“Towards Responsible Leadership in a Globalized World” – this is the guiding principle of the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt. In an ever-faster and more interdependent world, it is vital that leaders take into account the common good both in their professional and personal lives. Hence, the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt and the audit company Deloitte & Touche want to invite business leaders to participate in socio-political debates and to contribute to the development of a lively civil society beyond their profession.

The International Diplomats Programme invites young diplomats from the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia to experience Germany from different perspectives. Through information visits and expert talks, young diplomats are given access to first-hand information and job-relevant aspects of German life and culture.

In 2009 the BMW Foundation will once again organize a big panel discussion at BMW Welt in Munich. The focus will be on the globalized worlds of work and their consequences for the individual. The discussion will revolve around the following key themes: What are the leadership qualities of the future? Will dependent gainful employment soon be a model of the past? Will work become our life and our life become work? Competition seems to have become the universally valid organizational principle of our economic and social order – are our private lives also influenced by our thinking in terms of individual performance?

Miriam Meckel, professor of corporate communications at the Institute for Media and Communications Management at the University of St. Gallen, was the 4th speaker in our Young Leaders Lecture series and talked about modern individuals being caught in the “communication trap”.

The Charité Summit, organized by the Charité and the Charité-Foundation, is an inspiring international forum offering the opportunity for the exchange of innovative ideas, the discovery of emerging trends, networking, and meeting among academics and entrepreneurship experts to further promote biomedical enterprises. The Charité-Foundation was established by Johanna Quandt in 2005.