After successfully launching in 2023, the second Berlin Global Dialogue will take place October 1-2 this year at the ESMT campus in the heart of Berlin. With the theme “Building Common Ground,” the 2024 Berlin Global Dialogue explores how the international community can continue cooperating in times of increased fragmentation, misinformation, and distrust.

“The global challenges we are witnessing urgently require new coalitions, partnerships, and institutions. We need to focus on areas where cooperation is still possible—rather than not cooperating at all. At Berlin Global Dialogue, we are building a platform to do so,” says Lars-Hendrik Röller, founder and chair of Berlin Global Dialogue.

The inaugural Berlin Global Dialogue united more than 550 participants from 60 countries to discuss the biggest transitions impacting the global economy, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, and President of the European Council Charles Michel.

Bank of America is once again the principal partner of Berlin Global Dialogue. “Last year’s summit demonstrated the critical value of engaging divergent and new global voices to discuss the key issues which will affect our collective future. Berlin Global Dialogue is a highly constructive, ongoing conversation that can lead to positive outcomes and is needed now, more than ever,” commented Bernard Mensah, president of international at Bank of America.

Bank of America is one of the global corporations that have partnered with Berlin Global Dialogue. “We are proud that so many leading companies are supporting our approach, and we look forward to gathering many new and existing members of our Berlin Global Dialogue community in Berlin this fall,” says Lars-Hendrik Röller.

Further details about the program and speakers for this year’s summit will be announced soon.

About Lars-Hendrik Röller

Lars-Hendrik Röller is the founder and chair of Berlin Global Dialogue and a professor of economics at ESMT Berlin. He previously served as chief economic advisor to former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and G7 and G20 Sherpa. Prior to that, Röller was the chief competition economist at the European Commission. Throughout his academic career, he taught at INSEAD, New York University, Stanford University, and the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.

About Berlin Global Dialogue’s partners

Berlin Global Dialogue is proud to be supported by Bank of America, Allen& Overy, Allianz, Booking.com, SABIC, Xunce Tech, Bayer, Clayton, Dubilier& Rice, Deloitte, Deutsche Telekom, Egon Zehnder, Giesecke + Devrient, Google, Mercedes, McKinsey & Company, Salesforce, UCB, and WinDigital.