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Table of contents

INTRODUCTION

11

20

26

44

Introduction

EPIEM

4

Project Leader’s Speech

23 Professors of IEM meet up in

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President’s Speech

6

Introduction to ESTIEM

Focus Topic Internet of Things 9

Internet of Things Introduction

10 Interview with Prof. Dr. Steinmetz The Internet of the Day after tomorrow 11 Smart cities, the first challenge for the Future Internet 14 “Those who do nothing will experience a revolution.”

Portugal: EPIEM Conference in Minho

Inside ESTIEM 20 Playing on the highest career 24 Successful Start of the ESTIEM Alumni Mentoring Programme 26 A concept for solving chaos with more freedom 28 Climb up the Leadership Summer School Mountain

35 BusinessBooster get2gether Karlsruhe 37 Local Members Engagement – A Brand New Human Resources System 38 Training New Trainers 38 Trainer on Tour 39 Europe 3D Russia - Where did the panda go?

40 Summer Academy Fairy Tales 42 Project, Committee and Initiative updates

Explore Europe

30 Board 2013 says goodbye

44 Adventure Abroad - The Nordic

33 A New Approaching Strategy: Colour

47 Erasmus in Valencia

Codes

48 Graz – A Small Town With a Big Soul

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Project Leader’s Speech

Imprint

Dear reader,

Project Leader Stijn Zanders

The world is changing; the internet plays an increasingly important role in the modern society as it is extending

Editorial Staff Stijn Zanders Edmund Salzmann Teemu Metsola

into the physical realm.

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can be connected to the Internet. Some major

Design Stijn Zanders Edmund Salzmann Jean-Yves Lemelle

e-health and even environmental monitoring, where

With kind support by: Löw & Salzmann GbR

going to change our personal lives completely.

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Due to Moore’s Law the price of transistors is decreasing tremendously, and almost every object breakthroughs are on the horizon: smart cities, civilians are warned when a natural disaster is about to happen. These various aspects combined are called the “Internet of Things” which is the next big thing that is

This issue gives a glance at the opportunities, challenges, requirements and impact the Internet of Things has.

Besides taking a look in the future, we also had a look back. An in-depth interview with Christoph Hagedorn,

an overview of updates of our projects, committees

the first ESTIEM president shows the influence ESTIEM

and initiatives.

had on his experience and career during the last years.

Last February the Growing Together project was

The magazine itself has also been changed. After ten

established and in October it actually started. The

issues with the same design, a completely new design

project focuses on ESTIEM alumni advising ESTIEMers

is introduced. By introducing the design the magazine

in making the best choices for their future career.

becomes more structured and visually appealing, resulting in a better readable ESTIEM magazine.

During the last six months considerable experience was gained by ESTIEMers, some of these experiences

Don’t hold back to take a look at your new issue and

are captured and can been seen in the Inside ESTIEM

enjoy reading!

section. For the first time in the magazine we have got

Disclaimer The contents may not always reflect the opinion of the publisher. Any reproduction or copy is permitted only with the permission of the editors.

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Stijn Zanders Magazine Project Leader 2013 / 2014

President’s Speech

INTRODUCTION

Dear Reader, It has been almost 13 years since we entered the 21st century and thus faced a rapid evolution of technological ‘things’. Our life is surrounded by gadgets such as smartphones and tablets. We are gradually switching the storage of data from static hard drives to cloud surfaces. As a result of this rapid development we have become encompassed by the Internet.

Not only the everyday lives of casual pedestrians, but the operations and strategies of companies have changed as well. These corporations are starting to use new cutting-edge technologies and are implementing intelligent systems that make autonomous decisions based on reports from installed sensors. The traditional approach of “push a button and the task will be executed” is being replaced by the “push a button, which activates a system, that decides - based on the current circumstances of a system - how to act” principle.

This is also the basic principle in the construction of

the responsibility for taking care of the problems of

mechatronic systems. Although the concept originates

society. Keep in mind that a small action from everybody

from an engineering field, its theories can be easily

results in a big impact on a community. The actions we

implemented in the broadening field of Industrial

carry out today will directly affect our future, and the

Engineering and Management.

future of our children and grandchildren.

You might wonder how the big international ‘players’

To sum it up I would like to say to you all: live the

can maintain their operations and make world-wide

opportunities you get, and consider the time you have

decisions e.g. on production. There is one key element:

at your disposal as a valuable gift that can be used to

the Internet. This almighty giant enables us to lead and

make Europe better and to shape the future of our

live an easier life. Based on the previous argumentation

continent!

we have decided to select the Internet of Things as the focus topic of the 45th issue of the ESTIEM Magazine.

I am more than happy to invite you to sit back and enjoy reading the 45th issue of the ESTIEM Magazine!

On the other hand, there is one more factor in

As a result of a quick sneak peek I am sure you will find

technological development that should not be neglected

it an interesting and overwhelming experience!

and that is social and environmental responsibility.

ESTIEM, as an educated European society consisting of

In high ESTIEM,

open-minded students with high potential, has to feel Csaba Hartmann President of ESTIEM 2013

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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. Its aim was and still is to establish and foster interrelations among European students of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) and support them in their personal and professional development.

After 23 years, it has grown into an organisation

The decision-making body of ESTIEM is the Council,

bringing together over 50 000 students from 72

which meets twice a year, in autumn and in spring. Each

universities in 28 European countries, and it is still

university, represented by its so-called “Local Group”,

growing. All these universities offer courses in IEM.

sends two student representatives. The six members

Based on this structure, ESTIEM forms links between

of the Board of ESTIEM are elected during the autumn

students, academics and companies in order to create

Council Meeting. The Board is responsible for the

a European-wide, multi-level IEM network. ESTIEM

management, coordination and administration of the

has continuously increased the number of its activities,

association.

thus being able to offer a great variety of events to IEM

Besides taking leadership positions in the Board and as

students and an opportunity to experience different

Project or Committee Leaders, ESTIEM members can

cultures, take part in international projects and become

also take up responsibilities by working in one of the

friends with other ESTIEMers from all over Europe.

Projects, 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

both the skills required for modern business and an

and its activities, please visit our website at www.

open-minded approach towards other people and

estiem.org. ■

cultural issues.

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... Students involve themselves in various international Projects....

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ESTIEM is also a playground for great ideas developed by highly motivated students. If a student manages to convince ESTIEM’s council of his idea, he can start his own international project. Currently, there are 10 projects running. and

leaders of Europe. It was set up to bring international

Engineering Skills (TIMES) is the largest pan-

students together during summer holidays to engage in

European case study competition solely for the

open discussion, group work, debate and private study

students of Industrial Engineering and Management.

under a senior Academic Leader.

The

Tournament

In

Management

This prestigious, highly acclaimed event is the flagship project of ESTIEM. It has successfully been organised

The ESTIEM Student Guide is ESTIEM’s guiding

since 1994 and attracts around 1000 top European

service provided to any student who is interested in

students every year. After Local Qualifications in 72

studying Industrial Engineering and Management in

different universities and 8 Semi-Finals in selected cities,

Europe or in travelling to any of the ESTIEM Local

the winning team of the Final is awarded the title of

Groups: an online database filled in by students, sharing

Europe’s “IEM Students of the Year”.

academic and practical information on and universities, cities and countries.

Vision Seminar Series aims to improve the personal skills and capabilities of the Industrial Engineering and

The official publication of ESTIEM provides the perfect

Management students in Europe. The seminars contain

platform to reach a target group of approximately 50

a balanced mixture of academic lectures, workshops

000 students of Industrial Engineering and Management

and company visits, which are combined with cultural

at universities all over Europe. The ESTIEM Magazine

and free-time activities of the organising city. Through

is published twice a year and distributed among IEM

those activities the participants of a Vision Seminar

students, graduates and also professors and companies

develop themselves both personally and professionally.

across Europe, through the ESTIEM network.

Each year’s Vision Seminar series focuses on one main topic to which all Vision seminars are connected. This

Business Booster aims at creating an environment

years main topic is Customer Relationship Management.

where all needed information, experience and support to excel in your future professional endeavors can be

The goal of Academic Days is to share ESTIEM

found. The goal of this unique environment is to boost

universities’ knowledge with the network. It supports

entrepreneurial spirit and engage ESTIEMers, Alumni

the personal and professional development of students

and companies to collaborate with each other.

across Europe willing to complete their curriculum. In order to achieve this, each event provides participants

BrainTrainer is designed to develop leadership,

deep insights into a specific topic in which the organising

presentation, business and human skills of the

Local Group’s university has a high expertise.

participants through professional trainings lasting one or two days. Its aim is to coach and develop

Europe3D is a 5-day seminar series where the

the participants to become more professional and

participants get a basic picture of the hosting country.

successful in their organisation as well as in their own

A special focus thereby lays on national characteristics

future career.

in politics and economy. Lectures given by experts from politics, science and economy shall provide the

The ESTIEM Book project is aiming to create a

participants with a theoretical insight while cooperation

Book about ESTIEM’s past and present for ESTIEM’s

with companies for excursions and lectures include the

25th anniversary in 2015. Besides presenting all of

practical aspect as well.

our history, it will show all the Projects, Committees and Initiatives of ESTIEM and present all of our Local

Through the Summer Academy, ESTIEM recognizes

Groups. It will be published at ESTIEM’s 50th Council

the importance of and takes responsibility for providing

Meeting in spring 2015. ■

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... and European-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 8 committees.

Corporate Relations Committee

Knowledge Management Committee

The Corporate Relations Committee coordinates the

Knowledge Management Committee does two things.

relations between ESTIEM, companies and universities

First, updating & creating Best Practice Documents by

jointly with the Board. The Committee’s work covers

documenting the collective experiences of ESTIEMers

a number of fields with the aim of improving and

throughout time - from organising a Project to how

simplifying ESTIEM’s relations with companies and

to be a Leader, available online on the ESTIEM Portal.

universities, such as updating co-operation proposals,

Second, managing the quality of ESTIEM events by

creating and gathering results for different surveys or

collecting feedback from the event participants in order

training people on how to approach companies and

to make Event specific and Project Specific Reports,

universities. The Corporate Relations Committee

showing the development of ESTIEM’s Projects and

also plays an active role in supervising and supporting

events.

Projects and other Committees with regards to sponsors and academic supporters.

Members Committee The Members Committee supports the members of

Financial and Legal Committee

ESTIEM and provides information for those students

The Financial and Legal Committee’s role is to ensure

interested in joining ESTIEM by forming their own

ESTIEM’s compliance with all laws and regulations.

Local Group (LG). It guides them through the whole

It supports the Board, other Committees, Projects

process, starting from establishing contact, via the guest

and Local Groups in all financial and legal matters.

and observation period, all the way until fully pledged

On one hand, it consists of experienced ESTIEMers

membership. It takes care of the LG Requirements, helps

and ESTIEM Alumni, who are motivated to provide

all LGs via the Regional Coordinators, and supports

advice whenever requested. On the other hand, active

LGs and central ESTIEM in motivation and recruitment

Committee members work on creating and updating

issues. It fosters connections between LGs, tries to

Best Practice Documents, trainings, templates, etc. for

figure out what they need locally and cooperates e.g.

all related topics. Since many people are unexperienced

with the Trainers on Tour concept to fulfil the needs

with finances and regulations, the Financial and Legal

for training topics that the Members Committee is an

Committee aims at helping them to deal with them

expert on, such as HR, PR, recruitment and fundraising.

correctly. Furthermore, the Financial Controllers, who perform every year the audit of the financial books of

Public Relations Committee

ESTIEM, are part of the Committee.

The aim of the Public Relations Committee is to take care of ESTIEM’s outer appearance. The Committee

Grants Committee

is responsible for communicating the brand of ESTIEM

The Grants Committee supports ESTIEM’s applications

and increasing the awareness both inside and outside

for EU Grants and aims to establish and develop

of ESTIEM. The PR Committee works with several

knowledge on public funding opportunities and their

different tools to achieve this, for instance designing

application procedures. It also wants to share the

PR material, creating design templates and guidelines,

existing knowledge with as many ESTIEMers as possible

as well as working on press and social media visibility.

and to support more and more Local Groups apply for an EU Grant for their events.

Trainings Committee Personal development is part of ESTIEM’s vision – and

Information Technology Committee

it is what ESTIEM trainings are meant for! By passing on

The IT Committee maintains the mail, intranet, and

knowledge, skills and attitude in their sessions, ESTIEM

web servers of ESTIEM and coordinates all IT-related

trainers support you on your path in ESTIEM and in life.

development in the organisation, such as regarding the

The Training Committee provides training support to

IT backend system (.NET platform/C#). In addition, its

all ESTIEM activities and Local Groups. It also guides

members offer troubleshooting services and technical

trainers and people who want to become trainers with

advice to ESTIEMers.

their career through ESTIEM, and gives them personal support and feedback. ■

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Internet of Things Introduction Nowadays, around two billions of people around the

FOCUS TOPIC

A practical example

world use the Internet for browsing the Web, sending and receiving emails, accessing multimedia content and services, playing games, using social networking

Your meeting was pushed back 45

applications and many other tasks. While more

minutes.

Your car knows it will need gas to

big leap forward is coming, related to the use of the

make it to the train station. Fill-ups

Internet as a global platform for letting machines and

usually take 5 minutes.

smart objects communicate, dialogue, compute and coordinate.

Daniele Miorandi

information and communication infrastructure, another

CREATE-NET

and more people will gain access to such a global

There was an accident on your

It is predictable that, within the next decade, the

driving route causing a 15 minute

Internet will exist as a seamless fabric of classic

detour.

networks and networked objects. Content and services will be all around us, always available, paving the way to new applications, enabling new ways of working; new

Your train is running 20 minutes

ways of interacting; new ways of entertainment; new

behind schedule.

ways of living. In such a perspective, the conventional concept of the Internet as an infrastructure network reaching out to end-users’ terminals will fade, leaving space to a notion of interconnected ‘‘smart’’ objects

This is communicated to your

forming pervasive computing environments [1]. The

alarm clock. Which allows

Internet infrastructure will not disappear. On the

you 5 extra minutes of sleep.

contrary, it will retain its vital role as global backbone for worldwide information sharing and diffusion, interconnecting physical objects with computing/ communication capabilities across a wide range of services and technologies.

This innovation will be enabled by the embedding of electronics into everyday physical objects, making them ‘‘smart’’ and letting them seamlessly integrate within the global resulting cyberphysical infrastructure. This will give rise to new opportunities for the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector, paving the way to new services and applications able

And signals your coffee maker to turn on 5 minutes late as well.

And signals your car to start in minutes to melt the ice accumulated

in

overnight

snow storms

to leverage the interconnection of physical and virtual realms.

Within such perspective, the term ‘‘Internet-ofThings’’ (IoT) is broadly used to refer to both: (i) the resulting global network interconnecting smart objects by means of extended Internet technologies, (ii) the

1.

such a vision (including, e.g., RFIDs, sensor/actuators,

2.

2787–2805.

and (iii) the ensemble of applications and services market opportunities [2,3]. ■

L. Atzori, A. Iera, G. Morabito, The Internet of Things: a survey, Comput. Netw. 54 (15) (2010)

machine-to-machine communication devices, etc.) leveraging such technologies to open new business and

M. Weiser, The computer for the 21st century, Sci. Am. (1991) 94–100.

set of supporting technologies necessary to realize

3.

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Interview with Prof. Dr. Steinmetz The Internet of the Day after tomorrow

FOCUS TOPIC

Despite its enormously fast development, the internet is still a young medium, whose potential is still unraveling. Therefore, a glance at possible future internets is very enthralling.

Prof Dr. Ralf Steinmetz

Research Cluster Future Internet,

TU Darmstadt

More than 400 years of newspapers, about 100 years

of application. For example, in the medical sector it

of radio, over 50 years of television: The moment

would be imaginable that sensors monitoring the state

the Internet was made available for the public at large

of health of the patients would alarm the emergency

in the early 90s, it has had a high amount of media

doctor in critical situations automatically and transmit

competitors. Still it took only one decade to outstrip

the state of health of the patient immediately. The

the well-established media. Though it started as a

doctor would be informed before he would even

mere text and image medium targeted at technical

reach the site of the accident. This could save lives! I

enthusiasts, by now it developed to an all-purpose

can assure you that we will see other new, currently

medium for everyone and an important driving

unpredictable internet applications in the future.

force for the economy. Despite its enormously fast development, the internet is still a young medium,

The internet already had a huge impact on the daily work

whose potential is still unraveling. Therefore, a glance

life of many employees, especially through emails. Do you

at possible future internets is very enthralling.

expect more changes in the future?

Steinmetz: Certainly! I think that especially the way

Prof. Steinmetz, you are chairman of the research cluster

how we collaborate will face further changes. Not

“Future Internet” at the Technische Universität Darmstadt.

only the communication amongst private persons

Which Topics will shape the internet of the upcoming

will develop further, but also companies and their

years?

employees will interact even more independent from

Steinmetz: In the research cluster “Future Internet”,

their location than today. More decentralized structures

we are primarily looking at advanced forms of

and a somehow centralized responsiblity can be put in

communication and their technical infrastructure, as

place much easier with the help of the new internet.

this serves the communication amongst humans as well as amongst machines. Further research fields are

If more and more of our private and business communication

security, 3D documents and online business models.

will be handled over the internet, the security of those

The increasing convergence of media is also a topic.

channels will get more and more important.

Steinmetz: That is correct; especially in our wireless

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Machines communicate with machines. How can we

networks we need a communication technology that

envision this?

is equally secure and resilient. But security as a topic

Steinmetz: It is often addressed as “Internet of

exceeds by far to just aoid viruses or involuntary

Things”. Let me give you a very basic example: If you

external access. Under the caption “Civil Security in the

order a parcel today, you will automatically receive an

Future Internet”, we deal with concepts how humans

email once it is ready for collection. Meanwhile, the

and machines can work together optimally in crisis

parcel carried out a lot of communication, from the

situations, for example in case of an environmental

sender via intermediate stations until delivery. With

disaster. All this happens in an excellent environment

the changeover to the internet protocol IPv6 in the last

of our Darmstadt Research Cluster Future Internet.

years (and today), in the future every device and object

Among others there are over 100 scientists working

will potentially have its own internet address. More

on these very important security issues for the Future

and more automated processes evolve in various areas

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Smart cities, the first challenge for the Future Internet

reach to a high level agreement at an industrial level to

considered as ‘systems of systems’. However, one of

overcome this increasing market fragmentation, which

the most well-known definitions of a Smart City was

prevents solutions of becoming more efficient, scalable

already provided some years ago by the EU project

and suitable for supporting new generations of services

‘European Smart Cities’ [1]. Under this work, six

that are not even envisaged nowadays.

dimensions of ‘smartness’ were identified, each one of them somehow related to the ICT world (economy,

Consequently, the successful development of the

people, governance, mobility, environment, and living).

Smart Cities paradigm will “require a unified ICT infrastructure to allow a sustainable economic growth”

As the upsurge ICTs has become the nervous system of

[2], and this unified ICT platform must be suitable to

all modern economies, making cities smarter is usually

“model, measure, optimize, control, and monitor

achieved through the use of ICT intensive solutions.

complex interdependent systems of dense urban

In fact, ICT is already at the heart of many current

life” [3]. Therefore in the design of urban-scale ICT

models for urban development: revamping their critical

platforms, three main core functionalities can be

infrastructure and enabling new ways of city transport

identified:

management,

traffic

control

or

environmental

pollution monitoring. The extensive use of ICT is also

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Urban Communications Abstraction. One of

empowering the development of essential services

the most urgent demands for sustainable urban

for health, security, police and fire departments,

ICT developments is to solve the inefficient

governance

and

delivery

of

public

Jose Manuel Henandex Muñoz

Commission approach to the PPP, there is a need to

(ICT) point of view, and at a holistic level, cities can be

Professor Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

From the information and communication technologies

FOCUS TOPIC

services.

use (i.e. duplications) of existing or new

Nevertheless, the main concern with respect to most

communication infrastructures. Due to the

of these solutions is that its own commercial approach

broad set of heterogeneous urban scenarios,

is leading to an unmanageable and unsustainable sea of

there will be also a pronounced heterogeneity

systems and market islands. From the point of view of

of the underlying communication layers. So far,

the Telcos, that is quite well aligned with the European

through communications abstraction, urban-scale

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FOCUS TOPIC

Three core functionalities for the first challenge of the Future Internet

ICT platforms will allow unified communications

different agents involved (public administrations,

regardless the different network standards and

enterprises, and citizens) will be able to conceive

will enable data transfer services agnostic to the

new innovative solutions to interact with and

underlying connection protocol. Furthermore,

manage all aspects of urban life in a cost-effective

a major challenge in future urban spaces will

way. This will provide the necessary innovation-

be how to manage the increasing number of

enabling capabilities for attracting public and

heterogeneous and geographically dispersed

private investments to create products and

machines, sensors and actuators intensively

services which have not yet been envisioned, a

deployed everywhere in the city.

crucial aspect for SmartCities to become future engines of a productive and profitable economy.

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Unified Urban Information Models. Also related to the huge amount of heterogeneous information

Once major challenges of unified urban-scale ICT

generated at urban scale, a unified ICT platform

platforms are identified, it is clear that the future

should be built on top of a unified model so that

development of Smart Cities will be only achievable in

data and information could be shared among

conjunction with a technological leap in the underlying

different applications and services at global urban

ICT infrastructure. This technological leap can be

levels. This will relay on the articulation of different

faced by considering Smart Cities at the forefront of

enriched semantic descriptions, enabling the

the recent vision of the Future Internet (FI). Although

development of information processing services

there is no universally accepted definition of the Future

involving different urban resources and entities of

Internet, it can be approached as “a socio-technical

interest. Specific information management policies

system comprising Internet-accessible information

should also be addressed to ensure the required

and services, coupled to the physical environment and

level of security and privacy of information.

human behavior, and supporting smart applications of societal importance” [4]. Thus the FI can transform a

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Open Urban Services Development. Together

Smart City into an open innovation platform supporting

with unified communications and information, a

vertical domain of business applications built upon

key functionality of urban ICT Platforms should

horizontal enabling technologies. The most relevant

be to guarantee interoperability at both the

basic FI pillars [8] for a Smart City environment are the

application and service levels. Only through

following:

open, easy-to-use, and flexible interfaces the 12

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FOCUS TOPIC

The Internet of Things (IoT): defined as a global network infrastructure based on standard and interoperable communication protocols where physical and virtual “things” are seamlessly integrated into the information network [5].

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The Internet of Services (IoS): flexible, open and standardized enablers that facilitate the harmonization

of

various

applications

into

interoperable services as well as the use of semantics for the understanding, combination and processing of data and information from different service provides, sources and formats.

Smart city concepts ■■

The Internet of People (IoP): envisaged as people becoming part of ubiquitous intelligent networks

Smart Cities can provide an excellent experimental

having the potential to seamlessly connect, interact

environment for the development, experimentation

and exchange information about themselves and

and testing of common FI service enablers required to

their social context and environment.

achieve ‘smartness’ in a variety of application domains [6]. To this later extent, close to the IoP vision, the

At this point, it is important to highlight a bidirectional

Living Labs network [7] based on the user-driven

relationship between the FI and Smart Cities: as if,

approach is of main relevance. ■

in the one direction, FI can offer solutions to many challenges that Smart Cities face; on the other direction,

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“Those who do nothing will experience a revolution.”

FOCUS TOPIC

In the future, more and more devices and systems will be capable of sending and receiving data via the internet. For example, electric cars will automatically reserve a charge spot, and buildings will independently be able to calculate their energy requirements and cover them accordingly. This will give rise to completely new services which will transform people’s daily lives. This is what we mean when we speak of the “internet of things and services.” By 2025, an estimated 50 billion appliances and systems will be able to exchange data and synchronize with each other without any human input. Professor Elgar Fleisch has been researching the economic impacts of this development for more than ten years. Among other things, he is the scientific head of the “Bosch Internet of Things and Services Lab – a Cooperation of HSG and Bosch”, an innovation lab that was established at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, in 2012.

How would you describe the internet of things and services?

additional services for customers? As you can see, we

The internet we have known up to now has been a

have to think beyond just the product. This will lead to

platform for direct exchange between people. But now

changes in design, the manufacturing process, customer

that we can build small computers into everything,

relations, and in the long run, the entire business model.

sensor technology and small IT components have

So companies have their work cut out for them.

Prof. Dr. Elgar Fleisch

University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

made it possible for any object to become part of the internet. And thus things that were once mute and

Are companies prepared for this change process?

inanimate can now take part in the grand concert we

Many companies are definitely aware that a reorientation

call life. This is the internet of things and services.

is necessary. Nonetheless, it appears that very few are addressing the topic in a coordinated way. But this is

Can you give some more concrete examples?

also difficult, since in many areas there currently isn’t an

Sure. Take pharmaceuticals packaging. Today all we

obvious market for these new concepts. At the same

can see is if there is medicine inside the bottle or

time, companies have to continuously test the market,

blister pack. This is usually accompanied by a detailed

be smart enough to try new things, and be quick to

package insert which many people don’t understand.

start work on a concrete product. As I see it, hiring

In the future, the packaging will be able to tell us if the

more engineers is not the answer. What will be crucial

contents are original or counterfeit. It will contain a

is having enough in-house computer-science expertise.

treatment plan, warn if there is a danger of overdosing,

In this regard, many product- and hardware-oriented

contact the doctor to order a refill, and even ask the

companies have a lot of catching up to do.

patient, “how are you today?” Even a simple soft drinks bottle could share much more information with its

What role is your institute at the University of St. Gallen

consumer. Nearly invisible IT components open up

playing in all this?

countless possibilities for communication between an

Here in St. Gallen, we’ve been working on this subject

object and the rest of the world.

for twelve years now. Our research is aimed at finding out what areas of application there could be for the

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If products’ characteristics are going change so much,

pharmaceuticals industry, banks, energy suppliers,

what will the industry need to do differently?

automakers, mechanical engineers, and many more.

In the future, we are going to have to think more

You could call us a “research subcontractor.” This

about services. Can a machine part be connected with

allows us to generate ideas and run small pilot projects.

the internet? How can internet capability generate

We lay the foundations, and others build on them.

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What type of partners are you looking to collaborate with?

other without the consumer even being aware. Many

We need companies that are openminded and willing

current applications have already become so familiar

to approach new ideas objectively. Without this spirit

that we don’t even give them a second thought. Some

of openness, it just doesn’t work. The innovation

prominent examples of this are ski passes, train and

laboratory we established with Bosch is a prime

plane tickets, and modern entry systems for office

example. What Bosch contributes to the search for

buildings, factories, and stadiums.

new solutions is a spirit of openness.

But companies could easily conduct experiments on their own...

“

Devices automatically network with each other without the consumer even being aware.

Sure, but as a university no one will judge us too harshly if we occasionally try something off the wall and fail.

It all sounds like a field that leaves some room for

A company always has to be careful that it doesn’t

deceptiveness. When will this become a major field with

damage its valuable brand through such attempts. So

an economic impact?

it’s more difficult for them to be happy-go-lucky in their

When it comes to security, it’s already a major field. It’s

approach, while we are not held back by such concerns.

not through successful products like the iPhone or iPad that the internet of things and services will become

Wanting to breathe life into soft drinks bottles with computer

visible. Many applications simply run unseen in the

technology – that’s also pretty off the wall, isn’t it?

background.

Admittedly, the initial main focus is not going to be on

From an economic point of view, we’re going to see

solutions for the end consumer. Right now, experts

considerable increases in value and reductions in cost

are more concerned with other questions, such as

as a result of this. But all in all, the internet of things

how manufacturing processes can be improved on an

and services is an evolutionary process that will take

industrial scale. Just think about products that use an

place gradually over the next few years. Companies

RFID chip to monitor the manufacturing process and

that don’t do anything, though, will experience it as a

report on its current status. Condition monitoring –

revolution – and find they’re suddenly out of the game.

that is, the automated web-based checking of machines and equipment – is already a reality.

How will this revolution play out?

In the future, nothing will be possible anymore without

When will consumers start to experience the internet of

computer scientists. If you want to recommend a

things and services in their daily lives?

secure career path to your children, tell them to

That’s an interesting question. Computers are

study computing. Digitalization will cause many areas

becoming so small that they’re no longer visible in

to change or disappear completely, as ever more

products. Devices automatically network with each

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this for me is the travel alarm industry. When did you buy your last travel alarm? Or think about how many functions are combined in a satellite navigation device.

And even these devices are going to be made obsolete by smartphones. Companies would do well to pay attention to these trends. In my view, Bosch is right to go on the offensive in this respect.

Doesn’t the internet of things and services also require a proper infrastructure? Will a country fall behind if it doesn’t invest in this early enough?

I wouldn’t go so far as to say that countries that don’t have an existing infrastructure have no chance of keeping up with those that do. Many emerging markets are currently demonstrating that they’re capable of gaining ground by simply leapfrogging over an entire generation of technology. However, it will be

Dr. Elgar Fleisch is a professor of technology

dangerous for those countries that steadfastly refuse to

management and director at the Institute of Technology

develop technologically, preferring instead to maintain

Management at the University of St. Gallen (HSG).

the status quo. There, existing industrial structures might one day just collapse because they haven’t kept

After graduating from the Institution of Higher

pace with everyone else.

Technical Education in Engineering, he studied business information technology at the University of Vienna.

So the internet of things and services won’t supplant

In 1993, he completed his doctorate at the Vienna

industry as we know it today?

University of Economics and Business on the subject of

No, actually it will be an important part of it. Even

artificial intelligence in production scheduling. In 1994,

now, we can’t imagine any part of a company operating

Elgar Fleisch started researching business networking at

without the internet. It offers still undreamed-of

the University of St. Gallen’s Institute of Information

possibilities, and these must be exploited. Companies

Management, and in 2000 he was named assistant

that can’t do so on their own should collaborate

professor of business administration.

with others to make this possible. Otherwise, they’ll be left behind. What’s important is the willingness to

Today Elgar Fleisch conducts research in the areas

try new things. This is one of the key characteristics

of operations management and the business aspects

of companies like Bosch. The internet of things and

of ubiquitous computing. He has also co-founded a

services offers them an enormous opportunity.

number of successful university spinoffs, which he continues to supervise. The results of his research

What would you advise Bosch to do in order to exploit this

activities have been published in more than 250

opportunity?

scientific journals and books.

Bosch has demonstrated in the past that it knows how to cope with big technological changes. The advent

just a single part of a company that concerns itself with

of electronics in vehicles is an example of how the

this subject. If all a company’s divisions were to start

company turned a technological development into a

focusing on the search for new products and services

very successful business. When it comes to the internet

that make use of the internet of things and services, a

of things and services, I would advise against setting up

lot of ground would be covered. And the chance for

overly large units. Over the next two to three years, it

success would be greater.

will be much more important to run pilot projects in every area of the company, in order to learn as much

So in other words, try it and see?

as possible.

Exactly. With the same curiosity and perseverance we expect from our students. The way forward is clear -

Isn’t that taking a step backward, a return to the principle of trial and error?

Yes, to a certain extent. For this reason, it shouldn’t be Source: Geschäftsbericht 2012 der Robert Bosch GmbH 16

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we just need to forge ahead with determination. ■

Professors of IEM meet up in Portugal: EPIEM Conference in Minho

EPIEM

Enhancing further opportunities in the EPIEM-network The past EPIEM - European Professors of Industrial

■■

International entrepreneurship courses mentored

Business Booster, aiming at providing different

have the chance to represent ESTIEM at this prestigious

perspectives for to-be-entrepreneurs. During

event and contribute with ideas to the development of

the event the participants will receive mentoring

the fresh network.

advice from professors and local companies and come up with a business idea.

The main aim of the conference was to outline an

■■

An IEM Book. This would include best practices

action plan, set yearly goals, agree upon the structure

from students, who did an internship or a

and develop the visibility for the network.

research at a company, from ESTIEM alumni, who are currently working in the professional

During the meeting we evaluated the potential

field, managing their own enterprises and from

expansion and new target strategy for the network.

professors.

Csaba Hartmann,

the Summer Entrepreneurship Training of the

between the 27-28th of September. I was honoured to

President of ESTIEM,

by universities. A multi-location event, similar to

organized by the University of Minho in Guimaraes

Local Group Budapest

Engineering and Management - conference was

A common agreement was raised around the fact that we need to focus on encouraging prosperous PhD

European Professors of dustrialup Engineering and i.e.

Management a new plan for expansion, contacting more students to join, which could later result in a strong

supportive basis for our network. We will try to set professors and asking them to join the network with the help of ESTIEM’s Local Groups.

Another big achievement of the meeting was to agree

In addition to this the concept of opening up the

upon the aim of the network. The final phrasing of

professors’ meeting for ESTIEMers to provide a broader

the mission and vision is still in progress, but the main

input scheme for ideas was discussed. This idea was

issues that were raised were that the EPIEM network

warmly welcomed by all participants; the next EPIEM

should exist to support IEM education all over Europe,

Meeting will take place in Graz from the 22-24th of

maintain a knowledge-sharing platform between

May 2014, where the organizers will provide vacancies

enthusiastic academicians, and shape the future of

for 15-20 ESTIEMers, 15-20 Alumni and professors.

the European society via spreading best practices and

This meeting will be a part of the 20th anniversary

values among students.

conference of the German speaking IEM institutions, providing an opportunity to set European-wide goals

As a result of fruitful discussions many potential ways

regarding development.

for cooperation between ESTIEM and EPIEM were evaluated. The most interesting ones are: ■■

A thorough research of IEM curricula from all over Europe. This would aim at analyzing the key characteristics and strengths of each course and

■■

“

Together Students, Alumni and Professors can make a change!

then take a further step towards the accreditation

They all agreed that we, as IEM students, have the

of them.

chance and power to seize the opportunity to make

Joint research projects for ESTIEMers mentored by

Europe a better in the future! Please consider yourself

EPIEM professors. ESTIEMers studying at different

as a person in the youth of Europe having the chance

universities would join an international virtual

to make your surroundings, country and region better!

team, where they would conduct research on a

Together Students, Alumni and Professors can make a

specific topic under the guidance of a professor.

change! ■

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â&#x20AC;&#x153; Today I think

it was hardly possible Christoph Hagedorn First president of ESTIEM 20

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Playing on the highest career

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It is safe to say that ESTIEMers all share the same dedication and determination to pursue a successful professional career. So how can our experiences in ESTIEM help us to make the right decisions? I ask Christoph Hagedorn, the first president of ESTIEM, for advice.

Christoph knows what it takes to lead a multinational

new perspectives, seemingly disjoint, but being able

organization. Currently he is based in Yokohama as the

to identify the inevitable overlapping areas is a success

President and Chief Executive Officer of Continental

factor to make your own idea bigger. It might even lead

Japan. “It feels familiar,” he jokes; the tone for the

you in new directions. Embrace change, go as you flow

interview is set. For the next hour, we engage in a

but be hands-on.”

Success

career. Even though we are about 10.000 kilometres

Talking about hands-on, Christoph explains me that

apart, I can easily feel his energy as he teaches me some

he is supporting the recently implemented alumni-

important lessons in life after studying.

mentoring program for ESTIEMers. In this way, he

“

hopes to be able to help current students develop

People are intimidated by many great ideas

themselves towards a successful career. “What makes

Bart van Eijden,

helped him to make the right choices for his professional

Local Group Eindhoven

conversation to see how his experiences in ESTIEM

a successful career?” I asked him with curiosity. A short silence follows. “It is definitely one that makes you

Everything is possible

happy,” he answers with great confidence. “Every other

While he is not completely up-to-date anymore about

criteria can only be second.” Christoph is currently at

the current developments within ESTIEM, it is not

his sixth job position since he graduated from university

long before I learn that despite that, we both share

in Darmstadt in 1994. “It takes one year to get used to

the same belief: ESTIEM is a great playground, an

a new job, one year to leave a footprint and one year to

“amazing training camp”. He illustrates: “ESTIEM offers

reflect on your impact, to understand if your footprint

all dimensions to try new things. From an internship in

will leave a good or a bad image. If you move on too

the USA in 1992 I got the idea to organise a study tour

fast, you will not learn from your mistakes. On the

to Japan to visit benchmark companies. At the next

other side, there is nothing more boring than hanging

Council Meeting in Linköping I discussed the idea with

on to the same job forever. Challenges are paramount

a few others and one year later we were off. By that

for a healthy career, those who are more flexible will

time, my original idea had grown through the initiative

be more appreciated and can get things done with their

and creativity of others to a Total Quality Management

own motivation.”

world tour. In the end, a group of forty students visited various companies in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and

What’s next?

the USA.” In a time where emails did not exist yet and

Getting things done in just a short time is always a

so communication had to be done through sending

challenge in organisations where several stakeholders

postcards and fax messages, this can be seen as a great

claim different interests and where consensus might

achievement. The study tour later got a permanent

not always be possible. Moreover, one often has to

place in the ESTIEM curriculum; it became the first

deal with bureaucracy and protocols that dramatically

project under the name “Vision” as we all know it

slow down the progress. ESTIEM was not an exception.

today. Christoph shares his first words of wisdom: “If

“I hated the ‘voting rule book’,” Christoph reveals.

you really want something and you are ready to go

“ESTIEM was never a blue-print, it came as we went. It

a long way, then all you need is to find partners and

happened in a dynamic context where other students

friends to openly share and discuss your ideas to find

happened to have the same idea of finding out who

that nearly everything is possible.”

else in Europe was studying IEM. Feeding of each other’s energy and motivation, the idea of a European

He adds: “People are often intimidated by many

IEM student organisation evolved in less than a year

great ideas, they think their own ideas are not good

into a state where we were ‘ready to go’. As soon

enough. Do not be shy, every idea starts with a small

as the organisation was created, we started thinking

thought. Sharing it with others will bring out fresh

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The first ESTIEM board sitting in the Opern Cafe, Berlin. The date is November 1990, one day before ESTIEM was founded. From left to right are: Astrid Sonneville-Dings, Stefan Scheinder, Elina Markannen and Christoph Hagedorn.

upon a structure, protocols needed to be introduced

when you can figure out if you are still on the right

and thus bureaucracy made its entrance. When I look

track. An example was a while ago when one friend

back on the incredible speed we got things done with,

was talking about an international project of his. It gave

it still amazes me.”

me the push to ask my superior if I could do something similar. I ended up working in France for a few years.

A typical leader’s dilemma in decision-making is to

Your friends can thus act as equilibrium for your own

choose between the slower method of finding approval

career and give you the necessary confidence.”

from all stakeholders and pushing things through a bit more to speed things up. “Sometimes it is easier to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission,” Christoph quotes. “As a leader one of the most important skills to have is being able to find the fine line between seeking

“

I realized it is now a full-swing, professionally led organization

Proud

approval and being proactive. ESTIEM offers a perfect

It is needless to say that with so little time left until

setting to practice these skills. Error does not mean

its 25th anniversary, ESTIEM has been connecting

failure. The lessons learned you can take with you in

thousands of students all over Europe. I sense an

your professional career.”

excited Christoph when he states: “When you set up an organisation, looking into the future is impossible.

Friends

You can never know if the activeness would stay up or

Something else to take with you from ESTIEM, are

if there will be periods of decay, possibly leading to the

friends for life. Friends can help you in our professional

end of ESTIEM. Years after I left however, I attended

career in different ways. I ask Christoph how his

a meeting where I was asked if I could help with the

contacts gained through the ESTIEM network helped

sponsoring of the TIMES. Then I realised ESTIEM was

him in his career. He replies: “Because the field of IEM

now a full-swing, professionally led organisation.”

is such a multi-disciplinary one, you will most likely end up having friends all over the globe working in different

This makes two successes in this article, the success of

industries like finance, consultancy, manufacturing and

ESTIEM but certainly also the success of Christoph as

NGO’s. Typically you will meet once in a few years

a proud man in Japan. If you want to be as successful,

when you can compare your own development with

keep in mind the lessons taught. You might also want to

those of others. In professional life, often you are

take a look at the alumni-mentoring programme to see

uncertain about your choices, especially when you are

if you can find your match! ■

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Successful Start of the ESTIEM Alumni Mentoring Programme

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20 ESTIEMers are participating in the first edition of the mentoring programme that ESTIEM has set up in cooperation with the ESTIEM Alumni. All students have an experienced mentor who will coach them in their professional development.

Bart Jutte,

ESTIEM Alumnus

Why a mentoring programme?

What is mentoring?

The idea for a mentoring programme has been around

Mentoring is a developmental partnership. A mentor

for a while, but it was during the Advisory Board meeting

shares knowledge, skills, information and perspective

in Bad D端rkheim that the foundation was laid. The main

to foster the professional and personal growth of

idea beyond the concept is: to provide support for

a mentee. The mentor can be a senior member

ESTIEMers who are seeking advice in order to make the

of a company, a manager, professor or any kind of

best choices for their future career, while strengthening the bonding between the current and former members

Profile candidates mentoring programme

of our network: in one word sustaining the ESTIEM Students like...

family. The mentoring programme channels knowledge

Alumni are experienced in...

and know how from experienced alumni and transfers it to ambitious ESTIEMers. Alumni will have the chance

Consultancy

to get in touch with a new generation and taste what

Automotive

ESTIEM looks like today. Besides that, they will have the

R&D

opportunity to improve their mentoring and coaching skills and give something back to the organization, to Csaba Hartmann,

President of ESTIEM,

Local Group Budapest

our network that supported them in getting great deals

60%

in their career.

ICT

40% 20% 20% 40% 60% ... and want to ... and work or work as ... worked as ...

Projectmanager Consultant Entrepreneur Developer

Selection participants The project team selects the best candidates. Motivation, contribution to ESTIEM and time to graduate are key criteria.

ESTIEM and ESTIEM alumni discuss the idea of a mentoring programme

Promotion idea The Council Meeting Eindhoven and Alumni Meeting in Istanbul are used to promote the concept. The response is positive.

Bart Jutte & Csaba Hartmann decide to give it a try.

01/09

19/02/2013

20/09

May

Market survey risks, opportunities, and expectations are investigated. Profiles of

Start application mentees 41 students and 24 alumni apply

the ideal mentee and mentor are made.

Special mailing

01/09

24

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INSIDE ESTIEM

businessperson from any field of Industrial Engineering

“I have never found what I’m truly good at, or what

and Management.

makes me fulfilled and happy.” These are the types of

“

questions you can discuss with an ESTIEM alumnus who

Mentoring is a committed, longterm relationship in which a less experienced person receives the support from an experienced one in order to develop himself professionally.

has been in a similar situation before and can coach you to find your personal answers.

First Mentoring group started The application period for students started just after the Summer (see infographic) and in the end 41 students applied. 20 enthusiastic students were matched with a personal ESTIEM mentor. In the next magazine we will

Mentoring gives you as a student the opportunity

give an update on their first experiences and results.

to discuss topics that will guide and focus your

For now we are very pleased with the smooth start and

development and take action. As one student stated, “I

the enthusiasm this project evokes with ESTIEM and

would really like to have a mentor who can help me to

ESTIEM Alumni. ■

create a vision of my career” Another mentioned that

Matching process Each student receives a booklet with all mentors....

Professional development mentee The mentee works together with the mentee to..

@ ... and approaches the best fitting

... understand

.... do self-

.... devise and

.... define and execute

his/her goals ...

assesments...

choose options ...

improvement steps.

mentor, who agrees (or not) to become mentor.

14/10/2014

14/10

Start 1 on 1 mentoring Mentee and mentor dicsuss which area(s) of professional development of the mentee they will focus on. The results of this

Official end mentoring period Celebration and evaluation of Growing Together

discussion are written down in the mentoring agreement. This serves as a guideline throughout the mentoring.

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A concept for solving chaos with more freedom

INSIDE ESTIEM

Open Space Technology in ESTIEM. First think quickly how fast Technology has developed throughout the last years. Now compare our society with the ones decades and centuries ago. Finally compare the organizational structure of a company and an ancient roman legion.

Notice anything disturbing?

Everybody from time to time might feel frustrated

The great pleasure about this particular type of event

with some pattern that is forced on them. Surely, this

lies in the freedom of how it is held. The main idea

didn’t happen with any of the ESTIEM “Open-Space

of OST is that there exists no agenda beforehand.

Technology” (OST) events that took place all around

The whole agenda, or let’s say the “framework”, will

Europe in the past year.

be designed by the participants themselves during the

Robert Glawar

Local Group Vienna

event.

OST is a modern concept of approaching old and new challenges without hierarchy and order. A concept

To demonstrate how such a concept might work,

for solving chaos with more freedom. Are you curious

let’s look back how this year’s ESTIEM College went.

how?

In case you don’t know, the College is the platform where the most active members meet in order to discuss current issues and create new ideas to improve our network. Therefore topics need to be discussed and to be worked on. One can imagine how tense the participants were when they arrived eager to work and experienced that there was no agenda (yet) for the upcoming event.

At the beginning of the event everybody had the chance to propose a topic that he or she thinks should be discussed during the College. By proposing the topic one automatically takes responsibility for the topic and is in charge of facilitating the discussion. After the topics were gathered, the participants had to create their own agenda for the event by assigning a topic to a specific time slot. Meanwhile the participants could show their interest in participating in a session. Although some proposed topics were not scheduled, it didn’t mean that they would not be discussed during the week. If someone was passionate enough they could always find some way off the regular sessions to work on it.

During the working sessions everybody had the chance to leave the discussion whenever he or she felt like, and rather join another session. The sessions followed only 4 rules “Whoever comes is the right people”, “Whatever happens is the only thing that could have

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The Open Space technology was also used at the ESTIEM College 2013 in Kranj, Slovenia happened”, “Whenever it starts is the right time” and

a specific problem that you want to solve, or you want

“When it’s over, it’s over”. Therefore we also had

to discuss a certain solution in a group, OST might not

flexible breaks - only the time for dinner was strictly

be the way to go.

set, also because during that time the participants had the chance to make changes to their agenda, and

Within ESTIEM OST can be used in quite a wide variety

discuss and reflect what had happened during the day.

of strategic events, such as Coordination and Regional Coordination meetings, different working groups, and

After the concept was introduced people were sceptical

other strategic events starting from the local level all

about it, and questioning if the switching in between

the way up to the Council Meeting. Also in training

sessions would only disturb the discussion or lead to

events, such as the Trainers on Tour, OST can be a

re-discussing everything again. Also people thought

great addition.

that by using OST we would only talk disorderly about a lot of things but never reach the point where we

I have to say thank you to Judith Hartl, Kevin Göttert

work efficiently and start creating actual solutions. But

and Han Che for inspiring me on the matter of Open

after the event came to an end, everybody was excited

Space (and because I might have stolen some quotes

about what the group had achieved, how effective the

from them for this text).

work had been, and especially that the outcome had been achieved.

For more information on the subject check out: Harrison H. Owen; Open Space Technology: A User’s

That being said, OST of course is not a universal

Guide; Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco; 2008,

remedy. It only works if you can afford to work on

or write an email to: help.trainers@estiem.org ■

different topics despite the outcome. If you are facing

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Climb up the Leadership Summer School Mountain

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ESTIEMers climb up the sunshine mountain every few hours every day on every ESTIEM event. Although I am an ESTIEMer for 3 years now, I never really thought about the song seriously. At the Leadership Summer School one of our repeating expressions was using climbing up the sunshine mountain as a metaphor for challenging yourself, reaching another level together which you could never reach alone, and, in the end, changing the world. Basically that is also what ESTIEM and our song stands for. Nevertheless, to experience climbing up the sunshine mountain on another more intensive level, you have to attend a Leadership Summer School.

Florian Alwast,

Local Group Berlin

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Organised by AEGEE-Sofia, the prestigious Leadership

Get inspired and inspire others

Summer School (LSS) 2013 took place in July in Sofia,

However, participating in these advanced trainings

Bulgaria. In the 10-days long event 80 participants from

is only one side of the coin. When there are

miscellaneous student organisations got trainings from

medical, electrical engineering, pharmacy, geography,

a professional trainer team. These sixteen trainers got

psychology, aerospace and IEM students and many more

their training education years ago from their student

coming together that are current or upcoming leaders

organisations. Nowadays, between 25 and 30 years

in EMSA, EESTEC, EPSA, EGEA, EFPSA, EUROAVIA,

old, often working in a regular job (some of them also

ESTIEM, BEST or AEGEE, you automatically get

as professional trainers), their passion is still delivering

inspired from their thoughts, perspectives and ideas.

trainings and spending time with students. The training

Moreover, the event was designed to share your ideas

topics were all connected to Leadership Skills. Beginning

and dreams. At â&#x20AC;&#x153;LSS Dreamsâ&#x20AC;? fifteen participants had

from more general topics for everybody such as Self

a five to ten minutes long speech at the main lecture

Leadership & Emotional Intelligence and Facilitation,

hall of the university in front of 100 people about their

over to more specific topics such as Organisational

personal dreams: Changing the educational system

Management, you could choose the topics in your

into a more beneficial one, dealing with stereotypes

interest field. For me it was Stress Management,

more professionally, or making sure that nobody

Conflict Management and Story Telling.

retires lonely. In another open space session I talked,

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for instance, to Medical students about the lacking pharmacy patent system and used my IEM knowledge to find solutions. During the last working day, while using our improved leadership skills, we solved a case study about supporting the local inhabitants after a natural disaster.

“

LSS is way more than just training sessions to enhance your leadership skills, LSS is one of those unique occasions where inspiring people from all over the world come together and co-create a mind expanding experience for a better tomorrow!

Amir Mohsenpour (IFMSA/EMSA, Heidelberg, Germany)

After 10 hours per day of exhausting and interesting

My sunshine mountain

learning, we also partied crazily hard. At the “Shake

Beside my soft skill improvements, LSS offered many

the Ship Party” I met lots of sailors, even an authentic-

unforgettable memories: The “it’s my life” flash mob

looking Captain Jack Sparrow, and danced in an

at a square in the city centre of Sofia. The emotional

amazing group atmosphere all night long. On another

speeches at “LSS Dreams”. The Presentation Skill

night, my Goofy outfit based on socks was one of the

training, where I totally sucked. In contrast, my

highlights at the “Walt Disney Party”. Of course, also

“NGO Pitch” on the next day, where I explained in

a “Bulgarian Night”, where I learnt several traditional

an awesome presentation what ESTIEM is all about

folk dances, a “Gala Dinner” and an “International

including singing and dancing the ESTIEM song with 80

Night” must not be missed. The last one was more

Newbie’s. And definitely when I had tears in my eyes

about getting to know all the food, songs, jokes and

while singing in a big hugging circle with all the other

dances of each country first, before moving to a park

participants “if you’re out there” from John Legend.

where we emptied tons of bottles from Rumanian

Then and there, the lyrics explain so emotionally what

and Hungarian homemade Pálinka to Zubrówka and

the LSS experience is all about.

Russian Vodka, from Portuguese Wine and Spanish Sangria to Turkish Raki and Balkan Rakija - only the

Two month after participating at LSS I am now reflecting

Finish Minttu was missing! Unforgettable was also my

what my personal climbing up the sunshine mountain is.

afterparty group from dormitory 56. Awesome people

I am sure that I will deepen my training career, I am

who love elevators!

sure that I want to do my internship in summer 2014

“

abroad, I am sure that I don’t settle down as lots of my

To me LSS meant spending a week with inspiring and open minded people who want to share with you all of their experiences and love listening to yours. It helped me find my own way and be sure of it.

friends from home do, and continue having a work hard play hard live. And most importantly - what I doubted the years before - I am now very sure that everybody, including me, can change the world.

Find out at Leadership Summer School 2014 how you can climb up your sunshine mountain. ■

Patrick Jahns (BEST, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)

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â&#x20AC;&#x153; Thank you

for an amazing year!

From the front: Csaba (President), Israel (VP Administration), Jonas (VP Activities), Eddi (VP Public Relations), Raphael (VP Education) and Natalie (VP Finance).

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Board 2013 says goodbye

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Six enthusiastic ESTIEMers started into a great adventure at Council Meeting Belgrade, aiming at developing ESTIEM further. Nowadays, their aim has a broader scale: developing a “wholesome” Europe.

Almost one year has passed since the results of the

cultures and habits. Europe is not the biggest continent

voting at Council Meeting Belgrade were announced.

so to say. In January it seemed like a huge territory, now

The time has come to say goodbye to all of you and to

it feels like a place called home! All of us have traveled a

hand over the Board positions.

lot; we visited 57 Local Groups in 22 countries. Almost 50% of our total disposable time was spent with

We must admit that the year itself was truly amazing.

ESTIEMers, which is considered as quite a high number.

Although there were lots of ups and downs, we

Some of us faced big challenges in maintaining studies,

managed to enjoy the moments together with all of

internship or personal relationships, however it was

you, have fun and to work hard, provide support for

totally worth to take the lesson and use many of its

the members of ESTIEM all over Europe. Besides, we

sides to learn from them.

tried to raise attention around the most important fact: we are the ones, who can make the present and the future of Europe better!

LONGEST 4h 38min

In January we were six enthusiastic ESTIEMers, who were aiming at one goal: develop ESTIEM. Now, we see the aims of our actions in a bit broader scale, our aim became: to develop a „wholesome Europe”. Spreading values like environmental and social responsibility, open-mindedness, sporty and healthy lifestyle and LONGEST mutual understanding highly contribute to making our

4h 38min

surrounding better, the place which allowed us to learn

Days with ESTIEMers

and use its opportunities proactively.

The travel experience - especially how to fit everything in one single hand luggage for 30 days - was one of the

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Jonas

In the following lines we would like to share it with you

funniest cases every time. We can recall how ridiculous

how we felt during the past months - how does it feel

we feltCsaba to pretend that the laptop charger is our162 newest

like to be an ESTIEM Boardie?

necklace and we like to wear three sweaters157 and two Israel pants at the same time. The luggage measuring tool 142

Rapha

First of all, thanks a lot to many of you whom we met

was considered as treasure in those cases. Getting to

during the year. You offered us the opportunity to see

know all the tricks in booking cheap flight, train and bus

a lot of interesting people and learn about different

Nati a really big adventure. 132 tickets was

669

141

Eddi

Days with ESTIEMers 204

Jonas

162

Csaba

157

Israel

142

Rapha

141

Eddi Nati

669

132

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From the left: Israel (VP Administration), Csaba (President), Raphael (VP Education), Natalie (VP Finance), Eddi (VP Public Relations) and Jonas (VP Activities)

One of the most amazing things from being an ESTIEM

facilitated the atmosphere to reflect upon what the

Boardie is to learn about how to work efficiently.

aim of ESTIEM, of being a Boardie is and what our

Sustaining an organisation via Skype – nowadays

responsibility should be; making our surroundings

Google Hangout – and Google spreadsheets is not

better. This spirit has been following us – and hopefully

easy. In the beginning of the year we spent quite some

will follow still for a long time – since August.

time on searching for newer, better platforms and on setting up a convenient structure in which we can easily work together. Our time management has improved a lot as well, it is funny to recall the meandering-strolling Board chats in January, that made us feel a bit tired, whereas nowadays we can easily settle down into an efficient working atmosphere.

“

The most important lesson we learned was to understand how important the role of ESTIEM should be in shaping the future of Europe together.

It was really funny when we realised that doing a Board chat is possible from every place in Europe. Many of

We are a bit sad to leave this amazing network and all

us can recall the situation when someone was sitting

the amazing people. On the other hand we are sure

in an airport shuttle or in (night)trains and joined the

that the future will be in good hands as long as we

Board chats via mobile hotspots. Technology is indeed

respect each other and represent our core values!

a powerful friend in such cases.

Take your time to think of what impact you can do to Last but not least, the most important lesson we

the society, you are the shapers of the future of Europe!

learned was to understand how important the role of ESTIEM should be in shaping the future of Europe

In high ESTIEM,

together. We would like to hereby express our grateful thanks to professor Jim Platts. He introduced us and

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A New Approaching Strategy: Colour Codes

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Our exciting network is growing day by day and as the Members Committee we are trying to spread the ESTIEM Spirit all over Europe.

our regular Approaching strategy for these countries,

adds up to 72 universities in 28 countries in our vast

but mainly we will focus on our regular ‘filling the white

network. We even have 12 Guest Groups and our

spots’ of the ESTIEM’s dotted map. The colours will

Approaching Team is still working on developing and

be discussed and revised before each Spring Council

expanding the ESTIEM network as it is. This includes

Meeting or whenever a new Guest Group is accepted

“filling in the white spots” (establishing Local Groups in

from a specific country.

countries where ESTIEM is not represented yet) as well as strengthening countries that are represented by only

Today, thanks to the recent research conducted by

a few Local Groups.

the Approaching Team, we know that IEM studies do not exist in 9 European countries. From the 39

You may be asking yourself which countries we are

countries left 11 countries are coloured red, which

currently approaching, or from which countries we

means we will not accept any more Local Groups

do not accept any more Local Groups. As you may

from these countries (Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Finland,

imagine, we do have an approaching strategy and we

Germany, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Sweden,

follow it closely.

the Netherlands and Turkey). On the other hand,

Orhun Çelik

Moreover, green colour means that we will still follow

65 Member Groups and 7 Observer Groups. That

Members Committee Leader

Today, before Council Meeting Portugal, ESTIEM has

10 countries are yellow coded and 18 countries are In previous years, we have approached many universities

green coded. This means that these countries still have

and tried to add them to our network. However, with

the potential to influence and join our active student

the years passing, we ended up having a large number

network! ■

of Local Groups from a few of the countries, and a lesser, more uneven amount in other countries. It was time to create a precise approaching strategy with a case-by-case emphasis.

The Membership Team was formed with this idea, and now this team consists of the current Board, the Members Committee Leader, the Approaching Task Group Leader and previous Membership Team members, such as former Members Committee Leaders, past Board members and former Approaching Task Group Leaders.

The Membership Team of ESTIEM started voting on the European countries by giving them specific colours: red, yellow and green. Nowadays we refer to this strategy as “Colour Codes”. Red colour means no more Local Groups will be accepted from that specific country. Yellow colour means the Approaching Team will not actively approach these countries, but if we get a request from a university from one of these countries we will follow our regular Membership process.

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Grants Committee helps you explore new opportunities - in Europe and beyond!

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ESTIEM is growing with our work and motivation every moment. But in order to make the environment around us even better, we have to look beyond the already set horizons

Laine Šildere

Local Ggroup Riga

The European Union (EU) is full of endless possibilities

supports entrepreneurship and initiatives trying to

that most people aren’t aware of. The Grants

fight against the high unemployment rate among young

Committee (GC) is responsible for supporting all layers

Europeans. No-one knows what exactly we can expect

of ESTIEM in applying for public funding, and since we

from it, but it is certain that the GC will research this

are much closer to the EU institutions than any other

opportunity and support everybody interested in order

committee, the GC makes the possibilities that the EU

to take advantage of the new program.

provides more visible to all ESTIEMers.

The Europass Experience – proves your Trainings and co-operation on a higher level

knowledge

Today’s learning opportunities are limitless, borderless

Another “innovation” in the youth field is the Europass

and instantaneous. People increasingly learn and acquire

Experience. It will be a new document enabling

new skills and competences outside the traditional

individuals to describe and record skills acquired

setting of the classroom. Moreover, people do not

in the workplace or through other non-formal or

know where to find useful information about courses,

informal learning experiences such as traineeships or

co-operation offers and options which enable them to

volunteering. This new tool will support the guidelines

cover up to 70% of travel costs! SALTO-Youth, Youth

and actions of the recent European Recommendation

in Action, OTLAS, Europass, Erasmus, and Leonardo

on the validation of non-formal and informal learning,

da Vinci are just some of the grant opportunities that

which aims to validate all kinds of learning experiences.

are open for all of you!

Erasmus Charter for Higher Education aims to

We are active ESTIEMers should aim for the possibility

fight youth unemployment

to get the Europass Experience document from every

Economic

growth

in

Europe

is

sluggish

and

ESTIEM event that we have attended and learned new

unemployment is rising fast, particularly among young

skills and knowledge from, all the while improving our

people. In this context, investment in trainings and

intercultural communication skills and competencies.

education, be it formal or informal, is essential to boost growth and competitiveness.

“

and be ready to face them!

23% of the youth in Europe is unemployed

It is great to see what is going on around us and outside of ESTIEM to get wider knowledge and stronger

There youth unemployment rate in Europe is 23%.

contacts which can, besides self-development, help

Since EU institutions correctly see this as an important

develop ESTIEM as well. Keep in touch with the Grants

problem, their main priority is to fight against

Committee and explore your opportunities - in Europe

unemployment among young people in different ways.

and beyond! ■

Next year a new program called Erasmus Charter for Higher Education will be launched, which strongly

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BusinessBooster get2gether Karlsruhe

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How does your average day look like at work? Wake up at 6AM to catch the company bus at 7, start with a strong coffee at 8 and stay in the same position for 8 hours, with a slight headache growing at the same rate as the volume level of your boss. Or you get out of bed at 9am and spend your entire day making your ideas and dreams happen?

speeches about motivation, courage and the ability to

fit in to a big company as an intern. During the first

learn from our failures. Starting with a lot of food for

weeks I couldn’t think of anything but how naive I was,

thought, it wasn’t hard to find absolutely exciting topics

thinking I could actually have fun while working. With

to talk about during the evening.

Natalia Matykowska

by awesome friends, I found it really challenging to

Sophie Török

with entrepreneurship. We heard some truly inspiring

Local Group Warsaw and Groningen

Technology), supporting every initiative in connection

making decisions and organizing events, surrounded

Local Group Budapest BME

After spending an active year being an ESTIEMer,

these confusing thoughts in my head, I knew I had to do something. I am going to tell you about an event that

During working sessions Bart Jutte, a former ESTIEMer,

opened my eyes.

shared his experience about starting a new business,

“

emphasising the fact that there’s no success without

I am going to tell you about an event that opened my eyes.

failure. Most of us are afraid of making mistakes, even though it’s the most effective way to learn and gain experience. Imagine the situation: you have a really

The decision of leaving a stable job at a good company

great idea and you decide to implement it. You invest a

and starting a business and following your dreams isn’t

lot of time and money into the project, and still it goes

one of the easier decisions to make. Still, once you

to the pot. Would you give up and get back to your

step on this road, you are starting one of the biggest

stable job, or learn from your mistakes and start again?

adventures of your life. In ESTIEM we are surrounded

In a world where most new business fail you need great

with amazingly creative and intelligent people, keeping

courage to stand up again and go on, but this is the

up a strong network while improving and helping each

learning process you need to get through for success.

other. This is obviously the best environment for young entrepreneurs, offering an endless amount of

At a case study competition we had the chance to try

opportunities. What happens when you put together

ourselves in the entrepreneurial environment and make

a bunch of ambitious and open-minded ESTIEMers in

some decisions – without any risks of course. Still, it

an amazing 298-year-old German town? Local Group

gave a slight taste of what it feels like to be your own

Karlsruhe hosted the first Business Booster ESTIEMers

boss and making your own ideas happen, instead of

& Alumni Get2gether event, which was – needless to

completing random orders at a large company.

say – a huge success.

These professional parts of the event turned into A few hours after arrival we participated in a great

the most interesting conversations in the evenings,

kick-off of a new project at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of

stimulating our minds to think forward. ■

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Local Members Engagement – A Brand New Human Resources System

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in terms of HR management strength. Information

one of the important tools we have in the Members

collected in cooperation with Local Responsibles will

Committee’s Human Resources Task Group, and we

be used to support Local Groups with recruitment and

modified this system further during the Members

motivation problems, to determine the most common

Committee’s Spring Coordination Meeting. The LME

problems and to find solutions for them, and also to

system aims to gather information about Local Groups’

share the best practices about HR management with

motivation and recruitment management to help them

the rest of the Local Groups. The LME system also

and also to find people who are interested in joining

helps members to get active on the central level of

central ESTIEM.

ESTIEM by being a bridge between them and leaders;

Ece Teoman

Local Group Ankara-Bilkent

The Local Members Engagement (LME) system is

interested people are now either being welcomed by The LME Team prepared a survey with questions to

Leaders to specific teams or being contacted by our

indicate Local Groups’ activeness, how they handle

LME team to figure out which Committee/Project/

recruitment processes and how they motivate their

Initiative is most suitable for them. ■

members. After receiving 55 responses, the LME team started analyzing them to categorize Local Groups

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Training New Trainers

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Training New Trainers (TNT) is an event provided by ESTIEM’s Training Committee. It is specifically targeted for ESTIEMers who want to become trainers or who want to develop their training skills.

Teemu Metsola

Local Group Lappeenranta

During TNT events participants are given trainings

it was organized together with EPSA, the European

on how to become better trainings and what to pay

Pharmaceutical Students’ Association. This means that

attention to when planning a training, giving a training

approximately half of the participants and the trainers

and when taking feedback. At the end of the event the

are from ESTIEM and the other half from EPSA. The

participants get to plan and execute their own training

next Training New Trainers event will also be a joint

and are given feedback on their performance.

event between ESTIEM and EPSA: it will take place at the end of November, and this time around the event

The latest edition of TNT was organized by our

will be organized by EPSA’s Local Group in Lisbon. So

lovely LG Brussels in March 2013. What made this

if you want to become a trainer and want to get a kick-

event even more special was that, for the first time,

start for your training career, this is your chance! ■

Trainer on Tour At my Training new Trainers (TnT) event last February in Brussels I learned that trainers have to be flexible. Trainers should also share their knowledge. Trainers should develop themselves and look for new challenges. Trainers should travel. Trainers should go on Tour.

Florian Alwast

Local Group Berlin

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This is exactly what the Trainers on Tour (ToT) concept

In the upcoming weeks trainers will travel to ToT

is all about and how I experienced it while attending

events to Sweden, Germany and Ukraine. For spring

a ToT event in Braunschweig last June. I developed

2014 a group of trainers will go on an amazing Tour,

myself in preparing and delivering 13 hours of trainings

called the ToT Roadtrip, and visit several LGs one after

while sharing my knowledge with Local Group

the other and share their wisdom with the members of

Braunschweig in Feedback, Motivation & Recruiting,

these Local Groups.

Team Management and ESTIEM Spirit trainings. The last one was also a new challenge, because it was the

If (and when!) you want to organise a ToT event in your

first time ever that new ESTIEMers got to know all the

Local Group or participate as a trainer in one of the

knowledge and facts about ESTIEM not just through a

upcoming ToTs, send a message to Florian Alwast (tot.

presentation, but in an interactive training which ended

tc@estiem.org).

up in singing ESTIEM songs and playing drinking games.

See you somewhere in Europe! ■

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Europe 3D Russia - Where did the panda go?

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In the very middle of September this year our favorite and unique Europe 3D mascot – a fancy Panda with an E3D logo on its beer belly – went to discover the land of Father Frost, woolen hats, matryoshkas, balalaikas, eternally drunk people and the world’s most beautiful girls. What did the mascot do in Russia, who did Panda fall in love with and how did Panda manage to escape from the ire of angry museum babushkas?

Let’s see!

– Panda and all the other Europe3D lovers from all over

and admiring the city during a guided tour made Panda

the world, from Lithuania to Africa, were met by Local

irrevocably fall in love with the city. The grand finale

Group Moscow organizers. They were amazing. They

of the event was the Gatsby Gala Dinner. Imagine the

were friendly, outgoing, very helpful and working as one

atmosphere: elegant ladies and suited up gentlemen,

team. Moscow, as the first city of the event, opened

nimble servants, delightful dishes and … ESTIEM songs!

up as the political but also cultural center of Russia.

Sounds like nothing could be better. The evening was

The lecture Panda joined about Russian politics was

also topped off by Alina and Erik, dazing everyone with

extremely cognitive. The lecturer described Russia to

unforeseen presents.

the participants as a modern kingdom, revealed the real spectrum of political parties in the Russian government

Unfortunately, fairytales don’t last forever and Panda

and the rivalry between them, and commented on the

had to leave and go meet new Europe3D challenges.

state’s position on Syria. At the same time Moscow was

But Europe3D Russia will definitely stay in the memory

full of cultural events. Panda had an amazing chance to

of our beloved mascot and all the participants forever!

Alina Afanasjeva

babushkas, taking a night boat trip on the Neva River,

Local Group St. Petersburg

Having arrived in Moscow – the great capital of Russia

see the Kremlin, Mr. Putin’s favorite place of residence with its cake-church and unique souvenir fair, and

- That’s what Panda said :) ■

discover the night life of Moscow that never sleeps.

On Wednesday evening Panda and 30 E3D sunglass owners were put on a fancy bus to be carefully carried to St. Petersburg – the city of magnificent architecture and the home of the world’s deepest subway and most sophisticated people. The night was full of ESTIEM songs, fascinating conversations, chocolate dreams and teleport usage, as we fell asleep in one place and woke up in another.

St. Petersburg greeted the explorers of Russia with its typical grey sky and brief sun smile. Here, in the city of Peter the participants were revealed to the Russian economy and culture. The economy was introduced during morning lectures, but the cultural heritage of Russia that Panda could sip with every breath was unforgettable! Visiting the Hermitage, sneakily taking pictures in order not to be killed by Hermitage

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Summer Academy Fairy Tales

INSIDE ESTIEM

Agnieszka Szalczyńska

Local Group Gdansk

Agnieszka Szalczyńska

Linas Lazauskas

I have been wondering for a long time: “What is so

Let me tell you my short story called ‘’Summer

special about the Summer Academy? Why do so many

Academy’’. I had the unique chance to personally

people confess it was the best event they have ever

create and live this tale. In short, I was the person who

been to…?” I must say that at first I was a little skeptical

had the honour of being an organiser and a participant

about it, but at the same time I was so curious about

during the two weeks of this journey inside our minds.

the phenomenon of Summer Academy that I not only decided to participate, but organize it. Now that this

So, what is Summer Academy? Officially it’s a project

experience is behind me I have finally understood what

which brings international students together during

is so amazing and different about this project.

summer holidays to engage in open discussion, group work, debate and private study under a senior

You probably think I will now explain how great

Academic Leader. But what is Summer Academy really

Summer Academy is, but you are wrong. I have been

about? The best thing that comes to my mind is a

thinking for many days how to put into words what I

comparison with a journey across the Grand Canyon

have experienced through organizing this project, but

- in the morning, afternoon and evening you can see

there is simply not enough space here to describe

the same canyon in completely different views. In the

every aspect, every single thing that I have learnt and all

morning you can see its calmness and valleys which

that matters to me so much.

are as deep as your own thoughts; in the afternoon it gets cheerful, bright and alive; in the evenings it gets

Linas Lazauskas

Local Group Vilnius

Thanks to the great personalities and approach of

mysterious and all you can and want to see is the moon

professors Dietrich and Toon, Summer Academy is

– the candle of canyon.

not only an academic event, but it’s a time when you change the way you think. Issues such as “thinking

All this is Summer Academy! It may seem that those are

outside the box” or “what it means to be a leader?” are

just some fancy words, but you will remember these

nothing new today…until you just stop only discussing

words when you are sitting in a room with 14 other

about them and you put it all into practice. I’ll definitely

people from all over Europe and you understand one

never forget our “impossible” project of building a

simple idea: you are no longer a Grand Canyon with

highway to the Moon and “Master without master”.

all your deep problems... you are the moon – you are

However, for me Summer Academy meant much more

the Candle.

than participation. It was a result of a few-months preparation. Together with two other organizers,

Summer Academy is an invitation for people who want

Basia and Emilia, we had to take each day of Summer

to find themselves, for people who want to lead others

Academy as a new challenge.

the right way, for people who want to become the People. ■

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Project, Committee and Initiative updates What some of our Projects, Committees and Initiatives have been up to!

Europe3D The Europe3D Team has put a lot of effort in developing the project further. After having a very productive and enjoyable Coordination Meeting in Turkey, the design of our webpages was completely changed, the content is updated with a new video channel, and preparations for next year’s events in Spain, Belgium and Ukraine are being boosted.

Meanwhile, the new E3D glasses have been released and our new mascot, E3D Panda, has started travelling.

The first “3D Booklet” has been prepared and will be distributed in Portugal, with our brand new posters.

Finally, the project got sponsors and a new central cooperation partner with Bloomberg Institute, and ThinkYoung was established. These developments have already increased the quality and brand value of the Europe3D project, simply, to 3D and beyond!

Business Booster

Academic Days

During the past months we have been working on

The feeling was unanimous, after the last Coordination

several things:

Meeting in Budapest in July, that Academic Days is

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SET - Content of the programme is established,

now a long way from the time it was an initiative. The

locations (Lappeenranta, Catania, and Budapest)

project is getting stronger with a team of experienced

have been found. Grant applications have been

and new motivated members!

sent, and we are in the process of approaching ■■

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sponsors.

Now that we are better known in ESTIEM, we are

SparkBooster - The logo has been created,

working on the understanding of our particular

location of the final round is set (Belgrade), dates

concepts: Reflection Sessions, Synergy of the learning

have been established, and negotiations with

events etc. The project is full of ideas to carry forward:

companies are in progress.

a CR initiative, an Academic Outcomes database and

ESTIEMers & Alumni get2gethers - The first event

the chance to earn some ECTS credit for participating

has been organised in Karlsruhe and guidelines

in an academic Days event!

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event organiser is in progress.

Freddy, the Academic Days torch, is travelling around

Entrepreneur first aid kit - Is being constantly

Europe in the best universities and often needs to be

updated.

brought back to life..! After some International Affairs

Company projects - Joint project with Datakite,

in Riga, he is planning his stay in Eindhoven for some

cooperation with Startup Pirates, BIRI and Intel

Business Intelligence in April. Oulala!

Business Challenge.

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Student Guide

Grants Committee

In Council Meeting Eindhoven, the ESTIEM Student

A year of developments for the Grants Committee

Guide Project has started once again, with the aim of redefining it’s vision, coming up with long term goals

The Grants Committee has been developing in different

with a motivated team so that we have a sustainable

directions since Council Meeting Belgrade. We have

Student Guide.

been working not only on encouraging and supporting our Local Groups and Projects to apply for public

Right after the Council Meeting, all the Local Groups

funding (grants), but also in providing them with explicit

were contacted, interested team members were

information about different local and regional grantors

gathered, and a survey was sent to all actives to decide

and promoting these on a higher level, assuring that

the direction the Student Guide should go.

everybody is aware of the existing opportunities.

At the Student Guide Coordination Meeting, the

Thanks to our motivated team we have created a useful

current pages and the layout of the Student Guide pages

database of different grantors, encouraged a higher

were proofread, the survey results were analysed, and

number of events and Local Groups to apply for grants,

a potential cooperation with an external start-up was

and shared the secrets of the “Holy Knowledge” at

discussed.

many trainings and working groups. Furthermore, our amazing granted Coordination Meeting in Enschede

Currently the Student Guide’s aim is to expand the

helped us prepare for the next period of the Erasmus

study information of cities to country and city based

Charter for Higher Education 2014-2020 and for

information on studying in and travelling to ESTIEM

another successful year for the Grants Committee!

Local Groups.

Members Committee

ESTIEM Book

We have finally started to implement our Local

Over the Summer in the ESTIEM Book we have

Members Engagement system! We sent a survey to

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Local Groups regarding their motivation & recruitment management. Now, we are following up on the results.

We are actively working on expanding our network while still helping our Guest and Observer Groups

further contacted and talked to the former Boardies

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collected our first stories

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started writing stories ourselves

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set up a Design Team and started working on the Design of the Book

through their Membership journey and supporting all of the Local Groups with our Regional Coordinators.

We are still looking for pictures from all the generations, so if you have some pictures (with a story to it), please

We have launched our 3 new portal pages named

share them so we can make this Book as alive as

Approaching, Human Resources and Network.

ESTIEM itself. ■

We are working with the Training Committee on a brand new idea: ESTIEM Spirit Training.

Last but not least, we are working on improving the Regional Coordinator concept.

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Adventure Abroad - The Nordic Experience I always wanted to do a semester abroad once. When it was time to decide where to do it I directly knew that it had to be a Nordic country.

Even though it took me quite a while to choose the

to a text message that does not include any questions.

right city. In the end I ended up in Lappeenranta in

They are not upset when they don’t answer to each

Finland, the land of Minttu, and I am sure that it was

other, they are just fine. In fact you can say that a (sober)

the right choice!

Finn is happy when he does not speak too much. After a few beers Finns are really communicative, they want

Felix Limper,

Local Group Paderborn

Lappeenranta University of Technology is not too big,

to try their English skills and connect with foreigners.

just around 5 000 students. Of course the courses are

The next morning they most likely won’t look at you

not that crowded and the atmosphere is very different

or greet you in the hallways but instead stare directly

compared to Germany. You can talk to your professor

down at their own toes. They will recognize you at

whenever a little problem appears or if you just want to

the next party though! And in Finland you don’t greet

ask a small question, as the atmosphere is very personal

others normally by handshake, you just raise your hand

and relaxed at the university. In the hallways you meet

and say a short greeting (moro, terve, moi, moikka,

your friends and after a few months you don’t see that

etc.), and most of the time even a simple nod of your

many foreign faces anymore. Some people might not

head is more than enough.

like this feeling, but for me it was really good and it made it easier to feel comfortable.

So far it perhaps seems like Finns are not open or don’t want to deal with foreigners that much, but that is

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At the beginning of the introduction week there was

simply not true. A small example from my exchange:

a lecture about the Finnish mentality and behaviour. I

my flat mate, Ilkka. He was on an exchange in Germany

have to admit some of these stereotypes are very true,

in 2012 and told me directly that he knows how hard it

but of course not in every case. My flat mate is Finnish

is to connect with Finnish people because they are not

and I got to know what that means quite early. Finns

that good in small talk, but he also would know how I

don’t talk if it is not necessary; don’t expect an answer

feel about experiencing a new country. So he gave me

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the unique chance to visit the mökki (Finnish summer

different cities even earlier. But thankfully there is still

cottage) of his best friend. We went there for one

the visit to Lapland in northern Finland coming up, and

afternoon and it was really great! If you ever get invited

I just can’t wait for it to happen! ESN organizes many

to such a house, know how to value it and accept the

trips, for example to Saint Petersburg and Stockholm.

offer. Ilkka and his best friend also had a motorboat

But since the Europe 3D Russia was in Saint Petersburg

at their cottage, and they took me for a small ride on

and the Nordic ReCoM was in Helsinki and Stockholm,

Lake Saimaa, the biggest lake in Finland - Lappeenranta

I have been to these cities already before the ESN trips

University of technology is located 200 meters away

happened and at some point you have to keep an eye

from this lake, by the way! We picked a nice island

on your money situation.

and had a barbecue there, and in the forest nearby I collected some berries that were really delicious.

Despite all the fun, unfortunately Finland is not the cheapest country …

After we were done with eating we went back to the cottage again and Ilkka showed me his water sport

That is a big deal for every Erasmus student in the

equipment. He has water-skis, a wakeboard and –

Nordics. I don’t buy that much meat and cheese

good for me! – a big donut where you don’t have to

anymore, and I eat much more vegetables. Of course

do anything else other than try to not fall off. Since I

this is good for me and my environment, but this was

don’t have any experience in winter or water sports,

not for extra points from SERI, it was just necessary to

he recommended me to choose the donut. I took the

slightly change my habits to still have the opportunity to

donut and went into the water, ready to be pulled

travel a lot. If you go to a Nordic country you definitely

over the big and beautiful lake. Of course they tried

don’t have to be a millionaire, but you should keep an

to create waves with the boat and drive through them

eye on the prices in the supermarkets more carefully

all the time to challenge me a bit, but I managed to

than at home. You can buy beer till 4,7% alcohol in the

stay relatively dry and did not fall off. After this little

supermarket, it can cost between 3 and 5 Euros per

amusement there was only one thing missing from a

liter. All the drinks above 4,7% alcohol are retailed in the

day at a Finnish summer cottage: Sauna. It was really

so-called Alko stores, the state-owned shops. Despite

great! The sauna was heated by wood and in between

all of this I am very happy with my time here and am

the sessions we went into the lake – really refreshing!

especially looking forward to the rest of the semester.

So again my recommendation: If you get invited to a

It’s going to get a lot colder soon; the temperature is

summer cottage, use that chance.

around 0 degrees Celsius and we’ve already had the first snowfall, all this in mid-October. It’s the perfect

In Lappeenranta ESTIEM is really well known. Since

time to start drinking “minttukaakao”, hot chocolate

I am from Paderborn where we have to do a lot of

with a dash of a peppermint-flavored alcoholic drink

promotion for ESTIEM, it was really nice to not have

called Minttu, and go watch some ice hockey or have

to explain what the writing on my shirt means all the

fun in the snow!

time. Actually I once got asked: “Hey, you are from ESTIEM, right?! Can you tell me where the party is

An exchange semester is really a great opportunity to

tonight and when it starts?”, even though ESTIEM or LG

get a better insight in another nation and to experience

Lappeenranta had nothing to do with the party. During

the life outside of your home country for just a few

this semester abroad I also had a lot of opportunities

months. I can highly recommend it to everyone! ■

to travel around in the region, not only with ESTIEM, but also with ESN, the Erasmus Student Network. To be honest, I did not participate in any of their travels, but only because there were ESTIEM events in the

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St. Petersburg

RUSSIA

London

Berlin

Erasmus in Valencia

EXPLORE EUROPE

An Erasmus exchange in Spain is always a great experience: How ESTIEM helped me experience the best Erasmus ever I met Vera at an ESTIEM event, the Finance Days, in

running on wet sand, close to the sea. It was surprising:

Brussels. She told me she was in Erasmus in Valencia, I

although the weather was always sunny and warm, a

said: “Hey, what a coincidence! That’s where I’m going

cold dry wind was blowing constantly. I developed a

as well!”

persistent cough until mid-March, when temperatures don’t go below 26°C anymore.

During the first three months of my stay, I tried to

me up at the tram stop and asked me how my Spanish

hang around only with Spanish people. It is easy to

is, as her English had slightly deteriorated and I should

meet them at ‘language exchanges’ organized by the

get used to Spanish. We never spoke a word of English

university. I made some really good Spanish friends

again. Her flat mate, Dani, didn’t even seem to speak

and my level of Spanish increased tremendously in a

English at all and rattled on at such a speed I thought I’d

very short time span. Later on, I got in touch with the

never understand him. However, the tortillas he made

Erasmus community. Valencia has the second largest in

largely compensated the lack of communication.

Spain with about 1700 students. The most active ones

Pierre.Henry Bastin,

at least 10 degrees more than at home. Vera picked

Local Group Brussels

Five months later, there I was, sunshine, palm trees and

would always meet up at the same places to party. And Vera told me I could stay at her place or about 3 days to

there is a particular spot on the beach where you know

look for a place of my own. Better get started! This is

you’ll always find some of the Erasmus people. Even

where my first challenge and deception about Valencia

when I returned to visit one year later, I still met people

occurred. As opposed to Dani and Vera’s place, which

I knew there. It felt like a big family.

was very nice, located in a beautiful quiet area near to the beach, Valencia is architecturally hideous. It consists

The last month, after the exams, was a total blast.

of huge ugly buildings built in the sixties, surrounded by

All I did was go to meet friends at the beach in the

big avenues flooded with cars. I spent three days visiting

afternoon, going back home for a little “siesta” in the

dirty, sleazy apartments, getting home exhausted and

evening, going out all night and sleeping a few hours

depressed. I also lost my bank card during that period

before going to the beach again, day after day. Partying,

and discovered how dependent you are on it when you

just like anything else in Valencia, is cheap. In the end I

live far away from home. On the third day, I didn’t want

was surprised to notice my Erasmus exchange had cost

to overstay my welcome. I was really sad to leave, and

only half of what I had expected.

didn’t have a flat yet. That’s where Dani taught me a very important Spanish expression: “No pasa nada,

At some point I seriously considered extending

chaval!”; “no worries, dude!” I could stay another

my stay; however, all good things come to an end.

month if I wanted to.

Retrospectively, I must say my thanks to ESTIEM and the ESTIEMers that made my Erasmus period very

One week later I finally found a place I like, not in the

unique. Thanks to the help I received in the beginning

ugly towers near university where 99% of the Erasmus

I discovered a side of Valencia most of the other

students lived, but in El Cabañal, a small quiet traditional

exchange students weren’t aware of. Once again,

Spanish area no-one knew about, one block away from

ESTIEM got me straight in with the local people and

Vera’s place. I loved my apartment; I even had a 100m²

culture of the place I was visiting. ■

roof terrace where I once organized a party for 100 people!

Once I was settled, I started getting some habits.

Most of my movement was done by public bike, the “Valenbisi” system in Valencia works really well and most Erasmus students use it. The university, by bike, was 5 minutes away. The courses, though interesting, weren’t that hard and allowed me to travel around Spain. I also enjoyed running on the beach, first on the sidewalk, then I discovered the great feeling of ESTIEM Magazine | 45th issue - Internet of Things

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Graz – A Small Town With a Big Soul Graz – “my second home”, is what I call it. I grew fond of its streets, its air, its people and its atmosphere so much that I can sometimes feel it calling me back, inviting me to return, inviting me to stay.

Jelena Bajsic,

Local Group Novi Sad

It is not so rare that, when I walk along the streets of

second largest city of Austria and it is located in the

my hometown of Novi Sad, I start remembering how

south of the country, in a province called Steiermark.

it felt like walking along Herrengasse, the main street

It has around 300.000 inhabitants and it is one of the

in Graz, paying a visit to the everlastingly beautiful

centers of Austrian society. But, there is another side

Schloßberg and its numerous gardens full of wonderful

to this easily found information, and that is – it may

roses and lillies and stopping by to a local bakery to

be the second largest city, but it feels very small, more

get a warm bagle that was just taken out of the oven.

like a town, rather than a city. And this is not because

These memories are the strongest, I believe, as they

there are not so many things to do there, but because

are the first ones I think of when Graz is mentioned.

the atmosphere is so well preserved. You can just

After I left this wonderful town, I actually have not had

feel Austria and its people, the way they live, the way

the opportunity to talk about it, let alone remember

they behave and the nature of the whole environment

completely how it was. All I have left are bits of past

around you. That is, if you spend enough time over

moments that are coming to my mind when I have time

there. I had the chance to be in Graz for a whole

for myself and my own thoughts. So, as I am writing this

semester, meaning, six months, so I was able to get to

text, I am not only sharing the experiences with you,

know the soul of the town and its surrounding areas.

but also with myself. This is why I would like to start

Graz is very peaceful and quiet and it always reminds

from the very beginning.

me of the word “cozy”. The narrow streets it has, the fact that most of the town has the old, 19th century

Since I am not one of those people that like giving

architecture, the colourful buildings and the old

raw facts, I will try and avoid them the most, as raw

pavement in the city center with its families, children

facts can easily be acquired through various methods.

and grandparents make Graz, the second largest city of

It is the experience that is the hardest to transfer and

Austria, a local, friendly, small town.

explain, and that is what I will focus on the most – the experience of Graz.

However, do not think that if you come here, you will come to a boring place, because you could not be

However, I would like to introduce the town a bit, so

further from the truth. As every coin has two sides, so

all of you could be aware of where I went: Graz is the

does Graz, and the other side of this town is – students!

So many students, Austrian, European, American, Asian, Australian, you name it, all of them studying here!

The students make this town such a vivid place to live in. They give it a touch of new, multicultural, exciting life. Graz has one of the oldest universities of Europe, named Karl-Franzens, which was also my host university when I did my exchange. But it also has the Technical University and several more. Therefore, you have quite some choices if you decide to study here. There are a lot of study or exchange programmes and scholarships for incoming foreign students. And universities here are very friendly towards their incomers, so friendly that it is obvious they treat them with greater care and less strictness than their own students. This is only because they want to show how much it means to them that you are here. And I am not only talking about professors, but also the university staff, programme coordinators, mentors, assistants and many more. Ever since I set foot into their classrooms, I could feel the engagement

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and the care that some of the professors had towards foreign students. I will gladly share one example from my own experience: I was a student at a course that was taught only in German, and my German speaking skills, even though I had them, were not nearly as good as to follow the lectures and take exams. During the final exam of this subject, the professor sat next to me and translated each and every word of a four-paged test. Not to mention that he allowed me to write my answers in English. This is just one of many experiences I had, but I believe this one instance perfectly shows how engaged professors can get around you as their student.

I guess this behaviour, as well as the whole exchange experience at one of the universities of Graz, can be explained very easily with a metaphor – you are a guest, and the university is your host. And you are treated like this from the time you arrive until the moment you leave.

along the center in pairs and just enjoying themselves.

During these festivals you can try their local beverages

Now that I already mentioned language barriers, I

and food, such as various sausage meals, wine, beer,

could also mention the “Steiermark language”, as I

bread with different tastes, cakes and so on. Around

call it, which is vastly present in Graz. This is Austrian,

Christmas, there is a Christmas festival, where you can

which is very localized, and by “very”, I mean, well,

enjoy a glass of warm, red or white Glühwein, made

very. It is almost impossible to understand the people

by the local wine producers of Steiermark, which will

when they start talking, unless they are speaking

make you warm on a cold evening. This is also the

extremely slow – which they are, most of the times,

time when the whole city comes to light with beautiful

not. I ran into instances where even Germans had

decorations, light shows on the City Hall and tall

difficulties understanding them. Which means that, if

Christmas trees on each, small or bigger square.

you have German speaking skills that is nice, but it will not do you much here, unless you learn their accent

All of the things I mentioned should already point out

and their phrases. It took me some time to master the

that this „small town“ has a big soul, and that, if your

difference between Aprikose and Marille, and both

path ever leads you there, you will not regret it. You

are “apricot”, and that there is no “Guten Abend/

can always take a walk alongside the wild river Mur and

Morgen/Tag” but only “Grüß Gott” at any time of

listen to its fast and loud flowing, you can walk accross

the day or night. There is no “Auf Wiedersehen”, but

it on one of the narrow bridges and enter straight into

only “Wieder schaaaaun!” that I later discovered was

the city center where you have numerous choices of

“Wieder schauen”, which would be “See you later”

good food, local drinks and domestic atmosphere. You

or “See you again”, but it served as a goodbye phrase.

can go to various museums (one of them is a museum

And, there are many more examples like these. If you

of keys and locks!), or just enjoy a „Verlängerter“

have ever been to Vienna and thought their accent was

coffee in one of the cafes located on small squares that

a bit complex, in Graz it gets even more. However, that

you reach through narrow streets. In the evening, you

just gave the additional flare to this place. It gave it soul,

can always find a nice place for a night out, especially

it gave it difference from other places I have been to, it

because there are so many of them organised for

gave it uniqueness.

students, by students. You can take a stroll through big parks, city lakes or surrounding vineyards and beautiful

In Graz, you will never grow tired of manifestations,

hilly landscapes that this region has to offer.

festivals, museums or even fashion shows, as there are many organised during the year. There is one

In the end, Graz is all of this and much more. I do hope

festival in autumn, where you have the chance to see

this gives a small insight into what awaits you there and

locals wearing their traditional clothes and the already

that you will, as I did, say: „Graz, wieder schauen!“

famous Lederhosen, women wearing Austrian dresses

when you leave. ■

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