The Speakers
Lineup
The people who will shape the conversation in Oxford. From cabinet tables to newsrooms, lecture halls to boardrooms, our speakers bring the perspectives that define the British-German relationship today, and where it goes next. Outreach has only just begun and new names are being confirmed by the day, so check back as the line-up takes shape.
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Three-time Wimbledon Champion; Tennis Analyst, Eurosport
Chair of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee
Former Chair of the German Ethics Council; Professor of Ethics in Medicine, TUM
Former German Federal Minister of Education and Research; Senior Strategic Advisor, Focused Energy
Former UK Secretary of State for Business; Former Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, BioNTech
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Jung & Naiv
His Majesty’s Ambassador to Germany
German Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Former Head of the German Federal Chancellery; Senior Advisor, Macro Advisory Partners
Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
Author and Middle East Analyst; Deputy Federal Chairman, BSW
Former European Commissioner; Former Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg
Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde
Senior Fellow, Munich Security Conference
Founding Chairman, European Stability Initiative
Chancellor of the University of Cambridge; Former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Chair of the German Startup Association; Entrepreneur and Author
His Majesty’s Ambassador to Austria
Public Prosecutor General, Federal Court of Justice
High Commissioner of The Gambia to the United Kingdom; Former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
Professor of Security Studies, King's College London
Member of the German Bundestag; Spokesperson for Refugee and Legal Policy, Die Linke
Former Head of the UK Diplomatic Service
Professor of Modern History, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Former Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
Director, German Economic Institute (IW)
Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations
Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Energy, Scottish Government
Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
Presenter, ZDFheute live; Host, Die da Oben! (funk)
Professor of the History of International Relations, University of Cambridge
Barrister; Former Lead Prosecutor of Slobodan Milošević
Founder, CureVac; Ambassador, European Innovation Council
Writer, The Sunday Times; Former Editor of the New Statesman
Author, Broadcaster and Deputy Chair of the German-British Association; Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI
Former Vice-President of the German Federal Constitutional Court; Professor Emeritus of Public Law, University of Tübingen
Professor of Public and European Law
Professor of Surgery, University of Oxford; Chair, Medical Aid for Palestinians
Former Justice of the German Federal Constitutional Court; Professor of International Law, University of Göttingen
Member of the European Parliament; EPP Foreign Affairs Spokesman
Professor of European Union and Employment Law, University of Cambridge
Professor of Technology and Regulation, Oxford Internet Institute
Chief Economist, German Federal Ministry of Finance
Honorary President, Royal Air Force Air Cadets
Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court (2008–2020); Professor of Public Law, University of Freiburg
Member of the German Bundestag; State Chair, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Saar
Former Commander, UK Space Command
Professor of Ethics in Information Technology, University of Hamburg
Chair of Strategy and Organisation, Technical University of Munich
Professor of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Medicine, Technical University of Munich
Professor of English Law and British Economy and Politics, Centre for British Studies, Humboldt University Berlin
Director-General and Chief Executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Security-policy creator and author; former Bundeswehr youth officer
Member of Technical Staff, Anthropic; Former Principal Scientist, Google DeepMind
Senior Advisor Infrastructure, KKR; Founder, thermondo
Associate Director, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge
Founder, hedgefonds.henning and Apollo Studios
Partner and Associate Director, Boston Consulting Group
Campaign Strategist; Former Organiser, Obama for America
Chief Executive, Wilton Park; Founder and Chair, British Foreign Policy Group
Co-Founder and CEO, Hades Mining
Founder and CEO, Barocal; Professor of Materials Physics, University of Cambridge
Founding Partner, Linden Capital; Former Head of 3M Corporate Ventures
Professor of Translational Neurotechnology, Technical University of Munich
Director of Programmes, Helsing UK
Co-Founder and Director of Strategy, Council on Geostrategy
King's Counsel, Serle Court; Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Executive Director, Stiftung Jugend forscht
Co-Founder and CEO, MatNex
Senior Research Fellow in AI and Social Cognition, Oxford Internet Institute
Senior Partner, Digital, AI and Data, Roland Berger
Professor of International Politics, Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences
Founder, LifeScience ORG