improve!2009 - European Trade Fair for Higher Education with Prominent Partners

“improve!2009 – European Trade Fair for Higher Education“, the first comprehensive trade fair for European Higher Education which will take place in November 2009 in the German city of Cologne, is received with great interest. With still nearly one year to go before the premiere, there are already three prominent partners endorsing the launch: Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (the Business Community’s Innovation Agency for the German Science System), the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD and SIEMENS AG.

“From our point of view improve!2009 provides a truly innovative interface between science and economy, especially on an international level,” said Volker Meyer-Guckel, the agency’s deputy general secretary. „The congress especially will take a close look at the visions and perspectives of European Higher Education.“ Representing 3,000 companies, business associations and individuals, the non-profit Stifterverband promotes, among others, innovative management of Higher Education Institutions and excellence in teaching and research.

For many decades SIEMENS AG has been an important operative and strategic partner for Higher Education Institutions in the fields of technology, steering and management. “The intensive dialogue between Higher Education Institutions and players from the economy and politics plays a central role in developing the European Higher Education Area,” underlined Joachim M. Brünner, Director Corporate Account Management Research & Education. “In this respect improve!2009 offers a hitherto unique forum.”

International encounters at improve!2009 are also backed by the German Academic Exchange Service, (Deutscher Akademische Austauschdienst DAAD) a joint institution of the German Higher Education Institutes, promoting the exchange of students and scientists in a global network.

improve!2009 is designed as a forum for suppliers of all areas addressing the needs of research, teaching and administration as well as for decision makers within Higher Education Institutions and scientific and research organisations. The trade fair is accompanied by a conference inviting the exchange of information with well-known experts from the realms of science, economy and politics.

Registration for exhibitors and congress participants has started. Further information www.improve2009.de

Contact for exhibitors and visitors:
University Partners Interchange GmbH
Kirsten Strauß
phone +49 228 854 699 30
e-mail info@improve2009.de
www.improve2009.de

University Partners is a Bonn-based company specialised on consulting services for Higher Education Institutions, e.g. in the field of students’ commitment via alumni concepts, and on trade events in the European Higher Education Area. Due to their increasing autonomy and reforms such as the Bologna process Higher Education Institutions are facing new challenges in respect of controlling and professional management.

Press contact:
Ursula Gördel, University Partners
phone: + 49.(0)228.854699-15
fax: + 49.(0)228.854699-99
e-mail: goerdel@university-partners.de

or:
Corinna v. Rotberg, PRAGMA Public Relations
phone +49 228 926 83 300
e-mail improve2009@pragma-pr.de

This release was published on openPR.