Dear Students,

It is our pleasure to invite you to the September 2024 Skills Sprint Week! Get ready for your skill development - train your brain, flex your muscles and expand your network!

Some of the highlights include a Private Equity Day (including a hackathon!), an AICup, insights into marketing with Artificial Intelligence, a LinkedIn lab, an excursion to Fraunhofer as well as an introduction to the German-Indian Innovation Corridor. You see: There is something for everyone!

So, what are you waiting for? Get ready, browse the program - and select the events you will attend (if you register, you have to attend, please be aware of that!).

Once you sign up, you will get access to the Canvas SSW September 2024 module, where all the important info, materials and updates will be shared with you.

MAKE SURE TO COMPLETE THIS SURVEY BY 23:59 CET ON THU, 29 AUGUST, TO SECURE YOUR PLACE!!

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* 1. Please enter your First and Last name

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* 2. Please enter your GH number

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* 3. Please enter your Gisma email address (xxx@gisma-student.com). Do NOT provide any of your private addresses!

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* 4. Mon 02/09, 09:30-18:00 campus/online - AICup (In this one-day event, students form groups of 2 and build an AI agent to play a game. At the end of the event, students’ agents will compete with each other to become the champion of the tournament)

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* 5. Mon 02/09, 11:00-12:30 online - MINTD Female Tech Talent Career Session (Promoting and connecting top female talent in the tech field with companies and opportunities. Take this slot to get to know the platform and learn about new perspectives!)

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* 6. Mon 02/09, 13:00-14:00 on campus - Environmental Monitoring Workshop with Sensebox (Sensebox is a hardware kit to sense the environment. We will brainstorm how to design an innovative application with it and then we program and run it)

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* 7. Mon, 02/09, 14:00-16:00 campus/online - Leading Throughout the Scaling Phase of a Business Life Cycle (Chiedza Muguti, an experienced product development and former CPO and product lead in leading German and UK tech organisations will share her insights on navigating the complexities of scaling. She will delve into the art of managing people and organisations during periods of rapid growth, offering practical lessons and strategies drawn from her extensive experience at the forefront of the tech industry)

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* 8. Tue 03/09, 09:00-11:30 on campus - Private Insights Equity by Deloitte (Join Prof. Karsten Hollasch, partner at Deloitte, in a wild ride along the different avenues of private equity. What are the advantages, but also the threats of PE for companies? Get insights into an exciting field of a potential career path)

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* 9. Tue 03/09, 11:30-12:30 on campus - Birkenstock - a success story - Part of the "Scaling Private Companies Day" (Birkenstock is a brand which is not only known from the "Barbie" movie, but is as well connected with health, wellness and lifestyle. CFO Erik Massmann is joining on campus to provide insights into the company and give some future perspectives. Perfect preparation for the hackathon!)

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* 10. Tue 03/09, 12:30-16:00 on campus - Hackathon - Draft the Strategy of the Future of Birkenstock (As the culmination of the "Scaling Private Companies Day" you have the opportunity to be part of the Birkenstock hackathon and show your skills of drafting a strategy to the CFO in person. Dress to impress and team up to make an impression!)

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* 11. Tue 03/09, 17:00-17:45 online - Transforming Marketing with Artificial intelligence (Strategies for digital age)

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* 12. Tue 03/09, 09:00-10:00 campus/online - AI and Data Skills Transition from Academia to Industry (Mona Bokharaei Nia, Global Director AI/ML at Tecnotree, will talk about AI and data skills transition from academia to industry, focusing on key trends and in-demand skills and AI market demands)

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* 13. Wed 04/09 12:30-15:30 on campus - LinkedIn Lab (event organized by Career Centre with limited number of participants - please also register here: LINK)

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* 14. Wed 04/09 10:00-12:00 campus/online - Preparing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution - need for a holistic approach (While Industry 4.0 was envisioned to fundamentally transform the economics of value creation in a sustainably responsible way, its implementation has largely been limited to technology adoption. For true, sustainable success, industries must embrace a holistic approach that integrates people, processes, and technology)

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* 15. Thu 05/09 10:00-13:00 Berlin - Fraunhofer IPK - Startup Talk & Excursion (Join this tou d'horizon exploring one of the most impactful research organizations of Germany, Fraunhofer, while looking together with Dr. Ronald Orth and Henry Buxmann on their business process management unit. We will also have the opportunity to look at their laboratory) - Number of participants is limited to 30, hurry up!

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* 16. Thu 05/09 13:00-14:30 campus/online - Insights from Funded Research Project (with Innovative Research Method, Publishing and Business Consulting, Prof. Yang, University of Leicester)

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* 17. Thu 05/09, 14:00-15:00 online - Public Affairs in transformation: New forms of cooperation in positioning in Brussels (with Henning vom Stein, Otone European Affairs Brussels & Chair of the EU TECH Chamber Policy Alliance)

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* 18. Thu 05/09, 14:00-16:00 online - FinTech: Significance of Financial Technology in AML: Anti money Laundering (with Prof. Valliappan Raju)

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* 19. Thu 05/09, 17:00-17:45 online - How Blockchain is shaping the Future of Finance

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* 20. Fri 06/09, 10:00-11:00 campus/online - German-Indian Innovation Corridor Presentation (Join Jan Lachenmeyer, one of the founding members of the GIIC, in this vibrant talk about how Indian and German companies can collaborate and learn from each other. The association is rather new, but the partners are already big names - grasp your opportunity to get in touch and foster the network!)

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* 21. Fri 06/09, 16:00-17:30 online - Enterpreneural leadership: Conceptualization, Theory and practice

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* 22. Fri 06/09 13:00-15:00 online - Digital Health and AI Innovation in Lifestyle Diseases Prevention

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