The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest (GACCoM) is pleased to introduce the successor to our prestigious Transatlantic Program, "Transatlantic Program - Young Technology Leaders" (TAP-YTL). The program will bring together 12 young leaders with technical backgrounds for an intensive 8-day visit to Germany that will be focused on a specific theme. The first delegation, "Sustainable Architecture & Urban Planning" will take place September 19-27, 2010. Future programs will feature topics such as "Logistics & Transportation" and "Water Management."

Witness first-hand Germany’s leading role in crafting new communities and energy efficient spaces for living and working

• See Europe’s largest urban development project “HafenCity,” in Hamburg - EU Green Capital 2011
• Experience Passive House technology
• Visit Germany’s most sustainable neighborhoods
  
  

The agenda will consist of theme-focused site-visits, presentations and personal interaction with innovative companies, networking functions with peers and industry leaders, cross-cultural training, language building.

Destinations include cutting-edge sustainable architecture and urban planning hotspots:

• Berlin
• Hamburg
• Cologne
• Freiburg
  
  

    
The overall goal of the program is to bring future decision makers from the US and Germany together at the beginning of their professional careers or late in their studies, to build networks and promote know-how transfer through intensive, content-driven encounters and experiences. Applicants must be from the field relevant to the focus of each trip, interested in modern Germany and have a basic knowledge of the language. One of the key aspects of the program remains to promote professional development within a transatlantic mindset through alumni activities. TAP-YTL takes place under the patronage of Dr. Klaus Scharioth, German Ambassador to the United States.