{"id":4440,"date":"2025-10-15T10:04:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bremen\/?p=4440"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:04:33","slug":"2nd-german-american-mayors-conference-in-bremen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bremen\/2025\/10\/15\/2nd-german-american-mayors-conference-in-bremen\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd German-American Mayors’ Conference in Bremen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Last week Thursday, on October 9, we had the great honor to attend the Reception on the occasion of the German-American Mayors\u2019 Conference in the Bremen City Hall. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bremen City Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The \u201cMayors Round Table\u201d takes place the second time, with the first Conference being held in June 2024 in the One World Trade Center in New York City. Around 20 mayors from the US and Germany attended the two-day conference, among them Mayor David Holt from Oklahoma City who is also the President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Mayor Reggie Burgess from North Charleston, with which Bremen plans to become sister cities in the near future, as well as mayors from Helena (MT), Palo Alto (CA), Chattanooga (TN), Los Angeles (CA), Tacoma (WA), Mountain View (CA), Berlin, Hannover, Heidelberg, Stuttgart and many more. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The reception began with welcome addresses by Mayor Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte (President of the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen), Christina Beinhoff (Head of the Department of Culture and Society at the Federal Foreign Office) and Mayor David Holt (Oklahoma City, President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors). It was followed by the Input \u201cSolid Partnership in Demanding Times\u201d by Matthias Magnor (CEO BLG LOGISTICS GROUP AG & Co. KG, Bremen) and Julian Bremer (Co-President & COO BLG Logistics, Inc., Northport, Alabama).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mayor Bovenschulte giving his welcome address<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Afterwards, we had the chance to meet and talk to many Mayors and guests during the reception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some impressions from our students:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cI really loved getting to meet so many different people from both Germany and the US. Getting to speak with people from professions in differing spaces all coming together to connect under one roof was so special. Everyone had a different reason for being at the event but they each knew the value of the connection between two countries coming to work together.\u201d<\/em> – Haley \u201927<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTo attend the mayors conference was such a privilege. Having the chance to enter into Bremen’s beautiful Rathaus building is, in and of itself, something special, but being given the opportunity to chat with various U.S. mayors, Bremen’s own mayor (or B\u00fcrgermeister, true to the German title), and a range of other well-connected businesses people left me feeling both very lucky and surprised. Surprised that a group of three Dickinson College students had gotten access to such a high-profile event and made so many connections, all within the first week of arriving in Bremen.\u201d<\/em>
– Alex \u201927<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe conference was a great opportunity for meeting the \u201cwho\u2019s who\u201d of Bremen\u2019s business and politics. It was also the perfect cure to my homesickness, getting to hear tons of American accents around me and speak with them about home.\u201d<\/em> – Kate \u201927<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you want to find out more about the conference, Sat1 Regional <\/a>(German TV Broadcaster) documented the Conference with a short video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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