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53rd Issue FLIXBUS INTERVIEW with the founder André Schwämmlein
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MAKER MOVEMENT
From consumer to prosumer
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THE CATERPILLAR AND THE BUTTERFLY A story about ESTIEM’s transformation
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SUSTAINABILITY
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Table of contents INTRODUCTION 4 Project Leader’s Speech 5 President’s Speech 6 Introduction to ESTIEM
FOCUS TOPIC
10 Interview with André Schwämmlein, Founder of Flixbus 14 The Carbon Footprint of ESTIEM
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16 No-Nonsense Sustainability: Climbing the Ladders of Business Sustainability 18 Sustainable Strategies in Madrid’s Public Transportation 20 Sustainable Urban Freight Logistics: emerging paradigm for the last-mile delivery challenge 22 An ESTIEM way to MBA
SCENE 24 Sharing the Knowledge- Shaping the Future
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26 Community based approaches towards
Sustainable Development 28 Maker Movement 31 The untaped Potential of CSR 32 To be or not not to be scared: The AI of the
Future 34 Retail Operations and ESTIEM’s Academic Days
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CAREER 38 Bosch Interview 42 ESTIEM Alumni Interview: Edwin van Rest 43 ESTIEM Alumni Interview: Csaba Hartmann
INSIDE ESTIEM 44 The Caterpillar and the Butterfly - A Story about ESTIEM’s Transformation 46 How to improve the Image of your Local Group
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48 LSS Green Belt Internship 50 Vision: 25th Anniversary 52 Board Update 55 IEM Caring Foundation 56 Training Culture within ESTIEM 57 PCI Reports
EXPLORE 61 5 Places you can discover with ESTIEM 64 Like a ‘Rolo’ in Colombia
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INTRODUCTION Project Leader Dominik Rampp
PROJECT LEADER’S SPEECH
Design Mariana Martins Beatrix Horváth Sjors van Weert Veronika Losonczy
Dear reader,
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aspect that sustainability should be put in context with?
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Sustainability is more than that. It is a crucial direction of with in their daily life. It is a crucial step in any planning that we need to consider. It is something that makes us profit, even though some people may be afraid of it. With our Focus Topic, we would like to give you a broad overview of the fields related to sustainability. You can see the sustainable approach of travelling in an interview with the CEO of Flixbus, a start-up company that became one of the biggest coach operators in Europe during the last years. Lassi Linnanen, professor for sustainable development at Technical University of Lappeenranta gives you an exciting insight into his field of research. Furthermore, two ESTIEMers have made some research about the carbon
section: during our Coordination Meeting in Novi Sad in August, we were working on an interview series where you can read about ESTIEM Alumnis’ careers. Have you ever wondered why ESTIEMers love the city they are living in so much? Especially the ones that don’t seem
Contact footprint ESTIEMers are causing with their travels. Since leader.magazine@estiem.org
to be the most touristic places at first sight? In our Explore
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a focus on producing all kinds of products more efficiently
to good places to visit in their LG’s city. Of course, you will
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and it is usually one of the main topics of the work of an industrial engineer. In our Scene section, you can read an article about a concept which is trying to go into yet another direction: the Makers Movement. As many of you may know, ESTIEM is trying to reinvent
ESTIEMers more clearance to develop new ideas. Read more about this development within the Inside ESTIEM
section, some of our Local Responsibles will introduce you have the chance to explore more than just Europe: Siros wrote down his experiences during his studies abroad in Colombia. With this 53rd issue of the ESTIEM Magazine, we hope to give you a variety of convincing reasons to develop a sustainable environment - no matter if you’re a professor, a company or an ESTIEMer. Enjoy reading!
In high ESTIEM,
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ESTIEM Magazine Project Leader 2017
section and stay tuned to ESTIEM’s next steps. Also, be ready to give congratulations to one of our oldest projects, VISION, and read about its roots and its newest developments. We are proud to present you a new format in our Career
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PRESIDENT’S SPEECH Dear Reader, The 53rd issue of the ESTIEM Magazine is focused on the topic “Sustainability in Projects”. In our current modern world, sustainability should be a decisive and impactful fundamental part of any decision. Governments, institutions and organizations, such as ESTIEM, seek opportunities with a long-lasting effect. These entities have been laying the foundations for a sustainable future, in a myriad of different examples: From the creation of sustainable cities, both environmentally and logistically, to the implementation of a society and industry 4.0. Currently, any kind of project must be feasible, environmentally friendly and sustainable, from a Long-Term Perspective. As IEM-students, and as the future leaders of society, we must contribute for a sustainable world, starting by our projects and their success. With this magazine issue, we wish to bring in awareness over the importance of having feasible, impactful and longstanding projects, and how us, as future IEM professionals, can contribute for their development. For 27 years, ESTIEM has been aiming for a sustainable network of European universities, through the fostering of relations and of understanding among IEM-students. It has been doing so, due to constant adaptations to the new needs and interests of the new generations of students. The mentality of our ESTIEMers, triggers the focus on operational excellence in ESTIEM and on actions towards a prosperous future. The refocus of the ESTIEM’s Mission
Education in ESTIEM has been thoroughly discussed, so that more IEM students can benefit from more quality in our events. Such is only possible with the immense collaboration of our students, who work diligently by leading our projects, committees and departments and for continuously pushing the development for a better ESTIEM, for everyone. I would like to invite you to read the 53rd edition of the ESTIEM Magazine and explore our articles and updates. I wish you an enjoyable read.
and the Structure Change are clear examples of actions that
In high ESTIEM,
ESTIEM’s strategic foundations, its identity, and supporting
Diogo Sa,
the development of its long-term strategy. The role of
ESTIEM President
steers the network towards new directions. This year, to bring ESTIEM a step further on its sustainability, ESTIEMers have been focusing on implementing a LongTerm strategic mindset in the network, by defining
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ALL OVER EUROPE... Back in 1990, students from five different countries founded an organisation, which they named ESTIEM: European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management.
After 26 years, it has grown into an organisation bringing
The decision-making body of ESTIEM is the Council, which
together over 60,000 students from 79 universities in
meets twice a year, in autumn and in spring. Each university,
31 European countries, and it is still growing. All these
represented by its so-called “Local Group�, sends two
universities offer courses in IEM. Based on this structure,
student representatives. The six members of the Board of
ESTIEM forms links between students, academia and
ESTIEM are elected during the spring Council Meeting. The
companies in order to create an Europe-wide, multi-level
Board is responsible for the management, coordination and
IEM network. ESTIEM has continuously increased the
administration of the association.
number of its activities, thus being able to offer a great variety of events to IEM students and an opportunity to
Besides taking leadership positions in the Board and as
experience different cultures, take part in international
Project or Committee Leaders, ESTIEM members can also
projects and become friends with other ESTIEMers from
take up responsibilities by working in one of the Projects,
all over Europe.
Committees or Initiatives. 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. The students involved in ESTIEM incorporate
For more detailed information about our organisation and
both the skills required for modern business and an open-
its activities, please visit our website at www.estiem.org.
minded approach towards other people and cultural issues.
79 Local Groups in 31 countries make ESTIEM a large network.
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180+ events are organised by Local Groups every year.
3,000 travels are made yearly by 2,000 students.
8,000 members and a reach of 60,000 towards IEM students in Europe.
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STUDENTS INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS... ESTIEM is also a playground for great ideas developed by highly motivated students. If a student manages to convince ESTIEM’s Council of their idea, they can start their own international Project. Currently, there are 10 Projects running. The Tournament In Management and Engineering
thoughts and ideas and mixing with students from all over
Skills (TIMES) is the largest pan-European case study
the world all participants gain new ideas and perspectives,
competition for the students of Industrial Engineering
not just on their profession but also on other cultures.
and Management. This prestigious, highly acclaimed event is the flagship project of ESTIEM. It has successfully been
The official publication of ESTIEM provides the perfect
organised since 1994 and attracts around 1,000 top
platform to reach a target group of approximately 60,000
European students every year. After Local Qualifications
students of Industrial Engineering and Management at
in 75 different universities and eight Semi-Finals in selected
universities all over Europe. The ESTIEM Magazine is
cities, the winning team of the Final is awarded the title of
published twice a year and distributed among IEM students,
Europe’s “IEM Students of the Year”.
graduates and also professors and companies across Europe, through the ESTIEM network.
The Vision Seminar Series aim to improve the personal skills and capabilities of the Industrial Engineering and
businessbooster aims at creating an environment where
Management Students in Europe. The seminars contain
all needed information, experience and support to excel
a balanced mixture of academic lectures, workshops and
in your future professional endeavours can be found. The
company visits which are combined with cultural and free-
goal of this unique environment is to boost entrepreneurial
time activities of the organising city. Through those activities
spirit and engage ESTIEMers, Alumni and companies to
the participants of a Vision seminar develop themselves
collaborate with each other.
both personally and professionally. BrainTrainer
is
designed
to
develop
leadership,
The goal of Academic Team is to share ESTIEM
presentation, business and social skills of participants
universities’ knowledge with the network. It supports the
through professional trainings lasting one or two days. Its
personal and professional development of students across
aim is to coach and develop the participants to become
Europe willing to complete their curriculum. In order to
more professional and successful in their organisation as
achieve this, each event provides participants deep insights
well as in their own future career.
into a specific topic in which the organising Local Group’s university has a high expertise.
The ESTIEM Language Programme aims to raise awareness of the importance of multilingual communication between IEM students and to encourage language learning
Europe3D is a seminar series where participants get
within the ESTIEM network. Through various language
a deeper insight of the hosting country in three unique
activities and intensive language courses it focuses on
dimensions: politics, culture and economy. An environment
achieving and following its vision – to foster understanding.
with a blend of different cultures helps the participants to get a better understanding of the basic local parameters
Lean Six Sigma is a globally used methodology for
existing in the European states. Lectures given by experts
quality improvement and project management. It is also a
from these three fields, combined with trainings about
management philosophy and a company culture. Lean Six
intercultural awareness, provide participants a theoretical
Sigma is all about process improvement and finding ways
insight.
to perform better. Lean Six Sigma is used in a variety of industries and operations, from production to services and
The ESTIEM Summer Academy was set up to bring international students together during summer holidays to engage in open discussion, group work, debates and private study under a senior Academic Leader. By talking, sharing
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from healthcare to construction.
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... AND EUROPE-WIDE COMMITTEE WORK The Committees support the Board in maintaining and developing the organisation ESTIEM further. Students from all over Europe engage themselves in various topics in one of our 9 Committees. The Corporate Relations Committee coordinates
The Knowledge Management Committee has
the relations between ESTIEM, companies and universities
two main tasks. First, updating and creating Best Practice
jointly with the Board. The Committee’s work covers a
Documents, BPDs, by documenting the collective
number of fields with the aim of improving and simplifying
experiences of ESTIEMers throughout time - from
ESTIEM’s relations with companies and universities, such
organising a Project to how to be a Leader. These BPDs are
as updating cooperation proposals, creating and gathering
available online on the ESTIEM Portal. Second, managing
results for different surveys or training people on how
the quality of ESTIEM events by collecting feedback from
to approach companies and universities. The Corporate
the event participants in order to make event specific
Relations Committee also plays an active role in supervising
and Project specific reports, showing the development of
and supporting Projects and other Committees with
ESTIEM’s Projects and events.
regards to sponsors and academic partners. The Members Committee supports the members The Financial and Legal Committee’s role is to
of ESTIEM and students interested in joining ESTIEM by
ensure ESTIEM’s compliance with all laws and regulations. It
forming their own Local Group, LG. It guides them through
supports the Board, other Committees, Projects and Local
the whole process, starting from establishing contact, via
Groups in all financial and legal matters. On the one hand,
the Guest- and Observership period, all the way until their
it consists of experienced ESTIEMers and ESTIEM Alumni,
fully pledged Membership. It takes care of the Local Group
who are motivated to provide advice whenever requested.
Requirements, helps all Local Groups via the Regional
On the other hand, active Committee members work on
Coordinators, and supports Local Groups and central
creating and updating Best Practice Documents, trainings,
ESTIEM in motivation and recruitment issues. It fosters
templates, etc. for all related topics, giving advice on event
connections between Local Groups, tries to figure out what
budgets and proactively giving legal advice. Since many
they need locally and cooperates e.g. with the Trainers on
people are unexperienced with finances and regulations,
Tour concept to fulfil the needs for training topics such as
the Financial and Legal Committee aims at helping them to
HR, PR, recruitment and fundraising.
deal with them correctly. The aim of the Public Relations Committee is to The Grants Committee supports ESTIEM’s applications
take care of ESTIEM’s outer appearance. The Committee
for EU grants and aims to establish and develop knowledge
is responsible for communicating the brand of ESTIEM
on public funding opportunities and their application
and increasing the awareness both inside and outside of
procedures. It also wants to share the existing knowledge
ESTIEM. The PR Committee works with several different
with as many ESTIEMers as possible and to support more
tools to achieve this, for instance designing PR material,
and more Local Groups in applying for an EU Grant for
creating design templates and guidelines, as well as working
their events.
on press and social media visibility.
The Information Technology Committee maintains
Personal development is a part of ESTIEM’s vision, ajust
the email, intranet and web servers of ESTIEM and
like ESTIEM trainers are a part of our network. By passing
coordinates all IT-related development in the organisation
on knowledge, skills and attitude in their sessions, ESTIEM
such as the IT back-end system. To complement the
trainers support ESTIEMers on their path in ESTIEM and
knowledge
in life.
of
ESTIEMers
about
information
and
communication technology and IT systems, it provides
The Trainers Community provides our trainers and
trainings in an open learning environment. In addition, ITC
enthusiasts with all the support needed for them to
offers troubleshooting services and technical advice to all
give their trainings, additionally guiding them to greater
ESTIEMers.
performance with feedback and personal support.
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OUR MISSION ESTIEM’s mission is to foster relations and mutual understanding among European Industrial Engineering and Management Students while supporting them in their personal and professional development.
OUR VISION Developing the future leaders of society. We believe that it is our responsibility as young European IEM students to challenge the status quo and interact with one-another in order to grow and develop into future leaders that share the same European values and tackle society’s problems.
OUR FOUR CORE VALUES
Embracing diversity
Striving for development
We see multiculturalism as a strength of ESTIEM. We benefit from our cultural diversity by being able to approach chances and challenges with different insights. Respect is not just something we strive for, but part of the very basis of our network
We grow together by trying hard and learning from mistakes, we are eager to go through a learning process and see accessibility and freedom as highest goals. ESTIEMers gain practical experience and important softskills needed in today’s world.
Encouraging participation
Aiming high
ESTIEM being a democratic organisation with a flat hierarchy encourages the participation of all its members. We inspire each other to partake in ESTIEM’s activities and develop new ideas.
We are not afraid of stepping out of our comfort zone. ESTIEM’s members are proactive students that always give 100%. We encourage an entrepreneurial spirit among students and other stakeholders by gathering and exchanging experiences and best practices.
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INTERVIEW WITH ANDRE SCHWÄMMLEIN, FOUNDER OF FLIXBUS “Our vision is smart and green mobility for everyone to experience the world.”
Dominik Rampp Local Group Dresden
When did you come up with the idea of founding
idea of having bus companies as partners who run the
“Flixbus” and how?
service was very important. For us it was very tough to find
I already knew for quite a long time that I wanted to start
the right bus partners willing to cooperate with completely
my own business. During my studies, I have already founded
newcomers. When we started, we had around five to
a small IT-start-up together with Daniel, an old friend from
ten partners with around 20 busses. It took around two
school. After I have finished my studies and after some years
years to find the initial partners. Afterwards it was much
of professional experience as a strategy consultant, I was
easier, because we had proved ourselves. Right now, in
all back into starting my own business again, but without
Germany we are mainly growing with existing partners and
having the initial idea. I discussed several start-up ideas with
not looking for new ones. Currently, we cooperate with
my friends Daniel and Jochen and finally we stumbled upon
around 250 partners all over Europe.
the bus deregulation law in Germany around 2009. We thought that the opening of a new market is a once in a life-time-chance and started developing the idea. Could you tell us about the company you had
“We would like to be perceived as a company which customers love to travel with.”
when you were a student? As mentioned, during my studies I was running a small IT-
As you just mentioned, you were growing really
consulting firm together with my friend, now co-founder
fast in recent years, which may also affect your
Daniel Krauss. Essentially, he was doing the “real” IT-
company culture. How do you manage to keep the
consulting and I was looking for the overall business. But in
company culture?
the end, we wanted to do something different, so we had
It’s a very crucial thing and if you would have asked me
to look for a new idea.
three years ago if culture is important I might have said “no”, just not being aware of already living a corporate
Who helped you found your company after you
culture. Because if you’re a small company, culture is
had developed the concept of it?
something which develops naturally, something which
We were and still are three founders: Daniel Krauss, a friend
is always there because everyone knows each other and
from school, Jochen Engert, whom I met at afterwork’s
you know all the people personally as you’ve hired them.
soccer games at Boston Consulting Group, the company
But over time, when a company gets bigger, culture can
where I had my first job, and me; so, we were basically
have the tendency to not be consistent anymore. To
three friends founding our own start-up.
prevent this, for us, it’s a lot about communication, talking to people, meeting everyone and letting everyone know
How many partners did you start with and how
“Where do we go? Why do we go there? What’s our idea
many did you gain since then? Can you tell us
of the company?”. FlixBus currently has more than 1.000
about your business concept?
employees, I’m only a single person, and only together, we
We cooperate with mid-sized, regional bus companies,
can make the difference.
most of them family-owned and with decades of experience in the industry. At the beginning, besides funding, the whole
“FlixBus currently has more than 1.000 employees, I’m only a single person, and only together, we can make the difference.”
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FOCUS TOPIC How would you like your customers to perceive
ESTIEM has a social-environmental responsible
FlixBus?
committee
I think that a lot of the culture we have internally reflects to
travelling with FlixBus since your customers can
the customers. The way we act, how we develop our offer
compensate their carbon footprint. Why did you
and the passion we put into the product hopefully reaches
add this option to your service?
the customer in many ways, which, however, gets more
When I was younger, I was a member of the green party,
challenging the larger the company gets. We would like to
so I have an ecological background. For me it is very
be perceived as a company which customers love to travel
important that we offer a product which is affordable for
with. We would like to be a part of their travel stories,
all customers, but also offers the option to contribute to
like: “When meeting my friends or seeing my partner, who
environmental protection while you travel. Nevertheless,
I have a long-distance relationship with, FlixBus helps me”.
there are two things we need to focus on. First of all, we
(SERC)
which
also
recommends
need to make sure that there’s always a high utilisation As you mentioned before, you have many different
because running a bus where there are still free seats also
partners. How do you measure and ensure a
harms the environment unnecessarily. Secondly, although
standardized quality level? And what do you do
busses are one of most environmentally friendly means
e.g. for your bus drivers, which are not working
of travel, there’s still a large CO2 footprint at the moment,
directly for FlixBus, to make them identify with your brand? The measuring part is relatively easy. By sending our feedback forms to customers regularly, we have a good overview of the performance of the bus companies, the drivers, etc. The challenge is that we have around 250 partners and more than 6,000 drivers, which is a huge
“For me it is very important that we offer a product which is affordable for all customers, but also offers the option to contribute to environmental protection while you travel.”
system. Implementing change takes time and is complex, and therefore we need a lot of people on the ground, close
that we hope to be able to minimise in the future, e.g. with
to the customers, to help the bus partners and drivers
e-busses once they’re available. Currently, we see that a
understand where we want to go. Are we already where
significant part of our customers, around ten per cent,
we want to be? No, we are not, but we are looking for
choose the CO2 compensation option which is great.
every detail and work hard to improve it. That’s why all partners, e.g. regularly receive specialized newsletter and trainings. We also invite them to a big meeting where we all discuss new approaches, projects and so on.
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FOCUS TOPIC What kinds of projects do you support with the
less science, and then it becomes more science and less
money you raise from the CO2-compensation?
and less art. If you initially plan a network, e.g. in Italy or
We frequently ask our customers to vote for the next
France, you get geographical data such as the number of
projects because, in our eyes, it’s them who spent the
inhabitants and students, but you don’t have actual traffic
money and therefore they should decide which climate
data yet – at least not in the form we need. That means
project will be supported with the money we raise.
we can approximate how the network could look like,
Currently, we support a certified CO2 project in Rwanda
but you also need someone who has a feeling how cities
which introduces “energy-efficient stoves”. These stoves
should be connected, which is the art part. Once you get
make it possible to use around 80% less wood than
real traffic-flow data, it becomes science and you can tailor
traditional hearths when cooking. Thus, not only the health
the network according to the data. In this philosophy, the
of the people using the stoves improve but also local
priority is always on direct connections, but the number of
forests, where mountain gorillas live, get preserved.
routes where you have the chance to change busses and thus can reach even more cities, is growing because of the
According to the experience of many ESTIEMers,
density of the network. For example, take a look at the
your booking system is really user-friendly. Do you
Locomore train, one of our latest projects: The train stops
see it as one of the reasons why you were the most
also have interconnections to busses.
outstanding long-distance bus company in recent years?
You mentioned before that you want your busses
If you look at the booking system, I think it’s really
to have a high utilisation rate. How do you achieve
important to have a system which the people like to use
this goal?
and thus have a great customer experience throughout all
There are multiple steps which we took, and which our
the stages. But what really defines our success is something
competitors might not have considered to such a high
that the customer doesn’t see e.g. the data we get about
extent: First of all, we need to have the right offer. Many
where people travel: It tells us where we should have more
competitors focussed on a schedule that looks nice, e.g.
or less busses and which busses create more value. The
one-hour-service, the same connections every day, which
whole understanding of this data analysis is a part of our
is usually what customers perceive as a good service. We
core competences and something no one had ever built up
don’t agree with that: I like the concept, but for me, a good
in this way before. To sum it up, our booking system is one
service means offering connections when the customer
of the core factors why we succeeded in the market, but
wants it. If the customer doesn’t need a bus on Tuesday at
the success results more from what you don’t see – just like
ten, but five busses on Friday at 3pm, then we need to go
the iceberg theory.
into that direction. To sum it up, first of all, it’s important to have the perfect offer according to the customers’ demand.
How do you choose which connections you will
And Secondly, customers have to know us.
offer to customers and which connection system
We are a data-driven company when it comes to marketing.
are you mainly using (e.g. hub systems, direct
We know where our customers are and thus, of course,
connections)?
we do a lot of online-marketing. That means, you have to
I always explain our network planning as a mixture of
get the customers looking at your offer and then, which is
“art and sciences”. At the beginning, it is more art and
a very analytical step, you need to have the right price. It’s
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FOCUS TOPIC
not us who decide which prices are right, it’s the customer. Have you been part of a student organisation? If yes, how did it influence you on your way? I actually haven’t been. But from my experience, what really counts is getting to know people who have shared interests: May it be sports, a job, it doesn’t matter. But you need to have people who are open-minded, easy-minded and who have similar work goals to you. ESTIEM has a project called “businessbooster”, which is about helping entrepreneurs to start their own company. Which advice would you give to a young entrepreneur? We sometimes get asked: “What was our biggest mistake?”. Our biggest mistake was in the beginning, shortly after developing the whole idea: We liked the idea, but we didn’t pursue it because we were scared that we couldn’t
hardly any public transportation and if there is, it is very
compete against big competitors like “Deutsche Bahn”. This
complex. A friend of my mum, who is around 90 years
has changed completely and brings me back to the point
old, didn’t travel for around 25 years because according to
where you mentioned the company culture: If you walk
her it was too complicated. But now there is FlixBus. My
around in this company and ask colleagues “Can we do it?”,
mum told her about it and now, every couple of months,
everyone will answer “Yes, we can, we will make it work.
my mum brings her to the station, tells the driver where
I don’t know how, but we are FlixBus and we will make it
she needs to get out, and her cousin, who is around 75 years old, picks her up at the station in Dresden. This, I
“You need to have people who are open-minded, easy-minded and who have similar work goals to you.”
think, illustrates very well how FlixBus provides green and convenient mobility for everyone which, in the end, is our main goal.
happen”. This is the philosophy you need to have: Pure will to win. We didn’t have it that much in the beginning, so my recommendation is: Believe in what you do, and have the will to win! Do you have a favorite FlixBus story? I come from a small town close to Nuremberg, there is
FlixBus is a European long distance mobility provider and a brand of the FlixMobility group. Since 2013, FlixBuses have offered a new, convenient and green way to travel which suits every budget. Thanks to a smart business model and an innovative technology, the startup has established Europe’s largest intercity bus network in less than four years.
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THE CO2 FOOTPRINT OF ESTIEM
This is probably no news to you: travelling is damaging to our environment and flying is one of the most polluting ways to travel. In ESTIEM we travel a lot and much of it is by airplane. Over the past years we have become more and more conscious about the environmental impacts of our organisation, but do we actually know the magnitude of the environmental impact of all that travelling?
Stijn Zanders
Local Group Eindhoven, Tampere
It turns out we don’t. That’s why several months ago
CO2 Dashboard
two alumni decided to join forces to estimate the carbon
Based on the acquired data and estimation methods, a
footprint of ESTIEM, motivated by an important IEM
CO2 dashboard was developed using Tableau software.
principle: If you don’t measure it, you can’t improve it.
The CO2 dashboard gives an insight into the development
Here’s a sneak peak into our findings.
of the total travel carbon footprint of ESTIEM over time, as well as the travel carbon footprint of specific ESTIEM
Data and Assumptions
events and individual ESTIEMers. The kind of information
The carbon footprint of travels in ESTIEM, in this article
that can be extracted from the dashboard is best illustrated
referred to as the travel carbon footprint, is a function of
by sharing some specific insights:
the total distance travelled to and from ESTIEM events, the modes of transport used and the specific CO2 emission
•
A flight from Amsterdam to Berlin and back has a
factor of each mode of transport. Travel distances are
carbon footprint of approximately 360 kg of CO2,
estimated using ESTIEM event attendance data, assuming
compared to a footprint of approximately 18 kg of
ESTIEMers travel from their home Local Group to the
CO2 when taking the train.
location of the ESTIEM event and back. A 10% multiplication
Mark Kremer
Local Group Gothenburg, Groningen
factor is used to account for non-direct travel routes and
•
ESTIEMers have an average travel carbon footprint of
detours. Several assumptions are made for the distribution
1.4 tonnes of CO2 per year, which is approximately
of modes of transport used by ESTIEMers, as there is no
equal to 20% of the average annual carbon footprint
reliable data available. For instance, for distances lower
of the EU citizen (6.7 tonnes of CO2 per year).
than 500km most ESTIEMers are assumed to use a bus (60%) or a train (30%), while for distances larger than
•
The travel footprint of ESTIEM has an average yearly increase of 250 tonnes of CO2.
1,000 km airplane (90%) is assumed to be the main mode of transport. A multiplication factor of 30% is used for indirect flights to account for the disproportionately large
•
The travel footprint of CM Porto 2016 (338.9 tonnes
amount of CO2 that is emitted during take-off and landing.
of CO2) was about twice as large as the carbon
Carbon emission factors are based on 2014 figures from
footprint of CM Poznan 2017 (158.6 tonnes of CO2),
the European Environment Agency (EEA). Please note that
with an equal amount of participants, due to Poznan’s
only the distances travelled to and from ESTIEM events are
relatively central location in Europe.
taken into account. Other factors, such as transport during ESTIEM events, are not included in our calculations.
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The total travel carbon footprint of ESTIEM in 2016 was 2,334 tonnes of CO2, which is equal to the total annual carbon footprint of 350 EU citizens.
Implications The
data
shows
that
ESTIEM
has
a
significant,
disproportionately large CO2 footprint. This should not come as a surprise, considering that the nature of our network requires us to travel large distances to attend events. At this point you might be asking yourself: Is there something we can do to reduce our footprint? Luckily, there is. For a start, the data shows that you can significantly reduce your carbon footprint by choosing to travel by train or bus rather than by airplane and by avoiding indirect flights. Other potential measures include favouring centrally located event locations, reduce travels by making better use of online solutions and carbon offsetting. Carbon Offsetting Carbon Offsetting allows individuals and organisations to donate money to environmental projects around the world in order to compensate for their own carbon footprints. Donations are used to support projects that reduce CO2 emissions, such as clean energy projects or reforestation projects, leading to a net-zero balance of emissions. carbon Offsetting is relatively inexpensive; a return-flight Eindhoven-Budapest currently costs about 12 Euro to
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offset. If you decide to off-set your flights, choose an offsetting partner that is certified by an international recognised standard such as the Gold Standard or the Verified Carbon Standard, VCS, to make sure your donations are used for the intended cause. Next Steps? Even though the figures presented in this article are still very rough estimates, they already provide some interesting first insights. The goal is to improve the accuracy of the CO2 dashboard over time, so that it can be used to track the development of the travel carbon footprint of ESTIEM and measure the effectiveness of CO2 reduction measures. Because if you don’t measure it, you can’t improve it.
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NO-NONSENSE SUSTAINABILITY \\ Climbing the ladders of business sustainability When I started my professional career in the early 90’s, environmental and sustainability issues were simply out of business scope.
Dr. Lassi Linnanen
Professor, Lappeenranta University of Technology
Most executives of that time followed the idea of Economics
sustainability challenges. Third, sustainability is a collective
Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman (1970), who created
good, which means that most sustainable solutions do not
the phrase for the current business-as-usual economic
offer obvious user benefits. Rather it is a challenging item to
paradigm by stating bluntly “the business of business is
sell, even for ESTIEMers!
business.” I guess you hear this statement too often, even
How to proceed then? There are ladders to climb, there
today. From my perspective, it is simply incorrect.
are at least three steps towards business sustainability. I am
Unfortunately, we cannot solve our problems with the
using a very useful typology recently created by academic
same concepts we used when we created them, as Albert
colleagues Dyllick and Muff here. Their first two steps
Einstein once expressed. During the last three decades a lot
are weaker, but the last one is in line with the definition
of progress has been made in integrating sustainability into
of strong sustainability: Economic and environmental
business goals. However, global indicators and trends show
capital are complementary, but not interchangeable.
continuous and serious deterioration of our natural capital.
Strong sustainability accepts there are certain functions
Something must be wrong then in management?
the environment performs that cannot be duplicated by
It is safe to argue that the root cause is the disconnection
humans or human made capital.
between the concepts of Corporate Sustainability and Sustainable Development. First, we have rather poor
Business Sustainability 1.0
integration of the three dimensions economic, ecological
A first step to introduce sustainability into the current
and social in the business sustainability discourse. The
economic paradigm results from recognizing that there
focus tends to be on economic dimension as the dominant
are new business challenges because of exchanges that are
performance measure. Economic success appears to be
outside the market. Business Sustainability 1.0 (or Refined
a “value-free” choice, but obviously, it is not. Second,
Shareholder Value Management) is an approach to business
companies are the micro-level, and societies and their
that creates shareholder value by embracing opportunities
challenges the macro-level. There is a missing integration of
and managing risks deriving from economic, environmental
societal macro-level with the organizational micro-level. But
and social developments. A typical evolution in this level
companies are only one part of transition as public sector
includes environmental management systems, eco-labels,
and civil society action are also needed. On the other way
and other managerial tools.
round, without companies there is only little hope to solve
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Business Sustainability 2.0
positive impact in critical and relevant areas for society and
The second step arises from the notion of stakeholders.
the planet such as climate, migration, corruption, water,
Business Sustainability 2.0 means pursuing a triple bottom
poverty, pandemics, youth unemployment, sovereign
line approach — a process by which companies manage
debt overload or financial instability. Under these lenses,
their financial, social and environmental risks, obligations
a firm first looks at the external environment within which
and opportunities. These three impacts are often referred
it operates and then asks itself what it can do to help
to as people, planet and profits. Value creation and
overcome critical challenges that demand the resources
reporting goes beyond shareholder value and includes
and competencies it has at its disposal.
social and environmental values. In many large international corporations, this is the level achieved, as shown by a large
The third step is not easy but definitely worth pursuing. It
number of corporate responsibility reports.
is a very good way to seek purpose, doing good and doing business simultaneously. Within ESTIEMs community, we also want to contribute towards promoting the strong
Business Sustainability 3.0
sustainability perspective within businesses as we are
However, there is one more, and a rather steep and long,
organizing IEM Caring Sustainability Bootcamp “No
step remaining. Business Sustainability 3.0 is about solving
nonsense sustainability: future beyond profits” on October
global challenges. The perspective shifts from traditional
20-22nd 2017 in Lenggries, Germany. Join the movement!
“inside-out” industrial engineering approach towards “outside-in” problem solving. Truly sustainable business shifts its perspective from seeking to minimize its negative impacts to understanding how it can create a significant
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SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES IN MADRID’S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Nowadays, most of the world’s biggest cities are facing a huge problem that affects directly the health and life quality of all their inhabitants; the high levels of urban pollution. Madrid, as the capital of Spain and the biggest city of the country, is one of the cities that suffers under this problem the most. Madrid is exceeding occasionally, as most of the large cities of the world, the pollutants concentration level that the World Health Organization considers safe to breathe.
Jaime García Hernanz
Local Group Madrid
Eduardo Pilkington
Engineer at EMT
©emtmadrid EMT Fleet (Carabanchel Operations Centre) @emtmadrid Urban air pollution
Gonzalo Fernández Sánchez
Engineer at EMT
is the public company that operates all the public
The most important pollutants that are in the cities’
buses in Madrid, having a fleet of about©emtmadrid 2,000 buses.
atmosphere are particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides
This company is actively involved in several international
(NOX) and ozone (O3), all of them are toxic, causing an
projects of
increase in mortality and numerous cardiovascular and
project CIVITAS-ECCENTRIC which is led by EMT.
respiratory system diseases. The main source of the PM
EMT is completely aware of the problem of the air quality
and NOX is the use of fossil fuels in transportation such as
in Madrid and their strategic plan for 2017-2020 has the
diesel and petrol.
goal of replacing all the diesel buses of the company for
Ozone in the low atmosphere is created by a chemical
eco-friendly buses by the end of 2020. This eco-friendly or
sustainable mobility, as the European
reaction that involves oxygen, NOX and sunlight, being a
green fleet consist of the low emissions or zero emissions
bigger problem in long warm and sunny periods like summer
buses, that are powered by Compressed Natural Gas
in Madrid. Fuels used in transportation also produce high
(CNG), hybrid and electric buses.
quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse effect gas that is the main cause of global warming. Breathing CO2
EMT currently has around 1,000 diesel, 940 CNG and 40
is not a health hazard yet, so it is not included in the urban
hybrid and 20 electric buses. By the end of 2020, EMT will
air quality problem.
have acquired close to 80 new electric buses and 940 new CNG buses, achieving a full green fleet.
Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid EMT (Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid)
“EMT is completely aware of the problem of the air quality in Madrid, and their strategic plan for 2017-2020 has the goal of replacing all the diesel buses of the company for eco-friendly buses by the end of 2020.”
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Šemtmadrid EMT bus interior @emtmadrid Natural Gas and Eletric Buses
the bus operational centres, where they are charged, with
Compressed Natural Gas is the best fuel to replace diesel
new infrastructure and training the mechanics and workers.
at the moment. CNG buses are more efficient than diesel
This technology also comes with new operations and
and largely reduce the emissions. In CNG engines, NOX
logistics, with different charging times and route durations
emissions are notably reduced and they practically do
depending on the batteries. Ultra-fast charging methods
not have particulate matter emissions which means that
for plug-in chargers are able to charge the bus battery in a
investing in CNG powered buses highly contributes to
few seconds, like induction charge or pantograph chargers,
improving the urban air quality.
which can be implemented at bus stops.
Regarding electric buses, their engines do not have any
EMT is building an electric bus line where the electric buses
NOX or PM emissions, so they are completely beneficial
would be charged at the heads of the line with magnetic
for the whole city population. Electric buses do not have
induction fields in a few minutes, allowing the electric buses
any CO2 emissions either, consequently they do not directly
to work the whole day without being plugged.
contribute to global warming and climate change. Investing in sustainable mobility is investing in the future, Zero Emissions Strategy
improving health and life quality of the citizens, and building
EMT is planning a long-term strategy to renew the whole
a better city and a better world for future generations.
fleet for electric buses after having achieved the green fleet in 2020. The challenge of this full implementation of the electric fleet is that this technology is completely different from the ones previous used. It needs a renovation of all
EMT eletric buses being charged @emtmadrid
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SUSTAINABLE URBAN FREIGHT LOGISTICS \\ Emerging Paradigm for the last-mile Delivery Challenge What is the Meaning of Sustainability in Freight
•
Deliveries? The
Annarita De Maio Local Group Calabria
concept
Transparency: Most customers want to keep their orders under control across the whole transport
“sustainable
process, especially in the last-mile. In the modern on-
development” were met with high attention in the last
of
“sustainability”
and
demand area, tracking codes are not able anymore to
decades. The widely accepted definition of sustainable
satisfy customers, because they want to have full and
development is “development that meets the needs of
real-time visibility about where the driver is and when
the present without compromising the needs of future
he will arrive exactly. This desire could be satisfied
generations to meet their own needs” (World Commission
only throughout a better synchronisation between
on Environment and Development, 1987). In general, a
infrastructures and real time data collection.
population growth in urban areas is regarded likely to •
happen in the future.
Efficiency: the efficiency is one of the main aims
As a consequence, transport and freight deliveries will
in the supply chain management. The request for
demand more and more resources, like energy or water.
increasing efficiency is growing with the desire
This will have a bad effect on public health issues like
for faster deliveries. Nowadays, the only possible
pollution, noise and traffic congestion. Moreover, analysts
instrument for continuous efficiency improvement in
expect online sales to continue growing as the amount of
the last mile is technology.
goods delivered to urban areas does, too. Applying “sustainability in freight deliveries” means building
A first answer: city-logistics concept
a freight transport sustainability strategy in order to achieve
The aim of city-logistics is to globally optimise logistics
a set of goals. Some examples for these goals would be the
systems within an urban area by considering the costs
reduction of congestion, gas emissions, local air pollution,
and benefits of two main classes of stakeholders which
noise and increasing the optimisation in loads and delivery
represent both the public and the private sector. In
distances, customer satisfaction and safety. This challenge
general, private shippers and freight carriers aim to reduce
is faced by the spread out of the “smartness” concept
their freight and delivery costs while the public sector
in the cities, with the aim to create strong connections
tries to improve the urban environment in terms of traffic
between human and social aspects and information and
congestion and pollution.
communications technology (ICT).
This two scopes usually fight each other. The secret to solve the conflict is to apply a “win-win” strategy in order
What is the Challenge in the last-mile Delivery?
to consider the interests of all the stakeholders. The
“Last-mile” is a term used in logistics to describe how goods
general scheme of city-logistics represents an interesting
are transported through the last part of the supply chain,
compromise in this sense. It is based on the possibility
generally from a transportation hub to a final destination.
to use a consolidation freight centre as major point for
This last step of the supply chain has to face completely
collecting freights from different sources. The centre allows
different issues than the other ones, and that’s why it is
to share assets between logistics operators and to plan
a big challenge for business companies and academic
optimised delivery routes in terms of distance and loads.
researchers that try to improve deliveries in the last mile.
It also allows to use smaller and environmental-friendly vehicles for the last-mile. A scheme like this helps to reduce
•
Cost: the last part of the supply chain is often less
emissions and air pollution.
efficient than the previous-ones, in fact it comprises
In order to combine the efficiency in the last mile with the
up to 28% of the total cost to move goods. This
promptness in delivery request and the reduction of the
evidence becomes more relevant if we think about
environmental impact, different vehicles and alternative
new customers’ expectations and, as a consequence,
solutions are used in pilot projects and real business (e.g.
about
bike-cargo, van-sharing, drones, intermediate boxes).
same-day/on-demand
deliveries
that
create difficulties for the planning and the delivery optimisation.
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•
Logistics
The concept of sharing: Sharing platforms is a concept that becomes increasingly relevant in the logistics ecosystem. These platforms have the aim
•
Continuous change: Customers’ expectation in
to reduce switching costs and drive a proliferation of
deliveries is continuing to rise, but some inefficiencies
third-party shipping options. This complexity is linked
in the system are not solved. Besides, total integration
with the possibility to increase the vehicle utilisation,
is hard to reach taking into account the continuous
which reduces the costs per delivery. Those
changes in markets and logistics facilities. Lots of
platforms make integration easier for businesses,
players feel that integration is an enemy for cutting
considering additional shipping options such as bikes,
their earning and this approach generates a sort of
drones and smart lockers that give the possibility
suspicion by different players in sharing facilities and
to meet both the rising number of customers and
knowledge for a global optimisation. An open mind
the social expectations. The emerging concept of
and a new way of thinking about “integration” are
sharing economy will affect the rules of the logistics
necessary to face the last-mile challenge.
activities in the future and it could represent a major inspiration for new logistic solutions in the sustainable
•
Rise of ICT: The complexity of the urban space,
development of urban space.
affected by congestions and accidents, needs a continuous real-time optimisation that is possible only
•
The fleet of the future: The needs to share
by collecting big data and information from vehicles.
facilities and the main role played by technologies
The development of the new paradigms like the
impose to invest in telematics to build connected
Internet of Things, deliveries with occasional drivers,
fleet. Lots of logistics companies invest money in this
multi-modality and synchromodality in deliveries
field of research and those investments are expected
underline the necessity to better embed technologies
to continue. Collecting real time data and using them
and platforms in the last-mile.
in an intelligent way is a first key step for the last-mile optimisation. On the other hand, the necessity to reduce air pollution and congestion opens the way to the development of new innovative vehicles like semiautonomous and more efficient electric vehicles and drones. The new face of the last-mile In a world always connected by the Internet, that shares lots of information, each aspect of the human life has to be adapted to the innovation in technologies. The development of the Internet of Things is allowing the possibility for a huge number of items to communicate directly with each other. Freights will keep being continually monitored in terms of pressure, temperature, position and humidity with a big reduction of lost due to deterioration. In contrast, the use of intelligent vehicles and drones is enabling really fast small boxes’ deliveries in urban areas, shortening the length of the supply chain. In a world completely connected, the lastmile delivery is going to evolve as a real-time connected, customized, eco-friendly and optimised framework that
Comparing between traditional delivery scheme and city logistics.
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embeds sustainable development.
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AN ESTIEM WAY TO MBA A story from an ESTIEMer - Teodor Stanilov (ex Vice President of LG Sofia) who has graduated from an MBA program at Emory University in the USA and is an associate with AT Kearny. Learn how ESTIEM in particular was the driver that made him succeed in this journey. Tell us more about your ESTIEM experience. ESTIEM will always have a special place in my heart. I have so many great memories and close friends from all over Europe. The concept of “work hard, play hard” has always been my way of living. In addition, ESTIEM played
Teodor Stanilov LG Sofia
an important role in my professional development. My involvement in the Grants Committee, ReCoMs, CMs and of course the TIMES competition helped me grow into a business leader. I had many star stories to tell during my application process for the MBA program. Speaking about the MBA, can you give us more information about what MBA is and how you decided to apply? MBA stands for Masters in Business Administration and has a long-lasting tradition in the US. The program is getting more and more attention in Europe as well. It is usually a requirement to have a few years of work experience
“The program is very practical and gathers together people from diverse educational and professional backgrounds.”
before applying. This is one of the value propositions – everyone is bringing their expertise in the classroom. The program is very practical and gathers people from diverse educational and professional backgrounds. I had classmates from all over the world who used to be teachers, marketers, entrepreneurs and of course engineers before going back to school. I decided to apply because I believe the MBA is the perfect way to accelerate your career and to build the business acumen required to move organizations forward. It is an amazing supplement to an engineering degree.
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Is an MBA program a popular choice among engineers? It is indeed an extremely popular choice for engineers and I believe it is very suitable for former IEM students. I was able to leverage my analytical and quantitative skills, which are very important in business. I developed great business understanding on a variety of topics and complemented my knowledge with leadership and personal development classes. I highly recommend everyone in ESTIEM to consider doing an MBA.
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Teodor Stanilov was part of ESTIEM Local Group Sofia. He was the VP of the LG and active in the ESTIEM Grants Committee. In addition, Teodor was part of the winning team of TIMES Semi-Final Sevilla 2012, and participated in the TIMES Final in Stockholm. He holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering. Teodor is a Fulbright Scholar and completed his MBA at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. He currently works as a Management Consultant at A.T. Kearney.
How did ESTIEM help you to hit the ground run-
achievements I do well in this role and my company can
ning as a Management Consultant?
see this. All the cases in the TIMES Final in Stockholm in
Definitely with TIMES. Consulting is essentially a longer-
2012 were provided by consulting firms and that was when
term case competition – you collect data, you analyse it and
I first found out about the industry and was really fascinated
come up with actionable recommendations. Sometimes
by the dynamics of it. It is intellectually challenging and
you even stick around for the implementation phase. As
professionally rewarding and it gives you the unique
soon as you feel comfortable with a project, you will start a
opportunity to work closely with C-level executives of the
new one with a new client, in a new industry and potentially
largest companies in the world.
in a new function. Because of my TIMES experience and
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SCENE
SHARING THE KNOWLEDGE, SHAPING THE FUTURE Interview with Marko Kažić, CEO of Zamphyr
Nemanja Popović Local Group Novi Sad
How would you describeZamphyr in a few words?
give equal chances and work for humanity’s prosperity, we
Zamphyr is the idea to have a global school where we
need to rethink education, unlearn and level the field. This
teach about technology, which is an open, free, universally
is easily translated into our mission: We’re at the genesis
accessible and crowdsourced. We want to enable everyone
of modern education. We question everything and bring
on the planet to learn about technology by remodeling a
future makers to the world. Our mission is to provide the
school to fit humanity as a whole.
next generation with tech education. Our strongest belief is that the education of tomorrow breaks the cult of the
Can you describe what a start-up is? There are many interpretations of what a start-up is. For me, a start-up is a young person in an adults’ world, trying to
average. We will build around that belief to provide the first ever platform that truly is “School 2.0”. We want a technology school for the whole planet: Free, accessible and open.
find a way for their ideas to be What do you offer to people?
heard and to make a living out of realising those ideas.
Zamphyr is offering a way for everyone to learn how to code
What motivated you to
and design and to learn about
start Zamphyr? What
technology on equal terms, for
are
free. Good education is often not
yours
mission,
vision and values?
accessible to everyone, and we are
While I was growing up my
hoping to change what humanity
education didn’t fit me well. I
can do by providing free education to
felt and I still feel like education is perpetuating an utilitarian system, producing rather than educating. Creativity
everyone. A lot of people acquire skills and knowledge but they don’t apply them. We offer them to work on projects,that have real
is an atom in the molecule called evolution, and we’re
life applications that can help charities and non-profit
the ones destroying it. More practically, programming and
organisations, or their local communities. This platform can
design at large are what is going to shape the next stage of
help with projects by connecting communities, people and
our evolution.The programmers of today are the heroes
industry leaders.
of tomorrow. And in order to shape societies, where we
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What are the benefits of using Zamphyr instead of
How do you implement innovations in Zamphyr?
other platforms?
We nurture a philosophy of unlearning, questioning and
Zamphyr is implementing a “School 2.0” philosophy. Our
deconstructing. When we talk about ideas, we think about
paradigm of questioning decisions in didactics and education
design at large, and how our design is going to deliver. Best
got us far. Zamphyr is a crowdsourced platform, much like
innovation comes from naivety, and our societies are build
Wikipedia. Everyone can contribute to it and add content.
to discourage naivety. As a StartUp we have to create an
Zamphyr also uses the single source of truth schemata –
environment where we question these premises and iterate
we wish for knowledge to be merged not fragmented. A
on ideas that come from unlearning bad patterns.
very important part of our mission is to provide education to everyone in their own language and online to defeat
Where do you see Zamphyr in the next few years?
our geographic and cultural differences. Zamphyr is built
In the company of revolutionary ideas like Wikipedia,
like a platform, not just a school, so people, organisations
Ethereum, Torrent, Linux, etc. We have the potential to
and companies can build on top of it. This is the first
build a platform to change how we access education and
time humanity has a common ground for a global shift in
how we learn about technology.
education, which is our platform. Can students do an internship in Zamphyr and Who are your main rivals?
what are the benefits of doing internships in start-
It is my hope that an educational reform of this size is
up companies?
our common interest. There are a lot of companies that
Zamphyr is very open to change makers and visionaries
provide education as a commodity and we firmly believe,
joining as interns. We try to teach young people everything
and this is our cultural doctrine, that education should not
we can and the projects that we offer for our interns are
be sold, and that there should not be an economy profiting
very successful. If you want to change education, learn
from education itself. Rather, we should build a sustainable
about new technology and a new digital world, we are here
education so that profit can come from the results of it.
to build it together.
This is critical to our mission and to lowering the barrier of entry for a majority of people. Education should be free and
What would you advise to students of Industrial
profit should come as a result of good education.
Engineering and Management? Question everything.
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COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT People are what make cities to be cities. More people living together within the same area, possibly with similar characteristics and attitudes, make a community. I believe that by coming together, sharing, working, learning and celebrating together as a community we can rapidly increase the sustainability of area and city. Sustainability in general means living in a way to maintain
Laine Šildere
Local Group Riga
•
Neighbourhood festivals are initiated by locals with
and possibly improve the environment for the next
the goal to bring together citizens from the closest
generations. As the focus topic of 53rd Magazine is
neighbourhood for a meeting, socialising and creating
sustainable development, this article will raise awareness
common traditions. The local government helps with
of how we can join and possibly run community-based
organisation and funds.
activities in the closest neighbourhoods and wider areas. According to Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on
•
A citizen forum is initiated by the local government
Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, cities today
to bring together as much people as possible
occupy approximately only 2% of the total land, however
and engaging them via workshops and facilitating
they make 70% of the economy, over 60% of global energy
discussions with a goal to find out how Cesis should
consumption, 70% of greenhouse gas emissions and 70%
look like in the following years.
of global waste. Knowing all this, in 2016, world leaders and planners came together for the third time to set up The
•
The platform “Cesis project bank” gives an
New Urban Agenda, which is a shared vision for a better
opportunity for citizens to apply with their unique,
and more sustainable future. In this vision all people have
socially important and sustainable project or initiative
equal rights and access to the benefits and opportunities
ideas and get funding to make them real, such as an
^that cities can offer, and in this vision the international
outdoor cinema or organising a street festival.
community reconsiders the urban systems and physical form of our urban spaces to achieve these equal rights and
•
Sport activities outdoors is initiated by local activists
accesses. One of the aspects cities are envisaging is citizen
to bring more people together and promote a healthy
participation in a sense of belonging and ownership.
lifestyle and get to know the town.
Therefore, a public participatory or, in other words,
With this being said, I invite you to be part of your
community-based approach in decision making process and
neighbourhood’s community, create your own tools of
other matters is crucial for the sustainable development of
participation, share the experiences you have gained as
cities. The International Association for Public Participation
an IEM professional and all together foster sustainable
has developed a public participation framework (see the
development!
picture). A well-fitting example to illustrate the framework is Cesis town in Latvia which in an attractive way fosters ownership of their environment and future, e.g.:
References: http://habitat3.org/the-new-urban-agenda/ http://habitat3.org/wp-content/uploads/NUA-English.pdf Page No. 8
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MAKER MOVEMENT Today’s consumer desires products perfectly fit to their unique need. While companies have perfected their systems for mass-production, today’s competitive advantage lies in the realisation of high product variation, in Germany often referred to as the “trend towards batch size zero”. The Maker Movement creates an environment that allows the consumer to become a part of the production process in order to achieve a higher level of customisation. A consumer who engages in the act of production is called a ‘prosumer’.
Rebekka Nagel
Local Group Dortmund, Istabul-Yildiz
Uwe Sondhof TU Dortmund
Transformation of the Production System after Yoram Koren
The Maker Movement is a technology based extension of
development of open source software lead to technological
the ‘Do It Yourself ’ culture. It’s about the old arts and crafts,
advancement focused on societal benefits rather than
but by adding in electronics and programming, it becomes a
stakeholders profits.
real source of innovation. Following the motto, “If you can
Democratization of Technology
imagine it you can build it”, the Maker Movement can be
Having the right tools is essential to make things, but 3D
characterised by three main guiding principles.
printers and laser cutters are rather expensive. Therefore, makerspaces provide access to various technologies for
Do It Yourself Culture
free or in exchange for a small fee. By doing so, they often
The one mentality all makers share is to DO-IT-YOURSELF.
specifically aim to democratize technology. Following the
So, they produce, repair, improve, personalise and recycle.
ideology of unlimited access to knowledge, makerspaces
While the specific motivation may vary, it’s simply satisfying
become a centre for education. Young and old find
to be able to say “I did this” after finishing a project.
opportunities to learn how to manufacture goods albeit for personal use or as the basis to start their own businesses.
Open Innovation Being eager to show what they made and how they did it, Makers document their projects with step by step instructions and publish them online. However, besides sharing knowledge, low-cost and easy to use hard- and software are needed to truly engage everyone. A mindset of stimulating common based peer production and the
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“There is something unique about making physical things. These things are like little pieces of us and seem to embody portions of our souls.”
SCENE can break familiar pattern ofthought showing excellent imagination and improvisation. Editing a Maker project promotes communication in the team and with other Makers worldwide. This promotes both the competence to solve technical problems as well as the social competence. Global networking allows very direct feedback on projects and depending on the response, the step to marketing via a kickstarter platform is not big. As students desire a more practical approach to their studies, a maker workshop was developed at the TU Dortmund/Chair of Materials Handling and Warehousing (FLW) to provide students with a better understanding of existing systems and techniques. At the same time students are encouraged to develop and implement their own concepts related to the Internet of Things, actively shaping digital change in logistics Instead of following a step by step instruction, replicating something existing on their own, the students create something new and valuable. The workshop at the FLW is designed to stimulate interest in applied electrical engineering and programming. Creating direct experiences, the workshop provides a sustainable way of learning possible. Without prior knowledge, the participants manage this task in about 3 to 4 hours within a self-found group. A few years Bringing the Maker Mindset to Students The Maker Movement provides non-experts with powerful but easy-to-use tools enabling them to realise projects which were previously only reserved for students of electrical engineering or computer sciences. The access barrier to highly complex digital tools has become very low and typical maker projects can be implemented with relatively little effort. By sharing experiences with other makers, the student who becomes the new maker can benefit. Building on previous work and knowledge, students can focus on their own creativity. The Maker Movement allows easy handling of advanced technology, playfully developing new products and the maker’s self-esteem as well as their growing experience from project to project. Trying to understand the objects they use and their relations, and critically questioning what is known, they
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ago an engineer’s degree would have been required for the development of such a device and the processing time would have been several days. The workshop was developed in close co-operation with students of Logistics and Economics, in other words: Task Example of the Workshop at FLW: In your warehouse you will find raw materials for highquality medicines, which must be stored in a defined temperature range. Your customer asks you for a complete documentation, which has to be accessible online. Construct a device that measures the temperature value every 60 seconds and inserts it into a Google Spreadsheet, which is stored on a Google Drive. Write the program for the device.
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Makerworkshop website
Or you can see for yourself as Local Group Dortmund is planning to organise a 3-day Maker Workshop for ESTIEMers in April 2018.
“Creating the workshop showed me that the Maker Movement is truly for everyone. Normal students contributed to the workshop, learned the topic step by step and outdid our expectations by far. A big motivation for me was teaching other people. It was the perfect opportunity to use my knowledge and provide it for interested students.”
- Jens Sarachman (3rd from left),
Logistics student at TU Dortmund who was involved in developing the Maker Workshop
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THE UNTAPED POTENTIAL OF CSR \\ Enhance your Organisation through Societal Engagement The citizens of the world today become more and more
A conscious leadership and culture that enhance open
conscious about the social and environmental conditions in
discussions and allow freedom for the employees under
the world around them and have a need to contribute to a
clear responsibilities and mandates together with a constant
better future for coming generations. This is something that
discussion and dialog about the vision, and how the
is now expected of companies through CSR. Even though
organisation contributes to society, are the key elements to
organisations understood the benefits of being societal
enhance organisations through societal engagement.
engaged for creating stronger ties with their conscious
This study has shown that societal engagement can
customers, there are large gaps in their understanding of
contribute to stronger customer and employee connections,
their organisations’ members’ need for fulfilment and the
as well as better external branding and local best fits for
benefits that allowing one’s employees to feel conscious at
the organisation. Through a further investigation of the
work can bring.
organisation member benefits from societal engagement, it
Our study investigated how the benefits from societal
was found that employee fulfilment and motivation were
engagement
members
enhanced if the employee felt part of the organisations’
and what factors influence the benefits, and thus how
can
strengthen
organisation
societal engagement. This in turn has a strong influence
these benefits can be achieved and used to enhance the
over the employee loyalty and employee presence, which
organisation. Through fifteen in-depth interviews with
are important organisational benefits.
CEOs, administrators, test engineers, facility managers, and
These findings are only some of the nine organisation
more, some very interesting findings were discovered.
benefits and thirteen organisation member benefits found.
Through analysing the benefits perceived by the
The complete mapping of benefits and their possible
organisations and organisation members it has been found
relations to some 30 factors can be found in the full report,
that societal engagement contributes to many benefits for
together with the extensive interview summaries and
the organisation. Strengthening customer connections and
important theories.
external branding were expected outcomes, but it was also found that, if managed in a walk-the-talk way, societal
The thesis report can be found by searching for “Azcarate &
engagement strengthens and enhances employee relations,
Enlund” at lib.chalmers.se/en or Google Scholar.
employee loyalty and output as well as employee health.
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Isabel Azcarate Local Group Gothenburg
Jonas Enlund
Local Group Gothenburg
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TO BE OR NOT TO BE SCARED: THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OF THE FUTURE For the moment, we can simply claim that computers and humans have complementary skills. Once the task is clear and explained step by step, computers can perform the function very fast without any errors.
That being said, computers are very useful in factories
general human cognitive capabilities. This means that, faced
where fast production is important, in hospitals where
with unfamiliar situation, it can analyse and find a solution
small errors can cause major troubles and in many other
to the problem and it can work intelligently.
fields in our daily lives. On the other hand, humans might
Buse Ece Güldiken
Local Group Istanbul-Boğazici
not be able to process the task as fast as computers but
Although there are still discussions whether having
they can think in an analytical and abstract way, they can
computers with human brain capability can ever be
solve unusual problems and can find creative solutions.
possible, it is being discussed if artificial general intelligence
More important, humans are able to generate and discover
will be desirable.
new things using their cognitive capabilities but we cannot expect computers to invent something that does not exist.
To be or not to be
None of the machines that we are using now in our daily
According to some researchers, AI cannot have positive or
lives have the ability to think on their own and create a
negative behaviours ethically, since it does not necessarily
solution for our problems.
have conscience nor emotions. That being said, researchers believe that the presence of unconscionable computers
Considering these aspects we cannot compare the human
can result in two unfortunate outcomes in the future.
brain and the computer at the moment, but should we in the future?
First, AI can be programmed to execute an act that could have tragic results. Even in today’s AI integrated weapons,
What is Artificial Intelligence?
the AI could be programmed to kill if the AI is in wrong
The level of AI achieved so far in our century is known
hands. To prevent that, today’s AI weapons are not fully
as “Narrow Artificial Intelligence”. This means AI is just
autonomous. Considering a fully autonomous AI weapon, this weapon could even wipe out the entire human race if it’s programmed accordingly.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the sub-branch of computer science which aims to develop computers with a similar capability to the human brain. The research within the branch is conducted by analysing how the human brain works, reasons and thinks.
specialised in one task, such as playing chess or recognising a face. So the same engine cannot perform any other task than its specialisation. For instance, if an AI device is specialised in processing a natural language it cannot make weather forecasts. So in Narrow AI, the computers work in a limited context, they cannot go beyond their fields. Thus these artificial intelligence devices can perform routine jobs with a high capacity but are still far away from human capability. Besides, the “Artificial General Intelligence” concept, also known as Human-Level AI, is the type of AI that has
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Second, AI could execute an act that is beneficial, but can result in tragic outcomes. The AI can always be
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programmed to satisfy our needs; but as AI doesn’t have
cumulative advancements in technology. Thus he admits
a conscience and ethical concerns, an act done by AI can
that national or international regulatory steps should be
result in something that doesn’t fit humanity’s rules. For
taken to prevent irrational activities throughout the world.
instance, the AI programmed to prevent global warming and to protect the world’s ecosystem might decide to
As a conclusion, this topic is still very obscure to adjudge but
destroy the mankind.
it is sure that we are in front of an epoch of innovation that can drive plenty of opportunities but also disadvantages to society and the entire humanity. It is hard to predict if this technological era will be utopian or dystopian but it
“...this topic is still very obscure to adjudge but it is sure that we are in front of an epoch of innovation that can drive plenty of opportunities but also disadvantages to society and the entire mankind.”
is clear that interaction between artificial intelligence and humans will further increase. In my opinion, there can be happier lives if robots can be used to aid human benefits. For example, robots can work in life-critical jobs where people are risking their lives or, even better, every person can have a helping robot, such as robots that can work and earn money for people. But what I understood after reading A. Huxley’s ‘Brave
This topic has also been discussed by popular figures in
New World’ and G. Orwell’s ‘1984’, is that technology
technology, such as Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates and Elon
has always seemed so close but actually it is not being
Musk. Taking the example of Bill Gates, former boss of
developed that fast, thus there will be a long period of
Microsoft, he claims that people should be concerned with
time before these presumptions will come true. Therefore
the artificial intelligence’s progress although he thinks it will
I believe these discussions are just starting and humans will
take decades for AI to pose a threat to humans. Accordingly,
have plenty of time to observe where these developments
Elon Musk, founder of Paypal and Tesla, also believes that
will take them.
humanity should be careful with AI, as AI can actually have the capability of wiping out the entire humanity with the
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RETAIL OPERATIONS AND ESTIEM’S ACADEMIC DAYS \\ a match made in Porto Retailing is a significant sector of the economy in which changes in markets, firms, processes and products occur rapidly. In particular, the wind that blows from the United States
like Amazon, Zara, Walmart or Best-Buy developed
shows how disruptive it is still possible to be in such a
operational innovations which have been adopted also in
traditional sector. For example, recently, the acquisition
other industries. In the last decade, e-commerce and omni-
by Amazon,a traditionally pure-player retailer, of Whole
channel retailing, technological advances and the rise of big
Pedro Amorim
Foods, a traditionally brick-and-mortar food retailer,
data have changed retail practice, operational requirements
was quite a game-changer, which illustrates that this is an
and the competitive landscape. Retail operations have unique
Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto
industry to be paying attention in the upcoming years.
elements, such as multi-channel operations, assortment planning, shelf-space allocation and store execution that
Within the broad topic of retail, retail operations emerged
are different from issues faced by other players in the
as a substantial and important area of research and practice
supply chain. Furthermore, the direct customer interaction
in recent years. Actually, the retail industry has been a
requires different models from B2B industries that also take
thought leader in the development and design of advanced
into account the consumer interaction. It is also noticeable
operations concepts and processes since the 1990s. Firms
that the continued development of quantitative models,
Pedro Amorim is Assistant Professor at the Industrial
Mellon, Technical University of Berlin, Ingolstadt School
Engineering and Management Department at the Faculty
of Management, University of São Paulo and Technical
of Engineering of University of Porto that also teaches at
University of Lisbon. In recent years, Pedro Amorim has
the Porto Business School. He is the head of the Research
been supervising and conducting numerous national and
Center for Industrial Engineering and Management from
European funded projects, co-authoring more than 20
INESC TEC – Associate Laboratory. Pedro Amorim is also
research papers in the fields of supply chain management,
the co-founder of LTPlabs, which is a boutique management
optimization and fast moving consumer goods.
consultancy company that applies advanced analytical
Pedro is fluent in Portuguese, English and French. He
methods to help making better complex decisions.
received his undergraduate education and the Ph.D.
Sara Martins
INESC TEC
Maria Pires
INESC TEC
degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Pedro Amorim was a FCT and Carnegie Mellon-Portugal scholar and has held visiting appointments at Carnegie
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Universidade do Porto, Portugal.
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“The feedback received was very rewarding and it was clear that this is a topic that is relevant for Industrial Engineering and Management students.”
with these initiatives, we designed the Academic Days in Retail Operations at Porto to bring students from all over Europe to explore this fertile area of knowledge together with researchers who are specialists in this field. The overall idea was to provide morning sessions that expose the main concepts in this field and afternoon
their practical need and the growing availability of data
sessions that were focused on applying them. We also
motivates an increasing number of researchers and
brought along the largest Portuguese food retailer.
practitioners to intensify efforts on demand and supply-
Therefore, besides a visit to their retail operations,
related issues in retail. Clearly, this is a domain in which
participants also had the opportunity to help solving one
Industrial Engineers can help in shaping the future landscape.
of the many challenges they face. The issue was related to
To that end, it is necessary to fully grasp the meaning of
assessing the best way to internalize the picking operations
the word ‘Industrial’ and be comfortable in stretching the knowledge boundaries that we have been self-imposing. In order to address this dynamic setting there are several European initiatives that aim at improving the state-of-theart knowledge and awareness on retail operations. Good examples are the recently formed EURO Working Group in retail operations, which brings together researchers and practitioners with an analytical background to discuss retail operations topics, or the special issue on Retail Operations on OR Spectrum, which is an European scientific journal focusing on Operations Research. In line
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Sara Martins is a researcher at INESC TEC Technology and Science - Associate Laboratory and an Invited Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP). She holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering by FEUP. In 2014 she joined the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at FEUP as a Ph.D. candidate. Her main field of research is Operations Research and Management Science, particularly concerning tactical supply chain planning for retailers.
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To put in action the different concepts exposed in the
outsourced. Hence, groups of students were formed to
morning sessions, afternoon sessions were built around
solve the challenge and the solutions were presented to a
active learning and three case studies were discussed,
jury with senior staff of the food retail company. Regarding
namely: Tesco’s Digital Transformation, Tamago-Ya of
the morning sessions, the key three topics addressed
Japan, and Exel plc-Supply Chain Management at Haus
and the related learning objectives were the following:
Mart.
New Trends in Retail Operations
The results of the event were extraordinary. The feedback
•
• •
Understand the different stages of retail
received was very rewarding and it was clear that this
development
is a topic that is relevant for Industrial Engineering and
and
defining
omni-channel
retailing;
Management students. It is also worth to note that the
Raise awareness of omni-channel operational
general feeling is that retail topics are not covered in most
challenges;
of the Industrial Engineering and Management curricula.
Identify the most suitable strategies for omni-
This impression definitely deserves further attention both
channel retailing in the different segments.
from teachers and students across the different European institutions.
Retail Supply Chain •
Describe the retailer supply chain and recognize the differences to other supply chains;
•
Distinguish the different decision modules of the retail supply chain planning;
•
Identify
and
explain
the
advantages
disadvantages of different network designs Retail Execution •
Recognize the role of retail stores in the supply chain and in omni-channel retailing;
•
Identify the in-store operations and the related stakeholders;
•
Understand the challenge of designing retail stores.
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Maria Pires is PhD candidate in the Doctoral Program in Engineering and Industrial Management, in Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP), a researcher at INESC TEC Technology and Science - Associate Laboratory, and an Invited Professor at FEUP. Her main field of research is Operations Research and Management Science. Within this scientific area, she is focused on grocery retailing, more specifically in studying ways to improve space management in retail stores.
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CAREER
TRAINEE EXPERIENCE \\ Junior Managers Program at Bosch Lea Bäumann has studied Industrial engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt. After her studies she joined the Junior Managers Program (JMP) at Bosch with a focus on purchasing. The Trainee Program prepares highly qualified young professionals to assume management responsibility. In the interview with ESTIEM, Lea talks about her experiences with the JMP. What happened in the selection procedure for the
interview. Applicants who didn’t make it to the next round
trainee position?
were invited to a feedback talk where they were given the
I sent my application documents at the end of July via
reasons for the decision.
the applicant portal. I received an invitation to a phone
Lea Bäumann
Bosch Trainee
interview which was run by an external supplier very
In my interview in the afternoon we discussed my CV again,
quickly. The phone call was mostly about my CV, my first
my practical year abroad and my motivation for the Junior
experiences with leadership and the experiences I had
Managers’ Program. I also received feedback on what
gathered abroad during my practical year in Xi’an in China.
impressions I’d made on the observers during the various tasks in the morning.
Only a few days later I received an invitation to the assessment
initial
After only a day I got a call to organise an appointment
uncertainty and nerves disappeared very quickly as the
center
applicants@bosch.
The
for my next interview with my future mentor and Human
atmosphere in the assessment center was very respectful
Resources.
and the applicants were given some time to talk and take a break.
This talk was largely on technical subjects, my Master’s degree which I was writing at the time and then again on
Also, the tasks were challenging but doable. The other
the leadership experience which I’d already had.
applicants and personnel were very open and friendly.
After the talk, my mentor and the HR representative gave
I can only recommend to be yourself, not only for the
me positive feedback and told me that I only had one
Assessment Center but also for the entire application
more hurdle to pass. Then followed a 30-minute talk with
process, authentic and to not misrepresent yourself. In
Mr. Nowak, the President of Corporate Purchasing and
addition, it helped me a lot to talk openly with the other
Logistics.
applicants and solve the team tasks together. I was given direct oral acceptance in this talk and had the After an individual case study, a self-presentation and a
job offer in the mail a short time later. The application
group discussion, we were told whether we had made it
process went unbelievably quickly, it took exactly one
into the next selection round and could stay for a further
month from sending in my application documents to
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CAREER the time of acceptance. During the entire time I had the
take part in negotiations. In addition I had the chance to
impression that not only was I applying to Bosch, but that
visit my project’s new supplier in Bulgaria and to conduct a
the company was also “applying” to me.
FMEA with the project team.
What is the overall process of the trainee program?
My second station in Project Purchasing, however, was
The Bosch Junior Managers Program prepares you to
more technical as it concerned the identification of the cost-
assume management responsibility in the future. The idea
saving potentials of a product manufactured on site. For
is to get to know the various divisions of the company over
this I organized workshops with Production, had technical
the 24 months of the Program. As a Purchasing trainee, I
discussions with suppliers, and drove the implementation
am organisationally with CP (Corporate Purchasing); one
of the results. In addition, I had the opportunity to be
of my two personal mentors is also located there and has
creative in this station as I had to develop a system for
given me good advice throughout the program. As I’m
the calculation and assessment of packaging prices. In
making my program in the Power Tools business unit, I
the course of this I was in close contact with the sites in
have another mentor there who is also accompanying me
Mexicali and West Memphis and was also allowed to take a
the whole time, giving me technical support and helping
business trip there for data recording and analysis.
with my station planning. I’m currently spending my station abroad in Project The individual stations last between three and six months.
Purchasing again and am looking after five local cost-savings
Apart from various Purchasing departments, a station
projects in Penang, Malaysia. However, the projects here
abroad and a functional change are also intended. When
are more advanced than those in Leinfelden, which is
I started the first two stations were already fully planned,
why my tasks here concern more sample acquisition and
I could actively help plan the other stations, based on
qualification, tests and releases.
my ideas and interests. I spent my first station in Buyout Purchasing in Leinfelden. After this I changed to Project
Apart from day-to-day business, I’ve also been involved in
Purchasing at the same site for the blue power tools. I’m
some projects of the children’s aid organization Primavera,
currently making my station abroad in Malaysia and am
which was founded and is still supported by Bosch
working in Project Purchasing here too. Owing to the
employees. For example, I designed and marketed the
experience I’d already had in Leinfelden, I was able to find
2017 Primavera calendar with other JMP colleagues and
my way here very quickly and take over subprojects.
sold it at my site. I also supported the Spring concert of the Bosch Jazz Orchestra and organized a two-day jazz concert
Another decisive advantage of the program is the many
for Christmas. One hundred percent of the proceeds
seminars you can visit. These include obligatory seminars
from all activities went to support Primavera projects. The
depending on the functional area, seminars on leadership
voluntary work isn’t just a pleasure because you can achieve
topics and those which you can choose depending on your
something good, but also because the collaboration with
interests.
the JMP colleagues is extremely efficient. Everyone gives their best effort and we don’t forget to have some fun
Highlights during the program also include the JMP meetings, which take place within the functional area, in an international setting, as well as interdisciplinarily. This is always a good opportunity for getting to know each other and for networking. There are usually also management representatives at the evening meetings who were present at the seminar/workshop during the day. So there’s always the opportunity to ask all sorts of questions and dive into interesting discussions. What are your main tasks and activities on a normal work day? I spent my first station in Buyout Purchasing in Leinfelden at Power Tools, where I took over one complete project from a colleague and supported another. My tasks were therefore very strongly influenced by project management activities. I also analised offers and helped to prepare and
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together.
CAREER Regarding work-life-balance: how many hours do
How do you find the work atmosphere in the
you work in a week?
company?
My regular working time during the week is 40 hours,
The work atmosphere has been very open, warm and
which I can organise myself. So far this has gone smoothly
friendly in all departments. I have already experienced in
at each station. Of course, there are more stressful times
China that Bosch allocates great value on appreciating their
when I stay in the office longer, but in return I can leave
employees. This was what mostly persuaded me to apply
earlier on the quiet days.
for the entry-level position as a trainee at Bosch.
I like to come to the office in the early morning and thus
In every station so far I’ve built a comprehensive network
also leave a bit earlier - that way I can enjoy a few hours of
of colleagues who I regularly keep in contact with, even
sport or with friends during the day. Everyone can manage
after the end of the station, this also applies to my bosses.
their working hours as they like.
Friendships which go beyond the day-to-day business have also developed among the trainee colleagues at the JMP
As sport helps me to forget work for a few hours and relax,
meetings, Primavera activities, and seminars. In addition,
I always take time for it at least twice a week, even in the
there is a large and highly active network of trainees who
more stressful project phases.
do things occasionally in the evenings in the Stuttgart area. As you can see in one of the pictures below, the contacts
Apart from sport, I really like to explore the world. I’m
are so close that we visit each other even during our
able to take some great holidays with my annual vacation
international stations and discover new cultures together.
and some flexi hours. In my current station in Malaysia, for example, I can leave earlier on quiet Fridays and take
Another advantage of this open work atmosphere is that at
a flight to Singapore, Cambodia or Bangkok and enjoy two
each station, I was already able to work on tasks faster and
full days of sightseeing.
more effectively and on problems more efficiently through my network of trainees and former colleagues, because I
In general, I can say that all my bosses have paid a lot of attention that I take my holidays regularly and have a proper work-life balance. However, there’s also a certain self-discipline required and everyone has to look after their own harmony and should know how to relax in stressful phases and take a break.
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could make use of several areas of knowledge.
CAREER
Your conclusion about the Bosch Junior Managers
to design the search for a permanent position. This isn’t
Program?
fixed at the start of the program and needs to be actively
I am still as happy with my decision to dedicate myself to
found by the JMP participant. This ensures that each JMP
two exciting years of new experiences and challenges as I
participant can optimally include their interests, abilities and
was at the beginning of the program.
experience and find their ideal position.
I was given a lot of trust at each station so that I was able to
Lastly, I would like to highlight the intensive support of my
assert myself in challenging tasks and assume responsibility
mentors who answer every question, always have an open
for my own results. This really encourages faith in your
ear and drive personal development. Open feedback with
own abilities and I therefore enter the first meetings with
my mentors and managers after or during the individual
experienced colleagues in a new station with a lot more
stations also helps to balance my self-image and the views
self-confidence than at the start of the program.
of my managers/mentors which consequently drive constant development. My entry into working life couldn’t
Apart from the exciting and challenging tasks, the
have been better.
performance-related salary and open-ended work contract you receive from the start obviously speak for themselves. Another advantage of the program is the variety of the divisions, functions and tasks you come into contact with. Thanks to the many insights, you get a good sense of what to do after you finished the program and can actively help
Interested in joining the Junior Managers Program? Apply online!
www.start-a-remarkable-career.de
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CAREER
ESTIEM ALUMNI INTERVIEW Edwin van Rest
ESTIEM ALUMNI INTERVIEW \\ Edwin van Rest
Tell us about your career until now:
What does your average working day look like?
As a spin off of the ESTIEM Student Guide, I founded
There is no average day as I am travelling a lot. Overall
StudyPortals in 2009 with two ESTIEM friends. We are on
•
10% in transit
a mission to make education choice transparent globally.
•
20% coaching our awesome management team and
We help students finding all their study options globally in
•
extended leadership team
Edwin van Rest Local Group Eindhoven
one platform, and make an informed choice on the basis of
20% coaching the North American troops that are conquering the promised land: USA
a wealth of data. We help institutions recruiting students
•
20% key clients and partners
from all over the world through one channel, on the basis
•
20% innovative projects and product innovation
of results.
•
10% recruiting global talents that want to help us make the world a better place through more equal
It took us about five years to fully conquer Europe, since
international education opportunities.
2014 we are going after the world. Now we work for 2,550 universities from 110 countries. We have about 29 million
What are your plans for the future?
student users this year, 200 people in the team, offices
Building the Amazon of learning.
in Australia, Netherlands, UK, US, Romania, Mexico, Sri Lanka and still growing rapidly.
Which impact did ESTIEM have on your career? A great impact - I had a lot of fun and made friends I still meet today. Also it developed my skills as a leader and it
Your name:
sparked the idea for the business. I think we recruited over
Edwin van Rest
15 ESTIEMers over the company’s lifetime.
Your Local Group: Eindhoven
Tell us your most memorable ESTIEM story.
Year of graduation:
That’s classified.
2006 Your current job:
What is your advice to current ESTIEMers?
Co-Founder and CEO of studyportals.com
The world is at your feet. Dream big and go for it. You have
Your current living place:
very little to lose.
Boston Who do you choose as the next ESTIEM Alumnus to be interviewed? Kees Jochem Wehrmeijer
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ESTIEM ALUMNI INTERVIEW \\ Csaba Hartmann
Tell us about your career until now:
Which impact did ESTIEM have on your career?
After the MPhil graduation I joined BCG in Budapest
ESTIEM helped me a lot to have a broader understanding
and have been a consultant ever since. I was working on
of cultures, feel comfortable in performing in challenging
projects in Greece, Slovenia, Romania, Czech Republic, the
situations and to develop soft skills to be successful at
United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. My main focus was
work. On top of that ESTIEM supported me in realizing
on strategic transformation and operations improvement
how important it is to be responsible for our work and use
in the energy, financial services and industrial goods sector.
our capabilities to develop our surroundings.
Prior to BCG I was an intern at Continental Automotive
Tell us your most memorable ESTIEM story.
in Japan. It was a fantastic experience to learn about
My most memorable ESTIEM event was the Summer
manufacturing in a completely different environment.
Academy in Siegen in 2010 with Jim Platts. We were staying in this picturesque cottage in the forest and spent 14 days
What does your average working day look like?
together on reflecting on the purpose of life.
I usually start the day with a swim or some sports to freshen up the mind. This is followed by a healthy breakfast that
What is your advice to current ESTIEMers?
usually includes a discussion with a colleague on how to
Be bold and ambitious. You need to be brave and believing
‘divide and conquer’ for that day. After breakfast I am
in yourself that you can achieve what you dream about.
heading to the client office to facilitate a workshop or discuss
Think about what you are good at, what you are passionate
plans on how to move on with the project. At the end of
about, what you can be paid for and what the world needs.
the afternoon I usually head back to the hotel a bit earlier to
This will be your main purpose to focus on.
do a bit of gym and refuel with an early, light dinner. After
Your name:
dinner I participate in a few meetings with colleagues on the project and thereafter, I retire to my room and call my family and friends or read a book. What are your plans for the future? I would like to build up my own company, where I manufacture a product that can create a big impact on the region, contribute to its development and which I am passionate about. I also would like to take a gap year to try out things that I would normally not do, e.g. become a barista, sommelier, baker, farmer...
Csaba Hartmann Your Local Group: Cambridge, Budapest Year of graduation: 2015 Your current job: Consultant at BCG Your current living place: Toronto Who do you choose as the next ESTIEM Alumnus to be interviewed? Rogier de Jonge
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Csaba Hartmann Local Group Budapest, Cambridge
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THE CATERPILLAR AND THE BUTTERFLY \\ A story about ESTIEM’s transformation “There’s nothing harder to change than people. Except organisations, because they’re made of lots of them.” Motivation
Thought Process
Our Board had an especially hard time at goal setting. Our
We set out with the goal of adapting the backbone
initial discussions always led to some minor initiatives and
structure of ESTIEM to better serve the purposes of the
adjustments, but nothing really seemed to hit the nail on
network. Projects were no longer fitting the definition of
the head.
a project, and the current system did not create much
Pedro Schuller However, by the time of our second Board Meeting, we had
Vice President of a common understanding of a root cause for many of the Finance 2016/2017, problems in ESTIEM. I remember writing on a whiteboard Local Group that “Central ESTIEM revolves too much around itself ”, Porto not focused on delivering value for the IEM students and
freedom for new ideas to be tried out and implemented. The first part of this journey went through the depths of documents and forum posts of the past three to four years. We were delighted to find out that plenty before us have stumbled upon this problem and recognised that ESTIEM
associations it supposedly is there for.
was having excessive coordination efforts.
For us it was like Central ESTIEM was an organisation that
Some of them suggested that for the structure to be able
was an end in itself, a platform for people to get engaged in
to bear an increasing number of initiatives and services,
international work, but that wasn’t really there to produce
without becoming impossible to manage, was to cluster
anything, as long as people were busy. Of course, this was
the current activities in some way, creating purpose - and
an exaggeration at the time, but we felt that ESTIEM could
not brand-driven environments. We had particular affinity
really be much more than what we were used to.
with this idea, and decided to explore more deeply, in one way by reading further on organisational design, and
“The opposite of getting better is a form of natural degradation, this occurs with entropy -everything gets worse over time - so just to keep organisations even we still have to have improvement” - Gregory H. Watson
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in another by having a chat with some professors of the area. After several iterations of the proposal with previous board members, leaders, and actives, we presented a proposal whose main components were the creation of Departments, a rearrangement of Committees and a reflection on Board positions.
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Implementation
chance to team-build and discuss important topics- and the
Most discussions and ideas in ESTIEM are exciting to come
Handover Board Meeting. We were happy to find that six
up with, and sound great on paper, but require quite
ESTIEMers were excited to grab this project by the horns
some willpower to implement. The structure change is no
and give it a personal touch as well. Perhaps that is one of
different. The main hardship we faced during this process
our biggest victories.
was transparency. How could we communicate something early enough, but that we felt was not ready yet? How can
At the present date, some of the changes are becoming
we transmit a complex proposal that we are in shoulders-
visible. All four Departments have their own CoM, and the
deep to people that are hearing it for the first time?
Committee structure is being reformed. We can expect talks and proposals for new Board positions soon. The new
Moreover, an earlier version of the proposal had impacts
structure also allows for more financial flexibility. Still, a lot
on certain traditions that are very dear to active ESTIEMers,
remains open. Many answers will have arrived by the time
such as elections, titles, names and positions. We
this article is published, and I confess to be very curious
underestimated the resistance that these changes would
about those. One thing is for sure, though. At the center
bring, which led us to reduce some of the implications of
of this movement will be the people, the current and future
the proposal. The 27th Board had quite some fun on its
leadership of ESTIEM.
fifth Board Meeting, in Berlin, where we spent our time in pairs having Skype chats with Leaders and Applicants, trying
Even though what motivates this change is to provide more
to convince them of our vision. What’s a journey without
value to IEMers and Member Associations in general, the
some bumps in the road?
people that, through their voluntary work and passion, actually make it all possible, must also be ultimately able to
Future
take more from ESTIEM and get their deserved recognition.
The proposal was approved with a comfortable majority
Therefore, I’d like to thank my Co-Boardies, my professors
at CM Poznan. It was crucial for our Board and Boards to
José and Américo, but also the new Leaders, as well as
come to have a mandate to change things significantly. The
Diogo, Francisca, Yassine, Joonas, Sunny and Minh, for
structure change was a major part of both the Leader’s
taking this challenge as their own.
CoM -an event where the newly elected Leaders had the References: “Getting organisational redesign right”, Mckinsey Quarterly (June 2015); “10 Principles of Organisation Design”, strategy+business, Issue 79 (Summer 2015)
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HOW TO IMPROVE THE IMAGE OF YOUR LOCAL GROUP Public Relations is a key topic within ESTIEM. How students, universities and companies see and understand ESTIEM and everything that is done within our network is very important, which is why we need to have a well-recognized brand .
Jaime Garcia Hernanz Local Group Madrid
Evgenia Mingaleeva Local Group St. Petersburg
The image of ESTIEM is not just what is shown in Central
The best way to engage your audience is interacting with
ESTIEM channels, as social media or posters; the biggest
them. Being creative and asking them questions can boost
part of the image of ESTIEM are the 79 Local Groups and
your reach. For example on Facebook, when someone
that is the reason why we should focus on having a high
likes, comments or shares one of your posts, it appears
quality local PR.
in the wall of all their friends, so you can use it to increase your influence.
How can the PRC help your Local Group
Always analise your social media statistics to know what
The ESTIEM Public Relations Committee (PRC) has
kind of posts and which posting hours work better, usually
numerous tools to support Local Groups to get their PR
it is between 19:00 and 21:00 CET.
to the highest level. In this article, some useful links will be
You can also create a spreadsheet to organise the posts
mentioned with numbers, you can find all of them at the
weekly or monthly and afterwards schedule them in the
end of the article.
social media tools to be posted automatically.
In order to improve the communication between local
Remember that if you are organising an event, the Central
VPs of PR and between them and the PRC, a Facebook
ESTIEM Facebook page should create it and for that,
group [1] has been created to get general updates and
you should send the description and a cover picture to
support each other. Furthermore, everybody related with
FBevents.prc@estiem.org. You can also send pictures to
PR in ESTIEM can join the PRC email lists [2] to be always
this email list after any event to be posted on the ESTIEM
updated on what is happening in the PR field of ESTIEM.
facebook and Instagram page. Besides being creative, your content should be attractive,
How to use Social Media as a Professional
so you may need to create proper designs.
The first step is to define your target group: Who do you want to reach? Do you want to recruit new members for
How to design as a Professional
your Local Group? Do you want to attract ESTIEMers from
The image of a Local Group consists of many factors and
other LGs to travel to your events? Do you want to get
the design of promotional materials of the Local Group
sponsors?
plays an important role here. However, there is a huge
By defining your target group you can decide the language
tendency among ESTIEM Local Groups to misunderstand
and the words you should use and the channels you could
and underestimate the influence of “beautiful pictures” on
use to better achieve your goals.
their social media pages, although they could get a lot of
Remember that it is not the same to use Facebook,
benefit from it.
Instagram or LinkedIn. All of them have different
Firstly, let’s have a look at probably the easiest explanatory
approaches.
reason – human psychology. It is always more pleasant
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for us to keep our eye on something that looks good and
Relations Committee works a lot on helping Local Groups
creative. That is why a well-done design will definitely catch
in their design-related tasks and problems and promotes
the attention and raise the interest of the reader or viewer
the idea of working together and sharing experience. For
faster than the same thing, but with less quality.
example, through the PRC sharing platform [3], where Local Groups can share their editable design files, templates, look
A second reason is professionalism. When your post
for inspiration and take the best out of each other.
is well-designed and well-structured it is automatically
“It is always more pleasant for us to keep our eye on something that looks good and creative.”
If you need help with any PR or design matters, don’t hesitate to contact help.prc@estiem.org. PRC Heroes are here for you!
present showing your organisation, Local Group or project more professional to the eyes of subscribers or partners. Needless to say, that following general ESTIEM guidelines
PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE
[2] perfectly contributes to this. It is a clear sign which
USEFUL EMAIL LISTS:
says: “We have our own identity, we know how to convey
FBevents.prc@estiem.org
information, we know what we are doing and it is safe and
help.prc@estiem.org
beneficial for you to cooperate with us”.
prc@estiem.org
The third reason which leads to benefits is what we can call
PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE
“concernment”. When you devote a lot of time to how an
USEFUL LINKS:
information will look, you get a clear impression that you
[1] http://bit.ly/PRCHeroesWhatsAppGroup
are not indifferent about how it will be perceived by your
http://bit.ly/PRCEmailLists
audience. There is an element of care and responsibility
http://bit.ly/LocalVPsPRFacebookGroup
that causes more trust and loyalty, attracting more people
[2] http://bit.ly/ESTIEMPRGuidelines
to your work.
[3] http://bit.ly/ESTIEMPRSharingPlatform http://bit.ly/ESTIEMPRMaterials
Taking these reasons into account in your PR strategy will
http://bit.ly/ESTIEMPRTrainings
provide an excellent frame to the image of your Local
http://bit.ly/ESTIEMPRCDrive
Group, but this is not the only condition for success. Public
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LEAN SIX SIGMA \\ Passion to work makes it well-driven and exciting A short story from the Lean Six Sigma team. What it means to work on the Lean Six Sigma Course, which is still a new service in ESTIEM. This article presents three perspectives of different team members: the leadership, the knowledge management and the PR; providing an overview on the future of the course.
Transformation from Initiative to Project
ESTIEMers. Many things are still new, the pace of work is
When I joined the initiative, it was still a small team
fast but what makes me feel right are clear goals, which I
compared to what we have now. The reason why I got
have in mind to make happen during my mandate; and an
interested in the LSS team was that, during my previous
amazing commitment of the team members.
experiences, I used to participate in many student activities
Izabela Pres Local Group, Warsaw, Eindhoven
where Lean was the main learning outcome. When I heard
Knowledge Management, a pivotal Step in the
that there was a LSS Initiative within ESTIEM, I got excited
Development of the Project
and I instantly wanted to contribute and make other
Everything started by sending the application for the
students learn this methodology.
Dortmund Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training Event. During this event, I found myself giving feedback to the
Both the team and the offering have developed since
Lean Six Sigma team that was delivering the training in pure
the time I joined. In the beginning, I was facilitating team
LSS spirit, but joining the LSS team was quite inadvertent.
chats and creating new processes, Corporate Relations communication and new positions within the team which were needed for new arising tasks. Soon the team started having discussions about becoming a Project during Council
Carlo Panieri Local Group Milan
Meeting Poznan. When it was clear who would be taking the responsibility for this transformation, I could not believe that I gained such great trust from my team members. This
“The high-paced growth of the project and the mutable environment make us work like a start-up, and this is what I love about my experience in the LSS team.”
meant representing them as an applicant for a leadership position, which was formally the first leadership position
I had not planned it and neither thought about it until Mikko,
for that team.
Izàbela and Jukkis offered me this chance. Loving challenges as I do, I said “Yes”, and after understanding which were my
The transformation and the change of leaders was a
initial role and responsibilities, I started my Lean Six Sigma
big step forward for the LSS Initiative as well as for me.
journey. After joining the team, I found what I expected:
The transformation of the decision making process was
strong values, determination and passion. The high-paced
quite challenging. Not only because of being responsible
growth of the project and the mutable environment make
for what was happening so far, but also from the side of
us work like a start-up, and this is what I love about my
building new processes and developing our offering for
experience in the LSS team. As knowledge manager and community responsible, my work is based on managing the team knowledge to make the Green Belt course self-sustainable, and on monitoring and guiding our participants throughout the process to get the Green Belt Certificate. To do so, we have collected participants’ feedback and progress, and created the ESTIEM Lean Six Sigma Green Belts Network, which is currently a Facebook group. This network allows participants who went through the theoretical Green Belt Course to interact with each other, to directly contact the LSS team and share thoughts or questions regarding the whole process of becoming a Green Belt.
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system has three key elements: the team, the offering and
I loved ESTIEM from the moment I joined the network, but
the participants. The team is still in its development phase,
I was missing the connection with Quality Management. I
which is now led by process standardisation. Whereas
soon found the missing link in the Lean Six Sigma Initiative
for the offering, we now focus on Local Group Courses
that gave me the amazing chance to put my learning to
and LSS Trainers for two main reasons. First, there is an
practice and to dive into what I care about by getting key
increasing interest among Local Groups in delivering the
knowledge for my career.
Green Belt Course at their universities. Secondly, the team needs to increase the number of professional trainers
After having learnt about the problems and opportunities
who can facilitate sessions during the Green Belt Course.
that the LSS Initiative faced and being amazed by the
Establishing a closer relationship with Local Groups and
commitment and passion of the dear Finnish LSS Initiative
a clear vision for the LSS Trainer development path will
founders, I joined the team as PR responsible. What drives
create more value for our participants, which are the third
the PR of the team is the willingness to demystify the
key element of our system.
concept of Lean Six Sigma and to eliminate the barriers between it and ESTIEMers.
From all this, we set the rest of our goals: a keen attention
The main goal for PR is to periodically explain what is Lean
to numbers and objectives, and to quality, an essential
Six Sigma to new ESTIEMers and how it represents a pivotal
aspect of our course which is reached by making sure that
opportunity to boost their knowledge and careers.
every part of the project gets the attention it deserves.
An additional PR goal comes from our participants’ passion. Our communication starts from inside out and we use the
For the near future, we see a possible cooperation with
team’s transparency as a key element to communicate.
ESTIEM Alumni, who will implement a Black Belt course in
The mix of both features gave us the chance to work on
their network. This entails a potential mentoring program
the “Participant Experience” project, which aims to collect
between Black and Green Belts as a support during the LSS
participants’ perspective of their journey.
journey in ESTIEM and while doing Green Belt projects
Finally, in order to eliminate barriers, we are creating more
within companies.
participant-friendly, easy to follow and useful LSS material. Finally, the team will focus on reaching a larger number of Sustainability. Reach. Quality.
ESTIEMers who want to learn LSS on the Green Belt level
Three words that define the LSS team’s future plans. The
and later spread the LSS philosophy Europe wide.
rimary mission is to create a sustainable system. Our
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Maja Ostojić
Local Group Belgrade
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25th Birthday A series of Total Quality Management seminars sparked a cutting edge project that is now almost a quarter of a century old! .
Rita Mendes
Local Group Aveiro
Sara Zivanov
Local Group Novi Sad
Orange all the way!
(1992) by the first ever president of ESTIEM, Christoph
Vision is a Europe-wide seminar series that aims to
Hagedorn. It was set during a Council Meeting – as befits
bring fresh, unconventional and innovative content to its
it is a Project that is the perfect representation of ESTIEM,
participants. It gives IEM students practical insight into
with 50% work hard and 50% play hard.
modern day industry through lectures, workshops and
Christoph and his fellow ESTIEMers were looking for a
company visits.
way to fundraise for a study trip to Japan and ultimately
But there is more to any Project than a simple event
decided to make a project out of it. Being the early 90s,
description. Vision is about pushing the boundaries of what
ISO standards and Total Quality Management (TQM) were
contemporary is. It’s about growing by learning. It’s about
a hot topic and important subject at universities. Japan was,
that special “orange spirit“ that buzzes through each event.
at the time, a leader in this field, which made European
Vision is about getting out of your comfort zone, exploring
companies more interested in the project. Therefore,
a different country while meeting new friends and creating
TQM was chosen as the topic for the first ever Vision series
memories.
and made history as one of the most ingenious examples
And with 25 different topics, 29 leaders, more than 270
of fundraising in ESTIEM – gathering today’s equivalent
events and countless motivated team members throughout
of 280,000 Euros, which covered the travel fees for 40
the years, Vision has more than enough of those memories
participants for 30 days– including 32 company visits in
all stacked up…
Japan, US and China.
Out-of-the-box Nothing great ever happens by taking small, careful steps, by hiding in the background, by keeping in the shadows. Great things happen by being fearless, making bold moves
“Great things happen by being fearless, making bold moves and aiming high.”
and aiming high. 1993 was a year of explosions within ESTIEM, a year when
What makes this even more amazing is that it was done
many remarkable accomplishments happened, including the
when the internet was still in its infancy. Teams from several
creation of one of the oldest Projects of this organisation
different Local Groups were working on managing their
– Vision.
local seminars and all of the communication was done by
The Initiative for the Project was born only a year earlier
faxes, phone calls or simple mail.
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INSIDE ESTIEM This made the first Vision series a huge success and created a major challenge for the future generations. While some of the following series struggled with certain features, each team tried to challenge everything that has been done and gave their own personal direction to the Project. The Project evolved, but some things stayed the same. The desire to learn, change, challenge the status quo, push the boundaries and keep the ESTIEM spirit at its highest, all with an orange twist! You need Vision to see! Throughout the years Vision tried to introduce ESTIEMers to topics from different sides of the IEM spectrum: starting with TQM, following with everything from Economics and Ecology to Renewables, and currently thriving in the series devoted to Smart Factories. But can a series of seminars really make an impact? Can it make a difference to its participants, organisers and central team? Taking into consideration how much initiative and creativity event participants tend to show, it’s not surprising how many of them pursued leadership positions within ESTIEM later on. Moreover, becoming aware of your professional environment during your studies can set the tone for your future profession, can help you find a place in a vast IEM field that exists today and set some principles to be applied in your future career. Achieving something seemingly impossible in its first edition has made an impact not only on the Project itself and all of the people involved, but on the entire event based nature of Projects and services in ESTIEM. And it all started with that one study trip... Where do you see yourself in 25 years? Today, we are living in the Industry 4.0 time. Time of automation, cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things, cloud computing and cognitive computing, 3D printing and Artificial Intelligence usage in factories. The synergy between human and machine is greater than ever.
“The synergy between human and machine is greater than ever.” New technologies are emerging in every field and will soon be a vital part of industry as we know it. Being ready on time and knowing this technology from its roots is something to be expected of every IEM student who aims to be part of the future industry. The 25th edition of this amazing Project is here to challenge the status quo once again and bring back some old habits with new flavours and improvements. The study trip was the spark that initiated Vision, it was the heart and the core of the Project. The “Smart Factories” team is going back to its roots and re-installing the study trip again! So grab those orange glasses and be ready to envision the future because…. WE NEED VISION TO SEE.
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BOARD HANDOVER Introducing the 28th Board needed Internal Regulations for me to apply, since my Local
Diogo Sá, President interviewed by Taavi Valgerist
Group was an observer, and a third one, for the application of Local Hero. In Poznan, I had another voting sheet, but this time for my application for president. How do you prepare for presentations? Well, for me preparing for a presentation is becoming comfortable with the content you are presenting. Confidence is the key to communicate a solid and How many voting sheets have had your name on them so far? If we only count those with my name, then only four, but with the Local Group’s ones, I had six! I had three voting sheets at Novi Sad, one to be elected as Language Programme Project Leader, another to overrule the
effective message! It does take quite some effort to get to a comfortable level, but it is achievable with enough practice and motivation. It’s not about memorizing, but understanding, and I think that makes a substantial difference. Then of course, you need good slides and good designs to convey your message correctly and a lot of faith that you will not forget everything last minute.
that I still work with in ESTIEM and of course tasty Turkish food. Now that I think about it, during the first night I
Joonas Kaijala, Vice President of Activities interviewed by Rebekka Nagel
arrived a bit late and before I knew it, I was wrapped up in toilet paper...Those were the days. What was you main motivation to apply? “One more year”!? After an intense year in the local board of the mother organisation I decided to retire and study like a real student. I was so proud of myself and almost felt like an adult. I studied for three months and wrapped up my Bachelor thesis. At the same time I was organising a few What was your most memorable ESTIEM event ?
more events locally. I was really interested in what kinds of
Many people say that the first events are the most
new event concepts could pop up in the near future. I also
memorable ones. Even though I keep on experiencing
wanted to see how Local Groups work differently and see
new things during ESTIEM events all the time, the LR
how much they could benefit from each other. So mostly
Forum organized by Istanbul-Bogazici still remains the most
it was the interest in innovation. I can’t lie though, I also
memorable event for me: intense trainings, great people
wanted to travel with awesome people for a bit longer!
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INSIDE ESTIEM What’s you favourite James Bond movie and why? We all can agree that the real James Bond is Sean Connery, the true embodiment of James Bond, bringing up all
Francisca Painhas, Vice President of Administration interviewed by Tiago Carvalho
the charm, humor and skills that are expected from the character. With this, one would arrive to the conclusion that “Goldfinger” would be the best, not only as the origin of the amazing martini quote and the Bond Girl’s name, but mainly because the movie showcases the essence of the series. However, THE James Bond movie is “Dr. No”. It is still a modest movie with a solo hero beyond all organisations. This would be what I would say had I ever watched any of the movies. Your glasses are very famous in ESTIEM for their blue light filtering capabilities. If you could make them filter something else what would that be? This question. What’s the one thing from Porto that you would like to always be able to carry in your suitcase? That’s a hard question. There is an endless list of things
Portugal and that I would love to also share with the others. But there is one thing that just can’t be found anywhere I go (except for some rare occasions): the weather. Porto’s climate is quite peculiar. Not very extreme, with heat waves that make it impossible to breathe, nor too cold during the winter months, awarding us with some amazingly enjoyable 25ºC+ days in October and November that makes the perfect occasions to go to the beach or just enjoy a sunset at Virtudes. But for some reason, these days only happen when I am not there to enjoy them. My hopes would be that if I would carry it with me, I would be able to enjoy it as well, or that I keep others from enjoying it without me.
that I would like to always carry with me from Porto and
Which ESTIEM event would you like to visit? We have a lot of great Events in ESTIEM but the one which attracts me the most at the moment is the IEM
Sunny-David Schneider interviewed by Milena Popovic
Caring Convention. The Convention gathers students, professionals and professors who are concerned with and about the state of our society, and who are eager to get together and discuss ways to build a better future. Driven by having a positive impact, especially in social and environmental matters, this seems a good platform to learn from people with experience and discuss what could be ESTIEM’s role in Europe.
What do you see as a strength/ weakness of our PRC? What is the role of PRC for you? Public Relations Committee (PRC) is a place where
What kind of traffic sign do you feel like?
ESTIEMers are able to learn new skills, e.g. teamwork,
Pedestrian crossing (Zebra crossing).
strategic thinking, designing and many more. The visibility
“Crosswalks are designed to keep pedestrians together
aspect, the fact that you see the outcome of your work
where they can be seen by motorists and where they
and the variation of tasks makes it attractive for ESTIEMers
can cross most safely across the flow of vehicular traffic.”
to join.
(Wikipedia)
Another aspect is the digitalisation of the world. Especially
As a Bordie, my personal goal is to create an environment
media is something that ESTIEMers can use in their daily
where ESTIEMers can achieve their goals with guidance
life to share useful content with the world and to boost
and certainty. Supporting them also in their personal
their career with LinkedIn as an example. The benefit for
and professional development by providing them with
ESTIEM is that we have a lot of diverse ideas and support
the opportunities and resources, like a huge portfolio of
from all over Europe which can improve the image of the
different events and a network of people from all over
ESTIEM brand.
Europe but also the playground to try out something new.
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INSIDE ESTIEM Board, I like to shape plans and add a critical layer to our work. Besides that, I like to entertain the Board by sending
Yassine Belghazi Vice President of Finance interviewed by Pedro Schuller
them silly videos and discovering funny energizers during the breaks of our long and demanding Board Meetings. What were your main motivations to apply? Two main factors made me apply for the Board. The first one is the development and learning opportunities you encounter while being in the Board. It is a unique opportunity to acquire a new set of skills necessary for your development as a person and as a student in an What do you believe to be your role in this Board? Besides the core treasurer functions of a Vice President of Finance, my role in the Board is to take care of the structural changes, the legal matters and development of the Business Department of ESTIEM along with my Leaders. Within the
open-minded international environment. The second one is getting the opportunity to work and travel with a strongly purpose-driven team striving for the development of ESTIEM and for connecting students from all around Europe.
that a good team is one of the most important aspects of
Minh Le, Vice President of Education interviewed by Aytaç Isik
work. Regarding this, I think all of us get to learn a lot. How to lead team members, motivate them or develop them is something I learned through mistakes. I still have a lot to learn in this field because every person is so different. I am sure the knowledge I gathered in ESTIEM will help me a lot in my future life, yet I believe there is still so much to learn in ESTIEM and I am looking forward to learn from future mistakes. What is the most important thing you learned through your time in ESTIEM? What are you still
What do you think of the Pink Floyd lyrics on the
learning?
lack of need for education?
There are a lot of things I learned in ESTIEM. I can’t really
Come on! It is Pink Floyd so for sure I like it! I think the more
say one is more important than the other. In the end, all the
interesting part is the phrase “We don’t need no education”
things I learned here developed me into the person I am
in the song. By now, it is tradition that every Vice President
today. But maybe there are two things I’d like to point out.
of Education hears it from their Co-Boardies. I take it with
The first thing is to reflect on my actions and on myself. I
humour because I know that they don’t really mean it. I am
think ESTIEM has helped me a lot to get to know myself
pretty sure each of them is aware that education is and will
better by showing me what I can’t do or where I can
be a crucial part of ESTIEM. I think education has its own
improve. I still stumble and make mistakes but you learn
shortcomings but maybe we should try to work towards
from these experiences and there are a lot of people who
fixing these problems so that in the future not even Pink
can help you overcome the challenges. The second thing is
Floyd would claim that we don’t need education.
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LEADING CHANGE TOWARDS A CARING SOCIETY \\ a short update from the IEM Caring Foundation Some might remember the early days when the caring
purpose. The ESTIEMers attending the Sustainability
mindset and entrepreneurial spirit of a few ESTIEMers,
Bootcamp in the Bavarian Alps in October have partaken
ESTIEM Alumni and EPIEM professors resulted in the birth
in a first-hand experience from the Strong Sustainability.
of the IEM Caring Foundation. Back then it was mainly the
Both are not meant to be one-time events. The dates for
Club of 100 and the will to develop something with a wider
the ESTIEM Alumni Leadership Camp 2018 are already set
sustainable impact, the Foundation now has established five
and the Sustainability Bootcamp has not taken place for the
Fields of Impact, each of them driving caring initiatives with
last time as well. United Europe is the Foundation’s newest
tangible outcomes for the IEM community and, ultimately,
Field of Impact, but nonetheless it is growing strong with
society as a whole. This short update will show you what is
the vision to establish a widely known platform full of
happening in each of the Fields of Impact and how you can
inspiring stories about the diversity of Europe.
get it involved, in case the Foundation sounds interesting for you. Five Fields of Impact The current Fields of Impact are Equal Opportunities, Social Entrepreneurship, Conscious Leadership, Strong Sustainability and United Europe. Active ESTIEMers are likely well aware of the outcomes of the Equal Opportunities and the Social Entrepreneurship. The Club of 100, as an initiative flourishing out of the Equal Opportunities, enables ESTIEMers with lower financial possibilities to become active in ESTIEM and the annual Ad Fundum Award supports great ideas with funds, without which those ideas would never be able to happen. Businessbooster and the Entrepreneurship MOOC are initiatives which Social Entrepreneurship is glad
Get Involved
to support.
If you are dreaming of leaving a sustainable impact, but have not yet found the possibility to do so, you may consider joining the IEM Caring Foundation. The Foundation provides the legal and financial base for the aforementioned initiatives as well as a platform that brings together caring people who inspire each other and join forces to make these ideas happen. If you want to join the Foundation or simply find out more about it, get in contact with the author of this article or join one of our bi-annual conventions. The last one in Geneva from September 29th to October 1st was a great inspiration for those who attended, so keep an eye on the 2018 ones which are being organized in Lisbon in spring and Brussels in autumn. Stay tuned for news about them!
Morever, the remaining three Fields of Impact are prospering and growing steadily. Driven from the Conscious Leadership, the first ESTIEM Alumni Leadership Camp took place in 2017. Under the guidance of experienced mentors, a group of ESTIEM Alumni engaged on a three-weekend journey towards conscious leadership and meaningful
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Sebastian Geese Local Group Siegen
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TRAINING CULTURE WITHIN ESTIEM It started as a part of the KMC. Then it became its own Committee. Now it’s not even a Committee anymore. Trainers Community, TC for short, was born because of a need to help spreading the knowledge gathered by the network, and still hopes to aid that purpose today. Although the name has changed twice in the last two years,
mentorship programmes and trainers meetings.
the spirit of Learn, Share and Grow together hasn’t been
So why focus so much on trainers, when we all attend
dampened the slightest. However, with the latest name
university? It’s because we all know, exactly because of
change from Trainers Committee to Trainers Community,
universities, that if the lecturer just stands in front of a group
it is clear that the focus of TC rests on supporting
Nehir Yilmaz
Local Group Ankara-Bilkent, Grenoble
without any care and throws out knowledge,
our valuable trainers in the network.
very little is actually learned. ESTIEM Trainers hope to share knowledge in
One of the most remarkable things
another way, with small and personal
to remember from 2017 was the
groups where the Trainer helps
close attention we
payed our
the participants. Where they can
Training New Trainers Events.
learn from each other, by doing
We organised two TNTs on two
exercises and games or through
sides of Europe: in Izmir and
captivating discussions. Trainers
Lisbon to give the entire network
aren’t there to teach, but for you
a chance to become a trainer. After
to learn.
two very successful events we had a new and motivated pool of Junior
Now this doesn’t mean we aren’t
Trainers ready to give back to the network.
looking for more talented individuals to join the community. If you are interested in delivering
“Trainers aren’t there to teach, but for you to learn.”
trainings, spreading both knowledge and smiles through the network, feel free to send a mail to the TC Leader, or just approach a trainer in your Local Group. To become a Junior Trainer, all you need to do is to register yourself on
Alongside our new additions to the community we also had
the portal.
several additions to ESTIEM Trainers, nine of our oldies got accredited. The achievements did not stop here, we
If a trainer is delivering in your LG or region, make sure to
also got four new Expert Trainers, meaning we tripled their
stop by. It is often worth it, and you can learn a lot while
number.
having fun at the same time. If there isn’t a training near
Thus, there is a greater number of motivated trainers to go
you, but you want it to be, feel free to send us an email.
around than we have had for a long time. We have been
With the surge in trainers, getting one to your LG should
working hard to make sure to support this group, with
be more than possible!
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PROJECT/COMMITTEE UPDATES
Academic Team is the entity within ESTIEM that strives to
During Council Meeting Poznan, Summer Academy had
support the educational training of IEM Students, delivering
its name highlighted; after several months of work, Summer
them academical and networking events, competitions and
Academy Minho was elected as the “Best Event of the
research on the IEM field through Academic Days, IEM
Year”. Now, we do not only want to keep the high-quality
Education Forum, EMTA and IEM Research.
events, but rather raise our standards even higher. We want
During the months after CM Poznan, the Academic Team
to spread out this Service’s spirit and create many more life-
made great changes to the way it approaches its activities
changing experiences; and that is why we are launching the
and the dynamics inside of those. “Smart Days” is a great
Ambassadors Programme. This is going to be crucial not
example on how Academic Days is improving the concept of
only to promote a closer work between ESTIEMers and
reflection and outcome sessions, the full usage of an event
well known professor, but also to reach the lives of many
mentors and the creation of distinct and deeper event and
more people.
educational reports. The European Master Thesis Award
Getting to know ourselves is the first step to success.
(EMTA) saw its numbers increasing in regards of professors
And since Summer Academy is known for its personal
and students applying to be involved in the competition and
development content, the central team felt the need to
the team evaluated the scalability of the competition.
create more opportunities to make ESTIEMers grow. This
The IEM Education Forum was a memorable event
year, apart from the Ambassadors Programme, we’re
where every stakeholder experienced how powerful and
presenting you the second edition of Winter Academy!
important it is to share our best practices in this field. Changes were made in the vision and long-term action plan
ESTIEM Magazine aims to present new trends in
at the last CoM and we can’t wait for more results coming
industrial engineering as well as insights about ESTIEM to
out of it!
its readers. During the last six months, besides our daily business consisting of article acquisition, proofreading
Since CM Poznan, the Language Programme has
articles and designing the latest issue, we came up with a
started a new phase of experimentation and trial of the
new design.
newly standardized offers developed in the past year with
The collaboration between the Magazine and other PCIs
the goal of finding accurately to which target groups they
has been strengthened, as a result, the proofreading team
should be aimed and how we can maximise the value that
will provide its service to PRC tasks. At the Coordination
ESTIEMers receive in our activities.
Meeting in Novi Sad in August, we started to work on
Language Courses have been reworked to separate them in
setting up a new distribution process with the aim of being
levels, “Intermediate” and “Basic”, with the first one being
able to send ESTIEM-related materials directly to Local
aimed to participants with some knowledge that want to
Groups.
test themselves in an inversive environment and perfect their skills, and the second focused on ESTIEMers with
The 25th edition of the Vision project is focussed on
curiosity about the language that want to try out and start
Smart Factories and aims to give ESTIEMers an overview of
learning. The “Intermediate” course was tested in our last
how the industry will evolve within the next years.
event “Let’s Learn Español”, proving itself valuable. The
After the last Council Meeting, where the Leader and the
second one will take its crucial test in the upcoming event
topic were elected, it was time to set the goals, recruit a
“Let’s Learn Russian” in Saint Petersburg.
team and shape what we want to do the rest of the year.
Moreover, the Online Language School is still developing,
The first step was to define which Local Groups would be
with the first online course being successfully completed.
part of the series and the subtopics that we will explore.
The
like
With seven events planned for the upcoming year the
Conversation Clubs, Language Buddies and Self-Learning
process
of
implementing
new
activities
focus now the time for preparation has come, not only
Courses is en route. We expect that applications and
supporting the organisers Local Groups, but also improving
schedules for joining the activities will be published in the
the project centrally.
next few months, so stay tuned!
During our Coordination Meeting, the team worked on the promotion of the series, the booklet and the mentor’s role, and discussed about the Final Conference concept and on
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INSIDE ESTIEM the implementation of new ideas to connect the events of
Strategic Plan has been created and we have been working
the series.
on a new TIMES structure that will be finalised after CM
So, if you want to know more about Smart Factories don’t
Izmir. With our goals aligned to the network’s, we will also
miss the opportunity and join the events.
focus on providing participants with high quality material to
And remember: You need Vision to see!
get ready for the Tournament while evaluating what quality means within TIMES Competition and how to measure it.
Research & Development: This is the perfect title for the final report of BrainTrainer activities of 2017. With
Businessbooster aims to develop the entrepreneurial
four events and new locations for the future already
spirit and provide knowledge to the whole network. With
planned, this Service had its best operational year since the
the organisation of five different events since Council
foundation and the central team expects much more for
Meeting Poznan, it is now time to reflect on how we can
the next seasons.
ensure the quality of every event and meet the demands
After the approval of the structure change, the development
and interests of every ESTIEMer.
of a Department together with the Summer Academy
Together with the Career Event, we have been working on
wasn’t easy, but these months have been a full immersion
the new Business Development Department and what we
of work and in the end the results were incredible. What
want to achieve with it. The strategy is being worked on
we did during this mandate is the milestone that will
and will be finalised by Council Meeting Karlsruhe.
support the future development of this field inside the
Furthermore, a new PR strategy is currently being
ESTIEM network and we are very proud of our work.
implemented and will change the way we present ourselves
If you really want to learn more about you and interpersonal
towards our stakeholders. Our cooperation with ESTIEM
skills, don’t miss our next events and the updates on the
Alumni has also been fruitful and some other partnerships
portal and our social media!
with universities and non-governmental organisations are being established.
The Lean Six Sigma Green Belt course, right after becoming a Project, increased the pace of work, and thus
Europe3D aims to gather students from all around the
achievements. The team organises six training events for
world in a 5-7 days seminar series, where participants have
the next year and four local courses in universities of Local
the chance to experience the hosting country in three
Groups. This has significantly improved the initial strategy
different dimensions: Politics, economy and culture. During
from 5/5/100 to 8/8/200; meaning that the team involved
one week full of interactive seminars, training sessions,
eight different Local Groups, eight different universities
debates and all kinds of cultural activities, the participants
and trained about 200 ESTIEMers within the first year of
find themselves learning more about different cultures by
existing in ESTIEM. Moreover, the team represents ESTIEM
living together in a friendly atmosphere.
during the international conference European Quality
Along with the structure change, Europe3D went into
Conference organised by ASQ.
a critical adaptation process regarding the Intercultural
Additionally, a big step was taken towards sustainability
Department. Entities within the department began working
by defining all new Leader and team member roles, also
together and are going after common values to speed-up
including the strategy for the next months. Last but not
the process and start their integration.
least, the team is working on a totally new position and
There are some surprises waiting for those who are
exciting opportunity for ESTIEMers which is Lean Six Sigma
interested in Europe3D, to learn, to share, to improve...
Instructor. A Lean Six Sigma Instructor delivers high-quality Lean Six Sigma trainings in order to continue the course
Originally, the plan of the IT Project was to release
over a long-term in ESTIEM.
a functioning version during the summer. However, something drastic that changed the plan dramatically happened: The server was infected by ransomware,
Since CM Poznan, the new edition of T.I.M.E.S. has been
which meant that the portal was supposed to be put up as
shaped. The eight Semi Finals are organised by Ilmenau,
soon as possible. At first, a temporary portal was set up.
Berlin, Groningen, Lyon, Minho, Porto, Stockholm and,
However, it soon became obvious that Estiem Portal 5 has
for the first time, two Local Groups will work together to
a lot of functionalities that are needed for the organisation
organise a Semi Final: Helsinki and Tampere. The Final will
to continue, which meant that it needs to be up as well.
be hosted by Local Group Vienna at the end of March.
Finally, in early August, the portal was back alive and IT
During this period, we have also been working in the Local
Project could focus on its original work.
Group support, helping organisers with the preparations
There was already a clear plan to have a Web API done
and making Local Qualifications more sustainable.
with .NET Core and a front end web application done with
Besides the Competition’s organisation, our One Page
Vue.JS. The goal was to create as much reusable code as
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INSIDE ESTIEM possible that could be used for a possible future mobile
will be more inclusive in terms of content and in the end,
application as well as other ideas that ESTIEMers might
our partners will get the chance to get engaged in our
come up with. A Coordination Meeting will be organised
network while bringing value to our activities. By having
in the middle of October with the goal of finishing a mobile
fruitful discussions with numerous ESTIEM entities, the
version. The IT Project has also been collaborating with a
Committee is trying its best to create valuable activities and
group of alumni to make an IT strategy for ESTIEM. This
unique collaboration opportunities that will appeal to our
group is lead by the VP of Administration Francisca Painhas.
future partners. Additionally, thanks to the Committee’s team members,
Since the last Council Meeting in Poznan, the Grants
CRC has rearranged its company and institutions databases
Committee started working hard on the operating grant
to get in touch with new potential partners. Besides, by
of Erasmus+. With the participation of the board, the open
analysing and restructuring the online training schedules
calls from previous years and important strategies of the
and training plans, the committee aims to make online CR
European Commission (EC) have been carefully read and
trainings more efficient and effective.
summarised. We have followed a strategic working manner through a workbook and regular chats. Approaching the
Public
Relations
Committee aims to manage,
European Commission provided us with the most accurate
communicate and assure the continuity of the ESTIEM
information that we need throughout the process. From
brand inside and outside of ESTIEM. Our aim is to establish
the technicalities side, we have checked our documents
ESTIEM as a strong and recognised brand among its
from EC’s database. The committee also scouted the older
stakeholders. Now that centralisation is on the table for all
applications of ESTIEM from 2008 to 2011. Currently, we
of ESTIEM, the PRC is trying to centralise all the designs and
are working on the writing the application.
Online PR contents. Therefore, a coordinator to build a
As far as updates from older applications submitted goes:
bridge between PRC and all PR responsibles from different
The joint grant application with BEST and AEGEE has
services was appointed. Thanks to this new concept,
been rejected with many improvement points as feedback.
PRC has seen their needs earlier and assigned four PR
We will apply with our partners again after improving the
responsibles for various services.
application for the deadline in February 2018.
Furthermore, not only for designs but also for online PR, we came up with new solutions. The official ESTIEM page
The Information Technology Committee provides
has been used in a better way and now is getting posts from
one of the main services to the ESTIEM network; help to
different ESTIEM-based Facebook pages.
all ESTIEMers regarding every IT related problem they face.
The last development is the increased usage of LinkedIn
This summer, ITC faced a challenge with some difficulties
which was missing for the previous years. Now that we have
regarding the Portal: The infection of the Portal with
a LinkedIn Responsible elected who is taking care of the
ransomware. But we see an opportunity to learn in every
schedule of LinkedIn posts, the ESTIEM brand has a more
challenge. We focused on creating goals that will prevent
professional and powerful image not only on Facebook but
the same type of problems in the future. Our biggest goal
also on LinkedIn!
for this year is to ensure the knowledge transfer that every ITC team in the past aimed for.
Trainers Community recently went through a structure
By working closely with the IT Project on building the new
change within transitioning from a Committee to a
Portal, we will ensure that the next generation of ITC
Community. What this means for the near future is that
members will have enough IT skills to be independent in
our trainers now support the development of their own
their future work. Also, ITC collaborated closely with
community and in the meantime deliver trainings for the
interested alumni and the Board in creating the IT strategy.
whole network to help them in their personal development
Plans for the future include organizing IT Schools again
path. After the last two Training New Trainers events, the
and making new online trainings, that will help interested
trainer pool of ESTIEM is bigger than ever and still growing.
ESTIEMers to gain knowledge to be able to develop IT in
To support this growth we recently renewed the Trainer
ESTIEM.
Mentorship Program. We are now focusing on centralising all training activities.
To create and develop academic and corporate partnerships
This means providing support and supervision to all
that will contribute to our network, Corporate Relations
P/C/Is and Local Groups in any training request they have.
Committee always looks for new and innovative
As another focus point, we are making these opportunities
opportunities. With the structure change in ESTIEM, CRC
easier to reach for our trainers with central trainer support.
has shifted its focus from creating partnerships for Central
We will continue helping ESTIEM with our motto “Learn,
ESTIEM to supporting the entire network. With this new
share and grow together!”
perspective of CRC, collaborations with future partners
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INSIDE ESTIEM The Knowledge Management Committee supports
founding we formed a team that currently consists of 14
ESTIEM and ESTIEMers both on local and central level with
people all working on data analysis projects. Since the last
the knowledge that comes from 26 years of experience.
Council Meeting we had a successful first Coordination
After having a handover Coordination Meeting in July,
Meeting in Tampere with 11 participants attending.
our highly motivated KMC team started to work on
Our Committee also implemented a new unique method of
improvement points taken during the event. The team
adding members to our team. Accordingly, new members
started a collaboration with the Analysis Committee
first have to finish introductory assignments to show their
regarding the automation of feedback forms. As a result of
motivation and gain Tableau skills. All of this would not be
a cyber attack, the team lost everything related to ESTIEM
possible without our collaboration with Tableau. Through
Wiki but got back on track in no time and rejuvenated
this collaboration we received a Tableau Online licensing
everything. Another exciting idea from our Coordination
for ESTIEM for which we are very grateful.
Meeting was the Talent Database. With the newly established Human Resources team, we started to shape
The Financial and Legal Committee is about ensuring
the possibly biggest tool for ESTIEM’s HR.
continuity in legal and financial issues. The upcoming structure change requires that the Internal Regulations
Since August, Members Committee has been actively
create an environment where for example the departments,
working on the evaluation of the regional concept and
that will be introduced with the new structure, can exist. In
the new regional distribution. Several sessions were held
addition to evaluating changes to internal regulations, the
which let us see clear solutions regarding certain Regions,
FLC is currently reviewing the platform for online voting and
however, we still need more input on this topic. The process
analysing the effects of the new Membership Regulations.
is challenging and needs to be taken seriously, therefore
Furthermore, the handover process of the Committee has
we are taking it step by step and try to get opinions of
recently been improved to a more structured practice.
everyone in the network. You can expect the conclusive
The planning for the Coordination Meeting in early spring
presentation at Council Meeting Karlsruhe.
will start soon, and ESTIEMers who are interested in legal
We have organised a MC/Regional Coordinators CoM in
matters are more than welcome!
September, where we had an opportunity to gather few current and previous Regional Coordinators to discuss the
The Social and Environmental Responsibility
future of the Committee, the concept for the RC position
Committee had a productive Coordination Meeting
and the growth strategy of ESTIEM. It has been crucial
in Brussels in September. This CoM was the opportunity
and we are grateful for Local Group Braunschweig for
to strengthen the links between the team members, but
organising the CoM.
more importantly to work on the ongoing tasks of the
Our network has a new Guest Local Group – LG Auvergne!
Committee. First of all, some short term goals were set.
Let’s wish them a great experience and growth within
SERC is still a recent Committee, it took some time to find
ESTIEM. Currently, we are working with new possible
the right structure and the right way of working for the
Local Groups in France, Italy and the UK. However, we still
team.
have countries in Europe where ESTIEM is not represented
Now that it has been clearly set, the main goal of the
- our Approaching Task Group plans to contact student
Committee for this year is to focus on concrete actions.
organisations from Czech Republic, Slovakia and Denmark.
The motivated and dynamic team is working on a series of campaigns about different topics as a way to raise
The newly formed Analysis Committee is the latest
awareness in the network; a measurement system in order
Committee of ESTIEM. Our mission is to support ESTIEM
to base our work on actual facts and last but not least,
to make the decision making more fact-based in order
the Code of Ethics, an official document gathering some
to help the organisation move forward, while supporting
guidelines to refer to when making decisions in ESTIEM.
ESTIEMers in their professional development. Since our
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EXPLORE
4 PLACES YOU CAN DISCOVER WITH ESTIEM \\ Izmir, Karlsruhe, Dresden and Saint Petersburg IZMIR İzmir is a port city and Konak is the city centre of İzmir.
This aesthetically designed building is recognised as one of
Following recent restorations this area was also turned into a
the indispensable social structures in İzmir.
recreational centre, and thus is now a lively spot throughout the day. In the square can be seen: the monumental statue of
KIZLARAĞASI INN
Hasan Tahsin, who fired the “first bullet” at the occupation
The inn, one of the rare works of Ottoman architecture in
forces during the War of Liberation, the Clock Tower, the
İzmir that has survived until the present day, has the design
Municipality Building and the Governor’s Office.
of other Ottoman inns, with bazaars and courtyards. Kızlarağası Han has
KEMERALTI
a glorious structure
Like in the past,
with its rectangular
Kemeraltı Bazaar is a major shopping centre in İzmir
plan, two-storey “bedesten”, vaulted part of a bazaar
today. The bazaar,
where valuable
having an outdoor
goods were kept,
and indoor section,
and courtyard.
offers visitors a rich
Following restoration
variety of products
in recent years, it has
and services ranging
become an authentic
from traditional Turkish handicrafts
shopping and social centre in İzmir.
like ceramics, tile panels, wooden products, copper,
ÇEŞME
carpets, rugs and
Çeşme is a favourite
leather products,
holiday spot with
to delicious Aegean foodstuffs.
golden sands, sun, sea, colourful lifestyle and
ASANSÖR
enjoyable nightlife.
The Asansör
It is located on a
(lit. elevator)
peninsula named
Building, which was
after it on the most
constructed by the
western edge of
Jewish businessman
İzmir. Although
Nesim Levi in 1907
the sailors formerly
to facilitate reaching
called it “small
the upper part of
port”, it has been
Mithatpaşa Street,
given the current
is one of the most
name, “Çeşme” (lit.
interesting tourist spots in İzmir today.
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ÇEŞME’S Cuisine
local archaeological and historical heritage include a castle,
In particular, octopus, gilt headed bream, sea bass and
a caravanserai, many fountains and examples of civil
mussels are famous in Çeşme, where the cuisine is
architecture in the centre of the district. Today, Çeşme is
influenced by seafood. Şeker işi, which is served with fig jam,
a very popular locality, possessing the characteristics and
special to Çeşme, sakız muhallebisi (mastic milk pudding),
identity of a typical village. The architectural design of the
sakız reçeli (mastic jam), kuru sıkma köfte (dry squeezed
stone houses is specific to the area. Geranium and begonia
meatballs), kaz budu (goose legs), bademli süt (almond
gardens, bazaars, local cafes and restaurants, boutique
milk) and kumru (a kind of sandwich) are tasty desserts
shops, beach clubs and hotels all contribute to make it a
and snacks. Delicious melons and artichokes grown locally
very lovely spot.
in Çeşme and are exported to many countries in the world.
KARLSRUHE The Palace Gardens are located in the heart of Karlsruhe,
daylight faded, we grew closer and everyone got engaged in
right behind the castle. With its spacious and well-arranged
conversations. In the end, we stayed and played volleyball
terrain, Palace Gardens is the perfect spot to meet friends,
all night, until it got way too dark to see.
relax, do sports or just take a little break from your everyday life.
Two days later, we returned to the park to take part in the “SchloGa-Rallye”, a fun, event where the participants
Built in the 18th century, Palace Gardens features sculptures
compete in a series of mini games collecting points for
and monuments from all throughout German history. A
their teams. Since the park is spacious, we never had to
small lake in the back of the park offers the opportunity
worry about bothering or disturbing other people. A few
to cool off
or
(great) guys from
take a little swim,
LG Karlsruhe even
whereas
many
came around and
bike and running
brought supper for
trails attract sport
everybody.
enthusiasts
from
all over Karlsruhe.
We
From the top of
great location of
the Palace Tower,
Karlsruhe
in the background
Gardens again to
of the picture, you
take group pictures
have a marvelous
and finally get some
view of the park as
rest to prepare for
well as the city - a
the
great place to take
Night that evening.
used
the Palace
International
pictures! So whenever you During
our
last
come to Karlsruhe,
ESTIEM event, the
take some time at
Sports Activity Week in June, we spent many afternoons
Palace Gardens and enjoy its special and usually student-
at the park getting to know each other, doing a typical
dominated spirit! And don’t be worried if someone from
“SchloGa-Rallye” or just hanging out.
Karlsruhe takes you there and only talks about “SchloGa”, that’s just the more or less official abbreviation for Palace
For instance on the first day, after everybody had arrived, we met at the park to do a few team building games. As the
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Gardens in German.
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DRESDEN If you think about Dresden, don’t just think about the city
corridors, even for our graduates!
itself. There is a place you shouldn’t miss in the vicinity: The “Sächsische Schweiz” (“Saxony Switzerland”) is an
What you also should not miss: the “Neustadt” (lit. translate
impressive hiking area where we took the participants
“new part of the city”) is the district that consists of old
of
Europe3D’s
10th
buildings,
bars,
clubs,
anniversary. But hiking is
street art, a big park and
not the only activity you
is just the place to go. Our
can do there: bouldering
Europe3D
was actually invented here
were truly amazed about
and is practised by lots of
the lifestyle in this part of
people every weekend!
the city. Once a year, the
participants
whole district turns into a Always wanted to go to
street festival with many
Hogwarts? You have th
outdoor
chance to do it in Dresden!
dancefloors
and the streets are so
Originally built as a courthouse and connected prison, our
crowded that it is sometimes hard to move. One of the
IEM faculty and ESTIEM office is nowadays located in this
best weekends in Dresden!
building. And once you enter it, the Hogwarts feeling won’t leave you: It is almost impossible not to lose yourself in the
SAINT PETERSBURG The city of Saint Petersburg is famous for its flourishing
punching bodies to assembling finished cars. During the
architecture, impressive palaces and squares, gorgeous
excursion, the guide told interesting facts such as how to
monuments with a rich history and hundreds of theaters
produce individual metal panels, how metal forms the car
and museums. Apart from all of this, during Europe 3D
body and how to install all the components in the car.
Russia our participants had
an
amazing
In addition to visiting
opportunity to visit one
production workshops,
more interesting place –
we were also able
Hyundai Company.
to learn about the establishment of
It
is
one
of
most
modern
largest
car
the
Hyundai and the
and
development of a
assembly
brand that has existed
plants in Russia and
for more than 50
is
years. In the end of
distinguished
the
maximum
of
automation
production.
by level
the company visit,
of
our lucky Europe 3D
This
participants had a
company produces cars like Hyundai Solaris, Hyundai Creta
chance to ask any questions and they were given nice gifts
and KIA Rio. Participants managed to see the “birth” of
from the company.
a new car – the whole process of assembling cars from
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LIKE A ‘ROLO’ IN COLOMBIA Life-changing; the answer I would give if you asked me to describe my exchange semester in Colombia in one word. This wonderful country full of diverse landscapes, rich cultures and happy people has so much to offer, that everyone will fall in love with Colombia. As a student at the Universidad de los Andes I had the privilege to experience what it feels like to be a real ‘rolo’ - a citizen of the capital Bogotá.
Siros Badlou Local Group Eindhoven
Like the majority of students from Local Group Eindhoven,
probably imagine, it is not too bad to live there for a
I would face an exchange semester abroad during my
while…
Master’s. I did not have to think long about where to go.
At the university I followed a Spanish B1 course and three
After a four-month trip in 2015 through Latin America I fell
IEM-related courses, of which two were taught in spanish.
in love with the Latin culture. The culture where people
Oh boy, that was hard! Especially the Decision Theory
are enjoying life, celebrating it on every possible occasion
course, where we had to understand relevant aspects of
and of course without feeling ashamed of moving their
longer situational sketches. This was a big thing as I did not
hips a little bit. As I hadn’t been to Colombia yet and
speak Spanish fluently. But in the end I survived, passed all
heard great stories about it, it was already high on my list.
my courses and learned a lot! The UniAndes campus itself
When I started to do some research about this country,
is beautiful.
I got to know more about its daily life and amazing travel
It is very secure and green, and has some stunning views
opportunities. Besides, I wanted to learn Spanish and in
over the whole centre of Bogotá. The best of everything
Colombia they have one of the clearest accents in Latin
was the free access to all sporting facilities and sports
America. I knew almost immediately: “This is where I
classes - Salsa class, oh yeah!
have to go!” And so it happened; I was going to live in a
But not everything was paradise. While thinking I was used
metropole of eight million inhabitants. My lovely Bogotá.
to the ‘tranquilo’ Latin culture, studying in Colombia gave my perspective a whole new level. And I can tell you, it
Living and Studying at 2,600 Meters Altitude
is hard! When not only your fellow students are sloppy
Without much of a hassle I found a room in the middle
with arrangements, but the university is unclear about
of the historical centre of Bogotá; the neighbourhood
deadlines, sometimes strict about it and sometimes not,
called La Candelaria. Located centrally next to the Parque
and professors do not meet all of their promises, a Dutch
de los Periodistas, I had the Plaza de Bolivar, Monserrate
guy may find this a challenge to cope with. Of course
mountain, Gold Museum, all the famous street art
considering that Dutchies might be used to punctuality a
and cheap Colombian restaurants within
bit too much. However, this made studying in Colombia
walking distance, while the university
an extra valuable experience where I did not only learn a
campus was only seven minutes
lot about new topics, but also boosted my soft skills like
away. You could easily call our
house
a
student
community, as we lived with 20 other students and
the
owned
working in multicultural teams.
managers two
Traveling Around As an exchange student, you do not just go live in a country without visiting all the amazing places around. We enjoyed
even
Bogotá a lot, visited museums, sights and of course almost
bigger houses only
every club and bar. We also had our special activities like
100 meters further.
beer pong tournaments with more than 25 teams - guess
This meant we were
who won? But there is so much more to do in Colombia,
a great group of 80
that almost every weekend we went to a different place
friends from all over
to see what there is to offer… and thus the Colombian
the world studying,
night buses were often filled with several curious explorers,
doing sports, travelling
with a different destination every week. We went to Cali
and partying together -
to learn dancing salsa and to go deep into the jungle. To
Wednesdays were crazy.
do this, we took a motor, on a wooden platform, on train
Bogotá is an amazing city
tracks. This was the most exciting, but probably most
to live in. It is full of museums,
dangerous, type of transportation I have ever taken.
parks, good and cheap food and
We also went to Medellin, a super innovative city with
the nightlife is abundant. So you can
cable cars as public transportation in the mountainous
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neighbourhoods, interesting ghettos with actual electric
Getting out of your Comfort Zone
escalators within them and a vibrant nightlife. Oh God, such
Right now, I can reflect on two kind of experiences on the
a good nightlife! I also explored many types of nature and
other side of the world: backpacking around and actually
culture. I got my diving licence and dove with reef sharks
living in another country. I can tell you, it is different! Living
in the island with the bluest waters you will ever see,
in a country gives you the opportunity to experience the
Providencia. I drove a scooter in the middle of nowhere
culture way more intensely. You basically build up a little life,
in the Tatacoa desert, and of course fell off, leaving me
find new friends and get accustomed to a normal daily life in
scarred for life. I experienced one of the poorest areas of
a totally new setting. This also means you will encounter the
the world in the desert of La Guajira, full of sand dunes and
cultural differences you do not like so much. And you have
amazing beaches. And I went to El Chocó, a long-stretched
no other choice than facing those challenges and learning
jungle area next to the Pacific Coast, only reachable by air
to live with it. Finally, I was more or less forced to learn
plane. In this place, indigenous jungle tribes live in proximity
Spanish. I was thrown into the big unknown and I survived.
to small, ‘more developed’ villages where everyone knows
Being an English speaker basically since I can remember, I
each other, time stands still and life is based on working with
never experienced learning a foreign language up to this
hands and surviving with little to no income. And I did so
level. It is a tough process and sometimes you are so fed
much more which I did not even tell yet. Colombia did not
up with it. But in the end, it feels so rewarding. Personally,
stop to amaze me.
I think it is the most rewarding skill I gained during the exchange semester and something I will carry with me all
Todos por un Nuevo Pais
my life.
Everyone for a new country. Peace. Equality. Education. That is Colombia’s new mission statement since 2014 and you will see it appearing on billboards throughout the whole country. Colombia is working extremely hard to lose its bad image of the past. And it is indeed unfair how the rest of the world sometimes is prejudiced against this country. Narcotrafficking, FARC bombings and robbings on the street, just like in the Netflix-series Narcos. Well, I will tell you something; Colombians hate Narcos. Colombians hate thieves. Colombians hate the unsafety in their country. And thus everyone is helping out in the process of making the country better, safer and more peaceful. Medellin, the most dangerous city in the world during the Nineties, has become a safe and interesting city full of culture, activities, and as said before, a good nightlife. The process of reintegrating FARC-soldiers into the society after the peace agreement of last year is on full speed. And if Colombian people see a thief getting caught by the police on the street, everyone
It is a shame I do not have more space in this Magazine,
starts to yell and cheer. If there is no police around, they will
as I could write a book of all my adventures in Colombia.
personally stop that thief. Impressive.
I simply fell in love with the country and I cannot wait for
Of course, there is still a lot of poverty. Of course, there
the next opportunity to go back. Meanwhile, I recommend
is still production of drugs. And of course, you have to be
everyone to go on an exchange semester if they have the
very careful, especially when it gets dark. But the crime
possibility. Living in another country is the best way to get
rates of Colombia are declining rapidly and the country is
you out of your comfort zone, whether it is Latin America,
so immensely beautiful. So please do not hesitate about
Asia or another country in Europe. Want to know more
visiting Colombia. Go and see how beautiful it is. Believe
about my experience or Colombia in general? I will tell you
me, you will be fine. In Colombia they say: “do not give
all about it with an ice cold beer, or as Colombians would
away your papaya”. Make sure you do not show all valuable
say, ‘pola’. Hasta luego, parce!
things you have and do not get yourself into places or situations where you are vulnerable, like walking alone at night. You will see, Colombia is not that bad.
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NOVEMBER 2017
FEBRUARY 2018
Nordic Regional Coordination Meeting, Lund
TIMES Semi Final, Helsinki & Tampere
23 November 2017 to 27 November 2017
Businessbooster visits SLUSH, Helsinki 26 November 2017 to 03 December 2017
Moscow visits Aachen & Darmstadt 27 November 2017 to 03 December 2017
05 February 2018 to 09 February 2018
TIMES Semi Final, Groningen 12 February 2018 to 16 February 2018
TIMES Semi Final, Lyon 12 February 2018 to 16 February 2018
TIMES Semi Final, Porto 16 February 2018 to 20 February 2018
DECEMBER 2017
TIMES Semi Final, Minho
SERC Activity Week, Skopje
Vision Robotics and Mechatronics, Seville
01 December 2017 to 07 December 2017
20 February 2018 to 25 February 2018
Language Course: Let’s learn Russian!, Saint Petersburg
Training New Trainers, Ankara-Bilkent
Milan visits Lyon
MARCH 2018
20 February 2018 to 24 February 2018
20 February 2018 to 27 February 2018
04 December 2017 to 10 December 2017 06 December 2017 to 10 December 2017
Eindhoven visits Madrid 07 December 2017 to 12 December 2017Lean
Six Sigma Green Belt Training Event, Dresden
07 December 2017 to 13 December 2017
North-East Regional Coordination Meeting, Bremen
Vision Artificial Intelligence, Aveiro 04 March 2018 to 10 March 2018
Vision Intelligent Systems, Munich 18 March 2018 to 24 March 2018
DOKA TIMES Final, Vienna 25 March 2018 to 30 March 2018
13 December 2017 to 17 December 2017
APRIL 2018 JANUARY 2018 Eindhoven visits Warsaw
Vision Robotic Process Automation, Porto 22 April 2018 to 29 April 2018
03 January 2018 to 08 January 2018
Europe3D, Istanbul-Bogazici 06 January 2018 to 12 January 2018
Vision Automation, Paderborn 08 January 2018 to 14 January 2018
TIMES Semi Final, Ilmenau 08 January 2018 to 12 January 2018
TIMES Semi Final, Berlin 15 January 2018 to 19 January 2018
TIMES Semi Final, Stockholm 29 January 2018 to 02 February 2018
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