Program CONFERENCE OF THE GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES from 9 th – 11 th of May 2013 in , Topic: Individualized Learning and Working

Thursday, 9th May 2013 Karl-Franzens-University Graz Arrival, Registration 2 pm Opening & Welcoming Michaela Stock & Hermine Sperl & Tamra Davis

University of Graz Katharina Scherke

School authority of Nadja Hoffer-Munter

Individualized learning and working at Magna Steyr Markus Tomaschitz, Director of Education&Research

Orientation on competences – new paradigma! Or not ? Peter Slepcevic-Zach & Georg Tafner (Department of Business Educations and Development, University of Graz)

4 pm City tour through the historic center of Graz

5:30 pm Dinner at Gösser Bräu

Freitag, 10 th Mai 2013 Commercial school Grazbachgasse 9 am Welcoming & school presentation: 150 years commercial schools in GRAZ – a story of success! Hans Wilding (Director of the Business College Grazbachgasse)

9:30 am Key factors for winning the business plan competition Daniela Franz-Kraft & Students of the Business College Grazbachgasse

9:50 am Model United Nations Debate Club of the Business College Grazbachgasse Regina Rudorfer-Sommer & Waltraud Pirker & Students of the commercial school Grazbachgasse

10:10 am CATs – Capability Analysis Tools at the TAFE Riverina Institute, Australia Jess Chalmers & Annissa Villegas (TAFE Riverina Institute, Australia)

10:30 am Coffee break

11 am Cooperative learining (COOL) at the Business College Grazbachgasse and experience with practice-HAS Ingrid Kulmitzer (Business College Grazbachgasse)

11:20 am European Business Baccalaureate Diploma as an label for graduates of commercial colleges Dieter Wlcek (International Business College )

11:40 am Individual support in vocational education training Andrea Zoyke (University of Paderborn)

12:10 am Lunch break

1 pm Firework of Entrepreneurship Education Johannes Lindner (eesi Impulszentrum)

Entrepreneurship goes EuroSkills & WorldSkills Inge Koch-Polagnoli (Schumpeter Business College) & Katrin Eichinger-Kniely (Austrian Federal Economic Chamber)

2 pm Transfer to Styria Media Group AG

3 pm Company visit & presentation Styria Media Group AG From Being Styria to Leading Styria – the jointly leadership understanding with Styria Media Group AG Andrea Reisinger-König & Monika Kletzmayr

5:30 pm Company visit & dinner at brewery Puntigam

Samstag, 11 th May 2013 Trip to “Volcano Land“ 8:30 am Departure

Company visit Neuroth AG VET and human resource development with Neuroth AG Waltraud Schinko-Neuroth (Neuroth AG)

Lunch

Visiting the medieval castle Riegersburg

Conclude the evening with dinner at the wine restaurant Wippel ca. 6 pm Arrival at Graz

Please register until 31 st of March 2013 per email to: [email protected]