Seminars

1. Seminars TMD2
ANDREA RAMOS
SECOND YEAR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

2. Table of contents:
 Seminar 1: European Policy/ European
Commission
 Seminar 2: Doing Business in the USA
 Seminar 3: AIESEC
 Seminar 4: Crowdfunding
 Seminar 5: Bitcoin

3. European Policy (European
commission)
 Speaker: S. Hermans
 Location: Arteveldehogescool ,Kantienberg Aula 3
 Date & Hour: 15 November 2016 at 15:00 hrs
 Explanation of how the European Union works
 A look on the numbers and figures of employment and
unemployment in the EU.
 Importance of social inclusion

4. Own research on the EU Policy
seminar:
 8.2% unemployment in EU December 2016
 Higher than USA and UK
 Youth unemployment rates generally
much higher, than other age groups.
 Chart show the unemployment rates of the
EU for men and women 2000-2015.

5. Conclusion:
 Danger for newly graduated
students
 Youths are the most
unemployed
 Work hard and earn experience
whilst in school

6. Doing Business in The USA
 Speaker: Elizabeth Kelly
 Location: Arteveldehogescool, Katienberg Aula 4
 Date & Time: 21st of February 2017 at 16:45 hrs
 Characteristics and personality traits
of North Americans
 American Values
 Communication and miss-
communication
 Business in America and work
conditions

7. Own research:  USA has individualistic culture
 Results matter
 Americans are
honest/direct/straightforward
 Uncomfortable with silence

8. Conclusion: When doing business with
Americans
 Be enthusiastic
 Believe in yourself and your
product/company
 Let loose/ be yourself
 Show effort and results
 Don’t be shy
 Practice public speaking

9. AIESEC
 Information on internships abroad
 Volunteering abroad
 Exchange programs abroad
 Got to speak with a student that
volunteered abroad in Africa and her
experience.

10. Conclusion:
 Enjoyed AIESEC meeting
 Met a lot of interesting students
 Learned about AIESEC
 Useful portal when looking for internships

11. Crowdfunding
 Speaker: Geert Stox
 Location: Arteveldehogeschool, Kantienberg Aula 2
 Date & Time: 28th of February 2017 at 15:00 hrs
TOPICS:
 The new economy
 Types of crowdfunding
1. Rewards based
2. Donation based
3. Lending
4. Equity
5. Debt

12. Own research on Crowd-funding:
 crowdsourcing
 An alternative to loans or other financing
methods
 Estimated 34 billion dollars have been
raised through crowdfunding

13. Conclusion:
 Take crowdfunding
into consideration
when needed
 Good way to promote
your idea
 Good way to finance
your idea

14. Bitcoin
 Speaker: peer-to-peer seminar
 Location: Outpost Ottergemsesteenweg 13
 Date & Time: April 27th 2017 at 19:30hr
Topics:
 The internet money
 Is a cryptocurrency , a digital way of paying
 Peer-to-peer system
 Transaction takes place between users directly
 First decentralized digital currency
 Technical explanation of bitcoin

15. Own research on Bitcoin:
 Virtual money
 Alternative way of paying
 Payments transactions get registered to
the block chain (public ledger)
 Can get bitcoins through “mining”
 Mining= record-keeping service
 It is decentralized
 Open source

16. Conclusion
 Interesting alternative to cash money
 Still have doubts on whether it is a
good option
 Original concept :
• Decentralized
• Mining for money

17. THE END
 …And yes the background music is
Stayin` alive by the BeeGees
because… I survived the semester!

18. Sources
 http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-
explained/index.php/Unemployment_statistics
 https://www.reginacoeli.com/blog/top-10-tips-for-doing-business-in-the-
united-states.html
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdfunding
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin