iMOVE-Conference 2007

Training - Made in Germany:
An Export Industry between Slumber and Awakening

October 15th - 16th, 2007

Ellington Hotel Berlin

 

>> Programme, latest update: October 10th, 2007

Monday, October 15th, 2007

9:30 h
Registration

10:00 h
Welcome
Sabine Gummersbach-Majoroh, iMOVE

10:10 h
Keynote
Andreas Storm, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education and Research

10:30 h
„Trend Barometer Export Industry Education and Training“
Dag-Uwe Holz, F.A.Z.-Institut

11:00 h
Award Ceremony German Training Export Award 2007

Moderator:
Thomas Nehls, ARD Broadcasting Studio Berlin

12:00 h
Lunch

13:30 h
The Economic Value of Education and Training Export:
Trends and Perspectives

  • Dr. Nikolaus Förster, Financial Times Deutschland
  • Michael W. Hall, Australian Council for Private Education and Training (Australia)
  • Richard Parry, UK Trade & Investment (GB)
  • Martin Riordan, TAFE Directors Australia (Australia)

Moderator:
Thomas Nehls, ARD Broadcasting Studio Berlin

15:00 h
Entrepreneurial Spirit:
The Precondition for International Success

  • Prof. Dr. Jörg Freiling, Universität Bremen
  • Wolfgang Rosenkranz, Team Connex AG
  • Dr. Florian Schütz, International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef - Bonn

Moderator:
Thomas Nehls, ARD Broadcasting Studio Berlin

16:15 h
Coffee Break

16:45 h
Global Education Industry:
Visions, Strategies, Success Factors

  • Barry Peddle, TAFE NSW South Western Sydney Institute (Australia)
  • Michael René Weber, MarketingAkademie Hamburg
  • Susan Weber, E-Myth Worldwide (US)

Moderator:
Thomas Nehls, ARD Broadcasting Studio Berlin

18:00 h
End of first conference day

19:30 h
Evening Programme

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

8:30 h
Sales Strategies & International Marketing:
Different Ways to Reach International Customers

  • Dr. Andrea Ferber, isw Institute for Structural Policy and Economic Development
  • Uwe Sachse, Uwe Sachse Consulting
  • Manuela Thiel, Institut Ranke-Heinemann Ltd.
  • Dr. Hans E. Ulrich, IST International GmbH
  • Thomas Votsmeier, German Society for Quality (DGQ)

Moderator:
Sabine Gummersbach-Majoroh, iMOVE

9:45 h
Creating Synergies through Networks and Alliances

  • Prof. Dr. Michael Jansen, RWTH Aachen University
  • Werner Roth, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
  • Michael Stephany, GET German Education and Training GmbH / ICON-INSTITUTE GmbH & Co. KG
  • Eric Swehla, The International Academy for Business and Economics (iVWA )
  • Farhan Yabroudi, Arab -German Association for Trade and Industry (Ghorfa)

Moderator:
Sabine Gummersbach-Majoroh, iMOVE

11:00 h
Coffee Break

11:15 h
Ways of Financing Education Export

  • Oskar Edler von Schickh, VentaCom GmbH
  • Joachim Habisreitinger, Berliner Volksbank eG
  • Jan Lucas, PNO Consultants GmbH
  • Ahmed Taha, Industrial Training Council (Egypt)
  • Gebhard Weiss, SEQUA gGmbH

Moderator:
Markus Milwa, iMOVE

12:30 h
Lunch

13:30 h
Network Asia

  • Ullrich Geidel, Lufthansa Technical Training GmbH
  • Wilfried Lammers, Siemens Technical Academy
  • Hansjörg Lüttke, KWB-Koordinierungsstelle Weiterbildung und Beschäftigung e.V. (Coordination Office of Further Training and Employment)

Moderator:
Susanne Burger, Federal Ministry of Education and Research

14:30 h
Coffee Break

15:00 h
Network Near and Middle East

  • Dr. Franz Gerstheimer, INMEDEA GmbH
  • Alexandra Hilbig, Rahn Dittrich Group
  • Kai Probst, TÜV SÜD Akademie GmbH

Moderator:
Dr. Jürgen Friedrich, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

16:00 h
Network Eastern Europe & Russia

  • Dr. Hans-Georg Groß, GSI – Gesellschaft für Schweißtechnik International mbH (German Welding Institute)
  • Dr. Frank Habermann, imc information multimedia communication AG
  • Martin Wahl, Training and Development Centres of the Bavarian Employers´ Assocations, International Division

Moderator:
Markus Milwa, iMOVE

17:00 h
Closing Remarks

17:15 h
End of conference