EVENTS
The Hanse-Office also sees itself as a meeting place. For this reason, we provide the setting for numerous events.
EVENTS 2026
- January 28, 2026 – 12:30 PM
Outcomes and Recommendations of the HALRIC Project – A Best Practice Model for Cross-Border Collaboration in Life Sciences
- February 5, 2026 – 6:30 PM
Guest performance by Axensprung Theater, Hamburg
“Stunde Null – Deutschland zwischen Abgrund und Aufbruch”
- March 3, 2026 – 6:30 PM
Reading – Katharina Pütter
“Courage and Responsibility in Turbulent Times”
Short stories and poems about ascents and falls, sincerity and doubt, and the power of human togetherness
- March 11, 2026 – 6:00 PM
Mercosur and the EU: Opportunities, trade-offs, and implementation prospects in uncertain times
- April 22, 2026 – 4:30 PM
LEAPS
Strengthening Research Infrastructures in FP10 and Beyond: From Vision to Action
- May 6, 2026 – 1:15 PM
International Procurement Cooperation – Best Practices
- May 12, 2026 – 6:00 PM
Cities as a Driving Force for Europe – EU Agenda for Cities between Theory and Practice
- June 9, 2026 – 7:00 PM
Summer Reception
Joint Summer Reception of the Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein, IB.SH and UVNord
- June 25, 2026 – 6:00 PM
The European Competitiveness Fund: More growth, more innovation, more SMEs?
- July 1, 2026 – 6:30 PM
Nord.Stern
Armament.Resilience.Raw Materials – Between Free Trade and Security Policy
IHK Nord
- July 1, 2026 – 9:00 AM
Urban Lab Demographic Change Project
Körber Foundation
- July 2, 2026 – 6:00 PM
OSPOs for Europe 2026
From Vision to action: Securing Europe’s sovereignty in the digital world
- September 8, 2026 – 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Policy Briefing ‘Advancing the whole-of-society approach in EU-LAC cooperation against transnational organised crime’
- September 9, 2026 – 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
AECM Board Meeting
AECM – European Association of Guarantee Institutions
- September 10, 2026 – 6:00 PM
Evening Reception of the North German Universities
By invitation of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- September 28, 2026 – 6:00 PM
‘Science and Diplomacy’ in Times of Disruption: How Must International Research Institutions Adapt to Continue Succesful Global Science Cooperation?
- September 29, 2026 – 6:30 PM
GSC Policy Dialogue: Onshore Power Supply in Ports — Closing the Gap Between EU Ambition and Port Reality
Interreg North Sea – co-funded by the European Union
GREEN SUPPLY CHAINS
- October 12, 2026 – 2:00 PM-6:00 PM
STRING – 3rd Political Forum
STRING (South Western Baltic Sea Transregional Area- Implementing New Geography)
EVENTS 2025
- January 28, 2025 – 6:00 PM
New Year’s Reception of the Hanse-Office – with IB.SH
- March 18, 2025 – 6:00 PM
Nordic Network with MEP Nela Riehl – Women’s Network of the IHK Nord
- June 11, 2025 – 6:15 PM
Anniversary Celebration – 15 Years EU-LAC Foundation, Hamburg
- September 3, 2025 – 7:00 PM
OSPOs for Europe – Shaping Europe’s Open Digital Future
with Dirk Schrödter, Minister and Head of the State Chancellery of Schleswig-Holstein
- September 30, 2025 – 12:00 PM
Lead Markets in Public Procurement and Market Transformation – Hamburg as a Pioneer of Sustainable Industrial Policy
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Innovation of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the German Steel Association (Wirschaftsvereinigung Stahl)
- October 15, 2025 – 7:00 PM
Hamburg’s plan for large-scale integration of autonomous vehicles into public transport – a model for the EU?
with Anjes Tjarks, Senator for Transport and Mobility Transition (Hamburg)
- October 16, 2025 – 2:30 PM
Europe Days of Hamburg Youth Work in Brussels
- November 12, 2025 – 12:30 PM
Lunch Reception with the Hamburg State Council
- November 12, 2025 – 6:45 PM
COM Proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework from 2028 – New Course for the Future of the EU?
EVENTS 2024
- March 14, 2024 – 6:30 PM
Reading with Lucy Fricke – The Diplomat
- November 6, 2024 – 6:30 PM
Guest performance by Axensprung Theater – RUIN Weimar – The Disgraced Republic
- November 19, 2024 – 2:00 PM
Event of the Association of German Banks
- November 28, 2024 – 9:00 AM
Future Proof Pensions: Creating Sustainable and Adequate Private Retirement Systems in Europe
Part of European Retirement Week 2024
Organised by Better Finance
- December 3, 2024 – 6:30 PM
Hanseatic Evening – Reception with Plenipotentiary Liv Assmann and State Secretary Anne Benett-Sturies
EVENTS 2023
- January 1, 2023 – 12:00 AM
Due to renovation work, no in-person events took place at the Hanse-Office in 2023.
EVENTS 2022
- October 25, 2022 – 4:30 PM
“Mission Ocean – Science and Innovation to Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”
Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the EU
in cooperation with the Hanse-Office
- October 5, 2022 – 2:00 PM
© Hanse-Office, 2022
“Open Innovation Facilitation in Horizon Europe”
Collaborative Workshop
- September 21, 2022 – 6:30 PM
© Hanse-Office, 2022
“Sediment Quality: Where Economic and Environmental Interests Intersect”
at the invitation of Michael Pollmann, State Councillor of the Ministry for Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture (BUKEA) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- September 21, 2022 – 6:30 PM
© Hanse-Office, 2022
“Late Summer Reception”
of the Hanse-Office and the Investment Bank Schleswig-Holstein (IB.SH)
- September 13, 2022 – 3:30 PM
© Hanse-Office, 2022
“SMOOTH PORTS: Reducing CO2 emissions in ports”
Project Results and Panel Discussion
- September 8, 2022 – 2:00 PM
© Hanse-Office, 2022
“Round Table on the Missions in Horizon Europe”
13th Conference of the North German EU University Offices and EU Referents
September 7 to 9, 2022 in Brussels
- June 15, 2022 – 6:00 PM
© Hanse-Office, 2022
“Stability and Growth Pact – Quo Vadis?”
Event Series – Financial Forum of German State Representatives in Brussels
- June 14, 2022 – 6:30 PM
© Andrea Cochius
Exhibition Opening with Panel Discussion
“The Birth of Europe – Political Visionaries and Our Shared Values”
“Birth of Europe – Political masterminds and our shared values”
Works by Andrea Cochius
PANEL DISCUSSION: What is the state of our shared European fundamental values?
- June 2, 2022 – 10:00 AM
© Hanse-Office, 2022
- May 24, 2022 – 9:00 AM
© Hanse-Office, 2022
Conference “Munitions in the Sea – New Perspectives on a Persistent Issue”
- May 11, 2022 – 10:00 AM
© Hanse-Office, 2022
Conference “Digital Transformation for Urban Sustainability”
EVENTS 2021
Due to Corona measures in Belgium, no in-person events took place at the Hanse-Office in 2021.
EVENTS 2020
- January 28, 2020 – 6:30 PM
Exhibition Opening
by the Schleswig-Holstein brothers Tobias and Johannes Duwe
- January 22, 2020 – 6:00 PM
Hamburg – Port and Trade
- January 7, 2020 – 6:30 PM
New Year’s Reception
EVENTS 2019
- December 4, 2019 – 6:00 PM
Future Mobility Talks
“On the way to the ITS World Congress 2021 in Hamburg”
- November 28, 2019 – 6:30 PM
Theater Performance: Gier Weimar
The Heated Republic
- October 1, 2019 – 6:30 PM
Vernissage Mathias Meinel
- March 28, 2019 – 12:30 PM
ESF-Conference “Freedom of Movement for Workers
Perspectives, Opportunities and Challenges from the Perspective of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg”
- March 20, 2019 – 9:30 AM
Making buildings fit for sustainable mobility
Breakfast Launch Event of the ECF Parking Report
- February 4, 2019 – 6:00 PM
The crisis of multilateralism and the modernisation of the WTO
- January 24, 2019 – 6:30 PM
Exhibition Opening: Overview, Mirko Reisser
EVENTS 2018
- December 12, 2018 – 6:30 PM
Reading “Zernetzt”
a science thriller by Dr. Anselm Rodenhausen
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
- November 26, 2018 – 10:00 AM
The Baltic Sea Region – A Science Powerhouse
the conference organised by Baltic Science Network and Baltic TRAM
Venue: Solvay Library, Brussels
- November 22, 2018 – 6:00 PM
Presentation of the Hamburg literary magazine TAU
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
- September 6, 2018 – 6:30 PM
Nordic sail & sea & shore
Vernissage by Hamburg artist Heinke Böhnert and Schleswig-Holstein artist Susanne Westphal
- June 18, 2018 – 12:00 PM
Legalise labour migration to reduce irregular migration?
Discussion on the proposals of the SVR’s Annual Report 2018
- June 14, 2018 – 6:30 PM
Presentation of the play “Revolution!?”
at the German Embassy
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
- June 4, 2018 – 7:00 PM
Lecture Evening: Fascination Forensic Medicine
With Michael Tsokos
- May 29, 2018 – 7:00 PM
Presentation of the Book: From Eupen to Europe
by Karl-Heinz Lambertz and Stefan Alexander Entel
- February 26, 2018 – 6:30 PM
The History of the Jewish Community in Glückstadt from 1619-1915
The Detlefsen Museum as a guest at the Hanse-Office
- February 21, 2018 – 12:00 PM
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
What regulation is needed for shaping the future?
- January 31, 2018 – 6:30 PM
EVENTS 2017
- December 5, 2017 – 10:00 AM
Metropolises on the move
challenges and strategies for a lasting shift to cycling
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
Lecture by Kirsten Pfaue, Cycle Coordinator of the City of Hamburg
Lecture by Andrew Summers, Transport for London
Lecture by Pascal Smet, Minister of Mobility and Public Works of the Brussels Capital Region
- November 29, 2017 – 6:00 PM
Empowering Youth for Europe
The Future Shape of EU Youth Policies and Funding
- November 21, 2017 – 6:30 PM
200 Years Theodor Storm
Literary event with the University of Liège
- November 14, 2017 – 6:30 PM
Barbershop Comedy from Hamburg
at the Hanse-Office
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
- October 26, 2017 – 6:30 PM
Exhibition Opening – “Waterfront”
Photographs by Christiane Repenning and Michael Priebe
- September 28, 2017 – 12:00 PM
Citizen Participation in the Digital Age Urban Data and their Exploitation for City Development
- September 27, 2017 – 6:30 PM
Brussels meets sweets: Future of the Sugar Market
What happens after the abolition of the sugar quota?
- September 25, 2017 – 6:30 PM
Industry 4.0 in Aviation”
- May 16, 2017 – 6:30 PM
Elphikonen-Photographs of the Elbphilharmonie
by Michael Pasdzior
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
Speech by Michael Pasdzior
- March 29, 2017 – 7:30 PM
The European Hanseatic Museum as a guest at the Hanse-Office
- March 9, 2017 – 10:00 AM
Public Money for Public Services
A Proposal for the Common Agricultural Policy after 2020
- March 2, 2017 – 12:30 PM
The Fight against Hate Speech under the new AVMSD proposal
What obligations for video-sharing and social media platforms?
- February 16, 2017 – 12:30 PM
Minors on the Move
Reception, Protection and Integration of Minor Migrants in the EU
- February 2, 2017 – 7:00 PM
Evening Reception on the occasion of an information visit by the Presidium of the Hamburg Parliament in Brussels
- January 19, 2017 – 6:30 PM
Vernissage – by Hamburg artist Rüdiger Knott
- January 10, 2017 – 6:30 PM
EVENTS 2016
- December 1, 2016 – 7:00 PM
Logistics 4.0 in Hamburg:
Innovative and Sustainable Solutions for Delivery in Large Cities
- November 24, 2016 – 6:30 PM
Prague meets Hamburg in Brussels
- November 17, 2016 – 7:00 PM
Literary Evening
with the Flemish literary magazine Deus ex Machina
- October 11, 2016 – 6:00 PM
Book Presentation: “Helmut Schmidt. The World Chancellor”
by Dr. Kristina Spohr
- September 26, 2016 – 6:30 PM
Comic Battle
in the presence of the Schleswig-Holstein cabinet
- July 5, 2016 – 6:30 PM
Exhibition Opening: Wadden Sea World Heritage Site
Photographs by Martin Stock and Pieter de Vries
- June 2, 2016 – 6:30 PM
“Combat Mission – Imagine it’s War and You Go There”
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
Collage
- April 14, 2016 – 7:00 PM
Reading – by Roswitha Quadflieg
“Beckett was here”
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
- March 2, 2016 – 12:30 PM
Music Business – Cornerstone of Culture and Creative Industries
A debate on its relevance, needs and expectations regarding EU policies and funding
Invitation
Presentation Music Industry Report for Germany
EU Policy: What role does the music industry play? by Manfred Tari
(Source:www.musikmarkt.de)
- January 28, 2016 – 6:30 PM
Exhibition Opening – by Michael Pasdzior and Peter Haefcke
“Where the Atlantic Meets Europe”
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
EVENTS 2015
- November 11, 2015 – 7:00 PM
Prague meets Hamburg in Brussels
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
- September 22, 2015 – 6:30 PM
Vernissage – Patrick Hanke
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
- June 1, 2015 – 7:00 PM
Poetry Slam Evening
in the presence of the Schleswig-Holstein cabinet
- April 27, 2015 – 7:00 PM
Digital Games – Culture, Education, Creativity, Business in Hamburg
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
- April 1, 2015 – 7:00 PM
Exhibition Opening
Uwe Thomas Guschl
- March 5, 2015 – 7:00 PM
Marion Gräfin Dönhoff Evening
a reading with Friedrich Dönhoff
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
- January 7, 2015 – 7:00 PM
APPOINTMENTS 2014
- December 11, 2014 – 6:00 PM
Hamburg Evening with State Councillor – Wolfgang Schmidt
- October 23, 2014 – 6:30 PM
Exhibition Opening – Jeannine Platz, Hamburg
“Where the Sky Begins”
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
- October 6, 2014 – 7:00 PM
Poetry Slam – Sven Kamin and Björn Högsdal
- September 10, 2014 – Doors open at 6:30 PM, start at 7:00 PM
World on Fire – by the Hamburg theater group Axensprung
A scenic collage about World War I
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
- 2014-05-14 – 1:15 PM to 2:15 PM
Panel Discussion on “Hamburg – All of Europe in One City” – with Mr. State Councillor Wolfgang Schmidt
Representative to the Federal Government, the European Union, and for Foreign Affairs of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
– Goethe-Institut Brussels and Europa-Netzwerk Deutsch
- 2014-04-03 – 11:00 AM
Get Creative – Go Baltic – Culture and creative industries in the Baltic Sea Area
drivers for economic growth and regional cooperation
- 2014-04-01 – 10:00 AM
“Die Schlumper in Brussels – Dream Journey in the Hanse-Office” – with MEP Knut Fleckenstein
Invitation
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
- 2014-03-25 – 7:00 PM
Kiel Tatort “Borowski and the Sea”
as a preview at the Hanse-Office
- 2014-02-12 to 2014-09-08
Exhibition:
Hamburg – All of Europe in One City
Press Release
Speech by Dr. Claus Müller
- 2014-01-29 – 7:00 PM
New Year’s Reception of the Hanse-Office and IB.SH
with Minister Anke Spoorendonk and Dr. Erk Westermann-Lammers, IB.SH