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	Prof. Georg Milbradt (center), Minister President of the Free State of Saxony and patron of the kick-off event, accompanied by Stefan Schulte (right), Managing Director of Volkswagen’s ‘Transparent Factory’, at the opening event Friday evening. (Photo: wcf/David Brandt)

	Prof. Georg Milbradt, Minister President of the Free State of Saxony, gives the opening speech of the kick-off event Friday evening in his capacity as patron. (Photo: wcf/David Brandt)

	Hans-Joachim Frey, Board Spokesman for the Tiberius Forum and General Director of Bremen Theater, opens the first podium discussion Friday evening on the “Perception of culture in our society”. (Photo: wcf/David Brandt)

Walter Gunz, Founder of the ‘Media Markt’ chain and current Managing Director of Axel Springer eCommerce GmbH in Berlin; Markus Föderl, former editor in chief at n-tv; Prof. Kurt Biedenkopf; Prof. Franz Josef Radermacher, Chairman of the Board of the Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing; and Dr. h.c. Nikolaus Schweickart, Chairman of the Altana Kulturstiftung gGmbH (from l. to r.) participating in the “Culture in Industry” panel Saturday morning. (Photo: wcf/David Brandt)

	Walter Gunz (left), founder of the ‘Media Markt’ chain and current Managing Director of Axel Springer eCommerce GmbH in Berlin, and Markus Föderl (right), former editor in chief at n-tv, taking part in the “Culture in Industry” panel. (Photo: wcf/David Brandt)

	Prof. Kurt Biedenkopf participating in the “Culture in Industry” panel Saturday morning. (Photo: wcf/David Brandt)

	Moderator Prof. Ernst Elitz (left), Director of Deutschlandradio, interviewing Marco Bode, member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Youth Football Saturday morning at the “Culture of Education” panel. (Photo: wcf/David Brandt)

Dr. Eva-Maria Stange, State Minister for Arts and Sciences; Cordula Heckmann, principal of Heinrich Heine Secondary School in Berlin; Prof. Hermann Rauhe, honorary President of the University of Music and Theater Hamburg ; Dr. Hans-Georg Knopp, Secretary-General of the Goethe Institute; moderator Prof. Ernst Elitz, Director of Deutschlandradio; Marco Bode, Board Member of the Foundation for Youth Football; and Christian B. Kirsch, Secretary-General and member of the Board, International Delphic Council e.V. (from l. to r.) taking part in the “Culture of Education” panel Saturday morning. (Photo: wcf/David Brandt)

Christian Höppner, Secretary-General of the German National Music Council; Prof. Dr. Udo Reiter, director of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk; Wolfgang Kenntemich, editor in chief at MDR Fernsehen; Prof. Dr. Karin von Welck, Senator for Culture, Hamburg’s Department of Culture; and Stephan Sattler, head of Culture/Science department for Focus magazine, taking part in the podium discussion on the “Perception of culture in our society”. (Photo: wcf/David Brandt)

Dr. Stephan Frucht, director of the Cultural Circle of German Business and Industry within the Federation of Germany Industry; Hartmut Kremling, Chief Technology Officer Vodafone D2 GmbH; Walter Gunz, Media Markt co-founder, since 2005 Managing Director of Axel Springer eCommerce GmbH in Berlin; Markus Föderl, former editor in chief at n-tv; Prof. Dr. Kurt Biedenkopf, retired Minister President of the Free State of Saxony; Prof. Dr. Dr. Franz Josef Radermacher, Chairman of the Board, Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing; and Dr. h.c. Nikolaus Schweickart, Chairman of Altana Kulturstiftung gGmbH, taking part in the “Culture in Industry” panel. (Photo: wcf/David Brandt)

	Gert Scobel, presenter of 3sat’s Kulturzeit program; Herta Müller, author; Dr. Bernhard Freiherr von Loeffelholz, president of the Cultural Senate of Saxony; Prof. Dr. Michael Hampe, opera director; Prof. Christian Ludwig Attersee, painter; and Katharina Wagner, opera director, taking part in the discussion on “Beauty in the arts”. (Photo: wcf/David Brandt)

Panelists discussing “Culture in our habitat – the city and its living spaces” included Prof. Dr. Helmut Bott, architect and urban designer; Helene Zuber, editor of Spiegel magazine; Dr. Volker Hassemer, spokesman for the “A Soul for Europe” initiative; Heinrich Löbbers, chief Cultural Affairs editor, Sächsiche Zeitung; Prof. Dr. Gunter Henn, architect; and Prof. Stephan Braunfels, Grad. Eng., architect, Federation of German Architects. (Photo: wcf/David Brandt)

Christian W. Troll, honorary professor at St. Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology Frankfurt am Main; Prelate Dr. Karl Jüsten, Head of the Commissariat of German Bishops in Berlin; Anke Plättner, presenter of “Berliner Phoenix Runde”; Michel Friedman, lawyer, politician, presenter of “Studio-Friedman”; and Prof. Dr. Almut Sh. Bruckstein, director of ha’atelier, taking part in the “Culture in religion” panel Sunday afternoon. (Photo: wcf/David Brandt)

	Heinrich Löbbers, Chief Cultural Affairs Editor, Sächsische Zeitung; Markus Föderl, former editor in Chief at n-tv; Wolfgang Kenntemich, editor in chief MDR Fernsehen; and Gert Scobel, presenter of 3sat‘s Kulturzeit program, taking part in the plenary session Saturday evening. (Photo: wcf/David Brandt)