PDF. Programme 2010 - CareerCon

PROGRAMDay 1, Thursday 15th of April 201009:00 - 10:00Conference Registration at WU-Wien10:00 - 10:40Opening Ceremony by Univ. Prof. Dr. Karl Sandner,WU Vienna,Vice- Rector, Academic Programsand Students Affairs, Department of StrategicManagement and Innovation, WU-ViennaUniv.Prof.Dr. Michael Meyer,WU ZBP CareerCenter10:40 - 11:20Keynote Speech 1 Dr. Georg Horacek, SeniorVice President, Human resources OMV, „MutualLiaisons between Large Scale Enterprises andCareer Centres“11:20 - 11:50Coffee break11:50 - 12:30Keynote Speech 2 Mag. Robert Strobl, ManagingDirector & Team Leader Competence Team,Process and Strategy Management at B.O.C.,The B.O.C. Story: a successful example of aspin-off from the University of Vienna. Focus:Human Resources Management and Skill Managementwithin BOC Group12:30 -13:00Keynote Speech 3 Dr. Huw Davies, Head ofCommunication, European Personnel SelectionOffi ce, Brussels The Modernisation of EU InstitutionSelection Procedures13:00 - 14:00Lunch break14:00 - 14:40Keynote Speech 4 Dr. Ettore Deodato, PrincipalAdministrator of the European Commissiondealing with Higher Education, „Link betweenUniversities and Enterprises: a compulsory needfor higher Education“14:40 - 15:10Dr.Gregory Makrides, Project Coordinator,Director of Research and International RelationsUniversity of Cyprus, „CareerEU Shop“ One-Stop-Service-Career-Guidance-Shop for Europe15:10-15:40Coffe break15:40-19:00Presentations by each CDO:Dr.Gilda Rota, Head Offi ce Carrer Service,Universita´di Padova, ItalyDr. Marco Scorti & Dr.Francesca Saracino,Career Development Manager, Career Service,Politecnico Milano, ItalyDr.Antonella Magliocchi, Head of Carrer Centre,Universita´di Pisa, ItalyMag. Sigrid Studler, Head of Career Centre, Karl-Franzens University Graz, AustriaMag. Helene Czanba, Head of Career Centre, TUVienna University of Technology, AustriaDr. Madli Krispin, Head of Carrer Centre, TUTTallin University of Technology, Estonia

PROGRAMDr. Marion Fenijn Manager of the ExpertiseCenter at Hogeschool Zuyd & Dr.Kitty Triest,Director of RegioRegisseur Haaglanden, Collaborationbetween the Hague University ans SME´s.A pragmatic approach11:00 - 11:30Coffee break11:30 - 13:30Presentation Session 3 -Existing national andregional networks: structure, activities, geographicaland sectorial coverage, Business models-Dr. Matteo Sgarzi, International Relations andProjects „Almalaurea“ An Italian model of supportto graduates job insertion: the AlmaLaureaInteruniversity ConsortiumDr.Oscar Cubillo, Director of Expansion and Development,University Enterprise Fundation (FUE)A privileged Forum for knowledge sharing andcooperation between business and universitiesDr. Marcela Luca, Dr. Laura Teodora David, TransilvaniaUniversity of Brasov, New developmentin Career Centers in Romanian UniversitiesDr. Nadine Eboueya, Dr. Michel Eboueya, La RochelleUniversity, A career website communicationspace and a University Student centre: twocomplementary student and company-orientedresources: the case of La Rochelle, FranceDr. Laura Teodora David, Dr. Simona Lache, Dr.Marcela Luca, Transilvania University of Brasov,Career counselling services in Transilvania Universityof BrasovMag. Monika Domanska, Initiator and Coordinatorof non-formal Polish Network of Career Centres,Polish Network of Career Services-Potential,perspectives and professionalisation in viewof strategic developments in higher education13:30 - 14:30Lunch break14:30 - 17:00Presentations Session 4 -ICT tools for CDOs-Dr. Gilda Rota, Head of Career Centre PaduaUniversity, The Video C.V.Dr.David Stanbury, Director of the Centre forCareer Management Skills, University of ReadingEnabling staff to support universities studentsusing DestionationsDr.Egle Butkeviciene & Dangoule RutkauskieneDepartment of Sociology, Kaunas University ofTechnology Virtual Practical Placements: theCase of Kaunas University of TechnologyDr. Alain Jungman, Dr Kristine Jurski, IUT ParisJussieu, Universite Paris VII Denis Diderot, CDO:a collective process in the French TechnologicalInstitutes NetworkDr.Pentti Mustalampi, Dr.Natalia Narits, Aalto University- School of Economics - Small BusinessCenter, Aalto University‘s network with SmallMedium Sized enterprises and entrepreneurshipdevelopment as a career optionMag. Ewa Banaszak, Head of Career Service,Nicolaus Copernicus, University of Torun, Biurokarier.edu.pl- a new communication platform for

PROGRAMCareer Services, students and employersDr. Hans Smetsers, Founder of ICARES, Broadenyour horizon, International Instruments for CareerGuidance in practice17:00 - 17:30Coffe Break17:30-19:00General meeting of CDOs for the constitution ofa European network20:00Dinner at „Weingut Feuerwehr Wagner“ Grinzigerstraße53, A-1190 Vienna.Day 3, Saturday 17th of April 20109:00-11:00EUE-Net General Assembly(for EUE-Net members)11:30Guided Tour in Schönbrunn Palace, SchönbrunnerSchloßstraße 47, A-1130 Vienna

SPEAKERSUrsula AxmannUrsula Axmann is the managing director of WUZBP Career Center. During her 14 years at WUZBP Career Center, Axmann has gained in-depthknowledge of national and international consultingprojects for universities. She assisted infounding new or developing further Career Centersinside and outside Austria. Her expertise coverscomprehensive organisational, fi nancial andapplied knowledge in running a Career Center.Furthermore, she currently holds the position ofPresident of Career Services Austria (an associationof Austrian University Career Centers) andis a partner in EUE-net, the European-University-Enterprise network.Ewa BanaszakEwa Banaszak is the head of Career and AppointmentsService at Nicolaus Copernicus Universityin Torun, Poland that could be consideredas the fi rst Career Service in the country. Shewas engaged in creating methods of work thereand then helped in setting up Career Servicesat other Polish universities.She is in charge forNCU Career Service management and administration,programmes´ development, studentsand graduates career guidance. Additionally, sheco-ordinates Leonardo da Vinci and EuropeanSocial Found projects.Ekin BasalpEkin Basalp is a sophomore year student atMechanical Engineering Department in MiddleEast Technical University (METU), Ankara and astudent member of ODAGEM A.S aimed at makingcontributions to improvement of University-Enterprise Network in Turkey. In order to be ableto play an important role on a student base, as amember of Machine and Innovation Student Clubin METU, he is developing, with his team, platformsthat gather several students from differentuniversities and invite them to share their ideas.He is also the coordinator of the University-EnterpriseCooperation Student Union in Turkey.Egle ButkevicieneEgle Butkeviciene is since 2008 associatedProfessor at the Department of Sociology at theKaunas University of Technology. Graduated inSocial Sciences and Sociology at the Universityof Kaunas, she completed her Master Degree inSocial Sciences, Sociology and Business Administration.She published several books and tookpart as a co-author in several publications. Sheis member of Lithuanian Sociological Association,European Sociological Association (ESA),International Society for Third Sector Research,British Social Policy association.Oscar CubilloOscar Cubillo, is the Director of Expansion andDevelopment at the Fundacion Universidad Impresa(University Business Foundation) in Madridcooperating with all spanish career serviceshelping them with students and recent graduatesplacements, whose main objective is to developgrant programmes as well as vocational training.

SPEAKERSHelene CzanbaHelene Czanba has a degree in Business Economicsat the Vienna University of Economicsand Business. She started working at the ZBPCentre for Career Planning being in charge forrecruitment and guidance, from 2005 until 2007she worked as personal Consultant at the UNITISPersonalberatung Vienna. Since 2007 she isin charge of the Career Centre at the TechnicalUniversity in Vienna.Laura Teodora DavidLaura Teodora David is lecturer at PsychologyDepartment at Transilvania University Brasovand a member of Q-PlaNet project which aimedto establish quality standards for internationalstudents’ practical placement. Her teachingactivities involve psychological testing coursesand health psychology. She was also involved inresearch regarding computer use and cognitiveabilities.Huw DaviesHuw Davies is in charge of strategic communicationat the European Personnel SelectionOffi ce, who carry out selection for all the EUInstitutions. Huw is a secondee from the Britishgovernment where he took part in the Civil ServiceFast Stream scheme. In a short but variedcareer Huw has developed policies on issuesfrom Education to Energy and also has workedin several private offi ces including those of theEuropean Trade Commissioner and the FirstMinister of Wales.Ettore DeodatoEttore Deodato was born in Sicily, graduated inPolitical Science later obtained a Master fromthe Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore andCollege of Europe in Bruges. He was appointedProfessor at the University of Perugia and later,Vice-Rector at the College of Europe. Since1992 he is Principal Administrator of the EuropeanCommission dealing with Higher Education(Tempus, Erasmus, Jean Monnet).Monika DomanskaMonika Domanska is Chief specialist at AGHUniversity of Science and Technology - Centrefor Professional Careers Monitoring. Bolognaexpert in the area of employability (term 2009-2011). Expert and project manager in numerousprojects (HEGESCO project, First steps on thejob market).She is also engaged in counsellingand training for students and graduates of theuniversity. From 1997 until 2007 she was managerof the Career Offi ce at the Cracow Universityof Technology. Initiator and co-ordinator of nonformalPolish Network of Career Services, organisationof twelve annual conferences of CareerServices Network, expert in project of creatingcareer services in Slovenia and Croatia.Michel EboueyaMichel Eboueya is currently Associate Professorat the Laboratory L3I, at the University of LaRochelle, France. He teaches both postgraduateand undergraduate students, serves as anAdvisor for PhD dissertations, and Research Projectleader since he holds an accreditation to superviseresearch ; he is the principal investigator

SPEAKERSof his own research grants. His current researchinterests concern Access to Knowledge. Hehas contributed to various French and Europeanprojects writing many papers in reviews, internationalconferences and book chapters.David GeeDavid Gee is the Global Careers Consultant atthe University of the West of England, Bristol.His role involves providing careers support forinternational students as well as raising the globalawareness of all students at the university.An experienced adviser, he has worked closelywith a range of faculties at UWE, including theBristol Institute of Technology, Built Environment,Life Sciences and Humanities. He has also beeninvolved in consultancy work for the Open Universityin the UK, where he has moderated onlinenational forums on Life Sciences and InformationTechnology.Marian GheorgheMarian Gheorghe is Vice-Rector for InternationalRelations and Partnerships at the UniversityPOLITEHNICA of Bucharest (UPB) since 2004.He used to be Head of the Production EngineeringDepartment in UPB (1990-2004), and,on different positions in Ministry of Education,Romania (1996-2004). He gained MSc andPhD degrees in Industrial Engineering at UPB,a part of his doctorate program being realisedas Fulbright Fellowship at University of RhodeIsland, U.S.A. (1976-1977). As professor, he hasbeen doing teaching, research, PhD supervisionand coordination of important national or Europeanprojects.He has been project evaluator andmember of several professional bodies, journalsand conferences scientifi c committees.Georg HoracekGeorg Horacek is the senior vice president of humanresources at OMV. Graduated at the Universityof Economics of Vienna in law and businessadministration, he held a chair as assistant forHuman Resources and Education at the Universityof Paderborn, in 1998 he worked in theHR department at Unilever Austria and PhilipsInternational and Lafarge-Perlmooser AG beforemoving to OMV. OMV is Austria’s largest listedindustrial company and leading energy group inthe European growth belt.Oana IucuOana Iucu is senior lecturer / reader at the Universityof Bucharest, Romania, Department forManagerial Assistance. Oana Iucu’s fi rst academicdegree was law studies followed by the masterdegree in International Law. After her doctoralstudies she worked in the fi elds of teachereducation, law and protocol at the departmentof managerial assistance, undergraduate andmaster studies. In addition she is involved in thenew institution - Career Centre at the Universityof Bucharest, which has been launched in partnershipwith the Faculty of Business and PublicAdministration.Alain JungmanAlain Jungman is head of a vocational trainingbachelor program and responsible of the internationalaffairs of the University Institute of Technology(IUT) of Paris Diderot University. His fi rstscientifi c activities were devoted to molecular

SPEAKERSspectroscopy at the University Pierre et MarieCurie, Paris, France. After two years at UniversityLaval, Quebec, Canada, he worked in thefi eld of ultrasonic propagation and nondestructiveevaluation at the university Paris Diderot,France and at Ohio State University, Columbus,USA. After getting his PhD in 1983 he becamefull Professor and was Director of the IUT from1995 until 2005. He was fi ve times Presidentof the organizing committee of the international“conference on Latin America cooperation andeducation for technical and professional training”.Kristine JurskyKristine Jursky BSc H. in Math & Physics, Masterin energetic, PhD in fl uid mechanics. Personalskills and competences : Pedagogy in Physicalsciences and technology, Research in haemodynamics.Administration management. Academicteam management. International exchanges andinteractions. Head of the Institut Universitaire deTechnologie Paris Jussieu, University DenisDiderot-Paris 7 since 2005.Madli KrispinMadli Krispin is Head of International RelationsOffi ce at Tallinn University of Technology (TUT), isresponsible for organisation of international activities,coordination of international programmesand projects in research and education. Tutoringstaff and students in international exchange inthe fi eld of engineering sciences according tothe economical, political and industrial needs ofEstonia, Nordic and EU and other countries isthe essence of her everyday professional work.Simona LacheSimona Lache is Vice-Rector for Quality Assuranceand International Evaluation at TransilvaniaUniversity of Brasov, Romania. Since 2004 shehas been executive secretary of the EuropeanUniversity – Enterprise Cooperation network,being involved in developing the links betweenthe university and the economic environment atuniversity and European level. Her preoccupationsare mainly directed toward the internationalstudent placements. She is full professor andPhD supervisor at Transilvania University, in thefi eld of Mechanical Engineering.Nadia LeitaoNadia Leitao has a degree in Sociology at ISCEand a degree in recruitment and and Selection atISLA in Lisabon. She started working for the LocalIntervention Technique, PEETI encouragingthe implementation of compulsory education forminors above 15 years of age, since 2004 sheis the Carrer Centre Coordinator at the ISCTEBusiness School in Lisbon.Kennet LindquistKennet Lindquist, CEO for STPKC Swedish Tele-Pedagogic Knowledge Centre , is a highly qualified manager with substantial experience fromlarge-scale international HRD-related projects,within EU as well as different agencies within UnitedNations agencies and Scandinavian bilateralaid organizations. He has been the Presidentof European Lifelong Learning Initiative (ELLI),Vice Chair of the Prometheus initiative, foundingCoordinator of the European LearningCitiesnetwork, board member of the World Computer

SPEAKERSExchange, member of the Board of the Swedishnational association for eCompetence and keydeveloper of the United Nations InternationalSharing System facilitating dissemination,exchange and quality assurance of organizationchange support and learning services in differentsectors, presently being applied in manyUN agencies. He was also one of the foundingmembers of the UNESCO-supported InternationalAlliance on Information for All (IAIA).Isabelle LhuillierIsabelle Lhuillier is Head of the Career Serviceat Università Bocconi, Milano, since 2000, andshe collaborated to the setting up and developmentof the service since its foundation. Beforethe current responsibility, she was in charge ofgraduates’ placement, and of developing newprogrammes of collaboration between the CareerService and entreprises.She is responsible for vocational guidance andcounselling for students and new graduates, employersrelations, recruiting activities, and for thedevelopment of new relations and partnershipsin the local and international job market. TheCareer Service is also involved in surveying andmonitoring employment and career informationof Bocconi graduates.Antonella MagliocchiAntonella Magliocchi is head of the CareerCenter at the University of Pisa since June2008. In the past years she was responsible forcommunications, event organizations, marketingand promotion of student services at thesame University. She has also worked for abouttwo years at the Faculty of Engineering whereshe was responsible for students guidance andcounselling.Gregory MakridesGregory Makrides has a Ph.D. in Mathematics.Since 1986, he has taught at Roosevelt Universityof Chicago, at the Illinois Institute of Technology,at the University of Nicosia, at the CyprusPedagogical Institute and since 2006 he is theDirector of Research and International RelationsService at the University of Cyprus. He is thefounder of ERACON ERASMUS conferences andGO-Exchange Fairs, MEDCONF in MathematicsEducation, the EUROMATH student conferences,the SEEMOUS Olympiad, the Mathematics Relaycompetition and the Mathematics Theatre Competition.He is an organizer and trainer in severalGrundtvig-Comenius courses.Frank MarchFrank March graduated at Friedrich-SchillerUniversity Jena in1976 in precision mechanicsand holds a PhD of Otto-von-Guericke UniversityMagdeburg. From 1976 – 1992 he worked indevelopment and production of digital test equipmentfor electronic circuits at Funkwerk Erfurt.Since 1992 he works at Ilmenau University ofTechnology, was head of Department of Marketingand Student Affairs, is currently director ofTU Ilmenau International School and managingdirector of LEONARDO-Offi ce Thuringia. His teambecame second in 2006 European Quality inMobility Award.

SPEAKERSMichael MeyerMichael Meyer is Professor of Economics at theUniversity of Business Administration in Viennaand Head of the Research Institute of No-Profi tOrganisation and of the Institute of OrganisationStudies and Organisational Behaviour of theUniversity of Business Administration in Vienna.He is also member of several entities as theEuropean Group of Organization Studies(EGOS),Academy of Management (AoM), InternationalSociety for Third Sector Research (ISTR) andCivil Society of New Forms of Governance inEurope (CINEFOGO).Pentti MustalampiPentti Mustalampi works as director of the AaltoUniversity School of Economics Small BusinessCenter and is in charge of the Small BusinessCenter strategic and operational management.He is also involved in development and managementof several National, Regional andEuropean Union projects. He is working in thefi eld of development and management of SMEsdevelopment programmes (Training, Councelling,Incubation and Research activities/ projects),e.g.: Range of Development Programmes for Entrepreneurshipand SMEs along their life cycle;Establishment and Development of Service Unitsin StPetersburg and Tallinn; Establishment andDevelopment of Incubation Services in HSE (NewBusiness Center and Start Up Center); Researchprojects development and funding for professorshipsin entrepreneurship, entrepreneurshipeducation and sales.Natalia NaritsNatalia Narits, is the offi ce manager at AaltoUniversity School of Economics Small BusinessCenter and is responsible for development,management and coordination of the National,Regional and European Union internationalprojects in the following fi elds: development andimplementation of the international continuingeducation programs and training material forSMEs; network development between businessincubators and science parks, network developmentbetween SMEs and universities.Carlos Ochoa LaburuCarlos Ochoa Laburu is Professor in the Departmentof Business Organisation, University of theBasque Country. He holds a MSc in Industrial Engineeringform the University of Navarra, a PhDin Industrial Engineering form the Unievrsity ofthe Basque Country and a MBA form the Universityof Deusto. Currently he is Dean of EscuelaPolitecnica de San Sebastian, University of theBasque Country.Nadine Pasternak EboueyaNadine Pasternak Eboueya, former Vice-Presidentfor International Relations at the Universityof La Rochelle, France, is now head of InternationalRelations at the University Institute ofTechnology. After obtaining her Master of Artsin English, and passing the national competitiveexam for teaching, she has been working as anAssociate lecturer at all levels of the university,from BSc to MSc students, teaching Englishfor Specifi c Purposes. She has a few papers ininternational conferences related to blended lear-

SPEAKERSning and access to knowledge and has participatedin the writing of chapters of a book.Magdalena Platis IordacheMagdalena Platis Iordache is the Director of theCenter of Reference and Information on PracticalPlacement and Entrepreneurship at the Universityof Bucharest as well as Dean of the Facultyof Business and Administration, University ofBucharest:Marcela Rodica LucaMarcela Rodica Luca is a professor in thePsychology Department at Transilvania University,Brasov, Romania. She received her Ph. D.degree from Bucharest University with a thesison professional success in engineering, afterseveral years of practical experience in industrialpsychology. As an academic, she teachesdisciplines related to career counseling atbachelor and master level, and from 1997 shelinks the teaching perspective with research andpractical activities in several European projectsaddressing issues related to career guidance,and career training.Gilda RotaGilda Rota is the founder and the Head of theCareer Centre at the University of Padua. Shehas been planning, managing and realizing theLocal Job Market Observatory. Since 2005 shehas been Coordinator of the ECG (EmployabilityCareer Guidance) Task Force of the 37 mostancient European Universities belonging to theCoimbra Group. She has planned, managed,coordinated and reported several projects ofthe European Social Fund and of the EuropeanUnion.Dangoule RutkauskieneDangoule Rutkauskiene graduated in Engineeringat the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, is since2002 associated professor in department ofMultimedia Engineering at the Kaunas Universityof Technology. She is in charge for E-learningdevelopment, management of groups responsiblefor E-learning courses development andtrainings, creation of new e-learning courses forpedagogy and didactics, tutoring for KTU andother higher schools teachers, coordination ofnational and international projects.Karl SandnerKarl Sandner is since 2003 Vice Rector, AcademicPrograms and Student Affairs, Departmentof Strategic Management and Innovation at theVienna University of Economics and BusinessAdministration. After graduating in BusinessAdministration he obtained a Master in BusinessAdministration with main focus on OB & OT atthe Vienna University of Business Economics. Hehas held several academic positions as AssociateProfessor at Institute for Management andHead of the Institute for Public Management atthe WU Vienna. He is also owner of the SandnerKEG, consulting company and in 2001 hewon the AESC award for the “best Europeanpublished research on leadership and corporategovernance”.

SPEAKERSFrancesca SaracinoFrancesca Saracino was born and lived for severalyears in the USA before moving to Milan, Italywhere she achieved an MA degree in Linguisticand Cultural Mediation at Università degli Studidi Milano. She started working at Politecnico diMilano’s Career Service in 2008, taking care ofthe organization of the career events on campusand managing relations with internationalcompanies. Today she is in charge of the CareerService’s International Corporate Relations, headingthe creation and development of a networkof valuable international partners with the aim offi nding the best career opportunities for Politecnicodi Milano graduates.Marco ScortiMarco Scorti was born in Milan in 1975, graduatedin Political Sciences and later obtained aSpecializing Master in Human Resources Management.After a 6 years corporate experienceas Recruitment Manager for an internationalbrand - attorney with substantial in-house recruitment& selection and employer branding - hejoined in 2007 the most prestigious TechnicalUniversity in Italy, Politecnico di Milano, being incharge of Career Development: networking withall the major Companies and training organizationsin Italy and abroad focusing on the cooperationwith partners for placement activities andrecruitment of talented undergraduates, organizingand managing Company Career Eventson campus, creating ad-hoc training paths andpromoting training and orientation through innovativevocational guidance tools.Matteo SgarziMatteo Sgarzi is in charge of the InternationalRelations and Project Management at AlmaLaurea,coordinating several European funded projects.After a Master Degree in Political sciencesand History at the University of Bologna hestarted to work in the Education and TrainingSector, fi rst at The Bologna University StatisticalObservatory and since 2004 at AlmaLaurea.The Consorzio Universitario AlmaLaurea facilitatesgraduates access of the Graduates to theItalian and international market.Hans SmetsersHans Smetsers was a career guidance counseloruntil 1986 and he founded the Fontys CareerCentre (1996-2002).He helped establishing the Career Center of TheHague University and founded Icares.Icares stands for International Career and EducationServices. It develops digital instruments forcareer guidance and guidance in education andits main goal is to help students make the rightchoice of study by means of the free study test.It is available on the internet free of charge and(future) students make use of it to fi nd the rightcourse, at the right college in the right country.He also developed Icares Professional, aguidance instrument used by counselors at variouscareer centers in the Netherlands.David StanburyDavid Stanbury is the Director of the CCMS(Centre for Career Management Skills) at theUniversity of Reading, with a track record ofleading curriculum based employability initiati-

SPEAKERSves, who has worked with academics and careerstaff as an educational developer across the UK.He chaired the AGCAS (Association of GraduateCareer Advisory Services) and he was contributorto the Putting Research Outcomes intoPractice (PROF) network run by the HigherEducation Career Service Unit (HECSU).Robert StroblRobert Strobl is the Managing Director & TeamLeader Competence Team Process & StrategyManagement at BOC UnternehmensberatungGmbH. He holds a master’s degree in businessinformatics from the University of Vienna. He hasbeen working for BOC Group since its foundationin 1995. In addition to being the managingdirector of BOC Unternehmensberatung GmbHin Vienna, he is also a member of the managementboard of BOC AG. His consultancy focuslies in the implementation of Business ProcessManagement as well as process based riskand compliance management. His experiencesfocus on requirements analysis and defi nitionof modelling methods in the area of strategicand business-oriented process modelling andanalysis, as well as in the extension of thesemodelling approaches towards process basedapplication development.Sigrid StudlerSigrid Studler is the Head of the Career Centreat the University of Graz, and is responsible forprogramme development, students and alumniguidance, marketing, co-operations and co-ordination.After her master degrees in “BusinessAdministration” and “Business Education” sheworked in the fi elds of marketing and marketresearch. In addition she has been teaching BusinessAdministration, Human Resources Managementand Marketing at WIFI Styria (Institute forAdvanced Training) since 2007.Kitty TriesKitty Triest is a Senior Lecturer at the HagueUniversity since 2006, Account Manager of the“RegioRegisseur” Project targeted at makingthe knowledge and skills of the Hague Universityavailable to small and medium businesses(SME´s)in the region. In 2008 she worked as Coordinatorof Karriere Deutschland internship andjobmarket focused on the Dutch- german vocationlfi eld and she in charge of Zukunft Deutschlandbased on network activities in Germany.Jolanta VaiciunaiteJolanta Vaiciunaite has been director of VilniusUniversity Career Center (Lithuania) since2003. She is responsible for co-ordination andmarketing of the Center’s activities, staff policy,fi nancial management, and networking with companiesand organizations. She has 13 years experiencein managing national and internationalprojects and 7 years experience in developingand modernizing services for students. She hasbeen a Lithuanian representative in the ExecutiveCommittee of International Association FEDORA(European Forum on Student Guidance) since2006. This year she has been appointed by theMinistry of Education and Science of the Republicof Lithuania to manage a national projectdealing with modernization of career managementservices for Lithuanian students.

SPEAKERSPovilas ValiaugaPovilas Valiauga is the Coordinator of CareerCentre at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU),Lithuania. Being the last year student at Electricaland Control Engineering Faculty of KTUand at the same time working at the University,he represents the student/graduate-run CareerCentre. At the moment Povilas is coordinatingthe IAESTE (International Association for theExchange of Students for Technical Experience)program in the University and holds the positionof the National Secretary of IAESTE Lithuania. Inaddition, he is responsible for various meetingsand events based on career planning, as well asfor the international relations.Bernhard Wundsam has been head of UNIPORT,the Career Centre of the University of Vienna(85.000 students), since 2007. He is responsiblefor a team of 8 employees. The mission ofUNIPORT is to provide career guidance to students,graduates and young professionals, andto support employers in establishing successfulemployer branding strategies and recruiting. Afterhis master degrees in “international businessadministration” and “translation/interpretation”at the University of Innsbruck and the Ecole deManagement de Strasbourg he worked in thefi elds of human resources and marketing.Cigdem YilmazCigdem Yilmaz was born in Turkey. Graduated inAgricolture Engineering she continued to studyin marketing sector in the UK and for foreigntrade in Turkey.She works at ODAGEM Ostim CollaborativeResearch and Development Center Co. as aResearcher and Foreign Trade Expert. ODAGEMwas an established association with METU andOSTIM Organized Industry Region within the TU-BITAK framework, University Industry CommonResearch Centers Program (USAMP) on 6 June2004.Bernhard Wundsam