ESTIEM – European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management Introduction

1. ESTIEM – European Students of Industrial Engineering and ManagementIntroduction

2. ESTIEM – European Students of Industrial Engineering and ManagementIntroduction

3. Content • Introductions • Goal of ESTIEM • The network • Structure of ESTIEM • ESTIEM Board • Committees • Projects & Events • Portal • Alumni & Professors

4. Introductions & Why am I here? • Xavier Azcue • 22 years old • 5th year Master Student of Industrial Engineering and Management • Active in ESTIEM since 2008 • Local Group Lisbon • TIMES Project Leader 2010/2011 • President 2012 • Jennifer Weingarten contacted Ing. Miroslav Žilka • Production and Economics in Engineering • This presentation was arranged

5. Goal of ESTIEM Our goal is to establish and foster relations between students of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) across Europe and to support them in their personal and professional development.

6. The Network • 26 countries • 68 Local Groups • Core team: ~150 students • Direct access to ~5 000 students • Total students in member IEM departments 50 000 27 69

7. ESTIEM Spirit • Friendly Atmosphere • Open-mindness • No matter what background • Easy to get involved • Travel as much as you like • Take part in our European network • Playground to try out • Improve your soft skills • Open to your ideas

8. Structure of ESTIEM Central ESTIEM Board Committees Projects Local Groups

9. The ESTIEM Board • Elected annually during the Autumn Council Meeting • Consists of six members: • President : Xavier Azcue • VP of Activities : Gregor Herr • VP of Administration : Jean-Yves Lemelle • VP of Finance : Henrique Cruz • VP of Public Relations : Victoria Martinez • VP of Education : Marc Hedler • Supported by the Committees and Projects • ESTIEM Board 2012

10. Committees • Why do we have Committees? • Help the Board on operational tasks • Ensure continuity • Support the Projects and other Committees • Which Committees exist? • Members Committee (MC)‏ • Knowledge Management Committee (KMC) • Corporate Relations Committee (CRC)‏ • Public Relations Committee (PRC)‏ • IT Committee (ITC)‏ • Grants Committee (GC) • Financial and Legal Committee (FLC)‏

11. Committees • Members Committee (MC)‏ • Tasks • Supporting new and inactive Local Groups (LGs)‏ • Helping current applicant groups • Selecting guest groups • Implementing the Local Group Requirements • Goals • Creating a strong network among all Local Groups • Spreading our network in Europe and the spirit Jennifer Weingarten

12. Committees • Knowledge Management Committee (KMC) • Tasks • Keeping and updating knowledge within ESTIEM • Improving the training system • Goals • Constantly creating and updating needed Best Practice Documents (BPDs) • Organising the Local Responsible Forum, Training New Trainers and Training advanced Trainers events • Supporting the Local Groups through the Trainers on Tour concept • Supporting Projects and other events through the Feedback system Atamert Arslan

13. Committees • Corporate Relations Committee (CRC)‏ • Tasks • Coordinating ESTIEM’s relations with companies and universities • Goals • Improving communication inside ESTIEM regarding Academic and Corporate Relations • Acquiring sponsorships and academic support for Projects • Improving and maintaining the relationship with Partners of ESTIEM Asbjörn Friederich

14. Committees • Public Relations Committee (PRC) • Tasks • Taking care of the ESTIEM brand inside and outside the organisation • Goals • Helping the Local Groups with their PR (design, media relations etc.) • PR knowledge in all the Local Groups • Creating and maintaining PR material for central ESTIEM • Media cooperation Sebastian Mohr

15. Committees • Information Technology Committee (ITC) • Tasks • Maintaining and developing the IT infrastructure • Portal and web pages • E-mail system • Providing help with Portal- and e-mail related problems (help.it@estiem.org • Goal • Effective communication and collaboration Israel Pohl

16. Committees • Grants Committee (GC) • Task • Supporting all layers of ESTIEM applying for public funding • Goals • Structuring the existing knowledge about Grants in a Best Practice Document • Sharing the existing knowledge to as many ESTIEMers as possible • Gathering new and improved knowledge about Grants • Searching for new public funding opportunities Madalina Gavrila

17. Committees • Financial and Legal Committee (FLC) • Tasks • Providing financial and legal support to Board, Committees, Projects and Local Groups • Actively improving the statutes & Internal Regulations • Ensuring that ESTIEM complies with Dutch law & regulations • Goals • Developing a strong legal and financial backbone for ESTIEM • Developing the service scope provided to Local Groups Rombout Kampen

18. Projects • What is a Project? • Time-span • Aim • Project Leader • What Projects exist?

19. Projects • Vision • Europe-wide seminar series covering an IEM related topic • Combining academic content (trainings, workshops, company visits) with informal cultural activities • One exciting week of personal development, varied learning and unique fun in an ESTIEM city “The Project is a perfect combination of knowledge, culture exploration and pastime with extremely motivated ESTIEMers within a week for a participant, and a dramatic development of the leadership skills for an organizer. Just don't miss those opportunities!" (Cristina Rubtsova, Vision organiser and participant 2011) 2011/2012: Crisis and Change Management Bahar Akıncı

20. Projects • TIMES • Tournament in Management and Engineering Skills • Case study competition with 3 rounds • Local Qualifications in each Local Group • 7 Semi-Finals in January and February, Final in March • 3 or 4 members per team • Jury: professionals and academicians • Winners are “IEM students of the year” “TIMES is a really good chance not only to apply the knowledge learnt at the university to real business cases, but also to learn how to work in a team and to make decisions under time pressure” (Moritz Wilke, IEM Student of 2010) Maren Cecilie Eid Lund

21. Projects • Summer Academy • 2-week learning experience in ethical leadership • Highly academic and philosophical content • Lead by professors from top universities • Prof. Dietrich Brandt (Aachen University of Technology)‏ • Lecturer Jim Platts (University of Cambridge) • Self-reflection and self-development • Each participant writes a thesis on a subject of personal interest Change matters... Milica Markovic

22. Projects • Europe3D • Europe in 3 Dimensions: Politics, Economy and Culture • One country, 5-7 days • The concept: • Getting to know one country in 3 dimensions • Students from any field of study can join • 50% ESTIEMers, 50% non-ESTIEMers • 3-4 events each year with 30-60 participants "Once you participate, you can never forget the experience - it may even change your life“ (Daniel Feld&Timea Slavic, Europe3D Finland participants) Laia Gomez Valle

23. Projects • BrainTrainer • Coaching and developing the participants to becomemore successful in their life as well in their future career • Professional trainings lasting for two days delivered by • ESTIEM trainers • Professional trainers • Wide range of training topics „Train, eat, train, coffee, train! ” (Markus Salletmaier – Brain Trainer 2010 participant) Daniel Brinkert

24. Projects • ESTIEM Magazine • Articles about: • Current and future developments on the broad field of IEM • Career possibilities • ESTIEM news and activities • 5 000 copies • Published twice a year • Distributed to all ESTIEM Local Groups during Council Meetings Jelena Bajsic

25. Projects • ESTIEM Guide • Promote studying abroad and provide students going abroad with information and experiences • Articles about universities, updated by the Local Groups • Regular article series “ExplorEurope” in the ESTIEM Magazine covering personal study abroad experiences • www.studentguide.estiem.org Benedikt Wirmer

26. Other Events • Other events besides those being part of a Project • Strategic events • Council Meetings (Spring and Autumn) • ESTIEM College • Regional Coordination Meeting • Coordination Meeting • Trainings • Local Responsible Forum • Training New Trainers • PR-CR School • Activity Week • Local Groups exchange

27. Other Events – Strategic • Council Meeting • Semi-annual statutory meeting of ESTIEM(spring and autumn) • 2 delegates from each Local Group • General Assembly • Meeting of ESTIEM’s main legal entity • Primary decision making tool of ESTIEM • Elections • Working Groups • Gathering of a small amount of ESTIEMersto work and discuss on a specific topic • Led by experienced members of ESTIEM

28. Other Events – Strategic • ESTIEM College • Culminating in an event with 30 active ESTIEMer to finalise the ongoing discussions • Regional Coordination Meetings (ReCoM)‏ • Increase the awareness on ESTIEM related matters • Deepen the cooperation between the Local Groups • Coordination Meeting (CoM)‏ • Meetings for certain Projects and Committees • Improve communication • Work out the Project’s or Committee’s work in detail

29. Other Events – Trainings • Local Responsible Forum • Knowledge exchange between the Local Responsibles • Training New Trainers • Gaining training skills • PR-CR School • Trainings in Public Relations and Corporate Relations

30. Other Events • Activity Weeks • Hosted by a Local Group of ESTIEM to familiarise others to different culture of the hosting country and city • Local Groups Exchange • Two Local Groups visit each other in order to get to know each other better “The aim is to learn about foreign study environments and get to know the students, universities and companies in different European countries.”

31. ESTIEM Alumni & EPIEM • ESTIEM Alumni is a network of professionals who were formerly active in ESTIEM “Maintain an informal network between former IEM students and promote the position of IEM engineers in business.” • EPIEM is the European Professors of Industrial Engineering and Management

32. ESTIEM Portal – Login • For our internal work we have our own Internet Portal • find all information about ESTIEM • The easiest way: www.estiem.org! • One click • Then • Your name • Your password

33. ESTIEM Portal – Introduction • How to navigate? • Quick links: • Home • Events • Resources • Get Involved • Forum • Photos • My Profile • Help

34. ESTIEM Portal – My Profile • This is your ESTIEM Profile • Update as often as you can. Why? • “ESTIEM” can easily contact you • Event organisers always have info about you • Especially your phone number if you’re lost! • Everyone can get to know you better • Everyone will be able to see your picture • Keeping track of your ESTIEM life is easy • You can give it a personal touch

35. ESTIEM Portal - Events • All events are listed by date • Click on an event to get more information and register • You can register on your own for all events (except Council Meeting and LR Forum) • On the bottom of the event page:

36. Next Steps • Are you interested?

37. Guest survey • General information about University and Department • Name, Number of students, Motivation, International agreements • Curriculum • Programs offered by your department, Language of education, Detail • Miscellaneous university information • Student clubs, Alumni • General information about the local group • Name and address, History, Members, Structure • Activities & External Contacts • ESTIEM, Local organisations, National / international organisations

38. Thank you for you attention Any Questions?