The Berlin Demography Forum (BDF) is a global, non-partisan platform providing a new impetus to raise awareness of the significance of demographic change both at a national and international level. The forum brings together high-ranking politicians, scientists, business leaders, and representatives of international organisations and civil society to debate potential solutions and to contribute to sustainable development.

Conferences

Conference themes were: “Family – Children – Society” at the BDF 2012, “Generations – Learning – Prosperity“ at the BDF 2013,
retrieved May 19. 2014. “Trust – Security – Solidarity” at the BDF 2014
, retrieved at May 19. 2014. and "Activity – Health – Participation" in 2015. The fifth BDF took place on February 24–25, 2016 on the topics of „Labour – Perspectives – Prosperity“. The sixth BDF is going to take place on February 15–16, 2017 in Berlin.

Organization

The BDF is a cooperation between the German

Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth The Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (german: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, ), abbreviated BMFSFJ, is a German Cabinet, cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. ...

and

Allianz SE Allianz ( , ) is a German multinational financial services company headquartered in Munich, Germany. Its core businesses are insurance and asset management. The company is one of the world's largest insurers and financial services groups. The ...

. In addition, the German Federal Ministries of the Interior and

Health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

contribute to this Forum. The

European School of Management and Technology The European School of Management and Technology, also known as ESMT Berlin, is a private non-profit business school based in Berlin, Germany. The business school was founded in 2002 by 25 global companies and institutions including McKinsey & Com ...

(ESMT) is the host and partner of the BDF. Vodafone Foundation GermanyNews Vodafone Foundation
, retrieved May 19. 2014. supports the Forum by sponsoring the Young Expert Panels.

Wolfgang Ischinger Wolfgang Friedrich Ischinger (born April 6, 1946) is a German diplomat who served as chairman of the Munich Security Conference from 2008 to 2022. From 2001 to 2006, Ischinger was the German ambassador to the United States, and from 1998 to 200 ...

and Jörg Rocholl (ESMT) are the patrons of this event. The BDF is supported by an advisory council. In March 2014,

Franz Müntefering Franz Müntefering (; born 16 January 1940) is a German politician. He was Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2004 to 2005 and again from 18 October 2008 to 13 November 2009. He served as the minister of Labour and Social Affairs, ...

replaced

Ursula Lehr Ursula Lehr née Leipold (5 June 1930 – 25 April 2022) was a German academic, age researcher and politician. She was the first professor of gerontology in Germany, with a chair at the University of Heidelberg from 1986. She served as federal ...

as chairman.

Participants

Each year, 300 decision-makers participate in the Berlin Demography Forum. Some of those high-ranking participants include: *

Alain Berset Alain Berset (; born 9 April 1972) is a Swiss politician who has served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2012. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), he has headed the Federal Department of Home Affairs since he took offi ...

Dominique Bertinotti Dominique Bertinotti (; born 10 January 1954 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris) is a French politician, lecturer at the Paris Diderot University, a member of the Socialist Party and mayor of the 4th arrondissement of Paris from 2001 to 2012. On ...

Francesco Billari Francesco C. Billari (born 13 October 1970) is an italian sociologist and demographer, and the Rector of Bocconi University in Milan, as well as Professor of Demography in the Department of Social and Political Sciences Biography He graduate ...

Carol M. Black Dame Carol Mary Black, (born 26 December 1939) is a British physician, academic, specialising in rheumatology. She was President of the Royal College of Physicians from 2002 to 2006, advised the British Government on the relationship between wor ...

M. Michele Burns Martha Michele Burns (born February 1958 in Georgia) is an American businesswoman. She was chairman and CEO of Mercer between 2006 and 2011 and was director on the boards of a number of major American companies, including Cisco Systems, Wal-Mart ...

Michèle Delaunay Michèle Delaunay (born Clermont-Ferrand, 8 January 1947) is a French politician who, until her appointment as Junior Minister for the Elderly and Dependent Care at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health by President François Hollande on ...

Michael Diekmann Michael Diekmann (born December 23, 1954) is a German manager who served as the CEO of Allianz in between 2003 and 2015. Early life and education Diekmann knew early that the family construction business would go to his twin brother, who was mo ...

Markus Dröge Markus Dröge (born 16 October 1954 in Washington, D.C.) is a German theologian and was from 2009 until 2019 bishop of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (EKBO). Career Dröge studied Theology at the universities of B ...

* Elsa Fornero *

Hermann Gröhe Gottfried Hermann Gröhe (born 25 February 1961) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister of Health in the third cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2013 until 2018. Early life and ...

Yves Leterme Yves Camille Désiré Leterme (; born 6 October 1960 in Wervik) is a Belgian politician, a leader of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party (CD&V). He was the prime minister of Belgium, from November 2009 to December 2011. Leterme was the ...

Thomas de Maizière Karl Ernst Thomas de Maizière (; born 21 January 1954) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Federal Minister of the Interior from 2009 to 2011 and 2013 to 2018, as well as Federal Minister of Defence f ...

Åsa Regnér Åsa Charlotte Regnér, originally ''Pettersson'' (born 26 August 1964 in Malmberget, Norrbotten) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. On 3 October 2014, she became Minister for Children and the Elderly and Minister for Gender Equality u ...

Bert Rürup Hans-Adalbert Rürup (born 7 November 1943) is a German economist and former chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts. He was formerly a professor of economics at the Darmstadt University of Technology. From 2010 to 2012, he was preside ...

Kristina Schröder Kristina Schröder (''née'' Köhler, born 3 August 1977) is a German politician who served as the Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2009 to 2013. She served ...

Ursula Staudinger Ursula M. Staudinger (born April 3, 1959 in Nuremberg, West Germany) is a German psychologist and researcher of aging. She is the rector of the Technical University of Dresden (TUD). She was Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Professor of Ps ...

Rita Süssmuth Rita Süssmuth ( ''née'' Kickuth; ; born 17 February 1937) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She served as the 10th President of the Bundestag. From 1985 to 1988, she served as Federal Minister for Youth, Family ...

* Sven Voelpel

References

External links

''Bundesfamilienministerium: Demografischer Wandel''

''Website of the Berlin Demography Forum''

''ESMT European School of Management and Technology''

Sources

* {{cite book, first1=Volker , last1=Deville, first2=Wolfgang , last2=Ischinger, title=Global Demography: Generations and Their Future, url={{google books , plainurl=y , id=ZlM-mwEACAAJ, year=2012, publisher=Allianz SE, isbn=978-3-00-038792-0 2011 establishments in Germany Events in Berlin Demographics organizations Non-profit organisations based in Berlin Organizations established in 2011