The TEP Times
TRANSATLANTIC ENTREPRENEUR PARTNERSHIP • FALL 2014 EDITION • TWITTER: #TEP2014
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Welcome to TEP 2014
Welcome to New York City
n b ehalf of the Amer ic an
Council on Germany, I wish to
extend a warm welcome to you
to the 2014 Transatlantic Entrepreneur
Partnership Conference. We also welcome the new Consul General of the
Federal Republic of Germany, Brita
Wagener. We are very pleased that once
again we are in partnership with the
Consulate.
The American Council on Germany
is an independent, non-partisan, nonprofit organization created in 1952 to
promote dialogue among leaders from
business, government and the media in
the United States and Europe. For more
than sixty years, we have been at the forefront of the transatlantic relationship.
Our Fellowship for Young Entrepre
neurs and Innovators is one example
to the ways in which we hope to foster
innovation and cooperation between
s the German Consul General
to New York City I welcome
you to the 2014 Transatlantic
Entrepreneur Partnership Conference.
For the fourth time, the German
Consulate General has partnered with
the American Council on Germany as
patrons for this event. Since then the
ACG has introduced their Fellowship
for Young Entrepreneurs and Innovators
and the German Chamber of Commerce
has started a program for German startups in New York. We welcome and support initiatives that foster transatlantic
collaboration and understanding between Germany and the United States.
Supporting young entrepreneurs is especially important, because it looks to
the future and creates opportunities on
both sides of the Atlantic. Young companies are expanding internationally faster
than ever before. The World Wide Web
O
Germany and the
United States. We
place particular
importance on
the Tran satl antic
E n t r e p r e n e u r
Partnership Con
ference with its emphasis on the partnership between William M. Drozdiak
Berlin and New
York.
The conference program includes
an impressive series of discussions and
events, visits to startups and a signing
ceremony in Brooklyn. We wish all TEP
speakers and participants a productive
experience in New York. We hope to see
you back here often.
William M. Drozdiak
President
American Council on Germany
A
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is transforming
international business; more than
e ver, acce ss to
people, networks,
and services is essential to success
in business. I hope
that this conference and the part- Brita Wagener
nership will help
to set young companies up for success.
The German Consulate welcomes the
opportunity to provide a platform for
this important exchange and thus enable
German startups to get a head start in
New York City. We wish all participants
a fruitful 2014 TEP conference and that
it continues to lead to concrete results.
Brita Wagener
Consul General of the
Federal Republic of Germany