Oxford University Society- Munich

Past Events

Annual Christmas Dinner Guest Speaker: Dr. James McCabe (Journalist, Writer and Columnist”
Date:	16^th December 2007
Place:	Spatenhaus an der Oper
Attendees:	50
Description:	Dr. James McCabe (Journalist, Columnist for the Wirtschaftswoche, Lecturer, Management Trainer and Writer on all topics related to English and German language) will be giving us a light-hearted account of his insights and experiences with the subtle differences of communication between the English and the Germans: “How to communicate with a Martian? - the subtle but telling difference between Schadenfreude, self-deprecation and other bacteria!” The Spatenhaus is one of Munich's best and most famous traditional Bavarian restaurants.

Guided Tour at the Exhibition of Andreas Gursky (Photographer & Artist)
Date:	18^th April 2007
Place:	Haus der Kunst,
Attendees:	50
Description:	Haus der Kunst was displaying the largest retrospective to date of the works of world-famous photographer and artist, Andreas Gursky. It is his first German show in nine years. The majority of the works have been produced after his last major exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 2001. Over the past six weeks, more than 80,000 visitors have flooded into Haus der Kunst – a record figure. Andreas Gursky, born in 1955, was a star pupil of Professor Bernd Becher in Düsseldorf. Since the late Eighties, his works have been presented in countless exhibitions. At contemporary art auctions, his pictures fetch record prices: the most recent, a diptych, sold in February for around € 3 million. We are delighted that Thomas Weski – the exhibition’s curator and a leading expert on photography – has guided our group through the magnificent retrospective. The event was followed by a drinks party at the “Golden Bar”!

Speaker Reception with Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger (German Ambassador in England)
Date:	8^th February 2007
Time:	1:30 Drinks / 19:00 Lecture
Venue:	HypoVereinsbank Kommunikationsforum
Number of participants:	200 (90 Oxonians)
Description:	Title of the Speech “Do Transatlantic Relationships have a Future?”

Annual Christmas Dinner
Date:	Sunday, 17^th December 2006
Place:	Spatenhaus an der Oper
Description:	The Spatenhaus is one of Munich's best and most famous traditional Bavarian restaurants. It was a lively dinner with about 40 Oxonians participating..

Joint Speaker Meeting & Drinks with Deutsch Britische Gesellschaft Speaker: Professor Dr. Hartmut Mayer, Oxford Topic: „German-British-Relations and the current European Crisis”
Date:	5^th September 2006
Number of participants:	10
Description:	Dr. Hartmut Mayer has been Fellow and Lecturer in Politics (International Relations) at St. Peter’s College, University of Oxford since 1998. He studied history, political science and international relations at the Freie Universität Berlin, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University), the Harvard University and Cambridge University and graduated at St. Antony’s College of the Oxford University. Dr. Mayer teaches and does research work in respect of “International Relations” at the Department for Politics and International Relations. Priorities are European politics, theory of international relations, history of the Cold War and normative questions of European foreign policy. Dr. Mayer worked as journalist for more than ten years, for e.g. the Süddeutsche Zeitung and DIE ZEIT and is also Region Head Western Europe for the Oxford Analytica, a consulting company for international politics.

Joint Speaker Dinner with British Chamber of Commerce Guest of honour: Dr. Raschid Karabek, Head of Strategy of BT British Telekom, speaking on “Networked economy. Networked IT. Convergence as strategic success factor”
Date:	20^th June 2006
Number of participants:	40

Annual Oxonian Christmas Dinner Guest of honour: Consul-General Steve Plater and his wife Keiko (British Consul-General to Bavaria)
Date:	10. December 2006
Number of participants:	40

Gala Dinner With Ambassador Thomas Matussek (German Ambassador to the Court of St. James’)
Date:	23^rd Mai 2005
Time:	18:30
Description:	Thomas Matussek, German Ambassador to London, will be speaking on “Deutschland und Großbritannien im Europa des 21. Jahrhunderts”.
Place:	Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
Speakers Bio:	Thomas Matussek was born at Lauda, Baden -Württemberg, in 1947. He studied law and history in Paris and Bonn, and joined the German Foreign Service in 1975. His first foreign posting was to London, after which he was seconded to the Federal Chancellery under Helmut Schmidt, with responsibilities especially in European affairs, followed by postings to New Delhi and Lisbon. In 1992  he served as Private Secretary to Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, then as Head of the Minister's Office under both Genscher and his successor, Klaus Kinkel. During this time he was intimately involved in the run-up to the Maastricht Treaty and crisis management in the Balkans. In 1994 he was appointed Deputy Head of Mission in Washington. From 1999 he was Director General for Political Affairs at the Foreign Office in Berlin, where he was in charge of organising the UN talks on Afghanistan in Bonn in 2001. He took up the post of German Ambassador to the Court of St James's, London, on 6 July 2002.
Number of places:	100

Tsunami Charity Concert and Luncheon Matinee 2005 Mastro Zubin Mehta (Generalmusikdirektor Bayerische Staatsoper) Graf Clemens von Waldburg-Zeil (Secretary-General, Deutsches Rotes Kreuz)
Date:	20^th February 2005
Place:	Concert: Bayerische Staatsoper Luncheon: Hotel Kempinski Vier Jahreszeiten
Number of guests:	Concert: 2000 Luncheon: 120
Description:	This event as the first charity luncheon hosted by the Oxford Society and all proceeds were donated to the German Red Cross. Guest speakers were: Clemens Graf von Waldburg-Zeil has been Secretary-General of the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK) since January 2003 and within this one year already had to deal with two of the world’s most catastrophic natural disasters: the earthquake in Bam (Iran) and the Tsunami in Southeast-Asia. Graf Waldburg is one of Germany’s most senior charity officials and deeply involved in the humanitarian efforts in Southeast Asia. He will give us a first hand insight into the humanitarian work, the logistics behind the scenes and individual projects in the region. Mastro Zubin Mehta has been Generalmusikdirektor of the Bavarian State Opera and State Orchestra since 1998 and counts as one of the world’s top conductors. He has frequently conducted the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Berliner Philharmoniker and other top orchestras in the world. He frequently appears at the Met in New York, the Scala in Milan and the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. All performing artists and the opera have offered to donate their entire proceeds to the German Red Cross. The Kempinsky hotel has offered us the room free of charge as well as a superb 3-course lunch at heavily reduced rates. Total proceeds for the Red Cross and thus the Tsunami victims amounted to €69.000. We would like to thank all donors and all participants in this event.

Gala Dinner with Randolf Rodenstock (Rodenstock GmbH, Präsident der Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft)
Date:	2^nd December 2004
Place:	Hotel Kempinski Vier Jahreszeiten
Number of guests:	120
Description:	“Die Reform beginnt in den Köpfen” Randolf Rodenstock, currently Chairman of Rodenstock GmbH (the leading German brand for optical products and glasses) and president of the Bavarian Confederation of Industry gave us a fascinating insight into the reform processes in Germany. The title of his speech was “Die Reform beginnt in den Köpfen” (Reforms start in people’s minds) and he accurately sketched the problems facing the German (and European) economies as well as a number of well-thought through remedies.

Gala Dinner with Franz Dillitzer (Managing Director – Yahoo! Germany GmbH)
Date:	Tuesday, 25^th October 2004
Place:	Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
Number of places:	85
Description:	A gala dinner with Franz Dillitzer, Managing Director of Yahoo! Germany GmbH. Franz has taken the German operation of the world’s most popular internet portal from strength to strength. Previously he was CEO of the Online Electronics Retailer Conrad.de, which he transformed into Germany’s first commercial e-tail success story and held various top management positions with the Burda Group. Franz will be sharing his visions for a connected world with us which is promising to be an entertaining and inspiring session.

Annual Oxford Alumni Dinner With Lady Nancy Kenny (Secretary-General Oxford Society) and her husband Sir Anthony Kenny (Oxonians only)
Date:	14^th October 2004
Place:	Spatenhaus an der Oper (Schäfflerstube)
Number of guests:	35
Description:	This year’s guest of honour is Lady Nancy Kenny, currently Secretary-General of the Oxford University Society. She will be accompanied by her husband Sir Anthony Kenny, former Master of Balliol and currently Warden of Rhodes House. We are very privileged that both Lady Nancy and Sir Anthony will be attending an Oxonian Dinner in Munich and we sincerely hope to see many Oxonians on the 14^th October.

Gala Dinner with Sir Peter Torry, KCMG (British Ambassador to Germany)
Date:	13^th September 2004
Place:	Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
Number of Oxonians:	160 guests 90 Oxonians
Description:	„Economic Future of Europe“ A gala dinner with Sir Peter Torry, British Ambassador to Germany. This is Sir Peter’s 2^nd event with the Oxford University Society and the first joint event with the Deutsch-Britische-Gesellschaft. Sir Peter shared with 160 guests his view on the economic challenges of Europe as well as potential remedies.
Speaker-Luncheon with Hans Rudolf-Wöhrl (Wöhrl Fashion Group, Deutsche BA)
Date:	15^th June 2004
Place:	Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
Number of Oxonians:	80 guests 40 guests
Description:	“Erfolg durch Kreativität und Unabhängigkeit“ By having successfully built-up and managed the family business (Wöhrl Fasion Group) with his Brother, Hans-Rudolf very early developed a flavour for entrepreneurship. This entrepreneurial drive coupled with his love of flying (Hans-Rudolf has a commercial pilot’s licence) he started the Nürnberger Flugdienst in 1974 which he sold in 1992. The company is still active and successful today under the new company name “EUROWINGS”. After stepping back from active involvement in the family’s fashion business in 2003 he bought the German subsidiary of British Airways.   Today DEUTSCHE BA is Germany’s second largest airline and has been one of THE success stories of independent airlines operating in Germany.
Speaker-Luncheon with Dr. Martin Hüfner (Chief Economist HypoVereinsbank Group)
Date:	24^th Mai 2004
Place:	Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
Number of Oxonians:	40 Oxonians 40 Guests
Description:	A gala luncheon with one of Germany’s most influential banking economists on the fascinating and very up-to-date topic of European Enlargement.
Speaker-Dinner with Erich Lejeune (Entrepreneur, TV Personality, Motivational Trainer) by kind invitation of the Anglo-Bavarian-Club
Date:	11^th Mai 2004
Place:	Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
Number of Oxonians:	40 Oxonians 40 Guests
Description:	A gala dinner with one of Germany’s most colourful and successful entrepreneurs. Erich has transformed a kitchen manufacturer “Consumer Electronic” in 26 years into a worldwide leader in chip trading. He has been awarded the "Entrepreneur des Jahres", the „Bundes-verdienstkreuz“ and the „European Taxpayers-Price“.
Speaker-Luncheon with Steven Plater (Consul-General United Kingdom)
Date:	31^st March 2004
Place:	Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
Number of Oxonians:	20 Oxonians 60 Guests
Description:	Superb lunch followed by a lecture given by the Consul-General giving a fascinating insight into his daily working life. The topic of Steve Plater’s speech was: “Promoting UK-Germany Partnership: in Research & Technology too”
Speaker-Luncheon with Peter Záboji (former CEO of Tenovis AG; Entrepreneur in Residence INSEAD)
Date:	21^st January 2004
Place:	Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
Number of Oxonians:	50 Oxonians 70 Guests
Description:	Superb lunch at one of Munich’s top hotels followed by an address by Peter Záboji one of Germany’s most inspiring and colourful businessmen. Peter has now taken up a teaching position at INSEAD to share some of his learnings and valuable experiences with the next generation entrepreneurs. He lives with his family in the countryside in the South of France and acts as a business angel and advisor to various enterprises. Find out more about Peter on http://www.zaboji.com/.
Speaker Luncheon with Torsten Müller-Ötvos (Director BMW MINI Group; Group Marketing Director BMW AG) by kind invitation of the British Chamber of Commerce
Date:	4^th December 2003
Place:	Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
Number of Oxonians:	30 Oxonians 80 Guests
Description:	Mr Müller-Ötvös is one of the young shooting stars within the BMW Group who has single-handedly managed the tremendous marketing success of the re-launched MINI series. He has since been promoted to Group Marketing Director for the entire BMW Group. Torsten delivered a fascinating insight into the world of successfully launching high-value brands into a very competitive market space.
Annual Dinner with Lord and Lady Goodhart (Chairlady Oxford University Society)
Date:	22. November 2003
Place:	Spatenhaus an der Oper
Guests of honour:	The hon. Lady Celia Goodhart Chairman Oxford University Society Lord William Goodhart QC
Number of Oxonians:	40 Oxonians
Description:	It is a huge honour for the Munich branch to have welcomed Lady Celia Goodhart who is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Oxford University Society for a superb dinner at one of Munich’s best traditional restaurants.
Speaker Luncheon with Sir Peter Jonas (Staatsintendant Bayerische Staatsoper)
Date:	5. November 2003
Place:	Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
Speech Topic:	OPERA – the most complex multinational enterprise in the world
Number of Oxonians:	90 (of which 40 Oxonians)
Description:	Sir Peter provided 30 minutes worth of enlightening, fascinating and inspiring insight into the day-to-day business of running the world’s most active opera house.
Speaker Luncheon with Jane Crawford (Managing Director 3i Germany GmbH) in cooperation with the British Chamber of Commerce
Date:	17. September 2003
Place:	Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten
Number of Oxonians:	25
Description:	Jane Crawford gave a fascinating insight into the world of “Entrepreneurship – an International Investor’s view on Asia, Europe and Germany”
“Harvard meets Oxford” Joint Stammtisch with the Harvard Club Munich by kind invitation of the Harvard Club Munich
Date:	3. August 2003
Place:	Restaurant “Seehaus”
Number of Oxonians:	17
Description:	The Harvard Club Munich has kindly invited us to their Stammtisch with the Motto “Oxford meets Harvard”. There was a short presentation by Axel Pretzsch on “Buy-out deals in the German media landscape”.
Luncheon with Sir Peter Torry KCMG and Otto Wiesheu (British Ambassador to Berlin / Staatsminister of Bavaria) by kind invitation of the British Chamber of Commerce
Place:	Hotel “Vier Jahreszeiten”
Date:	27. June 2003
Speakers:	Sir Peter Torry Mr Spitzner
Number of guests:	30 Oxonians > 40 attendees
Pannel Discussion “Media & Power” by kind invitation of the Stiftung “Maximilianaeum”
Place:	Maximilianaeum Munich
Date:	20^th Mai 2003
Speakers:	Senior public personae from media and politics such as Hans-Jochen Vogel; Alois Glück etc.
Number of guests:	10 Oxonians > 200 attendees
Oxford Society Dinner
Place:	Spatenhaus München
Date:	27th April 2003
Time:	19:30
Guest of honour:	Alistair Lack and his wife Kate (Secretary of the Society)
Number of guests:	30