artist, Vice Dean Faculty Art & Design / Photography, UE
Professor Walter Bergmoser is an experimentally-orientated artists who has his strength in research in phenomenology and perception and how we, as human beings, perceive things in daily life.
Professor Bergmoser is also Vice Dean and Academic Leader for the Campus Berlin of University of Europe for Applied Sciences (UE) which is enhanced by his extensive experience in Photography and that he is continually active in the fields of Art and Photography.
His art does not follow a given concept, nor is it entirely intuitive. He responds photographically to the spaces and landscape he passes through and to the people he encounters. His approach is fruitfully compared with the work of a poet. Please visit https://www.walterbergmoser.com/ to view more of Walter’s portfolio.
YTD Supplier Quality Manager, Diehl Metal Applications GmbH
Hartwig Lorenz is a YTD Supplier Quality Manager for the Berlin-based company Diehl Metal Applications GmbH where he where he works in quality and supplier quality management. Prior to this he was a freelance engineer in the field of manufacturing process analysis and improvement, and Head of Quality and Environmental Management for Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH where he ran the department for quality, environmental, incoming goods management and material lab, with power of attorney. In addition, Hartwig also had a wide range of secondments to subsidiaries to set up or optimize manufacturing processes and for plant management with personnel responsibility in India, Indonesia, China and Egypt.
Hartwig has a degree in precision engineering and electronic device technology (Diplom Ingenieur) from the Technical University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. He gained this qualification after an apprenticeship as a mechanical engineering technician, followed by five years of work in various companies and after having gained a Technical diploma. In addition, he undertook his military service from 1979 to 1980 as a lance-corporal in Landshut, Germany.
chief creative officer, The Real Stuff GmbH
Melanie Piorek is Chief Creative Officer at The Real Stuff GmbH – a creative consultancy with offices in Munich and Berlin.
Previously, Melanie worked for different companies in the marketing services industry, such as events and live marketing agency VOK DAMS, media production studio United Visions and creative agency group Scholz & Friends, developing creative strategies and campaign assets for some of the top brands in Germany and worldwide. With more than 20 years in the business, she has a wealth of experience in PR, communications and media. She learned her craft from the ground up, gaining peer recognition at each step, and rounded off her education with a master’s degree in multimedia management. At The Real Stuff Melanie drives both creative output and competence in direct 360-degree communications with a strong focus on digital and live brand experiences.
student of City & Regional Planning, Technische Universität Berlin
Currently student of City and Regional Planning at the TU Berlin Lysia Leal had a previous career as an award-winning singer.
Lysia Leal first studied Music Education at The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Throughout her career as a singer, she participated in several TV shows, festivals, tours, and awards and is highly experienced in projects using music as a tool to create better infrastructure, revitalize degraded areas, as well as to promote social-economic development. Lysia participated in more than 20 cultural projects with multidisciplinary teams involving architecture, sports, art, and education, mostly in regions of social risk.
This passion has brought Lysia to a new career path in Urban planning. She has participated in the bachelor projects of Urban Resilience and E-mobility in TU Berlin.
student, Humboldt-University
Celine, born in 2001, graduated from high school in 2020 and is now majoring in cultural studies at the Humboldt-University, Berlin. Throughout the ongoing summer semester she invests more time in her part-time job as a barista in the Cookies and Cream Cafe while working on various photography and art projects in private.
As a very open-minded and outgoing person, Celine likes to get to know new perspectives and exchange those in various forms.
senior manager, Special Olympic World Games, Berlin 2023
Bettina is a senior manager for the organising committee of the Special Olympic World Games, Berlin 2023 gGmbH. She is responsible for Education, Science, Youth and Schools.
Bettina has been part of the Special Olympics family since 2008 where she has been involved in the areas of youth leadership and education. Bettina is part of the organising committee for The Special Olympics National Games which will take place in Berlin from 19 to 24 June 2022 and she is also part of the legacy team of the Local Organising Committee hosting The Special Olympic World Games in Berlin in 2023. Together with her team, she is in charge of the Unified Generation Program creating encounters between young people with and without ID and inclusive learning settings.
programme director of business and management studies, UE University
Prof Dr Kai Burkhardt has a PhD in History and has worked in Media Politics, Strategic Marketing and Communications for ministries, governments, corporations and associations including the German National Government, Fifa and Mozilla. He is Programme Director of Business and Management Studies at the UE University and a permanent writer for the daily newspaper Die Welt.
student, Humboldt Universität
Jenny joined Debating Matters in 2020 as a contestant. When she was 16 she spent a year studying abroad at the East London Science School, where she learned to love Latin and English debating. She is now studying Horticultural Sciences at Humboldt University in Berlin.
head of North America/Latin America Unit, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom; columnist and podcast host, eigentümlich frei
Born in 1965, Sascha Tamm studied philosophy, political science and physics in Dresden, Leipzig and Urbana-Champaign. After working as freelance coach, author and ghost-writer he joined Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) in 2001. In 2009 he became head of the Moscow office of FNF. Since 2014 he has worked at the International Department of FNF.
Sascha has published books and articles on various aspects of liberal political philosophy, European integration and foreign policy, among them: Property. Conceptions and Ideas (2009), Liberal Readings on Education (with Stefan Melnik, 2008) and Freedom and Competition: The Future of Europe (2006).
As an expert, Sascha frequently comments on developments in Russia and EU-Russia relations for Russian and German media. He is a regular columnist with the online magazine eigentümlich frei and hosts the podcast “A-sozial” on the youtube channel of eigentümlich frei.
Follow Sascha on Twitter: @saschatamm
retired teacher and personal tutor
Jutta Lux was a teacher at “Gymnasium Steglitz” for 25 years and taught German Literature and French. She also set up the student exchange programme with the Lycée Louis Le Grand in Paris. She is now retired and teaches Greek students on a private basis. She regularly attends English courses at the VHS.
