Assessing the Impact of the NSA Spy Scandal on American-European Relations
Tuesday, April 15, 201412:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
Oksenberg Conference Room
Ulrich Wilhelm will be giving a talk on the German and European reaction to the NSA spying revelations. This will be followed by discussion on the US reaction to the disclosure and the impact to American-European relations.
Ulrich Wilhelm is the Director General of Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation) in Munich, Germany. From 1991 to 2005, he held positions within various Bavarian ministries as well as within the State Chancellery of the German Federal State of Bavaria. In November 2005, Wilhelm assumed responsibility for the German Federal Government’s Press and Information Office and became the Government Spokesman in his new capacity as a Permanent State Secretary. Ulrich Wilhelm was elected Director General of Bayerischer Rundfunk in May 2010 and took office in February 2011. He has also served as the representative of Germany’s ARD and ZDF public broadcasting services on the Executive Board of the EBU since 2013.