, which is presented by a range of high quality speakers from Germany, France, Great Britain or the United States of America, offering a range of perspectives for discussion.

Highlight of the program is the keynote speech, during which a well-known personality      from politics, economics or the sciences comments on a topic. The Annual Meeting regularly attracts approximately 200 Tönissteiner from Germany and abroad, plus the members of the Student Forum and 30 other invited guests.

Topics of the Annunal Meetings 2001 to 2011:

Climate Change and Security Policy
2011

2010

Religions and ethical responsibility in a globalised world
Speech of Federal Minister of Interior Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble     
2009

What requires the future of Germany?
2008

2007

Europe in Crisis - Renationalisation or Common Future?
2006

Europe and the Middle East - a Relationship for the Future?
2005

How terrorism changes our security - which consequences do we have to take?
2004

Elites in modern society
2003

Europe's response to international terrorism
2002

Will longterm problems defeat our democracy? Ageing Societies - Ailing Democracies?
2001