Hamburg News 4/2009 Success for Hamburg Hamburg‘s future hospital Swimming Championships Traces of Jewish life Despite the financial crisis, the Wireless and fully digitalised: With swimming contests taking A new illustrated city map, com- business location Hamburg At the Asklepios Clinic Barmbek place on soccer grounds, Ham- plemented by a geo information continues to be highly attractive to tomorrow‘s telemedicine is a burg bids to host the Swimming system, allows you to discover investors and companies. (p.2) daily routine. (p. 2) Championship 2013. (p. 3) Hamburg‘s Jewish heritage. (p. 4) Newsflash Hamburg appointed as European Green Capital 2011 Hamburg tourism conti- Hanseatic City was chosen from a shortlist of eight finalists nues to boom: With more than four million visitors Stockholm and Hamburg are last year, spending 7.7 mil- the first winners of the new Eu- lion nights in the city (+4.4 ropean Green Capital award. per cent), Hamburg‘s tou- The Swedish capital will be Eu- rism industry continued its ropean Green Capital in 2010, growth in its seventh year. followed by Hamburg in 2011. 1.6 million overnight guests The European Commission‘s (+4.9 per cent) came from new award scheme, supported abroad. Within Europe, the by the Committee of the Re- most important incoming gions, encourages cities to markets were Austria and improve the quality of urban Denmark. These markets life by taking the environment value Hamburg’s maritime flair and its variety on cultu- systematically into account in ral events. Beyond Europe, urban planning. The awards the United Arab Emirates were presented by European and China were the most Commissioner for Science and important incoming mar- Research Janez Potocnik at a kets. Important were also ceremony in Brussels. 35 cities domestic arrivals, which applied for the 2010 and 2011 climate protection goals such with annual energy savings of grew by 4.3 per cent in awards. Stockholm and Ham- as reducing its CO2 emissions some 46,000 MWh. Almost 100 2008. The strongest growth burg were chosen from eight by 40 per cent by 2020 and by per cent of Hamburg‘s citizens of visitor figures was expe- short-listed cities. 80 per cent by the year 2050. have access to public transport rienced in May with a neew Hamburg, home to 4.3 million Measures introduced include a within 300 metres. record of 760,000 overnight people in its metropolitan area, cost-efficiency benchmark for Hamburg was also commen- stays. Tourism thus remains one of the most important is a city that matches environ- energy-saving projects in public ded for its communication stra- employers in Hamburg and mental policy commitment buildings, with programmes tegy, and its proposal to launch its metropolitan area, with with appropriate funding. Air for lighting, boilers and refri- a “Train of Ideas“ where other 102,000 people involved in quality is very good, numerous gerator replacement. Carbon cities “own“ a wagon and pro- the industry. awareness raising programmes dioxide emissions per person mote their green ideas, achie- www.hamburg-tourism.de are in place, and the city has in- have been reduced by about vements and future plans. troduced extremely ambitious 15 per cent compared to 1990, www.europeangreencapital.eu Media campus Finkenau unites the city‘s creative training facilities Architect‘s contest for new central building decided – new studio complex already realised Creative heads have been home and media campus Finkenau with 19 contestants from Ger- computer pools. Comprising here for a long time: Where through an 41 million Euro in- many, Switzerland, and France also a cafeteria and a terrace, Hamburg babies once were vestment. With first schools has been decided. The winning the large refectory will link the born, the city‘s young creative already operating, it will unite entry by Gerber architects from campus to the banks of Eilbek minds are being trained today. Hamburg’s media training pro- Dortmund proposes a poly- canal. Investments will total Since 2003, the former hospital grammes in one place by 2010. gonal brick building, housing 17.5 million euros. A studio grounds at Finkenau are being Recently, the architecture con- the library, classrooms, light, complex has already been in- converted into Hamburg‘s art test for the central new building sound, and video studios, and augurated on the campus. Hamburg News 4/2009 Page 2 Shortcuts Companies attracted by the business location Hamburg State recognition Reemtsma has announced gineering services provider AT- Hamburg. 52 local companies Bucerius Law School has been 80 new jobs in Hamburg until KINS opened a new branch at were supported by HWF in granted official state recogniti- 2010, Philips has recently ope- Harburg‘s Channel 4, while me- their expansion projects. 2,425 on. By lifting the time limit pre- ned its new seven million Euro trica Services took up premises new jobs (2007: 1,399) were viously linked to the state reco- recycling centre, the Hamburg at nearby Schellerdamm to thus created, further 2,430 jobs gnition, Germanys first private fashion chain Tom Tailor conti- provide services to Hamburg‘s secured. Investments totalled law university has also been nues its international expansi- aviation industry. The attrac- 358 million euros (2007: 320.8). granted permission to extend on, and Hamburg-based wind tion of the business location Also, HWF realised the biggest its available courses of study. Next to a law course leading turbines manufacturer REpo- Hamburg was also confirmed German logistics transaction of to the Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) wer just received another multi- by the annual report of HWF the past few years – H&M‘s ul- and the German state exami- million order: despite the softe- Hamburg Business Develop- tra-modern distribution centre nation, the Hamburg universi- ning of the economy, Hamburg ment Corporation, presenting in Allermöhe. Covering 115,000 ty also offers the postgraduate is geared up for further econo- the second best annual results sqm, the garment group uses programme “Master of Law mic growth. The city‘s dynamic since its foundation 24 years the centre as the company‘s and Business“ in co-operation business climate also attracts ago. Last year, HWF helped 95 largest transit warehouse. with WHU - Otto Beisheim new companies. The British en- firms to set up a business in www.hwf-hamburg.de School of Management. www.bucerius.whu.edu www.law-school.de Tomorrow‘s telemedicine at work in Hamburg today On stage in Austin Asklepios Clinic Barmbek is the reference centre of the “future hospital“ project Before the next Reeperbahn With blue lights flashing and tik“ is only one vital part of ble devices, including patients‘ Festival will take place in Sep- tember 2009, the Hamburg sirens on, an ambulance car the “Future Hospital“ project beds, are equipped with wire- indoor festival travelled to heads for the Asklepios-Clinic launched by the private clinic less chips to easily locate them. Austin/Texas, where it presen- Barmbek. While still driving, operator Asklepios to integrate Using tablet PCs, doctors and ted its own showcases at the the medical staff transfers heart new technical developments nurses can access relevant data “South By Southwest“ Festi- and breathing data via mobile into a hospital environment. directly at the patient‘s bedside val. Participants included the ECGs to the hospital. There, a Acting as a reference centre or pass on lab data, pictures, or US bands “The Tontons“ and bright red signal appears on for an internationally oriented other pieces of information to “Shackelton“, the Hamburg a huge dashboard hanging eHealth, the 2005 purpose-built other departments or outside band “Neat, Neat, Neat“, the on the wall of the emergency clinic is supported in its efforts doctors. Other main features Copenhague duo “Murder“, unit, announcing the arrival of by Microsoft, Intel, and renow- are the safe electronic manage- “The Black Box Revelation“ a new patient. Before he even ned industry partners as Luft- ment of patient data (secure from Belgium, and the Irish singer-songwriter Wallis Bird. arrives, the doctor on duty is hansa, SAP, Siemens, and T-Sy- patient framework) and the www.reeperbahnfestival.com already well informed. stems in its efforts. In Europe‘s homecare technology. But the project “EKG Telema- most modern clinic, all mova- www.asklepios-future-hospital.com Be a designer! Do you have any ideas for new products that Tchibo could News from the Hamburg Metropolitan Area produce and sell? Then click to the new online platform of the TU Harburg prepares ports for future container ships Hamburg coffee roaster and find solutions for the problems They are 400 metres long, 60 and basic research into suitable searchers from shipbuilding, proposed by consumers. 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