Welcome to the MOVE – Home of the BERLIN-MARATHON

Three renowned photographers share their perspectives on Berlin and the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON. Sofieke van Bilsen, a sports photographer from the Netherlands, captures the emotions of the athletes. Sebastian Wells, Berlin photographer and OSTKREUZ member, has been documenting the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON and urban changes for years. Barbara Wolff illuminates the metropolis of Berlin in her works. The discussion will be moderated by Ingo Taubhorn, former chief curator of the Haus der Photographie Hamburg.

Sebastian Wells | Photographer and artist, member of the agency OSTKREUZ since 2019 and co-founder of the magazine Solomiya.

Barbara Wolff | works freelance for the Munich-based specialised camera manufacturer Linhof. She organises workshops, photo competitions and exhibitions. Trained in photography and communication design for 12 years.

Sofieke van Bilsen | lives as a sports photographer in the Netherlands. Her last highlights were: European Championship in Munich, Women's DFB Team, Team Germany at the Olympics in Paris and accompanying the NN Running Team.

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What kind of tourism does Berlin want - and what do marathon runners from all over the world who come to the city to become part of the BERLIN MARATHON community need? Berlin's top tourism expert Burkhard Kieker, the head of the Airport Control Centre at BER and ambitious marathon runner Georg Paschek and the managing director of SCC EVENTS GmbH, Christian Jost, will be talking about this. A highly topical discussion about changing (sports) tourism - expertly moderated by Ilka Peemöller.

Burkhard Kieker | Since 2009 CEO of Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH, which operates under the visitBerlin brand. In this role, he is responsible for the global marketing of the German capital in the areas of tourism and congresses as well as maintaining the Berlin brand.

Georg Paschek | The hobby runner is head of the Airport Control Centre and manages daily flight operations at BER Airport with his team. He has worked at Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH for almost 20 years.

Christian Jost | Together with Jürgen Lock, he has been CEO of SCC EVENTS GmbH since 2010. The trained business graduate has been a volunteer at the BERLIN-MARATHON since 1987 and in the meantime had a 4-year stint at an advertising agency. He is also a member of the board of the SCC e.V. athletics department.

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At the Breaking Ground - Crossing Boundaries panel discussion, four inspiring personalities share their experiences with diversity, inclusion and personal transformation.Daniel Marin Medina, Greta Graf, Hong Anh Pham and Noah Heckhoff talk about running in the
running in the community and their personal stories. The discussion will be moderated by diversity expert Cathérine Ngoli.

Noah Heckhoff | Coordination of the ‘Berlin Queer Alliance’ project of the Berlin-Brandenburg Lesbian and Gay Association
Daniel Marin Medina | an American artist, writer and runner born in Colombia
Greta Graf | Storyteller and activist and currently in the final year of the Ostkreuzschule for photography
Hong Anh Pham | German multidisciplinary designer, artist and yogi, traveling the world to meet running friends

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At the Joy of Giving panel discussion, four special people, representing thousands of charity runners, give a deep insight into sharing joy for those who need help. More and more participants in the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON are now not only running for their own goal - they are positively charging their training and the race and raising money for a good cause. Sophia Vecchini, Nick Hollowood, Patrick Hoffmann and Cornelius Nohl talk about their organizations' involvement in the charity projects and their emotional experiences with the athletic donors. Topics such as transparency, project selection and future opportunities will also be discussed. The discussion will be moderated by Robert Fekl, who is responsible for charity at SCC EVENTS in addition to his role as Team Lead Media Relations & Editorial.

Sophia Vecchini | Content Manager and Project management charity starting places ROTE NASEN Deutschland e.V.

Nick Hollowood | Chief Commercial Officer, Realbuzz

Patrick Hoffmann | Head of Social Impact and the Human Safety Net, Generali Deutschland

Cornelius Nohl | Managing Director Children for a better World e.V.

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‘Poetry Meets MOVE’ is an experience in which jazz poetry and the art of movement merge and a playing field is created on the theme of the marathon, transforming the space into a dynamic canvas of sound, movement and emotion. Hosted by Jumoke Adeyanju, poets Nana Owusu Ansah and Mylène Gomera, musicians Dumama & Natalie Greffe and saxophonist Regis Molina and movement artists Osman & Lya will explore the boundaries of synergetic expression and endurance together.

Gugulethu Duma (aka Dumama) | a musician/composer/sound poet/creative producer from the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. She is concerned with the deconstruction and critique of archaic forms of representation in South African African sound and performance culture, while also composing music for herself and others.

Natalie Greffel | She is drawn to the Afro-Brazilian music her mother played in her childhood, which in turn revealed a cultural connection between Mozambique and Brazil. Through her close interrogation of identity, this emerging Berlin talent succeeds in exploring the edges, re-sketching the boundaries, and reimagining the many facets of her music borders and embrace the many facets of herself, both personally and musically.

OSMAN Movements | is a movement artist and dancer of Sudanese and Ethiopian origin who specialises in urban styles such as popping. He is the founder of the BeMarvel Fam collective and regularly teaches at the Flying Steps Academy.

Lya Kifle | Lya is a dancer, choreographer and dance teacher of Eritrean origin. In addition to the cultural and musical influences of her family, she grew up with hip-hop. She is currently focussing on modern African dances, but moves in different dance scenes from which she draws inspiration.

Nana Owusu Ansah | is a Ghanaian poet.

Mylène Gomeral | Mylène is a London-based award-winning actress, voice-over artist, poet, writer and producer. Having grown up in different countries around the world, she finds herself at the crossroads of many cultures and is a multilingual artist of East African heritage.

(DJ) EMO RUGENE | Musical virtuoso with Kenyan roots who weaves enigmatic tapestries of highly vibrant soundscapes. Emo has made it his mission to create connections between different cultures, to encourage other artists and to ignite the spark in people's lives.

Regis Molina | Regis Molina is a musician and composer from Havana and Berlin. Based on Cuban traditional rhythms and jazz, his playing style is flexible, with strong improvisation skills in any genre, be it reggae, hip-hop, soul or pop. Molina is an energetic saxophonist and bandleader. With his bands, he is also in search of spiritual values in music.

Jumoke Adeyanju | Jumoke Adeyanju is an interdisciplinary, multilingual storyteller, curator and dancer. Under her pseudonym mokeyanju, she occasionally performs as a vinyl selector and emerging sound artist. She is the founder of the Poetry Meets Series [est. 2014], co-curator of Sensitivities of Dance and hosts her radio programme Sauti ya àkókò and the Breakfast Show on Refuge Worldwide.

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The BERLIN MARATHON has undergone an impressive development - from a small fun run in the countryside to one of the world's most important marathon events. What began in 1974 with just 286 participants has developed over the years into Berlin's biggest sporting event. The race is characterised by numerous records and historic events, including the fall of the Berlin Wall. The BERLIN MARATHON is closely interwoven with the history of Berlin and Germany and has also written its own fascinating history over the years. Hajo Schumacher talks to the following guests about 50 years of the BERLIN-MARATHON:

Jürgen Lock | The long-standing CEO of SCC EVENTS GmbH is a qualified sports scientist specialising in sports medicine and management. He has been active in various committees and associations since 2005, including as a board member of the athletics department of SCC e.V. as well as a member of the World Marathon Majors Sports Medicine Board, the running commission of the German Athletics Association and the International Marathon Medical Directors Association (IMMDA). He is also Vice President of Sport-Club Charlottenburg.

Christian Jost | Together with Jürgen Lock, he has been CEO of SCC EVENTS GmbH since 2010. The trained business graduate has been a volunteer at the BERLIN-MARATHON since 1987 and in the meantime had a 4-year stint at an advertising agency. He is also a member of the board of the SCC e.V. athletics department.

Mark Milde | The son of BERLIN-MARATHON founder Horst Milde has been involved in age-appropriate activities in the organisation of the SCC Berlin sporting event since childhood. When his father retired in 2004, Mark Milde took over the position of Race Director. The continuous development of the SCC events, the founding of the Abbott World Marathon Majors and the organisation of external events (World Championships 09 and European Championships 18) are further stages of his work at the SCC.

Horst Milde | The former German track and field athlete and founder of the BERLIN-MARATHON has been a member of the board of the world marathon association AIMS since 1999, drove the founding of the AIMS Marathon Museum and is now a spokesman for German Road Races, the interest group of German road race organisers. Milde was race director of the BERLIN-MARATHON for 30 years before handing over the reins to his son Mark in 2004. Today he is Honorary Race Director of the BERLIN-MARATHON.

Hajo Schumacher | The journalist, author, podcaster and chief columnist for the Funke Mediengruppe studied politics, sociology and psychology in Munich, graduated from the German School of Journalism and completed his doctorate under Prof Karl-Rudolf Korte on Angela Merkel's power strategies. For several years, he entertained Germany's running community with cheerful columns under the pseudonym Achim Achilles. Together with screenwriter Michael Meisheit, he wrote the running thriller ‘Nur der Tod ist schneller’, which is set at the Berlin Marathon.

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In this panel discussion, impressive personalities share their stories about overcoming barriers and their commitment to inclusion. From Thomas Eller, the first deaf Abbott World Marathon Majors Six Star finisher, to Regina Vollbrecht, former world record holder in the blind marathon and representative for people with disabilities in Reinickendorf, to Richard Whitehead, a British Paralympic athlete and Uwe Wegener, the founder of the ‘bipolaris - Manie & Depression Selbsthilfevereinigung Berlin-Brandenburg e. V.’ and initiator of ‘DER LAUF & DER MARKT für seelische Gesundheit’. V.’ - all show that no hurdle is too great and are actively committed to an inclusive society. The discussion will be moderated by Dr Martin Theben, a committed advocate for the rights of people with disabilities.

Thomas Eller | He describes himself as an ‘eye person’, as he compensates for his lack of hearing hearing through visual impressions. Running helps him to deal with the challenges of everyday life especially the exhaustion caused by lip-reading.

Regina Vollbrecht | She is a qualified social worker/social pedagogue with additional qualifications: School mediator,
nutritionist, memory trainer, teacher of German as a second language and Braille

Richard Whitehead | has been running with a running prosthesis since the age of 28 and has known ever since that there are no limits to what he can do

Uwe Wegener | Founder of ‘bipolaris - Manie & Depression Selbsthilfevereinigung Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.’ and ‘DER LAUF & DER MARKT für seelische Gesundheit’. Member and sponsor of the ‘Stiftung Arbeit für Behinderte’ foundation

Sign language interpreter: Bernadette Peterka

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Thomas Steffens | was company spokesman for SCC EVENTS from 2007 to 2019. Prior to that, he worked as an editor for 20 years, including from 1993 to 2007 as editor-in-chief of the running magazine RUNNER's WORLD, Germany's largest running magazine. He is the author (partly together with Martin Grüning) of nine books on the subject of running; in 1983 he co-authored the first German triathlon book ‘Triathlon - die Krone der Ausdauer’. In addition to his involvement in the Frankfurt Marathon from 1981 to 1989, he worked for the Boston Marathon and the Columbus, Ohio Marathon (1986-88). He completed 23 marathons between 1977 and 1988.

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Antje Jüntgen | Joined SCC EVENTS in 2015 as Team Leader Participant Management and since 2020 Director of Participant Management & Marketing|Digital. Prior to that, almost 15 years in organisational management at ISTAF and Berlin läuft!

Judy Kumutat | She has been with SCC EVENTS since 2002 in Participant Management and has been team leader for about 2 1/2 years. Before that she worked as a nurse since 1987.

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Thomas Steffens | was company spokesman for SCC EVENTS from 2007 to 2019. Prior to that, he worked as an editor for 20 years, including from 1993 to 2007 as editor-in-chief of the running magazine RUNNER's WORLD, Germany's largest running magazine. He is the author (partly together with Martin Grüning) of nine books on the subject of running; in 1983 he co-authored the first German triathlon book ‘Triathlon - die Krone der Ausdauer’. In addition to his involvement in the Frankfurt Marathon from 1981 to 1989, he worked for the Boston Marathon and the Columbus, Ohio Marathon (1986-88). He completed 23 marathons between 1977 and 1988.

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Horst Milde | The former German track and field athlete and founder of the BERLIN-MARATHON has been a member of the board of the world marathon association AIMS since 1999, drove the founding of the AIMS Marathon Museum and is now a spokesman for German Road Races, the interest group of German road race organisers. Milde was race director of the BERLIN-MARATHON for 30 years before handing over the reins to his son Mark in 2004. Today he is Honorary Race Director of the BERLIN-MARATHON.

Roland Winkler | The qualified sports teacher has been an active runner for more than 60 years. From 1963 to the present day, he has run around 240,000 kilometres. In 1981, he set the eternal GDR record in the 100 km run. In 2006 he became Ironman European Champion. Since 1998 he has been the head of the BERLIN-MARATHON start department.

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Vincent Dornbusch | Hobby musician & jazzmaniac: saxophone and clarinet, wellness and sports enthusiast, passionate cyclist. Master brewer in his first professional life. With SCC EVENTS since 1998 - has done more or less all jobs over the years. Takes care of the layout and ordering of medals for all events. He is currently responsible for the magazines and texts + photos in the communications department. Vincent is a 25-time Berlin Marathon finisher and Berlin lover.

Sebastian Wells | lives in Berlin, is a photographer and artist, a member of the OSTKREUZ agency since 2019 and co-founder of Solomiya magazine. He studied at the Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie in Berlin, the Hochschule Bielefeld and the KASK School of Arts in Ghent. Regular publications in 11Freunde, taz, Der Spiegel, DIE ZEIT, among others. Exhibitions at the Akademie der Künste (Berlin), Haus am Kleistpark (Berlin), Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation (Frankfurt a.M.), Kunsthalle Erfurt, among others. Honoured with the German Peace Prize for Photography (2023) and the VDS Sports Photo of the Year (2017, 2020), among others. He has already photographed 11 Berlin Marathons and photographed the photo series ‘Invisible Paths’ for the anniversary exhibition of the marathon.

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