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12IN BRIEFGlorious highlightsat the EBS SymposiumIs the outlook good or bad? Jean-ClaudeTrichet (2 nd photo from the top), Head ofthe European Central Bank, was an eagerlyawaited guest at the 19 th EBS Symposium.In view of the global financial crisisand its implications, the topic of this year’ssymposium »Europe and the World –A call for Leadership« turned out to bemore relevant than ever before, and washotly debated among the 800 or so participants.The event under the patronage ofThomas Enders, CEO Airbus (photo below),is organised exclusively by students,and culminates each year in the traditionalGala Dinner in a marquee on the EBS’Campus. The speaker at this year’s dinnerwas Professor Klaus Evard, founder andthe first Dean of EBS.q www.ebs-symposium.deEBS IN THE MEDIAU Handelsblatt, 25.09.08Expert interview for the special supplement“In the maelstrom of the bank crisis”Rolf Tilmes holds the Chair of PrivateFinance and Wealth Management atEuropean Business School.Should governments answer for mistakesmade by the financial sector?“The self-healing powers of the market havenever worked; this has always been a myth.However, it is completely amiss the way theUSA and Great Britain are coming to the aidof cash-strapped banks. The state ought totake on the role of mediator, possibly workingtowards mergers, it should not, however,use taxpayer's money to repair what ahandful of managers or shareholders havedamaged.”U Süddeutsche Zeitung, 04.10.08(…) “There is no doubt that AlanGreenspan has a lot to answer for in theglobal financial crisis”, says the AmericanNobel prize winning economist JosephStiglitz. German colleagues express a similarview: “Greenspan invented the crisis”, ishow Wolfgang Gerke, honorary professorat European Business School (EBS) puts it.U Die Welt am Sonntag, 05.10.08(…) Her colleagues were fairly nervous lastsummer. At that time, Sina Wohlfahrt, 22,was completing a work placement in anNew stamps of approvalfor EBS’ programmesFour degree programmes at European BusinessSchool (EBS) have been accredited bythe Foundation for International Business AdministrationAccreditation (FIBAA): Masterof Science in Finance,Master of Science in RealEstate, MBA General Management, and theBachelor of Science in General Management(re-accreditation).The German and Swiss-basedagency for quality assurance and accreditationfor academic programmes and institutionshas awarded EBS the quality labels fora period of five years. These accreditationsconfirm the professional relevance of the programmesand are an important hallmark ofquality.They entitle graduates from Germanyspeakingcountries to carry the Bachelor’s andMaster’s titles in Germany.investment bank. (…) where she witnessedthe beginning of the financial crisis in themidst of the big players. It was, at least, anextremely useful experience for her. Just a fewdays ago, Wohlfahrt, a student at EuropeanBusiness School in Oestrich-Winkel, startedwriting her seminar paper entitled: Re-regulationof the financial market. And SinaWohlfahrt knows, too, that after completingher degree she will not be heading for a job inthe finance sector but “preferably in industry.”U ManagerMagazin, 07.10.08(…) To date, definite proof of the supposedexistence of friendly locusts is still lacking.Certainly, the perspective of wealthy privatepersons and family firms goes beyond thenext quarter.“Several of these companies thatare happy to spend money have a long-termvision”, says Sabine Klein, Head of theEuropean Family Business Center (EFBC) atEuropean Business School in SchlossReichartshausen. (…)PUBLISHINGINFORMATIONEditorEuropean Business School (EBS)International UniversitySchloss ReichartshausenDean & CEOProfessor Christopher Jahns65735 Oestrich-WinkelGermanyConcept & editingCornelia Glees-zur BonsenHead of Corporate CommunicationChristian MertenDesignRalph Zimmermann - Bureau ParapluiePhotographsistockphoto, Fotostudio Heyer, EBS, DiaoliZhou, Omid Scheybani, IHK Wiesbaden© 2008 EBS · All rights reservedEBS insight online: www.ebs.eduwww.ebs.edu++OTTO CEO IN EBS EXECUTIVE TALK+++ KOFLER ENERGIES SPONSORS COMPETENCE CENTER++