32nd Kick-Off Seminar 15th - 17th December 2014 Haus der bayerischen Landwirtschaft Herrsching Herrsching am Ammersee TUM Graduate School cross borders Contact TUM-GS Team: +49 (0)162 290 4071 (Sandra Baumert) Event Location: Haus der bayerischen Landwirtschaft Herrsching Rieder Straße 70 82211 Herrsching am Ammersee Draft Program Day 1 08:45 Departure from Munich TUM, Arcisstr. 21 th 15 December 10:15 Address of Welcome / Intro to TUM GSMain Hall 11:00 Keynote SpeechMain Hall 12:00 Science Slam Introduction Main Hall 12:15 LunchGarden Hall 13:15 Meeting OpportunitiesVarious* 14:00 Good Scientific Practice Main Hall 14:30 Info SessionMain Hall 15:00 Coffee BreakMain Hall 15:20 Poster Session Main Hall 16:00 Science Slam Preparation Various* 18:00 DinnerGarden Hall 19:15 Science Slam Preparation Various* 19:45 Science Slam Main Hall Day 2 09:00 Meet & Greet the Trainers Main Hall th 16 December 09:15 Course incl. Break Various* 12:30 LunchGarden Hall 14:00 Course (continuation)Various* 18:00 DinnerGarden Hall 19:30 Free TimeVarious Day 3 09:00 Course (continuation) Various* th 17 December 12:00 Lunch Garden Hall 13:30 Course (continuation)Various* 17:30 Farewell + Certificates Main Hall 18:30 Departure Bus * There will be floorplans in the Main Hall. 3 Courses Courses start: 16th December, 09:00 - End 17th December, 17:30 Floor plans will help you to find your way around the premises. Title Trainer Develop your Entrepreneurial Thinking Prof. Nicola Breugst/ Dr. Judith Behrens Language English Kreatives Schreiben für WissenschaftlerInnen How to Present your Research in English Elisabeth Grenzebach German Tim Korver English Serious Creativity - Develop New Solutions in a Systematic Way Isbela Plambeck English Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten in Dr. Till von Feilitzsch der Praxis German Führungserfahrung entwickeln – Erfolgreiche Leitung von Teams Barbara Wagner German Responsible Future Life and Career Plans Ursula Wendeberg Englisch 4 Develop your Entrepreneurial Thinking This workshop provides an introduction to the experience of entrepreneuring. It is grounded in the belief that the capabilities of entrepreneurship will be critical to every scientist’s or manager’s future career, whether he or she chooses to create a standalone new venture or become a member of a corporate world. The workshop is intended to provide doctoral candidates with an experience of thinking and behaving in an entrepreneurial manner. The workshop will explore and examine the core features of entrepreneurship. The central part will be the identification and exploitation of new opportunities to create and capture value, and understanding how such endeavors relate to personal motivations and goals. Upon its completion, participants should be able to recognize the fundamental features of the entrepreneurial mindset, behaviors and skills, and understand the central role of teamwork, creativity and observation in identifying and developing entrepreneurial opportunities. Like real-life entrepreneurship, this workshop will be action-oriented and hands-on. Participants should be willing to share ideas, experiences and ambitions. Main components of the program include: workshops, class and group discussions, and group presentations. Prof. Nicola Breugst and Dr. Judith Behrens will conduct this course in English. Prof. Nicola Breugst’s research addresses the psychological aspects of entrepreneurship. These include entrepreneurial decision making processes, the affective aspects of the entrepreneurial process, and the development of entrepreneurial teams. Professor Breugst studied psychology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, majoring in work and organizational psychology, as well as in family psychology and she earned a PhD in entrepreneurship at Friedrich- Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany in 2011. She did research at the University of Duisburg-Essen, the Max Planck Institute of Economics in Jena, Kelley School of Business in Bloomington, USA, and National University of Singapore. Since March 2012, Nicola holds the professorship of entrepreneurial behavior at Technische Universität München. Dr. Judith Behrens is Habilitand at Technische Universität München, Chair of Entrepreneurship. She was a visiting scholar at Kelley School of Business, Indiana University and a Research Assistant at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management. Previously, Judith Behrens studied economics at Universität Witten Herdecke and general management at Stockholm University - School of Business. Her teaching interests are at the intersection of corporate entrepreneurship and innovation management. Before starting in academia, she worked three years in the banking sector at Deutsche Bank AG and American Mortgage Express, San Diego, USA. 5 Kreatives Schreiben für WissenschaftlerInnen Das Aus für langweilige Texte: Sie erfahren, wie Sie Sachthemen klar aufbauen, anschaulich beschreiben und inspirierend verpacken. Sie entdecken die eigenen Schreibpotentiale, die eigene Kreativität und arbeiten an ihrem Schreibstil. Sie trainieren typische Schwachstellen wissenschaftlicher Texte elegant zu umschiffen. Mit Tipps und Tricks aus dem Journalismus und dem kreativen Schreiben werden Sie wissenschaftliche Themen verständlich und ansprechend zu Papier bringen. Kurz: Sie entdecken das Schreiben neu, lernen Ihre Stärken kennen und erfahren, wie Sie Ihre wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse überzeugend verpacken. Schließlich ist Schreiben ein Handwerk, das jeder lernen und das auch Spaß machen kann. Elisabeth Grenzebach will conduct this course in German. Elisabeth Grenzebach, Dipl. Vwl. and M. A., studied sinology and political economics in Munich, Berlin and Taiwan. Then she got research assistant at the Free University of Berlin. She worked as editor and chief editor at the Handelsblatt Group, a German publishing house. Meanwhile Mrs. Grenzebach manages a Training Agency for Writing. Her subjects are scientific, technical and creativ writing; public relations and article writing. 6 How to Present your Research in English Academic speakers need to present their messages clearly and effectively so that the audience can understand and remember the key information. This course aims to strengthen your presentation techniques for academic talks with a focus on more effectively conveying messages. The training will provide you with a framework for developing your own talks and applying rhetorical techniques for creating clearer messages. The course is interactive and will give participants the opportunity to prepare and deliver short presentations as well as practice in dealing with questions. Talks are followed by constructive feedback from a native speaker as well as from other participants. Assignment: Prepare a presentation of your research – no more than 8 minutes Key areas • structuring your talk • creating good rapport with your audience • ensuring clear messages • emphasizing key information • creating effective visuals • dealing with questions By the end of the seminar, you will be able to • ensure a clearer structure in your talks to help convey clearer messages • apply rhetorical techniques to transfer key messages • use expressions to deal with questions competently • adopt an appropriate style for developing rapport • adopt a suitable format for your visuals Tim Korver will conduct this course in English. Tim Korver has experiences in teaching English Communication Skills in a range of industries for more than 10 years. After his studies in South Africa, he went to Australia and United Kingdom for several years working among others as a Business English teacher. Since 2004 he owns a language school in Munich providing in-company for Business Communication skills. His focus areas are in the development of communicative competences for meetings, negotiations, telephoning and emails. 7 Serious Creativity – Develop New Solutions in a Systematic Way Participants will learn how to apply the principles of creative thinking and use a systematic process of creative thinking to consciously develop new ideas and workable solutions. You will learn the skills and develop the mindset to be more creative on a daily basis in both your professional and private life. You will experience how to combine creative thinking with logical and analytical thinking. The contents: • Creativity - what it is and what it depends on, • Challenges that require creativity, • Principles of creative thinking: divergent and convergent thinking, • The mindset of innovative people: Develop thinking patterns and behaviors that facilitate new solutions, • How interdisciplinary teams affect the creative output, • Introduction to a systematic process of creative thinking, • Thinking tools to clarify and define problems using creativity, • Creativity techniques to systematically develop new ideas, • Thinking tools to choose, evaluate and further develop ideas. Methods: • Interactive lecture, • Individual work as well as in small and in large groups, • Feedback and discussion after each exercise, • Application of the contents on real life challenges. Isabela Plambeck will conduct this course in English. Isabela Plambeck studied Technical Engineering for Industrial Design at the Polytechnical University in Valencia (Spain). Between 2011 and 2013 she worked as Concept Designer in an international company developing digital interactive media installations in close cooperation with customers and clients. With her understanding of design methodology, workshop facilitation and design aspects, she supports creaffective as trainer and facilitator for innovation workshops and innovation coach for innovation projects. Lately she has been to India, creating local and international contacts to potential clients giving trainings and keynote presentations about innovation. Currently Isabela Plambeck lives in Munich. 8 Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten in der Praxis Das Seminar schlägt eine Brücke zwischen den formulierten Standards für Gute Wissenschaftliche Praxis, der Bearbeitung des eigenen Forschungsthemas und praktischen Tipps zum Verfassen der Dissertationsschrift. Dabei werden folgende Inhalte behandelt: • Leitlinien zur Sicherung der guten wissenschaftlichen Praxis • Kernelemente wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens und deren Anwendung in der Praxis • Fallbeispiele für wissenschaftliches Fehlverhalten • Arbeitsmethodik zur Strukturierung des eigenen Promotionsvorhabens •Zitierregeln • Publikationsstrategieen Die Teilnahme am Seminar ist verpflichtend für Doktoranden der Fakultät für Maschinenwesen, die nach der neuen Promotionsordnung promovieren. Anmeldungen dieser Personengruppe werden bevorzugt. Die Kurssprache ist deutsch. Dr. Till von Feilitzsch will conduct this course in German. Dr. Till von Feilitzsch ist Referent des Dekans der Fakultät für Maschinenwesen und Geschäftsführer des Fakultäts-Graduiertenzentrums Maschinenwesen. Er hat Physik an der Universität Heidelberg und der HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin studiert und anschließend in Physikalischer Chemie an der TU München promoviert. Dr. von Feilitzsch begleitet seit mehreren Jahren die Diskussion über wissenschaftliche Standards an der Fakultät für Maschinenwesen. 9 Führungserfahrung entwickeln – Erfolgreiche Leitung von Teams Ein Team zusammenhalten, motivieren und leiten – aber wie? In diesem Kurs erhalten Sie einen ersten Einblick in die unterschiedlichen Aspekte von Teamleitung. Die in den zwei Kurstagen erarbeiteten Grundlagen ziel- und teamorientierter Führung können Sie direkt in Ihren beruflichen Alltag integrieren. Schwerpunkte der Impulsvorträge, Gruppenarbeiten und praktischen Übungen • • • Kommunikationsprozesse – Feedback und „Spielregeln“ Teamentwicklungsmodelle – Analyse und Konfliktmanagement Führungsmodelle – Teamprozesse erkennen und Verantwortung übernehmen Es besteht die Möglichkeit, konkrete Führungs- und Teamsituationen zu reflektieren. Impulsvorträge, Gruppen- und Einzelarbeiten sowie praktische Übungen bieten ein breites Spektrum an Anregungen für den direkten Transfer in Ihren Arbeitsalltag. Barbara Wagner will conduct this course in German. Barbara Wagner has been working as an educational theorist in the roles of supervisor, trainer and coach in international businesses since 1995. Her focus areas are in the development of leadership, team and project management skills. For two years she was instrumental in the setting up of the TUM Graduate School and conceptualizing the Qualifications Program for doctoral candidates. She has been working as a freelancer since autumn 2012. 10 Responsible Future Life and Career Plans This course provides participants with the opportunity to get to know the most essential orientation factors for drawing up comprehensive lifestyle and careers plans: one‘s own values, principles and long-term goals in life. This is because their implementation determines the chances of sustained satisfaction in the different aspects of life such as career, family, health, etc. Selective counselling and small discussion groups enable those taking part to get a clear, preliminary idea of their own motivation, personal preferences and skills. Some straightforward exercises allow a person‘s aspirations and possible aims in life to come to light. By drawing up a so-called “mission statement“, everybody makes a written record of those items that are of lasting significance for himself/herself. Participants can use it as a reliable reference and guide to taking intuitive, long-term decisions relating to their life and career in the future. Ursula Wendeberg will conduct this course in English. Ursula Wendeberg has worked in adult education as a trainer and coach, focusing on team building, train the trainer, lifestyle and careers planning and ADHD since 1995. Having studied pedagogy, history and political science, she works as a freelancer for business companies and non-profit organisations in cooperations with several training networks. 11 Team of the TUM Graduate School Dr. Michael Klimke Managing Director Phone: +49 89 289 10602 [email protected] Eva Pettinato, M.A. Project Manager Phone: +49 89 289 10604 [email protected] Vera Minoux, M.A. Event Manager Phone: +49 89 289 10600 [email protected] Sandra Baumert Master of Business Event Manager Phone: +49 89 289 10611 [email protected] Winie Alice Niedenführ Team Assistant Phone: +49 89 289 10610 [email protected] Marika Kotanidou Accounting Phone: +49 89 289 10613 [email protected] Jamie Graefe, M.S. Accommodation Coordinator Phone: +49 89 289 25445 [email protected] Zizheng Zhang, M.A. Project Coordinator Welcome Office Phone: +49 89 289 10624 [email protected] Laura Oster Dipl.-Reg.Wiss. Project Manager Phone: +49 89 289 10609 [email protected] Claudia Meßli Dipl.-Betriebsw. (FH) Data Management Phone: +49 89 289 10634 [email protected] Jörg Heuser Accounting Phone: +49 89 289 10605 [email protected] 12 TUM Graduate School Boltzmannstr. 17 85748 Garching www.gs.tum.de