"All events are linked together in the best of possible worlds."

This quote originates from the French Enlightenment author Voltaire – he wrote it in 1750 as he was a guest of "old Fritz" at the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam. Even then, this city had a reputation for being a fertile ground for social and intellectual discussions about overcoming limitations and questioning old dogma.

Following this long culture of innovative thinking in Potsdam, the Collective Leadership Institute initiated the dialogue series "Potsdamer Zukunftsdialoge" (Potsdam Future Dialogues).

This dialogue series aims to bring together sustainability agents from all sectors and provide them with a platform for exchange. Experts will have the chance to interact in an open and meaningful dialogue and develop innovative ideas in view of contributing to the solutions to some of the complex challenges of our time.

In the knowledge that "all events are linked together", and therefore that sustainable solutions can only be found in cross-sector and cross-cultural dialogue between many different actors, this series will be held under the banner: Collective Leadership for Sustainability.