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4 5 6 INSIDE ESTIEM Introduction to ESTIEM The Last Words from the Board 2010 TIMES is IEM embodied TIMES - Two Experiences Financial and Legal Committee - Out of the Dark Vision Novi Sad -Do IT Wireless Vision -Leadership Through Engagement Case Study Show, Belgrade Joint Forces Turned Into Success Grants Committee - Create Your Opportunities Summer Academy - Croatia Join the Corporate Relations Committee What is It Like Working For the ITC XL Council Meeting Porto From Previous Project Leaders Europe3D in the North What’s Happening in Skopje

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FOCUS About IEM IE: Yesterday, Now, Tomorrow Engineers Wanted IEM in Germany Start Your Career on the Right Foot EPIEM - First Meeting in Cambridge in June 2010

INTRODUCTION Editorial President’s Speech Projects & Committees

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ESTIEM ANNIVERSARY Greeting from ESTIEM Alumni How to Develop a Project from just an Idea Unexpected Dance Performance in CM Porto From an Old ESTIEMer...

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CAREER Studying IEM in Tampere Interview: IEM Alumni Tiina Suvanto from Nokia Nokia N8 Tools for IEM Professionals Interview: P&G

EXPLORE EUROPE Oi Gais! Welcome to Green Country 43 Reflections from the “City of Lights” 44 A Year in Ankara -Studying in METU 46

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Editorial Staff Nazlı Oğuz Terhi Marttila

Here comes the second anniversary issue of ESTIEM Magazine which celebrates the twentieth year of ESTIEM! You will have the chance to see the organisation from the oldies’ eyes at the same time with freshmen’s who live, work and sometimes even breathe in an ESTIEMized way.

There should be something crucial which hold all of these people together within this organisation. We call this something as ESTIEM Spirit. The spirit was born with the foundation idea of ESTIEM and has always been the main reason why ESTIEM is able to reach more than 47 000 students today. After twenty years, besides keeping the first-day’s energy, ambition and enthusiasm, the organisation still continues growing, strengthening and expanding its borders day by day by the great contribution of the members. If we consider ESTIEM as a train travelling to the future, the members, their experiences and the craziest idea of them generate the locomotive of it.

Now, ESTIEM is ready to leave behind its twentieth age with lots of golden memories: unexpected dance performance, anniversary events, theatre plays and many greetings from all over the Europe. After questioning whether the growth leads to failure in sustainability or not in the previous issue, it is time to talk about the reason of the existence of ESTIEM today: Industrial Engineering and Management.

The field of Industrial Engineering and Management is like a delicious cake which includes many beneficial and fresh fruits!

To read the story of IEM since the first day, its meaning for the IEMers from different countries and more about IEM and ESTIEM – why are you waiting? Just turn the pages and taste this delicious cake!

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We are IEM!

20 years ago a few students decided to pursue on establishing a European students network for Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM).

ESTIEM was established and as the organisation’s development proceeded through time, so did the development of IEM. ESTIEM always put its effort to keep track of the developments within IEM. One could see that through the academic-related Projects, events and activities that saw the daylight throughout the years.

ESTIEM kept track of the academic developments, but what will the future look like for ESTIEM? Available knowledge becomes more vast, researches progress, new areas are discovered. One could say that once IEM changes, ESTIEM changes.

The future of ESTIEM however is not in the hands of our external environment. Of course it is a variable that influences our course of actions. But the biggest influence comes from the IEM students.

We are the future. We decide what fields we pursue and what not.

Currently ESTIEM has reached the point where it can decide what the future of IEM will be. Instead of only IEM influencing us, we now also influence IEM. Through our close contacts with academic leaders (i.e. the recently established network of European Professors of IEM: EPIEM), our active future cooperation with professionals (e.g. Institute of Industrial Engineers) and our own healthy interest regarding what our study really encompasses, we will be a factor to be reckoned with. It is up to us to decide how we will make it happen.

In high ESTIEM,

Geoffrey van Ijzendoorn

President’s Speech

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Introduction

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&Committees

Projects TIMES

The Tournament In Management and Engineering Skills (TIMES) is the largest pan-European case study competition solely for the students of Industrial Engineering and Management. This prestigious, highly acclaimed event is the flagship project of ESTIEM. It has successfully been organised since 1994 and attracts around 1000 top European students every year. After Local Qualifications in 64 different universities and 7 Semi-Finals in selected cities, the winning team of the Final is awarded the title of Europe’s “IEM Students of the Year”.

Vision - Leadership through Engagement Vision Seminar Series aims to improve the personal skills and capabilities of the Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) students in Europe. The seminars contain a balanced mixture of academic lectures, workshops and company visits, which are combined with cultural and free-time activities of the organising city.

Through those activities the participants of a Vision Seminar develop themselves both personally and professionally. Each year’s Vision Seminar series focuses on one main topic to which all Vision seminars are connected. The current main topic is Vision - Efficiency in Communication.

Europe3D Within a 5-day seminar series the participants get a basic picture of the hosting country. A special focus thereby lays on national characteristics in politics and economy. Lectures given by experts from politics, science and economy shall provide the participants with a theoretical insight. On the other hand the Project’s aim is to integrate our guests actively in this seminar.

Especially to include the practical aspect, the Project wants to cooperate with companies for excursions and lectures.

ESTIEM Magazine

ESTIEM Magazine, the official publication of ESTIEM, provides the perfect platform to reach the target group of approximately 47 000 students of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) at universities all over Europe. The Magazine is one of the most important PR tools of ESTIEM. The ESTIEM Magazine is published twice a year and distributed among Industrial Engineering and Management students, graduates and also professors and employees of companies across Europe, through the ESTIEM network. The Magazine is free of charge. The issues are released in time for the semi-annual Council Meeting.

Summer Academy Through the Summer Academy Project, ESTIEM recognizes the importance of and takes responsibility for providing knowledge of ethics and sound leadership among future leaders of Europe. It was set up to bring international students together during summer holidays to engage in open discussion, group work, debate and private study under a senior Academic Leader.

Student Guide Student Guide is a service provided to all Industrial Engineering and Management students interested in studying Europe. Student Guide promotes intercultural and academic exchanges within Europe through an online database of academic and practical information provided by students who have studied at those universities. Student Guide also shares the experiences of the students who have been abroad for studies by collecting articles.

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Public Relations Committee The aim of the Public Relations Committee is to take care of ESTIEM’s outer appearance. The Committee is responsible for communicating the brand of ESTIEM and increasing the awareness both inside and outside of ESTIEM. The PR Committee, PRC, works with several different tools to achieve this, for instance designing PR material, creating design guidelines, and working on press visibility. The work is done both on Central and Local level.

Knowledge Management Committee The Knowledge Management Committee (KMC) does two things; updating/creating Best Practice Documents containing guidelines – from organising a project to how to be a leader – by documenting the collective experiences of ESTIEMers throughout time (available online on the ESTIEM Portal). Providing trainings on ESTIEM events and on local level to stimulate a continuous development of ESTIEM and ESTIEMers through knowledge transfer on a personal level.

Corporate Relations Committee The Corporate Relations Committee coordinates the relations between ESTIEM, companies and universities jointly with the Board. The Committee’s work covers a number of fields with the aim of improving and simplifying ESTIEM’s relations with companies and universities, such as updating cooperation proposals, creating and gathering results for different surveys or training people on how to approach companies and universities. The Corporate Relations Committee also plays an active role in supervising and supporting Projects and other Committees with regards to sponsors and academic supporters.

Financial and Legal Committee The Financial and Legal Committee’s role is to ensure ESTIEM’s compliance with all laws and regulations. It supports the Board, other Committees, Projects and Local Groups in all financial and legal matters. On one hand, it consists of experienced ESTIEMers and ESTIEM Alumni, who are motivated to provide advice whenever requested. On the other hand, active Committee members work on creating

and updating Best Practice Documents, trainings, templates etc. for all related topics. Since many people are unexperienced with finances and regulations, the Financial and Legal Committee aims at helping them to deal with them correctly. Furthermore, the Financial Controllers are part of the Committee.

Every year, they perform the audit of the financial books of ESTIEM.

Members Committee The ESTIEM Members Committee supports the member groups of ESTIEM and provides information for those students who are interested in joining the ESTIEM organisation by forming their own local group. They guide the interested groups through the whole process, starting from establishing contact – via the guest and observation period – until fully pledged membership. Also, Members Committee takes care about Local Group Exchanges, Requirements that Local Groups are expected to fulfill, tutoring Local Groups that are already accepted to ESTIEM and provides Servicing for Local Groups that have issues about any possible topic (HR, PR, Recruitment, Fundraising) and with that tries to foster connections between Local Groups.

Information Technology Committee The IT Committee maintains the mail, intranet, and web servers of ESTIEM and coordinates all ITrelated development in the organisation, such as regarding the IT backend system (.NET platform/C#).

In addition, its members offer troubleshooting services and technical advice to ESTIEMers.

Grants Committee The Grants Committee supports ESTIEM’s applications for EU Grants and aims to establish and develop knowledge on public funding opportunities and their application procedures. It also wants to share the existing knowledge with as many ESTIEMers as possible and to support more and more Local Groups apply for an EU Grant for their events.

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8 Inside ESTIEM

Back in 1990,

students from five different countries founded an organisation, which they named ESTIEM: European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management. Its aim was and still is to establish and foster interrelations among European students of industrial engineering and management.

After 20 years, it has grown into an organisation bringing together 47 000 students from 64 universities in 26 European countries, and is still growing. All these universities offer courses in IEM. Based on this structure, ESTIEM forms links between students, academics and companies in order to create a Europe-wide, multi-level IEM network. Through involvement in ESTIEM, students get an opportunity to experience different cultures, take part in international projects and become friends with other ESTIEMers from all over Europe. Our belief is that the activities and projects of ESTIEM give our members knowledge and experiences that are important for their personal development and the realisation of future goals.

The students involved in ESTIEM incorporate both the skills required for modern business and an open-minded approach towards other people and cultural issues.

The decision-making body of ESTIEM is the Council, which meets twice a year, in autumn and in spring. Each university, represented by its so called ‘Local Group’, sends two student representatives. The five members of the Board of ESTIEM are elected during the autumn Council Meeting. The Board is responsible for the management, coordination and administration of the association. It represents the association in all legal matters.

ESTIEM has continuously increased the number of its activities, thus being able to offer a great variety of events to IEM students. Based on its activities, ESTIEM has attracted many active students, and the organisation has seen rapid growth since its founding. Major activities on a European level besides Council Meetings include the only European-wide IEM case competition TIMES, the seminar series Vision, ESTIEM Magazine, Europe3D, Summer Academy and Student Guide (a database with information for students who want to study abroad); all led by Project Leaders who are elected at the Council Meetings.

Besides taking leadership positions in the Board and as Project Leaders, ESTIEM members can also take up more responsibility by working in one of the Committees. The Committees work together closely with the Board, supporting it in its tasks. ESTIEM has seven of them at the moment: the Information Technology Committee, the Public Relations Committee, the Members Committee, the Knowledge Management Committee, the Financial and L egal Committee, t he Cor porate Relations Committee and the youngest one – Grants Committee.

With lots of teams and tasks to choose from, there is a place for everyone. Naturally, the backbone of ESTIEM is the European IEM student. Open-minded and keen on developing him or herself, he or she is eager to make friends and create contacts with different IEM representants from all over the continent.

For more detailed information about our organisation and its activities, please visit our website at www.estiem. org. Here you can also find everything you need to know if you want to get involved. So don’t hesitate and start moving… you won’t regret it! g

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The Last Words the from Board 2010 Geoffrey van IJzendoorn President Having been in the ESTIEM Board for almost a year has been a truly great experience. I got to see more of Europe and made close friends. But also, because ESTIEM mainly works on a virtual level I learned it is quite a challenge in this environment to communicate your goals, be transparent, have people involved in thinking processes, motivate people, give advice, and to be there during difficult times.

The best experience to me is seeing people that haven’t met before to come together, set common aims and make something out of nothing. To facilitate these processes for all ESTIEMers is a satisfying job. On top of that my team of Boardies has worked very hard throughout 2010 to achieve our goals to provide more support, innovativeness and commitment in all layers of ESTIEM. Thank you, Harald, Sebastian, Terhi and Antti! And thank you everyone for showing true ESTIEM Spirit!

Harald Schmidt-Horix

Vice President of Administration My work throughout this year can best be seen in conjunction with my responsibilities. Within the Members Committee one of our priorities has been to earlier detect Local Groups plunging into inactivity. The key word is communication, not only towards the Local Groups, but also between the Members Committee and the Board.

In the IT Committee the development of our new website has required a lot of work, both with intensive Coordination Meetings, and lately also weekly work evenings. In the beginning of the year, many were still sceptical about the potential of the Student Guide. Now I am happy that it is

continuously moving forward, a launch not too far away. The Council Meeting always takes up time, often clustering into intense periods. As for Job Opportunities, I have definitely learned how hard it can be to start something from scratch. I hope we will still manage to get it to walk the first steps, so I can see how it develops over the next year.

As many people are working on all of this, the question what I myself am doing still remains. Well, I don’t know. Something.

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Terhi Marttila

Vice President of Public Relations Whenever people come asking “What do you actually do as an ESTIEM Boardie?” I find it hard to answer. The easy way would be explaining the 3050 e-mails processed each day, communication and discussions with the other Board Members as well as the Committee, Project and Initiative Leaders, Local Responsibles and other ESTIEMers, Skype chats taking place sometimes even daily… “But what does all that include? Why are you spending all those hours with your laptop, and seem to prefer internet over everything else?” The answer is simple and complex at the same time: it includes everything that has to do with ESTIEM, and I do it because I have fallen in love with ESTIEM and enjoy each moment making it even better.

For my part, I am responsible for ESTIEM’s Partner, Procter & Gamble. Together with our contact person, I plan articles for the Newsletters and the Magazine, find the right people and ways for the Local Groups to contact P&G, and come up with new ideas on how to make P&G more visible within our network. I am trying to find new companies and universities for ESTIEM to cooperate with and to define the best ways of working with them, take care of “my” Projects, Committees and Initiatives, do my part for the Council Meetings, make updates in the Portal… All those small things that really fill up your every day life, but that also make it worth all the efforts!

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Sebastian Geese

Vice President of Finance When being elected for the Board 2010, I was overwhelmed by the increased amount of responsibility. As time passed, I became used to it, got myself structured and it got easier and fun to work my way along my responsibilities. Much of the time is spent on answering emails, talking to people, reminding people of what they promised to do, discussing ideas and solutions and so forth. I spent a significant amount of time on determined work related to my responsibilities, as well as general work as a Boardie: analysing results of Local Group Requirement emails, assembling an invitation list for the EPIEM meeting in Cambridge, rebuilding Portal pages, approaching companies and universities, writing articles and - specifically for me - updating the budget and the books. And then there is always this huge project pending, the Council Meeting. There is a lot to be communicated, decisions about Working Groups and Extra Places to be made and defended, presentations to be prepared and people to be reminded about them‌ First I did not believe our predecessors, but now I know they were right: the closer the Council Meeting gets, the fewer other things you spend time on.

This may sound only like work, but it is fun.

Not just because of this network of great people and the events, but because you get a great feeling of accomplishing things studying cannot provide. I can ensure you, I have never before felt the inspiration you get when having a complete overview on what’s happening in ESTIEM and working with great people from all parts of the continent.

Antti Mattila

Vice President of Activities The life of Vice President of Activities can be described by one single word: flexibility. Although there are certain deadlines and appointments I must obey, most of the work I can design and time myself. Therefore during this year, I have used my morning hours for sleeping, night-time for working, and most of the travelling-time for answering emails. Now that we got to travelling, let me correct one thing. The common misconception is that Vice President of Activities has to travel all the time, but that is not true: we just want to travel a lot! Although I will not get to the same numbers of my predecessors (~75% of time abroad), I will still be on the road almost double the amount of my fellow Board members. I guess the biggest reason for the vast amount of travelling is the nature of work: once you get to know all the cool things happening around Europe, you just cannot resist.

To the work itself, most of it is related to my position. This means communicating with event organisers, assisting them with problems and the promotion of their events. Besides that, I work in the Projects and Committees that I am responsible for, including both Vision Projects (Efficiency in Communication and Leadership through Engagement), Europe3D and Grants Committee.

Finally, I want to thank my great Project and Committee Leaders and my fellow Board members: without you, my year would not have been this fantastic! g

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TIMES

is IEM Embodied

xavier Azcue

ESTIEM is an organisation which aims at fostering relations between Industrial Engineering and Management students across Europe and supporting them in their personal and professional development. Out of the many projects that make up ESTIEM, the TIMES – Tournament In Management and Engineering Students – case study competition, is the flagship one. Consequently, TIMES is the paramount definition of what being an IEM student is all about.

In our IEM studies we are constantly facing with new and diverse challenges of a wide range of subject matters. On monday we might be studying Logistics, on tuesday Economics, wednesday Electronics, thursday Mechanics, friday Project Management and saturday... We might get distracted contemplating how next month comes with a new semester and completely new courses. The same happens in TIMES. In your Local Qualification you might have to study a case based on logistics. If you make it to a Semi-Final, you might solve a country’s macroeconomic investment policy and the next day figure out the best way to produce an electronic device. In the Final there are three new challenging cases and then next year TIMES starts all over again.

TIMES is an exceptional (perhaps the best) way to put what we learn into practice. In the competition you solve real-life cases on challenges faced by organisations from basically any industry in any market. It is a great way to take our education one step further and put into practice the theory taught by books and professors.

Past TIMES jury members describe the benefits of TIMES in the following way: “IEM students have an excellent preparation enabling them to manage businesses in different technologies. This capacity for integrated management is the essential basis for firms to create value in Europe and the World. TIMES shows this in a very visible manner.”

“I have been a jury member for the past two years and it was a good experience to see students apply what I and other professors taught them in lessons as methods to reach solutions to real life business problems. The students who participate in this competition are interested in furthering their development as well rounded students and benefit from gaining experience of solving cases under pressure, practicing their formal presentation skills and get feedback from an experienced jury.”

If you’ve already participated in TIMES then you know what I am trying to explain in this article. If you have not yet, then what are you waiting for?

There is pretty much no excuse not to. If you are scared of public speaking or are not a master in English, participating in the TIMES competition will help improve both areas. And if you manage to win your Local Qualification, it is a great way to travel around Europe meeting new and interesting people. Still, the simple participation is by itself a rewarding experience. You will build skills in areas such as working in a team, making decisions, working under pressure, and thinking logically.

TIMES is IEM; as an ESTIEMer, as an IEM student, what are you waiting for? g

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Two Experiences

This year, there’s absolutely no way I would miss out on this event and I will, without a doubt, motivate my colleagues to participate as well. g

Ana Lessa

Moritz Wilke

Moritz Wilke

First of all, it was a great first contact with what might be our future, a small glimpse of what Industrial Engineering and Management is about.

We learned a lot throughth solving the case and also by watching our colleagues present their solution. It was also a great opportunity to relate with our older colleagues, learn of their experiences and plans for the future.

Participating in TIMES was a really great experience for me. During the six cases my team solved from the Local Qualification to the Final I got insights in so many different companies and branches. From logistics to information technology, from consumer goods to transportation and even the investment promotion for a whole country was one of the challenges we had to face.

TIMES is a really good chance not only to apply the knowledge learnt at the university to real businesscases, but also to learn how to work in a team, to make decisions under time pressure and to give presentations. All in all, I can say that TIMES was an experience I never want to miss and which I highly recommend to every student of Industrial Engineering and Management. g

Ana lessa

Last year, as a first year student participating in TIMES for the first time, I was a bit nervous. I was the youngest and the least experienced, but the truth is that it all went well. I personally think it was truly worth participating. I learned a lot and it was a great experience.

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Financial and Legal Committee - Out of the Dark Sebastian Geese

How is ESTIEM’s Financial and Legal Committee doing nowadays? Or should we ask “What is it doing nowadays?” or maybe even “Is it doing anything at all?”

I could make this article a quick one and just answer “yes” to the last question, but since ESTIEMers tend to be curious, I somehow feel I should give some elaborations on how and what the Committee has been and is doing. So, let’s start…

One might wonder why this article is written by me, as ESTIEM’s Vice President of Finance instead of an assigned Committee Leader. The reason is very simple: traditionally – and this has not changed yet – the Vice President of Finance is the Financial and Legal Committee Leader at the same time.

One first step to reach increased proactivity was to get more active members involved. But how to get members involved, if people cannot see what the Committee is doing? Hence, the Committee Pages on the Portal were entirely rebuilt and restructured, and have drastically changed. It took some time, but now the efforts paid off by a significantly increased number of active committee members.

So, what have these enhanced resources been used for? Apart from the obvious task – Financial Controlling – several ideas have been worked on and accomplished. In order to enable ESTIEMers to easily find answers for their questions, “Frequently Asked Questions” have been gathered and answered. They can now be found on the Committee Pages. Best Practice Documents of “How to create a budget” and “How to set up a legal entity” have been created. Furthermore, Working Groups and Training were prepared for the Council Meetings in Porto and Finland in order to provide more insights about how the finances in ESTIEM works / runs.

In the past, the Financial and Legal Committee were quite passive, its main and only function was to exist and advise to the Board and particularly the Vice President of Finance whenever requested. In the beginning of the year, while setting out goals, our Board decided that there is way more potential in the So, starting from four Financial Controllers Committee and that we should work towards in the beginning of the year, the number of increased proactivity. So it all began.

ESTIEMers actively working in the Committee has increased to ten. But there is still potential At a Coordination Meeting in January, ideas for more accomplishments and every interestwere gathered on what the Committee could ed ESTIEMer is welcome. If you want to share be engaged in. It can be summarised by saying your ideas or contribute in any way, contact that it should proactively support the Board, the Vice President of Finance. vp-finance@esall other Projects and Committees, and our tiem.org g Local Groups in all financial and legal matters.

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In March 2010 Local Group Novi Sad had the privilege to host one of the Vision seminars of this year named “Anytime, anywhere, do IT wireless”.

During the time from March 17th to March 21st, LG Novi Sad hosted more than twenty participants from Macedonia, Germany, Norway, Hungary and Holland.

As this year’s main subject for Vision seminars is “Efficiency in Communication”, we wanted to talk about advantages of wireless communication and how crucial it is. We wanted to show its effectiveness to our participants. Therefore, we organised the Academic day, during which the participants had the opportunity to hear three professors from the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad talking about this subject from three different points of view. This way we wanted to cover the theoretical part of the subject. As for the practical side, a trip was organised to Carlsberg Brewery in a village nearby Novi Sad. There, the participants had the chance to see the whole production process of the brewery and to hear about the communication within the system using a wireless type of communication. Needless to say, beer tasting was also involved.

Using the facilities of the Faculty of Technical Sciences Local Group Novi Sad also organised a “webinar”. It was a kind of web conference, during which we talked to fellow ESTIEMers across Europe and showed how it works to our participants. After the webinar, Mladen Radišic, one of the ESTIEMers from Novi Sad and teaching assistant at Faculty of Technical Sciences, had a short lecture about the way companies do business across the world.

Apart from the academic side, we had a duty to show other parts of our Serbian culture. We visited the best places in Novi-Sad, spending very memorable times.

We organised a great international night, during which each group of participants brought a famous drink or meal from their country, and also organised a trip to the village called Sremski Karlovci, where we had some nice Serbian wine tasting.

The pleasure we got from this event, as a Local Group, was more than rewarding. The satisfied guests and new friendships made this event really something special for all of us. Even after several times in Novi Sad, some participants know they will keep on coming… g

Nemanja jovanovic

Novi Sad

Anytime.

Anyplace.

Do IT wireless.

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David BrandstAdter

Engagement becomes more and more important in a modern working environment.

Employees who can really identify themselves with their employer are more productive, more efficient and more innovative. Therefore each company needs to keep their employees’ motivation on a high level. In the current, fast changing business world, many factors influence engagement in a negative way. Less face-to-face communication, work distributed in different places all over the planet, and a high usage of information and communication technology are some of these factors.

The ESTIEM network gives a good example on how these negative influences can be overcome by a high personal motivation. The work done in Committees and Projects, supervised by the Board, is done simultaneously, and with a high personal motivation, all over Europe. ESTIEMers identify themselves with their network. They are doing their work voluntarily and without any financial reward.

Where does this engagement originate from?

This will be investigated by the 2010/11 Vision Seminar Series under the key question “How do places & spaces impact engagement?” Together with a research group from the Aalto University, Helsinki, nine Vision Seminars will try and find answers to this question. Each participant will reflect their own opinion about engagement and how he or she gets impacted. Short thesis papers, written by each participant, will be used by the Aalto University and comprise an important part of the aforementioned research program.

Vision: Leadership through Engagement will find interesting and useful similarities between voluntary, successful youth work and the engagement at workplaces.

Vision follows the desires students have: international socialising combined with a deep perception.

Join the upcoming seminars: December 2010: Lyon-Grenoble, France Two grand cities close to the Alps will invite you to experience French culture and working environment.

January 2011: Luleå, Sweden Vision in the dark! Explore the very north of the ESTIEM universe. See colourful polar lights and how people motivate themselves in “dark times”.

February 2011: Helsinki-Tampere, Finland Get fully in touch with the Finnish student and academic culture. Double packed Vision experience by the main organisers of the autumn Council Meeting 2010.

February 2011: Stockholm, Sweden Discover Sweden’s largest city and combine your stay at the seaside with interesting workshops and company visits.

March 2011: Ankara METU, Turkey Make your trip to t he heart of Turkey!

Experience the capital of one of the biggest countries in Europe and learn about oriental employee engagement. g

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Case SHOW Study It does begin like an ordinary day. She wakes up, brushes her teeth, and has breakfast. But the minute she puts the plate down, her adventure begins. She remembers her assignments, the given and the chosen ones. She picks up the phone and dials. Another company is to be conquered.

Local Group Belgrade has been a busy bee this year. As of 2009, expectations have risen, the number of members has increased, and new challenges have occupied the fresh minds of Case Study Show 2010. April was the month, which would show if all the hard work would pay off.

Oh, the negotiations… She quite loved them. She liked to deal with people. She liked having to prove herself and her organisation. But today was different. She kept hitting the same obstacles again and again. Whenever she thought she had almost been finished with convincing the not-so-nice company representative, she would be given another impossible question to answer to, another moment of reluctance to deal with. But she kept going. There was a reward in the end.

The team for Company Relations (CR) was well aware of the high expectations the organisation had. Previous years were kind of a build up to this year’s mission: ensuring internships for our local group’s members in the partner companies of Case Study Show.

Our Local Group’s own Company Relations team was working relentlessly in the last few months to ensure partner companies would offer internships or full time jobs to our members.

This resulted in many of them finding their place in some of the companies that opened their doors with full support.

The process is not yet complete, there’s a long and winding road in front of us, a road that has no limits currently. It is one that must not have limits, for the personal and professional development of our members. It is a continuous mission, and it is the only way of bringing our new motto to life. Play it on the highest level!

She put the phone down. It was a success story. A personal one, she had to admit to herself. Now, it was her turn to wait to be called. g

Milan Djordjevic

With a Little Help from My Friends

Since the first Case Study Show event in 2007 Local Group Belgrade has worked with many reputable companies like L’Oreal, UNIQA Insurance, Coca-Cola Hellenic, Holcim etc.

During the following years many of those companies worked with us again, which proved the quality of our project and our efforts in terms of serious communication. In 2010, the coordinator for Company Relations managed to bring six companies instead of four to Case Study Show.

Coca-Cola Hellenic, L’Oreal, Holcim, JTI, Telekom Srbija and Microsoft joined the success story. Case Study Show 2010 was, and continued to praise it as one of the most promising programs for students, who wish to step into business earlier than their colleagues.

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Joint forces turned Late December, 2009.

Two days later…

Alexandra: “Hey Jelena, how are you?”

Jelena: “I have some good news!”

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Jelena: “ I’m g reat t hough busy w it h t he Knowledge Management Committee… How’s everything with you?”

Alexandra: “Not bad. Listen, I had something in mind and would like to share it with you. Do you have some time to hear about it?”

Jelena: “Sure!”

Alexandra: “How would you like it, if the Local Responsible Forum in Groningen got an EU Grant?”

Jelena: “How would I like it?? What are the chances?”

Alexandra: “Well, the Grants Committee is a brand new Committee and we need practice, if we want to help ESTIEM and its Local Groups get EU Grants. the Local Responsible Forum seems like the perfect opportunity to gain experience in writing Grants applications.”

Jelena: “Isn’t it too demanding? Do we have enough time and people to help prepare the application?”

Alexandra: “If we form a team of four-five people and divide tasks, it can be finished on time. The deadline is four weeks from now.”

Jelena: “In that case I believe we have a great chance to hand it in before the deadline! I’ll write an e-mail to Louise Linder and Daan Stienstra as responsibles for the event and together with the two of us and hopefully some more people to help, we can succeed.”

Alexandra: “Sounds like a good plan!”

Alexandra: “I’m all eyes” (reading Jelena’s typing) Jelena: “Louise and Daan are in, and seems like Geoffrey will help out as well!”

Alexandra: “Awesome! When do we start?”

Jelena: “I scheduled a Skype call for tomorrow evening and we can start our work!”

Alexandra: “Amazing! Can’t wait!”

The following weeks seemed endless. Filling in the application took more time than anyone had expected, but it succeeded to be sent before the final date. A few days afterwards, an answer was received from the “Youth in Action” Programme responsibles that certain parts would need to be changed and the application to be sent in again within seven days. All the necessary changes were made and the form sent once again.

Days were passing by and no response arrived. One day Jelena’s phone rang. It was a Dutch number calling. Shyly she answered and heard Geoffrey’s voice.

Geoffrey: “Hey Jelena, it is me- Geoffrey!”

Jelena: “ I know!”

Geoffrey: “I have some really good news- WE GOT THE GRANT FOR THE LR FORUM!” Jelena: “No way! (screaming on the phone while students in the hallway were staring at her) Geoffrey: “Yes way! We got it and now we have to hand in some more papers, so that the process can start.”

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Jelena: “What a wonderful piece of news! I will arrange a Skype call with the others, so that we can take care of the last details! I still can’t believe what I have just heard!”

Geoffrey: “It’s happening and we can start counting down the days until this super event starts!”

The event was indeed one of the best that ESTIEM has ever experienced. Participants were accommodated in a very nice hostel, enjoyed tasty meals and interesting trainings, developed themselves personally and professionally, rode “Beer bikes”, sailed, partied and much more!

But would it be possible to have such an event without the support of the “Youth in Action” Programme? No. Would it be possible to get support without handing in a quality application? No. Would it be possible to have quality application without a great team working on it? No. Thanks to this great team and the joint work of the two Committees the LR Forum 2010 was such a big success!

This is not where we stop but just the beginning.

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Create your opportunities!

Have you ever wondered how LR Forum achieved to be granted with over 20.000 Euros?

Or why the European Commission thought that Grants CoM is worth 4.000 Euros? Is it because these events promote young people’s active citizenship in general and their European citizenship in particular? Or maybe it is the fact that these events develop solidarity and promote tolerance among young people. I hear you saying: “Enough of EU language!”. What does Grants Committee really do to assure the accomplishment of those applications?

How does this whole process start? The ESTIEMers who want to support their event financially through granting options approach the Committee. Initially, a profile of the event is sketched so that we know which action, sub-action, priority and objectives should be chosen. We

plan how to describe that event so that we emphasise the link between our goals and the goals of the Youth in Action Programme. Soon after, the HARD WORK begins. Not only the organisers, but also the Grants Committee members start writing the application. After the first draft is finished, this is sent in to the National Agency of the respective Local Group for feedback. When the feedback comes, it is implemented in the draft, so that it becomes a real application. Finally, after the last check, the application is sent in, together with the agenda and the Partner Promoter Forms.

So what motivates the members of the Grants Committee? Why do they work for the Committee and take these responsibilities? We, the Grants Committee, hope to help increase the event’s budget and thus, its quality and the comfort of the participants! With a higher budget and sponsored activities, ESTIEMers can have even more remarkable experiences If more ESTIEMers learn how to write such applications, these grants can become more than just a very good news once every few months… They can become a regular thing, that will boost ESTIEM’s development and growth. Grants Committee needs YOU this year! Join us, be a proud member of the GC and put your signature under the victorious applications!

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When I was sitting in my plane to Zagreb I realized that I had no idea about what I would be doing for the next two weeks. I had never been to Croatia before, had not met any of the people participating and, most importantly, I was not sure about the content of the Summer Academy. I had just been told that this was going to be an “incredible” event and a “turning point” in my life. Until being a part of this event and feeling the spirit, I always thought this was just another exaggeration.

During the two weeks the sessions we had with our professor Dietrich Brandt, and assistants Michael and Isabelle were far more different from what I had imagined, which made everything even more amazing. With this way of teaching I had never seen before, I can see now how much we improved ourselves in many aspects. By leading the sessions we had the opportunity to learn more about different topics like energy, economic crises, personal growth, chaos and more. These sessions became an inseparable part of our continuous learning cycle, which is still going on in our minds.

By giving feedback all the time, interacting with each other and combining our knowledge about people, technology and organisation we developed skills in the field of leadership. Considering these personal developments of our knowledge, character and other skills it can be said without hesitation that we left our small village Korenica with a brand new perception of the world.

It was not only the sharing and expanding of knowledge that made this Summer Academy unforgettable. It would be unfair not to mention our free time activities and weekend programs.

The beautiful Croatian nature, the great sea view with small islands scattered in the horizon and the

warm weather were a big part of our spiritual journey. Swimming in the Adriatic, a tour in the city of Zadar, unexpected hiking in the mountains and visiting the natural parks of Plitvice Lakes were the evidence of what nature could offer more. In addition to our weekend trips, as ESTIEMers we did not forget to relax after the tiring working hours during the day. We enjoyed the delicious food cooked by ourselves and always left a small place for the special Croatian “Napolitanke” after dinner. We had Karaoke parties to discharge and long (!) movie sessions together. And finally, we warmed up the atmosphere even more with the special Croatian white wine served by the organisation team.

Talking about warm atmosphere – last but not least, the friendships took this experience one step further. We all once again learned the meaning of true friendship by sharing our living space, cooking together, playing sports, getting amazed by magic tricks and watching the sky at nights. We realized that no matter from which culture or background we came from, there is always something you can share with each other.

All in all, at the end of the Summer Academy I understood that what others meant by “incredible” was not an exaggeration at all, it was the truth. I would once again like to thank the organisation team for their effort making sure everything went smoothly and finding immediate solutions to any problem we had. Summer Academy is one of the events that all ESTIEMers should attend, if they have the opportunity! g

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Corporate Relations Committee!

You heard about us, you know we exist, but what do we actually do? And most important, what can YOU do in the Corporate Relations Committee (CRC)?

melania mateias

In October 2010, one of ESTIEM’s initiatives, University Relations, structured in 2009 and responsible for the cooperation between ESTIEM and universities, found its place in the Corporate Relations Committee and developed to be a strong part of it. As a result, the Committee’s work now covers a number of fields with the aim of improving and simplifying ESTIEM’s relations with companies and universities.

For central ESTIEM, the Committee offers its support to the Board’s work regarding Partners and Academic Supporters: writing articles in the monthly ESTIEM Newsletter, including information and latest news about Partners and Academic Supporters, creating different surveys and gathering results or completing the annual company reports for our Partners. We also provide the Board members with presentation materials for company or university use. The Corporate Relations Committee helps ESTIEM’s Projects in regards

to sponsors, by training people on how to approach companies and universities, updating sponsorship offers and providing contacts.

One of the Committee’s roles is to support ESTIEM’s Local Groups by offering trainings and creating Best Practice Documents (BPD), in order to increase knowledge and improve communication towards companies and universities.

We are continuously working on improving our current contacts with companies and universities and searching for new ones. With the help of the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system, we have a better overview on current contacts and are able to keep track of any changes or improvements in establishing new contacts.

Whatever your preferences are, there are many things you can do in the Committee and most important, you are always needed and welcomed: everybody can be of help in the Corporate Relations Committee! Join us by writing an email to leader. crc@estiem.org!

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What is it like working for Working for the IT Committee (ITC) is very demanding but at the same time very rewarding. eric selin

It is true what they say: in the ITC, we work a lot. The reason we are able to do it is because it is fun. I am not going to lie to you – being at least a little bit nerdy definitely helps, but if you think coding on a 110 inches screen, administrating virtualized servers or producing the best looking and working internet application since Google is even a little bit cool, you will think the ITC is cool.

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However, the best thing with the ITC is its people. And the atmosphere has always been great. Our supporters – the benefactors – have also always contributed to the great IT cause. Even elephant-sized errors do not get you down in that kind of company.

That is the real reason why the ITC is cool.

Awesome IT. If you want to join the ITC and make something happen in a great bunch of people, do not hesitate to e-mail eric.selin@estiem.org! g

XLCOUNCIL MEETING Porto

To organise [awr-guh-nahyz] -verb put into working order; arrange in a system; make preparations for; Already it’s mere meaning spoke against the Portuguese tradition. Although we knew it was going to be tough, we wanted to change the widespread idea that Portuguese people are not organised. So, one night I was approached by Luís Gomes who convinced me to attend my first ESTIEM event, Council Meeting Grenoble 2009, and apply for the organisation of the XL ESTIEM Council Meeting. By the end of April we already knew our faith: one year of hard work trying to convince people to join our mission, hoping to bring ESTIEM events to a whole new level of professionalism and networking.

During the first months we concentrated ourselves on studying Best Practice Documents and wondering which details were not missing. We also got in touch with potential interested companies and teachers that could be helpful to accomplish our goals. As in other organisations, the initial motivation was immense, but with summer’s arrival the team got a little dispersed and the project stagnated. Verena Hohn, Vice-President of Administration at the time, was (and very professionally) a little concerned about the progress of the event and the Portuguese timing. Again, the Portuguese timing. This was a strong impulse that, right after the holidays, got everyone back on track to make sure the objective would be reached: hosting the best Council Meeting ever!

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In order to have a broader view from other ESTIEM members we invited Sebastian Koob and Max Steinmetz to help us defining the milestones and deadlines and to give them the opportunity to have a first look on how special the Council Meeting was going to be.

The event was coming closer and e-mails started to fill our mailboxes either with questions, suggestions or demands. Harald Schmidt-Horix, now Vice-President of Administration, also wanted to make sure everything was in order. In a mix with Norwegian methods and Latin improvisation, a similar tactic used with Verena Hohn and her German methods, we managed to ensure the crucial points were guaranteed and that our imagination fulfilled the participants’ dreams.

Finally the day arrived and everyone in the team was a nervous wreck. We wanted to make sure everything exceeded the expectations and that our image was going to change. Two hundred participants, 5 different parties, 25 staff members, 1 amazing gala dinner, 3 London buses and one hell of a week seem to have been enough to convince the rest of Europe that Portuguese people can be organised.

I think I speak for the team when I say that organising this event brought us a lot of work, discussions and headaches. Nevertheless, it was with this work that we grew as professionals and as social individuals that formed a strong team.

Council Meeting Porto would not have been possible without the amazing help of the organising team: Maria João Matos, Reinaldo Costa Moreira, Ricardo Couto, João Oliveira, Sérgio Lobo, Margarida Sottomayor, Pedro Santos, Gonçalo Santos, Catarina Santos, Luísa de Mello, Francisca Marinho, Francisco Sá, Alexandra Melo, Carlos Bartilotti, Luís Gomes, Alexandre Guimarães, Mafalda Marques. I also would like to thank Harald, Max, Sebastian and Verena: without their help we would not have been as successful as we were. g

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From Prev Project

Berna baş

1. Why did you decide to become a Project Leader ?

It was shortly after joining my Local Group when I became aware of the Student Guide Project. I liked the idea and the things that the Project team was dealing with. That is how I ended up taking part in the Project and finally applying for the Project Leadership at Council Meeting Grenoble.

2. “Oh, why did I become a Project Leader?” Your worst experience, please.

A long-term problem of the Project, inability to structure the system due to the lack of ITskilled team members, was fortunately solved right before I took over the Project. Next step was to communicate the wiki system to the Local Groups and to achieve their support. I can call the very first attempt towards Local Groups as the most challenging term of my Project Leadership since it was hard to mention a big team working on this.

3. “Great, I became a Project Leader!” What was your best experience during your term?

The commitment that makes you think about what and how to improve all the time, and the feeling of your Project being your baby.

4. What did you gain from being a Project Leader and what did you add to your Project?

I personally gained a lot from this experience.

To own an initiative as yours and to put all the effort into it pursuant to certain priorities while also figuring out how to work effectively in a diverse team was the main attainment for me. Regarding my contribution to the Project, on the other hand, I loved and enjoyed every single detail related to the Project and it probably helped it move further.

5. Define your project with a colour and fruit.

Coconut, white.

6. What was your favourite activity or unforgettable experience in ESTIEM ?

My first event outside my Local Group, my first Council Meeting experience, the first such a deep and exact realisation of the ESTIEM spirit… That was when dozens of ESTIEMers from all around Europe sang the ESTIEM song at the beginning of first General Assembly at Council Meeting Famagusta in 2008. The atmosphere was just stunning and made me entirely into ESTIEMing!

7. Is there anyone you want to thank for their support during your time as a Project Leader?

Besides the great effort of everybody in the team and my appreciation for every single team mate, my special thanks, at this point, go to Harald Schmidt-Horix, who basically gave us the chance to work on the Project by creating the wiki system and being there to assist all the time!

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2. ”Oh, why did I become a Project Leader?” Your worst experience, please.

Due to difficulties in finding sponsors we had to cut down the number of pages so that we can have the ESTIEM Magazine printed and that meant tough choices: some articles had to be omitted and some cut to the shortest possible extent. We eventually made it through better than we hoped, but I hope this never happens again.

3. ”Great, I became a Project Leader!” What was your best experience during your term?

Actually this happened some time after my term as a Project Leader ended, and it was a great compliment for the whole team: a copy of the ESTIEM Magazine was passed around to the department heads for Industrial Engineering Departments at Ohio State University, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech and the University of Southern California. They all thought that the Magazine and brochure produced

by ESTIEM were first class!

4. What did you gain from being a Project Leader and what did you add to your project?

Thanks to my time as a Project Leader I gained the ability to structure my work, set a time line and follow it and definitely also some leadership

skills. As for the Project itself, I think it gained a better online presence as well as an option for readers to explore the ESTIEM Magazine without necessarily having to download it. Also, a section regarding the Student Guide was added, which also helped to raise visibility of this Project.

5. Define your project with a colour and fruit.

Purple grape!

6. What was your favourite activity or unforgettable experience in ESTIEM? Attending my first Council Meeting in Bremen was something really special for me - so many people getting to know each other, working together and at the same time having great time!

What also struck me was that people were also singing songs from the ESTIEM Songbook; unfortunately it seems like we don’t do that so much any more.

7. Is there anyone you want to thank for their support during your time as a Project Leader?

First and foremost - the whole ESTIEM Magazine team, because they made everything happen; Thibault Maffei and Nazli Oguz for their passion; Andreea Sabo, for being a persistent perfectionist; Terhi Marttila for being always so positive; Sezen Sayoglu for handing over everything perfectly and last but definitely not least - Jovan Muskinja for his endless support and patience.

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1. Why did you decide to become a Project Leader ?

Just like anyone, I suppose. I was curious to see if I can do this, after having spent a significant time working within the Project. I guess it was a natural step, especially having great support from those people whose opinion mattered.

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Europe3D

in the North

ALEXANDER PETERS

In February 2010, Europe3D Finland in Helsinki and Tampere and Europe3D Sweden in Stockholm took place in the North of Europe. As Europe3D Project Leader I attended both, so read on to get a feeling of the atmosphere and a comparison between these two.

Let me start with a short introduction to the Europe3D project. In 2010, four events were organised, in Sweden, Finland, Poland and Belgium.

The key concept is to show a country in three dimensions: politics, culture and economy. Half of the participants are from ESTIEM and the others are students from all fields of study, all over Europe.

When I arrived at Sweden after I had been in Finland, I noticed that both events face three ‘Nordic dimensions’: snow, ice and cold! The countries were covered with snow, and even the locals had difficulties to get the roads and roofs free of it. Although the sun was shining, temperatures dropped below zero and the sea was frozen. Some of the participants had never seen snow before and although I had, it was weird to take a walk on a frozen sea.

To overcome this, we experienced something typical for the Nordic, especially Finnish, culture: a hot sauna. The sauna should not be seen as a place just to warm up, but as an activity to be done together. In the end we noticed how much fun it was and that sauna is not only a great team building activity, but also something to look out to when you are freezing at the end of the day.

It was not only the cold that showed similarities between these countries. Although their (political) history is different, they have an advanced welfare system: taxes are high, but so are the living conditions and the level of social security. We dived deep into this topic during lectures from politicians, professors and experts and during debates. In the end, we learned about a range od topics, from why

alcohol could only be bought in the state shops (Alko and Systembolaget), to the priority of gender equality.

When talking about sustainability, it was interesting to see that the Swedes are a step ahead. We visited a research facility in the field of biogas production with a direct connection to the bus depot to fuel the city buses. We also visited the city district Hammarby Sjöstad which had its focus on environment during the planning and implementation, resulting in its own eco-cycle model.

In Helsinki and Tampere we were shown that from an economical point, Finland has more to offer than only wood and paper. The Vice President of Business Phones at Nokia showed us the headquarters of the world’s biggest mobile phone manufacturer and we also visited two other Finnish multinationals: ship engine manufacturer Wärtsilä and cargo-handling machinery manufacturer Cargotec.

Of course we also spent time with local students.

Both countries have an active student culture, already expressed in the student overalls from their student club that they wear during activities. In both events we were lucky to participate in a typical Finnish and Swedish student activity: a sitsit party. Basically it’s a gala dinner, where you sing a lot, follow the strict rules of the toastmaster and have a lot of fun.

Besides the activities, it was great to live together with a group of people from all over Europe and dive together into this journey of discovering a country and a true ‘Europe3D experience’.

I would especially like to thank Johanna Wiklund, Eva Huitfeldt and their team (Stockholm), Emma Nermes and her team (Helsinki) and Iina Turja and her team (Tampere) for making these unforgettable weeks possible!

In 2011 there will be Europe3D events in Turkey, Spain, Germany and Hungary: see you somewhere in Europe! g

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What’s happening dimitar grcev

Local Group Skopje was founded in 2002 by a few enthusiastic students from Skopje’s freshly opened IEM course in the faculty of mechanical engineering.

A great spark These humble beginnings started the flame of the ESTIEM spirit in Skopje and it was beautiful.

The very next year two events were organised – a ReCoM and a InnoVISION seminar. Some of the first generations even had some success in the TIMES competition. This seemed like a great way of joining the big European family but...

The torch fell For reasons unknown somewhere along the way this ESTIEM f lame faded and this great thing was lost somehow. The following years unexpectedly yielded less events organised and sporadic participation in events in other local groups. Casper would not be proud of that kind of ESTIEM spirit. Something had to be done.

Lack of structure Maybe the reason was that people from the Balkans are not used to a structured way of behaving. Maybe the academic duties were too demanding. Maybe some people thought the responsibles used ESTIEM just to travel for free (Seville had the same problem). Or maybe students did not really see the benefits from ESTIEM (?!?). I do not know. All I know is that the flame must go on!

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New flames It was not until 2009 when the critical mass was gathered and the rebirth of Local Group Skopje began. The board of 2009 decided they were not going to make the same mistake. They approached me and others, younger (and older) IEM students to join them and we decided to learn from the past – not to judge it. Together we organised a Vision seminar, which really sparked the fire again. Many new members joined after they felt the ESTIEM spirit.

After this success the interest in LG Skopje grew! Even though a little handicapped by a lack of funding we cannot be stopped. We then organised a case study event, and though it was not an official ESTIEM event, we learned a lot, made some important contacts – and had a heap of fun!

The board meeting held here was also helpful as well as eye-opening. With the following exchange with Istanbul Yildiz, another case study event, and many possible collaborations with other groups LG Skopje is learning to be proactive, productive and of course – professional. And is there a better way to do it than sitting around a great ESTIEM bonfire? g

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The ESTIEM Alumni network wishes ESTIEM all the best for its 20th anniversary.

With ESTIEM turning 20 this year, the Alumni network that has been founded more than 15 years ago students and alumni have always been strongly linked together. Events like Round Tables, Council Meetings and the annual Alumni Meeting have been the ideal occasion for members of ESTIEM and ESTIEM Alumni to meet, foster relationships and keep the ESTIEM spirit alive even after graduation.

For the next 20 years (and beyond) the Alumni network wishes ESTIEM numerous enthusiastic students to turn many great ideas into action. May your dreams of today be the reality of your future.

ESTIEM Alumni will continue strengthening the link with the students. Our network is naturally open to all people formerly involved in ESTIEM. Hence a healthy ESTIEM organisation is beneficial for us.

On behalf of all ESTIEM Alumni, the current ESTIEM Alumni Board consisting of Arthur Franse, Diana Voll and Alexander Seeger

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HOW TO

develop a project from just an idea

jesus Barreiro

Probably, some of you have already thought about developing an amazing idea and turning it into a wonderful project. However, most of the time, we keep those ideas just in our minds without realizing them. In this article, you will read about several students from all over Europe who wanted to demonstrate how to overcome the most common obstacles.

Lots of people around you have really special talents, which are difficult to appreciate unless you are lucky enough to be in the right place, at the right time. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to discover how talented our teammate Melis Ozates was in dancing.

She was the inspiration source for this project.

We were about to celebrate the XL ESTIEM Council Meeting in Porto, Portugal, and we thought that it could be a big surprise for everybody if we could perform a choreography to encourage people at the event. In this way, the Unexpected Dance Performance project was born.

On one hand, our external objective was to perform a basic dance to cheer up people and keep them with a positive mind to attend the General Assembly and Working Group hours. On the other hand, working with people from all over Europe with a long distance between them was a great opportunity to test our management and teamworking skills.

We had the idea and the talent. It was the time to make the project come true. Melis assumed

‘the Specialist’ role and I assumed ‘the Leader’ role because she has danced ballet since she was a child and used to work as dancing teacher in her free time.

Concerning myself, I knew exactly how to transfer the idea from my mind to the real world. We only needed to choose people from different Local Groups to fulfill the requirements of our task group.

Working online has some disadvantages. We had different schedules and we couldn’t practice the movements together. But we knew how to deal with these problems. We shared a video showing the whole choreography to let everybody learn it when they had free time and waited for being in Porto to practice together.

Additionally, we used the KISS principle (Keep It Short and Simple) to make the movements easy for everybody to perform, this way ensuring our chances to achieve our goal. This also helped us learn quickly and replace any members, if needed.

In the end, it was a complete experience, which let us know more about teambuilding and communication problems. I’m sure this project helped us all improve our personal and professional skills.

Finally, I would like to thank all the ESTIEM members who took part in this project and especially, the ones who performed the dance: Melis Ozates (Ankara METU), Nazli Oguz (Ankara METU), Thomas Guerra (Graz), Melania Mateais (Bucharest), Ia Bjork (Stockholm) and Pablo Ramón (Seville). g

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After all, we had the detailed plan and the second, very detailed edition of the training video. It was the Porto time to make a choice about costumes. After some brainstorming we decided to have white t-shirts and When Jesus told me about his idea for the first time, jeans. Actually, Nazlı and I wanted to have a logo as I was not sure if I would be able to go to the Council well, but we couldn’t find time to create it.

Meeting Porto or not. However, his idea included creativity, communication, team work, entertainment After our meeting in Porto, we saw that some and of course dance. That is why I accepted to prepare members had not been able to find time to learn all a choreography and share it with the team which we the figures. We studied after General Assemblies in were going to call the UDP Team (Unexpected Dance the garden of the faculty.We should really appreciate Performance). especially Pablo’s success, since he joined us only in Porto.

Jesus and I observed people during the activities we attended. Thus, it was not that hard to find talented Finally, we had our performance which was people for his project. After lots of discussions we really unexpected. During the preparation level, had 9 people from 5 different Local Groups. Then the appealing success of the team was created by I prepared a choreography and prepared a training the perfect communication within it. We should not video which took a really long time to make. forget the excellent idea and the great effort of all the team members to achieve this. I want to thank Jesus was close to me all the time and shared his all my teammates for saying ‘yes’ when we asked ideas about figures. We decided everything together them to participate in this project, and for their and of course asked other team members as well. great effort. Be ready for new surprises! g

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Thomas Guerra The UDP was challenging for me. I had to pluck up a lot of courage to go to the stage in front of so many people and dance. The hardest moment was not the decision to do it but the moment when Melis called us to the front. Even if the performance from my side was not as expected, I hope that at least it was amusing to the audience!

In the end I have to admit that it was really fun to practise with a bunch of so nice people and I would immediately do it again.

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From an old ESTIEMer...

Summer Academy Project Leader 2001

umut ergunsu

Will you please introduce yourself to ESTIEMers ?

My name is Umut Ergunsü. I am an IEM graduate of Bilkent University, Ankara. At the moment I live at the other end of the world, far far away, in China. I work on the field of IT, more precisely “internet” and at the same time study “International Relations”(IR). Although I am a proud engineer, since the graduation I realised that I have some interest in International Relations (IR). And I enjoy it to the utmost when I can work as an Industrial Engineer and at the same time do some research on International Relations...

As a crucial part of my self-introduction, let me tell you how I tried to contribute to ESTIEM in my Local Group and to ESTIEM in general. I was the Local Group Bilkent’s president when it was voted to be a full member of ESTIEM. Later on, I was elected during the Council Meeting Cambridge to be the Summer Academy’s founding Project Leader. By the way, I was one of the attendants of the ESTIEM’s 10th anniversary gathering.

Can you describe ESTIEM in your life with three words?

If I was to describe ESTIEM in my life with three words, I would chose curiosity, unity and partying.

Curiosity comes from getting acquainted with new people from new cultures with new backgrounds, visiting them in their cities and countries and recieving them as visitors in my city, Ankara, and in my country, Turkey.

Unity because the communication channels and bonds that link ESTIEMers all over Europe paves the way, to some extent, to the unification of IEM students in Europe.

Partying: it comes without saying that partying is an integral part of ESTIEM. No further explanation needed :) How did ESTIEM contribute to your professional/ personal development ?

As I mentioned before, I am interested in IR and ESTIEM is a real kitchen for someone who has some interest in IR. So, the years I worked actively in ESTIEM served me as a base for satisfying my curiosity in internationalism. Furthermore, during my close contact to Björn Johansson (Local Group Linköping) and Julian Griffith (Local Group Cambridge) I learned some key concepts about multi-national teamwork that still helps me professionally.

In terms of personal development, which I perceive as an indivisible part of profesional development, ESTIEM contributed to me in countless different ways. To name some, I would say that ESTIEM gave me a legitimate breathing space from my hard curriculum in Bilkent and within that space I improved my interpersonal communication skills, English and general knowledge about Europe: cities, foods, cultures and so much more...

Last comments..Maybe about anniversary ?

As I mentioned before, I attended the 10th anniversary 10 years ago. It’s fair to say that for me 10 years have passed in a blick, so quickly. Today I am an alumnus and active ESTIEMers are people I do not know personally. People have changed but the function of ESTIEM remains the same with broader reach to IEM students in Europe than 10 years ago.

It is a link between IEM students all over Europe, and a platform for those students who come from 64 member groups in 26 European countries to get to know each other, work together, party together...

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But why?

IEM tends to merge more and more human and technical dimensions. The training in the INSA IEM Department is the most developed in human skills thanks to the important placing of management (project, economic, human, knowledge...), languages, communication (theatre).... Human skills are usually not promoted this much among INSA departments.

A fundamental target for ESTIEM should be to show how important human dimension is, whether it is in an associative or professional point of view.

This evolution should be implemented in all engineering schools, not only IEM, and we must support this change by teaching the right tools. We must also develop Knowledge Management (KM).

Indeed, skills are the most valuable company’s wealth.

Conducting change is a critical mission. Each time we make a technical improvement (quality, productivity, environmentally friendly, cost reduction) in a production chain or an enterprise, we must associate all the actors from the begining of the project, and to train them until they become used to the new tools and develop the necessary know-how.

To reach those targets, we must develop a real project culture (making everybody participate) and training tools for every step of the forming process.

Sharing the knowledge thus capitalised in the whole company

There are three essential steps: Identifying the right skills and capitalising on them, in order to keep them in the company

Developing those skills by analysing missing points and hiring new people who have those missing skills This is how I see the evolution of Industrial Engineering and ESTIEM is one of the main actors that could ensure the change. g

Bojan Jovanovski - assistant of IEM Department in Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje This topic is about making changes and evolution in the field of IEM, but I will start with the only thing that will never be changed in the focus of IEM - its interdisciplinarity. I never met an IEMer who is good at only one thing. The skills of seeing the big picture and the connectivity between the elements are the essential skills for one IEMer. Therefore, I see the role of these people in the new emerging fields like the Bio-technology, Nano-technology, New materials, Medicine (with its many specialties).These new trends will set the pace for development of new methods/ tools, implementation of the existing knowledge/ tools and further promotion of the teamwork of many different experts.

The IEMers should also be the ambassadors of the Sustainable Development initiative which refers to the fulfilment of human requirements within a society while still maintaining the natural environment indefinitely. Its three pillars (Social, Environment and Economy) are “engraved” in almost every study program of Industrial Engineering Management. The “need to optimise complex processes or systems” will be required even more than ever.

IEMers, the future is counting on you!!! g

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Yesterday, Now, Tomorrow

erol sayin

Approximately a centennial ago F.W. Taylor developed concepts of work design, division of labor, standardization, work-measurement, production control and other functions, that completely changed the nature of industry. His practical industrial applications found their theoretical bases in H. Fayol and M. Weber’s works. H. Ford’s innovation to use assembly line in automotive production, which he first saw in Chicago’s slaughterhouse, was the determining step of emerging IE paradigm, assuming companies in a free market have as their main objective the improvement of efficiency and the maximization of profit (Accel-Team, 2010).

Frank B. Gilbreth extended Taylor’s work considerably.

Gilbreth’s primary contribution was the identification, analysis and measurement of fundamental motions involved in performing work. Another early pioneer in industrial engineering was Henry L. Gantt, who developed the so-called Gantt chart. The Gantt chart was a significant contribution in that it provided a systematic graphical procedure for pre-planning and scheduling work activities, reviewing progress, and updating the schedule. Gantt charts are still in widespread use today.

Five major engineering disciplines (civil, chemical, electrical, industrial, and mechanical) were the branches of engineering that came out prior to the 1st World War. Industrial Engineering had to wait until 1940s to get its name.

Industrial Engineering (IE) is currently staying on two main pillars, Operations Research (OR) and Systems Thinking. The first supplying its mathematical and quantitative base, and the second its philosophy. OR was originally interdisciplinary and was strongly based

on intuition during and after World War 2, its birth years. But these features have gradually disappeared.

OR has moved to be a discipline of itself and has concentrated more and more on mathematical modeling (Ackoff, 1997; Dogrusoz, 2009; Bailey and Barley, 2005:750). Some other original and essential characteristics could survive. “Critical thinking” is one of them, which is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualising, applying, analysing, synthesising, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action (Scriven and Paul, 2010).

Industrial engineering is currently teaching and researching on optimal allocation of resources mainly in the fields of macro-planning, region-based planning, cluster formations and innovation management, sectorbased planning, strategic and operational planning in enterprises. The alumni are also recruited for the same purposes.

For planning-related tasks, the question to be answered is primarily “What should be done?” and for operation-oriented questions “How should it be done?”.

Since about 80s the first question’s answer has been left to so-called “market dynamics”. Market was expected to find the right answer by itself, depending on microeconomic welfare theories which assume that resource allocations will be Pareto-optimal due to competitive balances in the market. Market is thought as a self-regulatory system, and any intervention is normatively accepted as bad. As a result IE has left resource allocation decisions in general and is really no more concerned with strategic planning. Operational planning issues are dominant in teaching and practice.

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If the “markets” don’t function as assumed due to monopolizations, externalities, public goods, information insufficiency in decision making, they fail.

These “market failure(s)” are interpreted by dominant policy makers as being temporary and extraordinary.

Each time they said that compensation is possible for every failure case. But last crisis has shown that it is not. Failures have reached global dimensions and are no more temporary, at least due to climate change and global warming. Since the costs related to fight with it are in economic terms “externalities”, most of the free market economists are now declaring that “planning” is necessary. Result for IE to be expected is that Operations Research (OR) will gain popularity again in the areas of industrial policy development, regional development, sectoral policies, industrial clusters and networking...

To be able to benefit from this opportunity IE and OR should focus more on “soft systems methodologies (SSM)”, “system dynamics”1, systems thinking, complexity theory and complex systems2, sustainability theory3 and its implications, general equilibrium modeling. It must add qualitative research4 on its quantitative research base and polish up its traditional tools like cost-benefit analyses, policy development, industrial economics, investment planning, scenario generation and foresight5, and policy development. If IE can do this, it will be possible to be a major stakeholder in critical societal decision making. But to achieve this, IE must be able to leave the existing paradigm (C.Guven, 2009).

ued for more than a year. The values were formulated as “Respect for democracy and freedom of choice. Respect for critical and unfettered inquiry. Respect and support for human potential.”

The new mission and vision statements are as following: Mission: The IE Department studies organised human activity and educates engineers capable of creating value in socio-technical systems. Our work is founded on critical reason and systems thinking and on strong quantitative analysis. Our approach emphasizes identifying and structuring issues and formulating problems, as much as it seeks to develop and implement effective courses of action. We promote interdisciplinary research and participation in joint research programs. We encourage the involvement of the industry, the students and the alumni in departmental activities.

Vision: To be a research department that communicates knowledge of organised human activity. To connect research with instruction and educate professionals who are competent to deal with complex issues in sociotechnical systems.

The next step should be to adapt curriculum and conduct fully to the “sustainability paradigm”. * Assoc.Prof. at the IE Dept. of METU, Ankara and academic advisor of ESTIEM LG-METU g

To prepare itself to the new paradigm IE Department in METU Ankara) has made a major curriculum revision in 2002 after researches and debates, which contin-

Received his BS degree in Industrial Engineering from the Middle East Technical University(1979), and PhD degree in Public Administration and Political Sciences from Ankara University(1987). Served three years in Ankara Municipality’s Planning Department, then up to 1988 in Kent-Koop (Housing Cooperatives Association in Ankara). Part-time instructor in the METU Faculty of Architecture (1984-1989). Joined in 1989 Industrial Engineering Department of METU as full-time faculty. Teaches courses like Management for Engineers, Technology Management, Qualitative Research, University Management, Municipal Planning, Business Process Reengineering, Organization Analysis and Theory. Thought also as part-time staff in Anadolu University’s Graduate Program on Distance Education(1996-2000) and Military Academy’s Technology Management Graduate Programs(2001-2008).

Accel-Team (2010): “Historical Perspective on Productivity Improvement: Scientific Management and F.W.Taylor”, Accel Team Development, retrieved from: http://www.accel-team.com/scientific/scientific_02.html

Ackoff, R.L. (1979): “The Future of Operational Research is Past”, Journal of Operational Research Society, (30)2, 93-104.

Diane E.Bailey and Stephen R.Barley (2005): “Return to Work: Toward Post- Industrial Engineering”, IIE Transactions (2005) 37, 737–752 Denzin, N.K. and Lincoln, Y.S. (2000): Handbook of Qualitative Research, Thousand Oaks, California Halim Dogrusoz (2009): “Endustri Muhendisliginde Yoneylem Arastirmasi”, seminar notes, IEDept(METU), Ankara EC-JRC-IPTS (2001): A Practical Guide to Regional Foresight, Seville Jay W.Forrester (1961): Industrial Dynamics. Retrieved from: http://sysdyn.clexchange.org/people/ jay-forrester.html

Caglar Guven (2009): Presentation in the “40th Anniversary Conference of METU-IE Department”, June 12th, Ankara Tomislav Hernaus (2008): “Processbased Organization Design Model: Theoretical Review and Model Conceptualization”, Working Paper Series 08-06, University of Zagreb Michael Scriven and Richard Paul (2010): Defining Critical Thinking, retrieved from: http://www.criticalthinking.org/aboutCT/

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Engineers

Wanted Stefanie zimmermann

Talent shortages are one of the biggest worries in There is clearly a need to harmonise the large the industries across Europe diversities, rules and standards varying from one EU Member State to another. So the European The demographic change kicks in: European top Union countries have agreed on the concept of a engineering organisations struggle to find qualified professional engineer, the EUR ING. This title is engineers to fill their vacancies. Despite the painful granted after successful application to a national recession, the European job market for industrial member of the European Federation of National engineers offers opportunities for graduates as Engineering Associations (FEANI). The requirements there are not enough qualified engineers to offset for recognition are seven years of education, initial the vacancies caused by the aging of the workforce. training and competence gained through experience.

This is especially true in Germany and the UK. This qualification is recognised in 31 European In future, people with qualifications in industrial countries. The goal of the Bologna Process to create a engineering will be particularly sought after.

European Higher Education Area should also help to tackle the problem in future.

This is good news for graduates, who want to work in an international environment as they can Skills recruiters look for market their skills to a larger number of employers Although the skills shortage has led to a great in an increasing number of countries. Engineering demand for industrial engineers this does not mean is a truly international business. And Europe that the expectations of recruiters have not eased the has a lot to offer; it is host to big players such as standard of quality they are looking for. What skills Siemens, Philips, Bayer, Vodafone, Daimler, and do they look for in an applicant? There is a long list of Shell. There are interesting organisations in all requirements, of course. It is becoming increasingly sectors of industry, from automotive, aerospace important for students to have gained some practical and construction through chemicals and energy experience in the workplace prior to graduation to to manufacturing, transport and utilities. Exciting demonstrate to employers that they can put theory into international projects involve the opportunity to practice. Engineers rarely work in isolation, so being travel, to work with colleagues and clients from able to work well in a team, support others and share different cultures and to contribute to innovative knowledge is essential. Commitment, enthusiasm and solutions. Furthermore, international engineering motivation are essential for success in engineering. enables young professionals to take responsibility Taking the initiative and exhibiting a strong work early on in their career. ethic will get you noticed. As international projects become more complex, great project management Engineering qualifications in Europe skills are key.You must also be able to motivate teams Some European countries regulate access to the to achieve goals and adapt to meet the needs of the profession - more or less rigorously. So one of the customer while remaining focused on the overall goal obstacles often encountered by engineers is to have of making a profit. their professional qualifications clearly understood and recognised in countries other than the country Effective communication is crucial for engineering they graduated in. In this case engineers who businesses to operate productively. Engineers need want to use the professional title ‘engineer’ in the to produce solutions to meet a commercial need, country where they wish to work must approach so knowledge of what is going on in the market is the relevant authorities in that country with a as important as keeping up to date with the latest request for recognition. technology developments.

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Thriving engineering sectors As an engineer long term employment prospects are excellent. Unemployment rates among professional engineers are lower than for almost any other profession. Moreover, research suggests that demand is going to rise because of advances in technology, and changes to industry and consumer needs. The IT and electronics sectors in particular offer exciting career opportunities. Environmental engineering is a relatively new profession but one that will become even more important in the future.

There are opportunities in this area for engineers across the spread of disciplines: for example, electrical and electronic engineers are needed to design the instrumentation used to monitor and

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IEM started many decades ago here around 1937. About ten years ago about 5-8 percent of all IEM-students in Germany were women; today we have almost 20 percent. It shows that this is a very interesting topic also for women: they are definitely interested in IEM but still do not get well informed or supported as actual studies show over here.

Altogether we registered in Germany an accession of 83 percent in IEM students (men and women) between 1993 and 2008, in opposite to all other engineer discipline.

A characteristic of IEM studies is the “engineering” part which makes up half of all the subjects and is really multi-faceted, from “Mechanical Engineering” to “Information and Communication” and in the end can include every other engineer disciplines.

Students get different options for getting an interesting job after university time. From being a consultant to have start at the interface between economics and engineering or to found your own company. We are perfectly prepared for that and even for the “last” option entrepreneurship.

control the release of pollutants. There are also more specialised requirements for land remediation, energy management and the development of cleaner technologies. Renewable energy technology is receiving a lot of attention and presents interesting challenges for engineers who are contributing to the development of wind, hydro, wave, solar and micro renewable technologies. Engineers are actively involved in developing technology and processes to support sustainable development aims, such as the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions through the research and development of alternative power sources and fuels. g

First of all, we know how to write a convincing business plan. Most people with no economic background but having a pretty good idea about entrepreneurship have problems with this topic because they’ve never even heard about ROI or amortisation just to name two. But, even if you know a lot about economics, it is hard to start your own business without having a good network.

During several years, and definitely through ESTIEM you form many friendships all over Europe which is very helpful later on. First of all, because of friends; secondly because of easily accessible business contacts, and there may be someone who wants to start the same thing you do.

The prosperous diversity within ESTIEM, including culture, language and the thought “let’s do something together across visible and invisible borders” will definitely be the key to success, which isn’t always just a monetary thing. Today it’s great to have this chance during our early years. Later on, it doesn’t matter if you work far away from your native country because on every continent or in almost every country you’ll find someone you know from ESTIEM. g

regina bottcher

Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) or Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen as it is called in Germany is very common today.

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on the right foot!

During your years in school you will have many rewarding and enjoyable experiences which will become lifetime memories. Hopefully you will form associations with people who will become lifelong friends. It is during this time in life that we lay the cornerstone for the structure that we will build from this human energy – what we call life. One of the key dimensions is the professional activities that we begin with a concentration on our education and turn into a career. At the beginning of a career you are faced with much uncertainty and it is unclear what direction to take.

I’d like to share some ideas with you from a person who is on the opposite side of their career and never planned to get where I am. Much like the movie titled “The Accidental Tourist” – I have managed over the past 40 years to become an “accidental professional”! Please allow me to give you advice that may help to accelerate the start of your career as you may now be considering what is beyond that graduation date with your IEM degree in hand.

What does it mean to be a professional in the field of IE? I suppose I must be one – I have two masters’ degrees in the field and hold a dozen related professional certifications and have even been elected to be a Fellow of the world’s premier IEM organisation – the Institute for Industrial Engineers (IIE). For the past twenty years I have consulted in this field and before that I was an executive in three major global companies where I practiced our trade. But, your career will be different. The tools and challenges that you face will also be different – and I bet that any prediction that I make as to what is necessary for you to succeed in the future would probably be wrong. So, what is the sage advice that I have to offer you?

MA MSIE, MSSM Fellow and Senior Vice President International of the Institute for Industrial Engineers

I will keep my advice succinct: paint your own canvas, but remember the chemistry of the layers.

What? Master artists of history mixed their own paint and built their compositions layer upon layer seeking to develop special effects or feelings by the style in which they constructed the composition.

Likewise, you must build your life as a painting – layer upon layer.

The first layer is school and the fundamentals that you learn in your courses. However, at the start you will be weak in the areas of applications and must quickly learn how to distinguish yourself as pragmatic. Associating with older (yes, sometimes REALLY older) professionals and LISTENING to their stories and lessons learned. Not all of it will be valuable, but some of it will – keep the gems for yourself and discard the rest.

What else should you do? Invest in yourself and the knowledge that is building in your approach to work. Build on your foundation with additional professional tools – professional certifications, additional degrees, soft skills like interpersonal relations, as well as hard skills in programming and other technologies. In short, make yourself useful in your profession. The more tools you master and practice regularly, the better your career can become. Seek to become a role model: develop your insight, behavior, and attitude and always use your time wisely. Before you know it you will look back on your own 40 years in your career and wonder how in the world you got here too!

Most importantly, think about how you will develop a network like you have in ESTIEM, once you get out into the real world – that network can become a lifeline to career growth and opportunities.

May I suggest that one part you should include is a network with other professionals who can help you to understand what you haven’t already learned! g

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- First Meeting in Cambridge in June 2010 and idea of EPIEM should be and how EPIEM and ESTIEM could mutually benefit from each other.

Several good ideas derived from this discussion.

In 2009, the ESTIEM Board held a Board Meeting in Cambridge, during which they met for dinner with some lecturers from the University of Cambridge.

The past had already proven that meetings in Cambridge are really promising if new ideas are to be born – guess where the idea of the Summer Academy emerged! So it happened in 2009 that the idea was born to develop a network of Industrial Engineering and Management (later abbreviated as IEM) professors from all over Europe - with the aim of improving IEM education, enabled by professors sharing their views. After some time the idea got a name: EPIEM (“European Professors of Industrial Engineering and Management”) – and yes, there is a slight similarity to our name.

The main goal of EPIEM at the moment is to provide a platform for IEM professors and teachers where they can get involved in discussions with international colleagues. Thus, they get the opportunity to share their views and ideas on IEM education and to talk about how to improve it in order to not only educate good engineers, but also worthwhile people and good leaders. Practicalities on how to do this have been agreed upon during the meeting in Cambridge.

During the following weeks and months the first meeting was worked out in joint efforts between the University of Cambridge and ESTIEM. From the very beginning of the idea it was always aimed at having ESTIEM involved. Thus, the Local Responsibles were asked for their contribution by proposing professors to be invited and answering a survey how IEM education is perceived, which was to serve as a base for discussion at the EPIEM meeting later on.

Many things happened during the first months of 2010. The survey was analysed, invitations were sent out, discussions about the aim and the structure of the meeting were held and the practicalities were arranged. Finally, after almost half a year of hard work, the meeting took place in Cambridge on June 25th. It was attended by seven professors and assistant professors from the Universities of Aveiro, Novi Sad and Siegen and led by Jim Platts from the University of Cambridge, who is also one of the Academic Leaders of Summer Academy. Furthermore, ESTIEM was represented by two persons (Sebastian Katzung from the ESTIEM Board 2009 & Sebas-tian Geese from the ESTIEM Board 2010).

After an introduction to ESTIEM and some discussions about ESTIEM, Summer Academy and IEM education in Europe, the meeting quickly moved forward to its main aim: to discuss what the mission

Since ESTIEM is involved in the development of EPIEM, you might wonder which role we play.

At the moment there are some aimed benefits for both sides to be mentioned. Education would not exist without students to be taught. Thus, their input should be very valuable for all teachers and professors. ESTIEM, as a network of more than 4 700 IEM students all across Europe, can provide the professors a great source of input on what should be discussed and how students would like to see IEM education in the future. Furthermore, for many professors it is very interesting to establish good Erasmus relations with other universities. ESTIEM can help a lot here to evaluate which Erasmus exchanges are popular nowadays.

There are also benefits for ESTIEM in the mutual cooperation. If the participating professors get to know ESTIEM better, there is a great opportunity that they can facilitate connections between ESTIEM and Universities as well as our Local Groups and professors or not yet involved students.

One should not forget that EPIEM is still in the early phase of its development and that there is a huge potential for everybody to shape its future.

All ESTIEMers are welcome to suggest professors interested in EPIEM to board@estiem.org, to be invited for one of the next meetings. As it always is with new ideas, every professor interested in the topic can still leave a significant footprint and have a great share by contributing to EPIEM with his or her ideas. g

sebastian geese

Have you ever heard about EPIEM? Are you wondering what it is about? If you want to find out, this article is yours to read…

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As you may have heard already, Tampere is an amazing place to study Industrial Engineering and Management. And to still make sure, we did a few interviews with exchange students in Tampere University of Technology (TUT).

good university far away from his own. He also wants to enjoy the winter sports activities, like skiing. He has enjoyed the weather as well as makkara and olut (ie.

Finnish sausage and beer). He also likes that a city as big as Grenoble is hidden in a forest with hundreds of lakes around. He cannot wait seeing the environment change when winter comes and the possibility to skate on lakes.

Tampere University of Technology is the most international university in Finland. Around 1

Rebecca Folle, a fifth year student from 000 international students study there every year, Dortmund, Germany, came to TUT because she being almost 10 % of the university’s 13 000 students. had heard so many good things about the Finnish The campus area is located in Hervanta, 10 km away educational system. However, not only that was from the city centre, but still with a shopping mall enough to convince this ESTIEMer: she wanted to and many other free time activities. Of the 210 000 get to know a new, interesting culture and enjoy a inhabitants in Tampere, around 36 000 are students university campus area outside the city centre. She in the two universities of the city. Finnish language enjoys the convenience of having everything she needs is said to be one of the most difficult ones to learn, a short distance away, but still have the Finnish nature but luckily, a recent study shows that 95 % of Finnish with lakes and forests just on her backyard. Moreover, adult population speak English. like most TUT exchange students, Rebecca is crazy about Finnish Sauna.

For the students wanting to stay longer, TUT provides an exceptional master’s program, the

Martin Vetter, a third year student from International Master’s Programme in Business and Magdeburg, Germany, had heard good things about Technology. The programme focuses on management TUT from his friends. He had not been to Scandinavia of customer-supplier relationships in global, before, so he wanted to experience it. He likes the technology-driven industries. In the programme, Finnish people, being “very friendly and a little bit students with B. Sc. in engineering or technology crazy”. However, Martin likes most the practical will achieve the skills and competencies needed orientation in the courses here. He also gives good for management and development of global sales grades to the teachers of TUT who are friendly and and sourcing practices. Each year approximately 20 helpful. He wants to get to know Finnish culture and students from all around the world begin this 2-year language more and get many new friends during his programme. All the teaching of this widely recognised stay. programme is done in English. Application deadline is on the 15th of March, and you can check the latest

Pierre Stiemsbert is studying his first news from http://www.tut.fi/units/tuta/tsbt/ year of master’s degree in TUT. He is originally from index.html. g Grenoble, France – also an ESTIEM Local Group.

Welcome to TUT! He came to Tampere because he wanted to study in a http://www.tut.fi/

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Getting to know Tiina Suvanto from

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What do you do at Nokia,Tiina?

I work in the Services organisation, as Head of Ovi Indirect Channel Marketing. I am responsible for the Ovi message in indirect channels like events. I have people working for me in Espoo, Finland and in New York, USA.

What did you do before you joined Nokia (work + education)?

What makes you passionate about what you do?

Learning. I get my kicks from being able to learn all the time. Also, here at Nokia we truly have some brilliant people.

This has probably been mentioned a million times already, but I also really love the fact that at Nokia you’re able to make a difference and have a say in things.

Any greetings for ESTIEM students?

Keep up the ESTIEM spirit!

What do we do at Nokia - Example of Tiinas work week:

NOKIA N8 Tools for

Exchange. There is also Ovi Suite 2 software for computer IEM Professionals synchronisation. Free maps and navigation in over 70 Nokia invited us to get to know the new Nokia N8 model. countries make it easy to find the way to the next meeting!

We wanted to find out how an IEM professional can utilise N8 both in work environment and during free time. Senior A convincing laser-cut aluminum cover and high-end Designer and Product Manager from Nokia N8 team shared Gorilla™ cover glass prevent scratches and enable long-time some inside information with us. use even after some party bruises. All the notorious snapshots and videos are easily captured with a widescreen camera and The soul of the phone is the new Symbian 3 platform and HD video. Sharing is made fun with an easy-to-use video two processors: one for basics like Internet and telephone, and picture editor and simple sharing interface with Internet other for graphics and software. The large touch screen service providers. makes all the applications and commands easy to control, and or Internet easy to access.

Additionally, listen to music, be the DJ of any party, track your sport record and even watch your favourite baseball Even though N8 is more designed for home and free time, game with a mobile TV. At the end of the day, N8 can be your young IEM professionals can benefit from many features. entertainment center and replace your (video)camera, music Ovi e-mail application supports several simultaneous player and navigator. g e-mail accounts and synchronisation with Outlook and

Tiina Suvanto

What else have you been doing at Nokia?

I’ve been working at Nokia for 9.5 years (!) and came here from Helsinki University of Technology. I started as a master’s thesis writer for the Strategy and Business Development for Nokia Mobile Phones, where I worked for a few years with different vision and strategy projects. I also worked in Games for several years. My last role there was to head marketing for our own games publishing efforts. Gaming industry is so cool and I was able to use my strategy background!

Studied. And there may have been some student parties as a part of that life! My major at Helsinki University of Technology was Strategy and International Business and Telecommunications. I was active in ESTIEM: I participated in Council Meetings, organised a Vision seminar in Espoo and participated in the local TIMES case competition among other things.

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Where did you do your internship and what did it consist of?

I did my internship in Brussels at the BIC, working with the operational team responsible for the transportation of P&G goods in Western Europe between P&G sites and customers. At the same time I was deeply in touch with the R&D Department whose work was about developing supply chain innovation solutions. Concretely, my work was about identifying opportunities to make trucks fuller to reduce the economic and environmental costs on roads for shipment to customer in the Benelux countries (Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg) What was your best day at work?

My best day at work was definitely when I came up with a new idea to analyse data in a way that nobody had ever done before. I saw that it brought new insights into the problems other people where dealing with. Creating something new is much more rewarding than doing work that everybody else would have done the same way.

What was your biggest learning at work?

My biggest learning was how complex operations can be in a big multinational company.

How dealing with one unique problem obliges you to understand how the entire organisation works. Two departments have people thinking differently, with priorities which are not always aligned. But in the end, one thing should matter: the overall company performance.

What do you see as the biggest similarity between ESTIEM and P&G? Definitely the work environment with people from all Europe working together on projects whose participants are located in different areas and interacting through phone calls and online conferences.

Besides that I would point out the initiatives management. Just like in ESTIEM: if you have an idea, a project that has a great potential, P&G would support you in it, by giving you the tools that are available. To some extent you can do what you want, as long as you achieve results.

Would you recommend an internship at P&G for other ESTIEMers and if so, why?

I would recommend an internship at P&G to everyone who wants to contribute to his or her work. The range of task seems infinite in such a big company. After a few days, you got your mission statement and the results that you have to achieve.

You work independently but everyone is willing to help you. It is simply the best place to learn and have an impact simultaneously.

I especially recommend to ESTIEMers their P&G Academy Events: I got selected for the IDS Challenge in Turkey last April and after that I just wanted to join P&G for an internship immediately.

What is the one piece of advice you have for future applicants?

During your interview, the thing that matters is not only what you have done and what you learnt from it, but how well you are able to convince your interviewer of what you are saying.

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Oi gals!

Welcome to the green country!

What do students do in Ireland? Talking about their societies, every university has a “Student Union”.

They are the most powerful ones, running several activities (rag week, sports week, welcome party etc.), and representing the schools to newcomers and in some external events. I remember the day when all the Student Unions in the country called for a I had my ERASMUS year in the Waterford Institute boycott to protest about new legislation regarding of Technology (WIT) in 2008-2009. Even though WIT education in Ireland. Frankly, they are really strong, offers a variety of studies, they don’t have an IEM well organised and important in linking students with (Industrial Engineering and Management) education, university administration. Besides that, they have the closest one being the manufacturing engineering. clubs for sports, politics, journalism, surfing… Only The class size is usually 20-30 people, even less in a few schools have specific societies connected to engineering classes. Coming from ITU (Istanbul IEM studies, but in general they have an engineering Technical University) I was used to huge and lively society. campuses, so I felt like I was in a huge college, rather than a university, due to the small population and area If I had a chance to decide again, I would not hesitate compared to ITU. What else surprised me in Ireland, to make the same decision. The only disadvantage is were the number of students driving to school and the that if you are not an EU citizen, travelling is not that existence of a pub within the borders of the campus. easy, Ireland not being a member of the Schengen The city itself is quite small and almost dead when area. It was a unique stay for sure: the island is not like students go back to their hometowns. any other European country. Even though I had some interesting coincidences like being arrested (they just Although WIT is an important school nationwide, arrested the wrong person!), I did not have any bigger the leading school in Ireland is the Trinity College, in problems. People are very helpful in Ireland, and even Dublin, the capital city. The campus area is extremely though it is quite an expensive country, you just have attractive with old buildings, landscapes and students learn the right locations (i.e. cheap markets and so around. Connected to IEM studies, Trinity College on) to start saving money. offers two programs: “Management Science and Information Systems Studies” and “Engineering To keep it short, I will remember my time from with Management”. Some other prestigious Irish the following words: “Green” (all around), “Drinking universities include the NUI Galway (offers industrial Culture” (Irish whiskeys, Guinness, the drinking engineering), and University College Cork. songs) and “Rain” (even when it’s sunny). Last but not least, the Parade! Germans have Oktoberfest, Spanish Although Dublin is the famous one, my pick of fellows have bulls running on the streets, and the a city there is Galway, and I think it is the one that Irish have St. Patrick’s Day. Actually it is celebrated reflects Ireland the most. You can hear Gaelic on the all over the world on the 17th of March, but the best street, the great accent, and enjoy the beauty of the celebration can be found in Ireland for sure! I won’t west coast of Ireland, classical Irish pubs, the final of tell more about it - just go to Dublin on the17th of the best sailors’ competition (Volvo Ocean Race), and March and get green! g

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For me, Ireland is the place where the Google headquarters are located, where the Guinness is born, where I had my most rainy 9 months, where I was arrested by the police, where I had ERASMUS parties, where I had my finance electives, and the only place where I felt more green than ESTIEM!

the world famous cliffs in the Aran Island - do you dare to go to the edge and have a look down?

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Reflections from the

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Those who are at the edge of deciding where to spend their year abroad, don’t forget to put Paris into your top preferences if you want to leave an amazing year behind!

After two years of hard studies, it was time for me to take a break. That is how I ended up making my way to the International Relations Office and got a place at the Ecole Centrale Paris (ECP) for the following term of Erasmus programme.

ECP is one of the oldest and most prestigious engineering schools in France, one of the “grandes écoles” which are university-level higher education institutions outside the main framework of the French university system. With its small community of approximately 1 500 students, ECP also welcomes many international students as it is the founder and one of the most preferred schools of the TIME (Top Industrial Managers for Europe) program.Therefore, there is a great chance for intercultural encounters during both lectures and leisure times, thanks to the facilities like a university bar in the campus area.

Regarding the communication with local students, besides attending to the same classes and living in the same student dormitories, there are quite many student clubs in different fields of interest where you can easily get to know more people.

“City of Lights”

Besides its friendly environment, however, it was hard to fix academic issues as the system was quite different from the one at my home university. In contrary with common stereotypes, the great hospitality of all the staff from the international relations office to the administrative levels helped a lot at this point. On the other hand, the same hospitality does not work with banking system and such, and you should be ready for some bureaucratic difficulties. All in all, things get done somehow and you are just left to enjoy the city as much as you can, that is how I did at least!

And the city of lights, Paris... From historical monuments to architectural masterpieces, from the nature of the city to its particular culture, this city has everything to meet any taste. Thanks to the rich history of area, you can follow the tracks from the past. As many historical buildings lie by Seine, the atmosphere you experience gets even better, especially when those small book-sellers take their places alongside the river.

And the view of the Eiffel Tower from the glorious Bridge Alexander III is, of course, one of the most stunning ones.

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Putting the mostly well-known monuments aside, there are many other jewels of the city that one can enjoy. The narrow streets of the Quartier Latin and the delicious dishes of different world kitchens that can be tasted at the restaurants in the area, many book stores (my favorite was Mon-à-lise) where various books can be purchased at very low rates, le Marais: a very lovely district including Rue des Rosiers where one can taste the best falafels, Montemart: the only hill of the city with an amazing panaromic view, amphitheatres by Seine where open-air dance nights are organised until the end of September, Canal St. Martin with small cafés around, Bastille and Rue de Mouffetard for relaxing at a cosy bar, the side streets connected to Champs-Elysées where the fanciest night clubs are located, and more... The Parisienne air with small cafés and different stores all around city was even not mentioned yet!

Besides all that, Paris welcomes around 50 000 international students every year and many events are organised for these students including the twicea-week international parties at one of the most wellknown night clubs of the city, activities arranged by Club International des Jeunes à Paris and so on. The town hall also assists students throughout the year, whenever needed.

All in all, Paris is an amazing choice for your year abroad, thanks to its unique atmosphere and student community; all those jewels hidden in different parts of the city capture you more as you spend time. That is how the whole romance of the city becomes more visible in one’s eye and makes your every moment unforgettable. g

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A year in Ankara

– Studying in Middle East

benedikt wiirmer

“Baska bir isteginiz var mı?”

Standing in front of a little shop, I did not understand a single word of the previous question when I wanted to pay my water bottle. A suitcase (exactly 20 kg), a Turkish language book that was still sealed, some Wikipedia print-outs about Turkey and a big portion of adventuresomeness were all I brought to become the first-ever student of my university setting his feet on Anatolian ground. I was not that sure anymore if it was the right decision to spend a year in Ankara. Obviously, I was not even able to buy a bottle of water! One year later, I am smiling about these first experiences and can look back on an exciting year.

enabling METU students an international perspective after graduation. No wonder that METU is among the best and most popular universities in Turkey.

Only less than 1% of the 1.5 million high school graduates who take part in the national university entrance exam every year have the chance to get accepted by METU.

The academic quality however, is by far not the only reason for being that popular. METU is an exciting and fascinating microcosm and the campus is designed as a place to live. Besides faculty buildings, dormitories and a library, numerous sports facilities, activity clubs, shops, restaurants and a supermarket can be found on the campus. The only reason why many students leave the campus is the Ankara is not a city you fall in love at the first sight. nearby infamous liquor store. As long as the nights in After your plane touches the ground in the middle of Ankara do not get too freezing, students are getting nowhere, all you can see on the way to the city centre fresh supplies from there, sit down at the stadium are dust, crazy traffic and faceless satellite towns. and drink, sing and talk.

People are looking at you curiously; possibly thinking that you accidentally mixed up Antalya with Ankara The big letters on the stadium make you soon while buying your tickets. Luckily, my host student realize that there is a special spirit in METU. Devrim was meeting me up at the central bus station, making – revolution was written in 1968 by chemistry me feel a bit less lost in this 4.5 million capital. students and still exists there. METU is traditionally very liberal and highly political. It seems that there is Trees are rare in Ankara, but after passing the no week during the year without any protests which charmless concrete-booth at the main entrance of the can be very contrary to the prevalent opinion in enormous-sized 45km² campus, you find yourself Turkey. in the biggest forest around Ankara. However, it is not only the trees making this place special. During The climax of the student’s activities in METU my stay, I discovered that the Middle East Technical can be observed during the annually spring fest.

University (METU) is different from the rest of The hard-working students are taking a break for Ankara and Turkey in many senses. one week to listen to concerts, present their student clubs and openly protest – even about the acceptance Founded in the late 50s, Middle East Technical of homosexuals for example - a topic which is still University is quite close to the American university rarely discussed in Turkey. system. In all of the 212 (under-)graduate programs the language of instruction is English and many degrees are accredited by American institutions

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Technical University Hocam translates to my teacher and is another part of the spirit at METU. It does not matter if you are a professor, a student or the bus driver everybody is called Hocam, following the philosophy that everybody can learn something from anybody.

Students strongly identify with their university and after graduation and a successful career quite some alumni decide to come back to METU as a teacher in order to share their experiences.

Of course there is also a life outside the campus and it is full of adventures. Ankara is definitely not the most beautiful city but maybe the best city to experience true Turkey. Far away from the cosmopolitan Istanbul and the touristy hot spots at the Mediterranean, you will find real life in a modern Turkish city with people who rarely speak English. It is a good feeling, to be a visitor rather than a tourist.

People are very curious, warm and hospitable. You can get invited for a cup of tea or even for a breakfast just by walking along the street. Although you might be only able to talk about the weather, your origin or your favourite football club, such meetings with locals are wonderful memories.

The fact that Ankara was designed to be a capital is very present at all times during your stay. Huge government buildings, covered with equally big flags of Turkey and Kemal Atatürk are found in many parts of the city. The fascination for Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic and still person of highest importance, has its climax in the massive mausoleum where you can even see his favourite dog “Foks” (stuffed). It takes some time to understand the history behind this strong Turkish nationalism and especially the fascination for Atatürk. It seems to be possible to believe in Islam on the one hand, and in a leader who is very secular and has a Western

lifestyle, on the other hand. For example, Atatürk also enjoyed long nights, spending time with his friends and discussing politics.

Ankara is also a great city to discover the contrasts between old and modern Turkey. In just 5 minutes, a mini bus takes you from an old, busy bazaar in small and dark side streets to one of the chic, western malls built just a couple of years ago. Modern apartment blocks are erected right next to gecekondular – shanties where only the satellite dishes on the desolate roofs tell you that somebody is living there. And some girls are hiding their scarves under hats and wigs before they can enter the campus, while others are sitting on the sidewalk right next to them drinking a beer with their boyfriends.

However, Ankara is not all about Turkey. Many people say that ASTI – the central bus station – is the best thing in Ankara and maybe this is true.There are thousands of exciting places to discover in Turkey and centrally located, Ankara is a perfect location to get around. With cheap buses, you can easily even get to the most remote corners of Turkey. You can explore the green mountains where tea is grown at the Black Sea coast, caves of early Christian settlers in a moonscape called Cappadocia, traces of the silk road and Armenian culture in the East, lonely bays at the Mediterranean, vibrant Istanbul at the Bosphorus and much more - not to forget about the delicious local cuisine you can taste in all those areas.

ERASMUS in Ankara is a challenge in the beginning, but in the end, the university, the fascinating country and its people make it hard for you to leave. Especially because you finally understand what the guy at the airport was asking: “Do you have any more wishes?” g

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