JACOBS CAREER SYMPOSIUM 2019“Starting-up with Social Responsibility: Ethical Dimensions of Entrepreneurship”

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September 20, 2019, 18:30 Jacobs University Bremen Campus Center, ICC Conference Hall

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JACOBS CAREER SYMPOSIUM“Starting-up with Social Responsibility: Ethical Dimensions of Entrepreneurship”

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The opening event of the yearly Jacobs Alumni Homecoming is devoted to challenging issues in the fields of career development, the world of employment, and interactions between higher education and society. The Jacobs Career Symposium is organized by the Career Services Center at Jacobs University, and aims to foster a constructive discussion as well as networking opportunities between alumni from all over the world, current students, professors, employers, and additional experts.

A keynote speaker as well as a selected panel of entrepreneurial experts are invited to contribute and to interact with a moderator in a discussion on the basis of their diverse backgrounds and expertise. The reflection on the Symposium topic between the speakers is followed by an open debate with the audience, where further questions will be addressed and answered. The event ends with a socializing get-together, giving all participants the opportunity to continue exchanging ideas as well as to expand their professional networks.

Today’s world economy is characterized by one megatrend: the disruption of established businesses- a disruption emerging from two opposing objectives. On one hand, fast growth, in connection with outstanding profits, are the main components of the modern economic system. On the other hand, assuming social responsibility is becoming more and more important for the startup scene mindset. We observe the growing political confidence of the so-called generation Z, with examples like the “Fridays for Future” movement led by a 16 years-old Greta Thunberg seeking to establish new norms of social responsibility. Younger generations seem to be more focused on social justice, gender equality, anti-discrimination and the environmental sustainability, than on becoming wealthy. Making profits is no longer the only hype – but rather to also spread the “wealth”. In this light, the three main impacts of starting up a business are:

Profitability and social responsibility as main drivers of entrepreneurialism are influencing the way people interact within and outside of a company. In this regard, starting up “smart” businesses can help create jobs and further develop ideas for life and the society. But how does the contemporary innovation and disruption correspond to the need for a value-based society and economy? And what are the ethical challenges for startups? How relevant are these for the economic success of a young company? And how do the young generations of entrepreneurs incorporate these challenges into their startup ideas? Or are we even facing an entire disruption of the businesses as we knew them so far- aka a complete change of economic discourse?

Impact on Labor Market

Tradtional career path development

Impact on EconomyWorld MarketLocal Market

Impact on Enviroment &

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Entrepreneurial DisruptionProfibility vs. Social

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PROGRAM SEPTEMBER 20, 2019Jacobs University Bremen, ICC Conference Hall

Welcome Address from Career Services Center Predrag Tapavicki Head of Alumni and Career Services, Jacobs University Bremen

Short Ted Talk Geena Toepfer Student Jacobs University International Relations: Politics and History 2021Main Organizer Jacobs Startup Competition 2020

Keynote SpeechMarlen de la Chaux, PhD International Politics and History Class of 2011 PhD Management Innovation & Entrepreneurship Technical Officer UN‘s International Labour Organization Geneva

Panel discussionModeration: Sebastian BlümmertJacobs Alumni Class of 2011Head of Operations and IT, heyworld GmbH, Frankfurt Airport

Participants:

Ankur ModiMaster Program in Smart Systems Class of 2011CEO and Co-founder StatusToday, London

Helge HußmannStartup Consultant, Starthaus Bremen c/o Bremer Aufbau-Bank GmbH, Bremen

Prof. Dr. Tilo HalaszovichJacobs University, Professor of Global Markets & Firms, Bremen

Lukas FriedemannInternational Politics and History Class of 2011, Philosoffee, Berlin

André WollinFounder & CEO M01N Startup Camp, Bremen

Get-together with snacks and drinks

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As Jacobs University is an international University, all speeches and the discussion are held in English.

JACOBS CAREER SYMPOSIUM“Starting-up with Social Responsibility: Ethical Dimensions of Entrepreneurship”

SHORT TED TALK

KEYNOTE

Geena Toepfer is an International Relations; Politics and History Student from South Africa and Germany. Currently in her second year, she is engaged in multiple events on Campus. Most significantly, she is a main organiser for the Jacobs Startup Competition and Committee Head for Artfest 2020, some of the biggest events at the university.

Geena ToepferStudent Jacobs University International Relations: Politics and History 2021Main Organizer Jacobs Startup Competition 2020

Marlen works for the United Nation’s International Labour Organization (ILO), where she supports efforts around the world to facilitate sustainable business creation and new venture growth. She also holds an honorary fellowship appointment at the Uni-versity of Cambridge Judge Business School and regularly publishes her research on entrepreneurship and small business development. Her work has been featured by the World Economic Forum and in the Huffington Post.

Prior to joining the ILO, Marlen worked on entrepreneurship promotion in a variety of contexts, ranging from female micro-entrepreneurs in rural Burkina Faso, tech start-ups in Nairobi, refugee entrepreneurs in East Africa to business creators in the UK and across Europe. Marlen holds a PhD and MPhil in Management Studies from the University of Cambridge, UK and graduated from Jacobs University with a B.A. in International Politics & History (Class of 2011).

Marlen de la Chaux, PhD International Politics and History Class of 2011PhD Management Innovation & Entrepreneurship Technical OfficerUN‘s International Labour Organization with focus on entrepreneurship and refugee livelihoods

JACOBS CAREER SYMPOSIUM“Starting-up with Social Responsibility: Ethical Dimensions of Entrepreneurship”

PARTICIPANTS

Ankur Modi Master Program in Smart Systems Class of 2011StatusToday

Ankur Modi is the Co-Founder and CEO of StatusToday, which has recently been named a Gartner Cool Vendor in AI for the Digital Workplace. He is an expert in big data engineering with a unique specialization in human behavior and has been recognized as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Technology. Ankur has served as an expert adviser to the Westminster Parliament, and, prior to StatusToday, spent several years at Microsoft, where he led insights and extensibility projects for Office. Ankur and his team have created a unique artificial intelligence, Isaak, which gives companies people analytics to drive organizational change, and is now being used by over 1000 companies across 96 different countries.

Helge Hußmann Startup ConsultantStarthaus Bremen c/o Bremer Aufbau-Bank GmbH

Helge Hußmann is a startup consultant at Starthaus Bre-men, as well as a former researcher at the Chair of Finance in the University of Bremen. He is trying to connect founders to create a vital Startup community within Bremen and is responsible for Starthaus’ events.

MODERATION

Sebastian is an expert in international logistics with an entrepreneurial and innova-tive mindset. He is Head of Operations and IT at heyworld, a spin-off of Lufthansa Cargo which he established while working for the airline. The fast-growing company offers transport solutions to the cross-border e-commerce industry. Sebastian holds a BA in International Politics and History from Jacobs University Bremen and an MA in Global Studies from the Universities of Leipzig and Roskilde.

Sebastian Blümmert Jacobs Alumni Class of 2011Head of Operations and ITheyworld GmbHFrankfurt Airport

JACOBS CAREER SYMPOSIUM“Starting-up with Social Responsibility: Ethical Dimensions of Entrepreneurship”

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Lukas Friedemann International Politics and History Class of 2011Philosoffee

Lukas Friedemann, BA International Politics and History (Class of 2011), went on to pursue a Master‘s degree in International Policy Studies at Stanford University before joi-ning the Latin American company builder Polymath Ventures in Bogotá, Colombia. After four years of building a portfolio of six companies, for which he served in a number of opera-tional and strategic positions, he returned to Berlin to found his own company Philosoffee. Along with friend and former colleague Ben Thies (Class of 2011) they aim to bring pre-mium cold brew coffee beverages to the European market.

Prof. Dr. Tilo Halaszovich Professor of Global Markets and Firms @ Jacobs University Bremen

Prof. Dr. Tilo Halaszovich is a dedicated Professor of Business and Economics at Jacobs University Bremen since 2017. In particular, he is passionate about coordinating the startup program at Jacobs University making students’ entrepreneurial dreams coming true.

André WollinFounder & CEOM01N Startup Camp mbH

André Wollin and his friends started the M01N Startup Camp in Bremen, Germany and Singapore. In this light, he is sup-porting young entrepreneurs making their startup dreams coming true. At the same time, he invites inspiring founders to his startup taxi being a passionate facilitator in the field. Having studied Information Technology at the University of Bremen, he himself has been an active Co-founder and Pro-ject Manager at several IT based startups in the area.

JACOBS CAREER SYMPOSIUM“Starting-up with Social Responsibility: Ethical Dimensions of Entrepreneurship”

CONTACTS

Predrag Tapavicki

Head of Alumni and Career Servicesp.tapavicki@jacobs-university.dePhone: + 49 421 200-4225

Christin Klähn

Career Services Coordinator c.klaehn@jacobs-university.dePhone: + 49 421 200-4212

Daisy Juknischke-Heinsen

Alumni and Career Services Coordinatord.heinsen@jacobs-university.dePhone: + 49 421 200-4238

Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH Campus Ring 1 28759 Bremen Germany jacobs-university.de

REGISTRATION

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JACOBS CAREER SYMPOSIUM“Starting-up with Social Responsibility: Ethical Dimensions of Entrepreneurship”

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