3rd MIBE Class Kicks Off Program at Hamburg’s Town Hall
Learning together to promote cultural understanding – this was one of the key concepts highlighted at the Opening Ceremony for the MIBE Class of 2007 held on October 4, 2006 at Hamburg’s Town Hall. The incoming students in the Master/MBA of International Business & Economics (MIBE) – China Focus program, conducted jointly by ICGS and the Fudan University, Shanghai, as well as program instructors and guests were invited by the Hamburg Ministry of Science and Research (BWF) to a guided tour of the Town Hall followed by welcoming remarks from representatives of both Shanghai and Hamburg.

Dr. Roland Salchow, Permanent Secretary of the BWF, emphasized Hamburg’s long history of internationality and trade, accenting his speech with a number of anecdotes about several of the city’s landmarks. Prof. Lu Xiongwen, Dean of the School of Management at Fudan University, Shanghai, focused on the program’s duality and what the individual cultures represented by the program’s student body can gain from one another. Finally, Prof. Dr. Michel Clement of the University of Hamburg and new MIBE Program Director, urged students to spend time outside of the classroom and library making friends and contacts and, just as importantly, becoming acquainted with the host cultures.

The MIBE program, inaugurated in October 2004, is a one-year double degree program consisting of two trimesters in Hamburg and one in Shanghai. Applications for the program are accepted from January 1 through May 31 for non-EU applicants and from January 1 through July 31 for EU applicants. For additional program information please contact Patricia Bencek, ICGS, at bencek@icgs.de.

Photo: MIBE Program Director Prof. Dr. Michel Clement

ICGS and Newmex Consulting award first HIMed certificates
After 4 months of intensive training in Hamburg hospitals and research institutions as part of the Hamburg International Medical Fellowship Program (HIMed), the four Jordan doctors have been awarded their final certificates on May 24, 2006. The HIMed Fellows 2006 all expressed their great satisfaction with the hospital and institutional training as well as with the academic program that included excursions to several institutions related to the health section and selected lectures. Visits to the Research and Development Headquarters of Beiersdorf AG, the Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Airbus, DESY and Olympus Winter & Ibe represented some of the major program highlights. Lectures included topics such as intercultural communication between doctors and patients, medical ethics (stem embryonic research), and company presentations from Norgenta and MediMobil.

HIMed is a joint international executive program for Jordan doctors, developed by Newmex Consulting and the International Center for Graduate Studies (ICGS) at the University of Hamburg. It is officially managed by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg who provided the financial means for the first HIMed year in 2006. Follow-up procedures include the building up of a sponsorship partner network in order to provide the necessary funding for further fellowship grants in 2007.

Contact: Anja soltau, ICGS

Start of LLM Internship Period
As part of their LLM degree in Asian-European Business Transactions, the students of this new successful Master program at ICGS take part in a 2-months internship period. From the beginning of May until the end of June 2006, all LLM students are working in either law firms or company departments in order to put into practise what has been taught in the different course modules from October to April. In 2006 the following law firms and companies are offering an internship:

- Brödermann & Jahn (lawyers)
- CAISSA Touristic Group AG
- Esche Schümann Commichau (lawyers)
- Euler Hermes Kreditversicherungs AG
- HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- Lovells
- White & Case, Feddersen

Before the actual start of the internship on May 2nd, students were offered an introductory week where they were invited to 5 of the 8 companies. This provided an important insight into the different employment possibilities of an LLM graduate which was completed by a special workshop with the topic "What to do with an international LLM", given by one of the program partners, Dr. Eckart Brödermann from Brödermann & Jahn.

Company visits and career-oriented workshops are also part of ICGS` regular career service activities in all master programs.
(Picture: LLM group at Lovells, Hamburg)

As part of the "The First International Conference on Legal, Security and Privacy Issues in IT (LSPI)" from April 30 - May 3, 2006 in Hamburg the International Center for Graduate Studies (ICGS) and the Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research at the University of Hamburg will jointly offer an expert presentation followed by a reception. The presentation will be held on May 2, 2006 from 6:30 p.m. by Dr. Wolfgang Schulz, Director of the Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research, and will concentrate on "Internet Security Issues". Dr. Schulz is also one of the Founding Directors of the new Master program "LL.M. European and Transnational Media and Telecommunications Law (Hamburg/Toronto)", jointly offered by ICGS, Hans Bredow Institute and York University in Canada. Co-Sponsor of the presentation and reception is AOL Germany.
For further information and registration please refer to the conference`s web page (www.kierkegaard.co.uk) or contact Dr. Nina Smidt, ICGS Deputy Director (smidt@icgs.de).

YTT Programm Hamburg-Shanghai mit aktuellen Angeboten
Im Rahmen des Städtepartnerschaftsprogramms Young Talent Training (YTT) Hamburg-Shanghai haben ICGS und das Personalamt der Stadt Shanghai 3 freie Traineeplätze in Shanghai zu vergeben. Für die Bereiche Business Development und Human Ressources sowie verwandte Arbeitsgebiete können sich kurzfristig junge Hochschulabsolventen und Arbeitnehmer aus dem norddeutschen Raum bewerben. Die Dauer des Traineeships beträgt 6 Monate, der Beginn sollte so früh wie möglich liegen. Das YTT Programm wird durch Stipendien der Städte Hamburg und Shanghai gefördert.

Interessenten melden sich bitte bei Frau Anja Soltau, YTT Projektmanagerin, Tel. 244 244 93, Email soltau@icgs.de