Friedrich Naumann Foundation

Future of energy transition and security: the world order and globalization hub hosted a "future of energy transition and security" study tour from december 07-14th 2024 in washington, houston, welcoming 9 participants from 9 countries. During the study tour, there were one panel event and several meetings. Panel: moderated roundtable discussion by laura goldberg, center of houston's future. There were additional sessions, including a meeting with frances coln, senior director and team leader, international climate policy, center for american progress, mackenzie fallt, legislative director, and peter trapp, senior legislative assistant, u.s. House representative jason crow, (co-6), robert schlotterer, manager & global head, extractives industries, world bank, becky cairns, director of federal affairs, offshore wind, rwe, alice hill, senior fellow for energy and the environment, council on foreign relations, christine harbin, climate and energy policy advisor, u.s. Senator bill cassidy (r-la), olga khakova, deputy director, european energy security, global energy center atlantic council, medha surampudy, staff member, house energy and commerce committee energy, climate and grid security subcommittee, paula glover, president, alliance to save energy, leslie hill, senior advisor of energy, minerals and realty management, bureau of land management, mario loyola, heritage foundation, christopher guith, senior vice president, global energy institute, u.s. Chamber of commerce, dr. Peter hartley, rice scholar of energy economics and dr. Michael maher, senior program advisor, center for energy studies, baker institute for public policy, rice university and a discussion with regional director martin biesel, on us politics and transatlantic relations. The program in houston is coordinated with the german-american chamber of commerce, in tandem with sandra schwalen, regional manager southwest.

Campaigning for democracy: the world order and globalization hub hosted a "campaigning for democracy" study tour from september 07-14th 2024 in washington, detroit/lansing welcoming 9 participants from 9 countries. During the study tour, there were several meetings with lee godown, ceo alpex international, robert moran, senior advisor, brunswick group, tom readmond, chief executive officer, the readmond group, marriane williamson, former democratic presidential candidate, sarah paden, vice president, progressive policy institute and anne sokolov, executive director, new democrat coalition, mike shields, partner, convergence media, majid sattar, washington correspondent at faz german national daily, christopher tuttle, senior fellow, council on foreign relations, scott greytak, director of advocacy, transparency international, terry nelson, managing partner, plus communication, kyle melinn, editor, michigan information and research service, barb byrum, ingham county clerk, ingham county, michigan, senator john cherry, democratic member for the 27th district in the michigan senate, andy schor, mayor, lansing, michigan, representative laurie pohutsky, michigan state house of representatives, michigan district 17, professor earl lewis, center for social solutions, university of michigan, roberta deering, chair, detroit league of women voters, and board members.

Other - including information and study tour to observe the us presidential campaign, september 28-october 5th, 2024 to washington, dc and harrisburg, pa