{"id":19189,"date":"2025-11-12T14:18:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T13:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/?post_type=event&#038;p=19189"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:20:13","slug":"transatlantic-industrial-renewal","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/events\/transatlantic-industrial-renewal\/","title":{"rendered":"Transatlantic Industrial Renewal \u2013 Online Conference on Successful Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p class=\"has-main-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-27256741a27311a214fabbbd99202281\">10:00 am \u2014 12:00 pm EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In light of unprecedented democratic backsliding in the US and a deepening industrial crisis in Germany, <strong>core industrial regions and cities stand at the forefront to renew both&nbsp; democracy and the economy.<\/strong> From swing districts in the Midwest to manufacturing hubs along the Rhine-Ruhr, these heartlands have become decisive electoral arenas. How can political leadership best value industrial heritage, steer locally rooted innovation and provide lasting economic opportunity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Das Progressive Zentrum, in cooperation with the Progressive Policy Institute (Washington, D.C.) and the BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University, cordially invites you to a dialogue from heartland to heartland, city to city across the Atlantic. <strong>Join us to<\/strong> <strong>discuss with leading US and German decision- and change-makers <\/strong>who are shaping the future of the places that matter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing on three years of empirical research, polling and policy advice from the joint project \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.industrial-heartlands.com\/\">Transatlantic Dialogue on the Industrial Heartlands: Shaping the Future<\/a>\u201d<strong>,<\/strong> the conference will discuss actionable recommendations to advance heartland revitalisation and <strong>create momentum for tangible subnational diplomacy and inter-city cooperation<\/strong>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speakers include, among others:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Steve Patterson<\/strong>, Mayor of Athens, Ohio, and President, National League of Cities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Paige Cognetti<\/strong>, Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Democratic Candidate for the 2026 U.S. Congressional Elections\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Doreen Mohaupt<\/strong>, Mayor of Cottbus, Brandenburg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thomas Kralinski, <\/strong>Former State Secretary, Saxon Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labour, and Energy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference will begin with policy recommendations from our fellows to frame a high-level panel discussion, followed by parallel breakout sessions that explore specific policies and strategies through active audience participation. 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