On May 22-23, 2024, the United States and Germany met in Berlin for the biennial Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) on Science and Technology Cooperation, aimed at charting the future direction of the partnership between our scientific communities based on our shared values. Sabine Döring, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, opened the discussion. Armin Reinartz, Director General for European and International Cooperation from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, co-chaired the discussion with Rahima Kandhari, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
During the JCM, the United States and Germany noted our strong ongoing collaboration and pledged to enhance our cooperation in key policy and research priority areas, including biotechnology and biomanufacturing, fusion energy, climate research and modeling, innovation, and research security. The United States and Germany signed a Joint Statement on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST) at the JCM, underscoring a shared desire to deepen collaboration in QIST to realize quantum technologies that benefit humanity.
The U.S. delegation included leaders and experts from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy (DOE), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Department of State. Participating German agencies and organizations included representatives from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as well as the German Alliance of Science Organizations, including organizations that fund scientific research and those that conduct research.
The meeting was convened under the bilateral Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on Science and Technology Cooperation, which has been in force since 2010 and was renewed in 2020.
U.S.-Germany relations are based on our mutually shared values and our vital relationship as friends, trading partners, and allies. Our political, economic, cultural and security relations, vital for shared prosperity and continued stability, are based on extensive people-to-people ties and close coordination at the most senior levels.
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