Meeting point Tagesspiegel

The Meeting point Tagesspiegel is a series of discussions on contemporary and controversial issues relating to society, policy, science and economy mainly of Berlin-Brandenburg. The current Meeting Point Tagesspiegel took place on 21 November 2011. The following experts discussed the topic Do we need more centralization in the federal educational system - What measures should be taken?:

• Ulla Burchardt, MdB, Chairwoman (SPD) of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment
• Dr. Stefan Kaufmann, MdB, (CDU/CSU) Member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment
• Lorenz Maroldt, Editor-in-Chief, DER TAGESSPIEGEL
• Prof. Dr. Jan-Hendrik Olbertz, President Humboldt University Berlin
• Egon Tegge, Head of Goethe secondary school Hamburg 

Moderation: Prof. Dr. George Turner, former Senator of Science Berlin

Other issues examined by the Meeting point Tagesspiegel have included:

• Civil society - Vision or reality?
• 20 billion Euro for education - who will benefit most?
• Bundestag elections 2009
• Period of the unification process 20 years after the wall came down
• Financial- and Economic Crisis 
• Presidential Election of America
• The Youth in Berlin
• The Future of the Pension Scheme
• Excellence Initiative of the Federal Government 
• The Industry in Berlin and their Profit of the Economic Revival
• Growth and Employment because of Immigrants