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International Alumni Conference at H-BRS in September 2015
To mark Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University’s 20th anniversary, the Interdisciplinary Conference ‘Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Challenges to be faced in Project Management’ will be held from 28 to 30 September. It is aimed at our university’s international alumni abroad and is intended to advance their personal and professional education.
You are heartely invited to submit your applications for this conference by 30 May.
What is the conference about?
The cross-border focus of many companies, organisations and scientific bodies leads to an increasing number of projects being completed in multi-cultural surroundings. On the one hand, joint projects are very much enriched by the broad range of expertise, abilities and points of view contributed by the various participants. On the other hand, cultural diversity and thematic differences can present barriers to those involved in a project, thus preventing them from achieving their individual optimum performance.
The conference will provide all participants with the opportunity to discuss in depth the opportunities and pitfalls of project management in a multi-cultural environment and to reflect upon their own practical experience in a series of lectures and workshops held by professors from Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University and external experts. You will thus be encouraged to contribute your own project management experience to the workshops.
Provisional Schedule (subject to change)
Presentations, workshops and first-hand reports covering the following topics:
- The Relevance of Trust in Joint Projects
- How an International Partnership Helps to Open up New Markets in Africa
- Project Management for Multi-Cultural Teams: Experiences, Intercultural Issues and Lessons Learned from the b-it-bots RoboCup Teams
- Measuring the Success of Development Cooperation Projects
- Managing Diversity in Project Teams
- Other Workshops and get-together with staff and students at Campus Sankt Augustin and Campus Rheinbach (depending on participant's disciplines)
- Sunday, 27 September: Excursion (guided tour through Bahnhof Rolandseck with Arp Museum, trip to "Drachenfels")
Admission to the conference and accommodation in Germany are free. Travel expenses will be reimbursed. Please note that the number of participants is limited.
Here you will find further information to which extent participants’ costs are covered by the project .
We are looking forward to welcoming as many of you as possible to our university again. Come and seize this opportunity for a reunion with your old professors and other contacts at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University; take part, too, in the accompanying programme and the optional excursion on 27 September to get to know the beautiful countryside and some of the region’s cultural highlights.
Who can participate:
Participants of the alumni conference at H-BRS should be academically qualified, and have completed a course of study in the fields of management sciences/economics, computer science, natural science, engineering or media and communications. If possible, you should work in a closely related field. Participant's residence must be outside of Germany.
Because of the funding for the conference by the DAAD attendance is not possible for Germany-based alumni of H-BRS.
How to apply for participation
Please let us know:
- personal details (first and last name, date of birth, current postal address and email)
- educational and professional background (CV, including current profession or occupation)
- some information on the projects you are (or were) involved in (including your individual project management experience you have gained in your own professional, regional or cultural environment.
- letter of motivation
- if you like to join on the excursion on Sunday (27 September)
Please submit your registration to alumni@h-brs.de by 30 May 2015. When the selection process has been completed, you will receive an official invitation letter and further information along with the letter confirming admission.
You should only book flights etc after receiving this confirmation letter. If necessary, you will need to arrange an appointment to apply for a visa immediately after you have received confirmation of admission. As a participant you will also be required to confirm attendance by 30 June 2015, enclosing your visa (if necessary) and indicating your flight details.
Should you need further English-language information about the alumni conference for submission to your employer to support your application, please do not hesitate to contact us.
The conference will be partly funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) – from financial resources provided by the Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt).
We kindly ask you to register for our alumni database as well.
Contact/Project management:
Barbara Wieners-Horst, Alumni Coordinator at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University