The YKW Alumni Conference
The Young Königswinter Alumni regularly organise an alumni conference for the alumni to be able to meet up and discuss issues of interest to the network related to German-British relations. The conference takes place in Germany or the United Kingdom.
The very first Alumni Conference took place in March 1995 with participants attending key sessions of the Königswinter Conference parallel with their own programme of discussions and events.
Further meetings of this kind took place in tandem with the Königswinter Conference in Cambridge, Berlin, Edinburgh, Königswinter, Oxford, and Potsdam. In 2003, the Young Königswinter Alumni met in Brussels, a convenient location because of the increasing number of alumni based there and their involvement in the European policy-making process.
In April 2009, a group of 40 YKW Alumni travelled to Israel for 5 days of fascinating visits, talks and insights in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the West Bank. In 2007, the Young Königswinter Alumni Conference was held in Hamburg. It drew the largest number of alumni so far and confirmed the growing strength of the network. In 2006, the annual conference took place in Istanbul, attracting around 80 participants who explored the question ‘Who are the Turks? Turkey’s place in Europe’.
Further previous conferences have taken place in
12 – 13 June 2025: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
31 May – 1 June 2024: Goethe-Institut, London, United Kingdom
24 – 25 June 2022: Goethe-Institut, London, United Kingdom
10 – 12 May 2019: Deutsche Bundesbank Training Centre, Eltville, Germany
17 – 21 September 2015: Clare College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
19 – 21 April 2013: Deutsche Bundesbank Training Centre, Eltville, Germany
23 – 26 August 2012: Wiston House, Wilton Park, United Kingdom
The next Young Königswinter Alumni Conference
The Young Königswinter Alumni Conference takes place every two years. The next conference will be in the autumn of 2026.
The last Young Königswinter Alumni Conference
The Young Königswinter Alumni Conference 2025 titled “Germany and UK: National and international perspectives on current challenges“ took place from Thursday, 12 June to Friday 13 June 2025 in Edinburgh.