The Kick-off Discussion 2006

In order to set forth the idea of a World Culture Forum, the Forum Tiberius – International Forum for Culture and Economics hosted a kick-off discussion in October 2006 in Volkswagen's Transparent Factory. The 37 participants consisted of members of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee of the Tiberius Forum and external figures from the spheres of culture, politics, business and science.
Separate workshops, led by Prof. Dr. Kurt Biedenkopf, Dr. Bernhard Freiherr von Loeffelholz, and Prof. Dr. Christoph Stölzl, were organized to discuss the content and themes as well as how this content should be presented for a World Culture Forum. In subsequent meetings, these structures were fleshed out and preparations were begun on the content for the World Culture Forum’s kick-off event.

The Founding Members:

Prof. Dr. Kurt-Hans Biedenkopf, former Minister President of the Free State of Saxony, Attorneys at Law Biedenkopf, Kuhbier & Lindenstruth, Dresden
Dr. theol. Petra Bahr, Cultural Representative, Evangelical Church in Germany
Dr. Stephan Cramer, Attorney at Law, Cramer von Clausbruch Steinmeier & Cramer
Peter Daetz, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, Daetz Foundation
Edith Diedrichsen
Dr. Bernhard Freiherr von Loeffelholz, President, Cultural Senate of Saxony
Hans-Joachim Frey, General Director, Theater Bremen
Holk Freytag, Director, State Theater, Dresden
Dr. Stephan Frucht, Director, Cultural Circle of German Business and Industry within the Federation of Germany Industry
Dr. Olaf Hahn, Head of Department, Society and Culture, Robert Bosch Foundation GmbH
Dr. Ernst-Wilhelm Händler, Entrepreneur and Writer, Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt (Frankfurter Publishing House)
Prof. Dr. Johannes Heinrichs, Professor of Philosophy and Social Ecology (retired)
Dr. Jürgen Hogeforster, Chairperson, Hanseatic Parliament
Jürgen Klimke, Member of German Parliament
Father Clemens Maaß SJ, Academy Director of the Catholic Academy, Dresden-Meißen Diocese
Dr. Ulf Dietrich Merbold, Physicist and former Astronaut
Prof. Dr. Meinhard Miegel, Chairperson of the Bonn Institute for Economic and Social Research (IWG Bonn)
Dr. Frank Müller, Managing Director, Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH
Christiane Müller-Kugelberg, CM Projektmanagement (project management)
LL. M. Sven C. Oehme, Founder, President & CEO, The European American Business Organization, Inc.
Dirk Popp, Managing Partner, Pleon Deutschland
Prinz Alexander von Sachsen (Prince of Saxony), Advisor to the Minister President, Saxon State Chancellery
Prof. Dr. Dr. Hermann Rauhe, Honorary President, Hamburg University for Music and Theater
Prof. Dr. Karl-Siegbert Rehberg, Head of Institute of Sociology, Dresden University of Technology
Anselm Rose, Executive Director, Dresden Philharmonic
Dr. Matthias Rößler, former Minister of State, Member of German State Assembly
Martijn Sanders, former Managing Director, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam
Prof. Dr. Kajo Schommer (†), former Saxon Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Labor
Stefan Schulte, Head of Sales and Marketing at Volkswagen’s Transparent Factory, Dresden GmbH
Kay Ulrich Schwarz, Managing Director, Schwarz & Partner Vermögensverwaltung GmbH (asset management group)
Prof. Dr. Jan Sokol, Charles University, Prague
Prof. Dr. Peter Steinbach, Director, Institute for History, University of Karlsruhe (Germany)
Dr. Christian Striefler, Director, State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony
Prof. Dr. Christoph Stölzl, former Senator, Member of Executive Board of Villa Grisebach Auction House
Dr. René Umlauft, Head of Turbosets Subdivision, Siemens AG
Dr. Hans J. Wendler, former German Consul General
Prof. Dr. Udo Zimmermann, Artistic Director, Hellerau European Center of Contemporary Art