Consulate General of the United States Hamburg, Germany

+++ May 11, Ambassador Murphy visits HipHop Academy +++
Ambassador Murphy and Consul General Patterson did a tour of the HipHop Academy, and Ambassador Murphy gave a very musical Town Hall Meeting.

+++ May 8, Town Hall Meeting at University of Göttingen +++
Consul General Inmi K. Patterson visited the University of Göttingen. At the historic library she was shown original documents related to U.S. history. She met with officials of the university and held a Town Hall Meeting with students of American Studies.

+++ April 25-26, Consul General visits Flensburg +++
Going up North to Flensburg, Consul General Inmi K. Patterson met with representatives of the German Navy, chamber of commerce, local politicians, academics and the Northest Jewish community of Germany.

+++ April 23, Ambassador visits Hanover Fair +++
The world's largest industrial fair took place again in Hanover.
Ambassador Murphy visited pavillions of U.S. companies and gave remarks at the "Global Business and Markets Forum".

+++ April 16, Conversation Between Generations +++
Elisabeth Rosner presented her book "The Speed of Light" and engaged in a conversation with her father, the Hamburg born Carl Heinz Rosner who survived the KZ Buchenwald.
The event was supported by the Consulat in cooperation with the American Studies Department of the University Hamburg and the Amerikazentrum.

+++ March 27, MeetUS at Vocational College in Wismar +++ 
The Consulate organized a MeetUS program of an American Fulbright teaching assistant to the vocational college in Wismar. He talked to about 50 students of of business administration and metal construction, aged 19-22 about his personal school experiences, the American Dream and the everyday life as an American.

+++ March 26, Climate Change Solutions on film +++
Peter Byck, director and producer of the film "Carbon Nation", presented his film to a group of students at the Gymnasium Kirchdorf in Wilhelmsburg and to a 50 people audience at the Jacobs University in Bremen.

+++ March 21, Deputy Chief of Mission opens Amerikazentrum in Hamburg +++
Greg Delawie, Deputy Chief of Mission, officially opened the Amerikazentrum at its new home in the Hafencity.

+++ March 16, Teacher Trainig in Rostock +++
About 35 teachers learned about the U.S. embassy's election school project, the Tea Party movement and the function of political cartoonists in American society and politics.

+++ March 15, Students from Helmut Schmidt University discuss Republican Primaries +++
The primaries, the election process and the differences between German and American elections were the topics of a group of students from Helmut Schmidt University during a talk with Consul General Patterson.

+++ March 15, MeetUS at Cuxhaven +++
6 different school classes enjoyed conversations with three Americans on the elections and how the U.S. and Germany differ in everyday life.

+++ March 8, General (ret.) Abizaid speaking on the Middle East +++
General (ret.) John P. Abizaid visited Hamburg and gave a presentation at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College before an audience of 250 people.

+++ Feb 29, Teacher Training on Election Project +++
More than 30 teachers took part in training seminar at the Amerikazentrum Hamburg on the upcoming U.S. Election project of the U.S. embassy and the use of social media in political campaigns . 

+++ Feb 17, 50 students Meet US at the consulate +++
A group of students came all the way from Schoenkirchen near Kiel to the consulate to talk to Americans and learn about the upcoming elections

+++ Feb 17, Zip Car Co-Founder on E-Mobility +++
Robin Chase, co-founder of the car sharing company Zip Car, took part in a discussion on e-mobility at the "checkdisout" city talks.

+++ Feb 14, Keynote at Hamburg Social Media Week +++
Ben Scott, Advisor for Innovation to Secretary Hillary Clinton, held the keynote speech at the Social Media Week on "21st Century Statecraft"

+++ Feb 14, Political Activism And Civil Rights +++
The Consulate General supported a roundtable discussion on the impact of the civil rights movement on university programs and cultural institutions.

+++ Feb 8, Consul General at Anglo-German Club +++
Consul General Patterson spoke at the Anglo-German Club about the U.S. elections 2012 and the transatlantic relations. 

+++ Feb 8, Heather Conley speaks to junior executives +++
Heather Conley, director and senior fellow of the Europe Program at the Center of Strategic and International Studies in Washington, spoke about the Euro crisis and transatlantic relations to junior executives of the Hamburg state government 

+++ Jan 31, MeetUS at the consulate +++
A group of 50 students from Neustrelitz visited the consulate to meet Americans and talk to them about American High School life.

+++ Jan 26, Ambassador Murphy visits minister-president Sellering at Schwerin +++
After having held a town hall meeting at Schwerin, Ambassador Murphy met with Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's minister-president Eerwin Sellering.

+++ Jan 23-24, Consul General Patterson visits Mecklenburg-Vorpommern +++
On a two day trip, Consul General Patterson met with a number of student groups, visited local companies and the cities of Parchim, Dömitz, and Lübz.

+++ Jan 17, New Years Reception of American Chamber of Commerce +++
The American Chamber of Commerce held its New Years Reception at the consulate. One of the speakers was the Minister Counselor for Economics Affairs, Seth Winnick 

+++ Jan 10, Washington Insider Connects to Local Media +++
Tim Grieve, editor-in-chief of Politico Pro, visiited local journalists to share his views on the upcoming elections