Rainer Kern

 

Rainer Kern, Special Advisor Global Affairs, Mannheim, Germany. Rainer is the Festival Director and Artistic Director of the biggest German Jazz Festival, “Enjoy Jazz – International Festival for Jazz and More”, which he also founded in 1999. As the Representative of the Executive Mayor of Mannheim and his Special Advisor Global and UN Affairs he is responsible for the setup and strategic development of the new worldwide network/platform “Global Parliament of Mayors” (GPM) which was launched in 2016. As the representative of the executive of Mannheim he was responsible for the UNESCO City of Music application of the city and is now director of this project. He is a Member of the OECD Expert Group on SDG Investments in Cities. Rainer has a degree in chemistry from the University of Heidelberg. www.enjoyjazz.de.   www.mannheim.de

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