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Middle East Forum @ IMC Krems
On April 21, 2010 the Secretary General of the Austro-Arab Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Mouddar Khouja, gave a very interesting guest lecture on Islamic Banking!
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IMC Tourism Education for UEFA EURO 2012
IMC professor Andreas Weissenbaeck as guest speaker in Ukraine!
Upon an invitation from the City Council of Kharkiv Ukraine, IMC professor Andreas Weissenbaeck (project manager of IMC's offsite-programmes) presented the IMC Tourism Education programmes in the TOURISM FORUM KHARKIV: PARTNERSHIP IN TOURISM (16-18 April, 2010).

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Mission: international cooperation!
In order to build up new international cooperation in higher education and to intensify the international activities of IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, President Dr. h.c. Heinz Boyer and Project Manager Iris Waringer participated in an Economic Mission to Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar from 10 to 16 April 2010.
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Danish Ambassador Mr. Hugo Østergaard-Andersen at IMC FH Krems
The Danish Ambassador was the 74th guest of honour of the export institute of the IMC Unversity of Applied Sciences Krems.
At the occasion of the recent Copenhagen summit and the current Danish Nordic Council Presidency, Prof. Anis Bajrektarevic invited Danish Ambassador Mr. Hugo Østergaard-Andersen as a guest lecturer for the Export degree programme's Chair for International Law and Global Political Studies.
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Ambassador of Thailand visited FH Krems
As a continuation of the ASEAN guest lectures series of the IMC Export degree programme, under the auspices of the Chair for International Law and Global Political Studies, Prof. Dr. Anis Bajrektarevic invited H.E. Ms. Nongnuth Phetcharatana, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to Austria and other Vienna-based International Organisations.
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IMC FH Krems: Tourism students visited the world's largest travel trade show
From 10 – 14 March 2010 tourism students of the IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems visited the ITB Berlin.
72 students of the IMC Tourism and Leisure Management programmes (Bachelor and Master) took part in an excursion organised by Mag. Walter Grassl, IMC lecturer, to ITB Berlin 2010.
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Ambassador of Thailand visited FH Krems
As a continuation of the ASEAN guest lectures series of the IMC Export degree programme, under the auspices of the Chair for International Law and Global Political Studies, Prof. Dr. Anis Bajrektarevic invited H.E. Ms. Nongnuth Phetcharatana, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to Austria and other Vienna-based International Organisations.
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Guest lecture of H.E. Prof. Dr. Ali Asghar Soltanieh
As a continuation of the UN guest lectures series, the Export Study program’s Chair for International Law and Global Political Studies, Prof. Anis Bajrektarevic invited H.E. Prof. Dr. Ali Asghar SOLTANIEH residential Ambassador of the IR of Iran to the IAEA and other Vienna-based IOs to pay a visit to the IMC Krems and hold a lecture on so-called “Iranian nuclear issue”.
Carinthia University of Applied Sciences
MATURAprojektWETTBEWERB - Einreichfrist 28.02.2010
Gewinne in Höhe von € 1.750,-- warten! Einzelarbeiten oder Gruppenarbeiten (max. 4 Personen) mit ausgefülltem Formblatt sind teilnahmeberechtigt. Dem Formblatt können Grafiken/Tabellen o.ä. zur besseren Erläuterung der Arbeit angehängt werden. Ende der Einreichfrist ist der 28. Feber 2010. Näheres: www.fh-kaernten.at/maturawettbewerb

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MATURAprojektWETTBEWERB FH Kärnten - Einreichfrist endet am 28.02.2010
MATURAprojektWETTBEWERB - Einreichfrist 28.02.2010
Arbeiten mit ausgefülltem Formblatt sind teilnahmeberechtig. Gewinne in Höhe von € 1.750,-- warten!
Nähere Infos: www.fh-kaernten.at/maturawettbewerb

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Practice orientation at IMC FH Krems
IMC export students had guest lecture with Erich Neuwirth, TNT Express Austria.
Erich Neuwirth, Human Resource Manager at TNT Express (Austria) GmbH held a guest lecture for IMC FH Krems export students on the occassion of the course "Training Intercultural Competence".
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IMC tourism lecturer Baumgartner supported organisation of UN Climate Summit
Lively discussion on „Climate Justice in Tourism“ in Copenhagen. IMC Lecturer Christian Baumgartner sees a need to establish a climate-just-framework in the tourism sector.
On the occasion of the UN Climate Summit, NGOs and the World Tourism Organization were discussing the challenges for the international tourism industry with regard to climate and development policy on 10 December 2009 at the “Klimaforum09” in Copenhagen.
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Prof. Karl Born held guest lecture at the IMC
The relevance of customer orientation an customer satisfaction were the core topics of Born's excellent speech.
On December 11, Prof. Karl Born gave a speech about “Bitchy comments about service quality and customer loyalty”. During his speech Prof. Karl Born demonstrated with funny ancedotes the relevance of customer orientation and customer happiness for the tourism industry.
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Tourism Circles - Open lecture series successfully launched
The Institute Tourism and Leisure Management is pleased with the successful launch of the open lecture series “Tourism Circles”.
On November 19, Mr. Heinz Palme spoke about „Safety as success factor in events“. Palme is known as an international icon in the field of mega sports events (such as UEFA EURO 2008 or FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa).
Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences
FH OO harvests the futur: Revolution in living room and office
Hagenberg researchers are staging a quiet revolution in the integration of furniture and computers. A team at the School of Informatics, Communications and Media working with eco-furniture designers Team7 and AMS Research have developed systems that turn a wall or table into a fully functional processing station controlled by finger-tip touch.

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23rd International Tourism Students Conference – a success story!
From 28th till 30th April 2008 the 23rd International Tourism Students Conference took place with more than 80 international visitors at the IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems.
Carinthia University of Applied Sciences
Open Street Map OSM Mapping Party
Um Leute für OpenStreetMap zu begeistern, gibt es am Samstag, 24. Oktober 2009 eine so genannte Mapping-Party. Gemeinsam (FH Kärnten, Studienbereich Geoinformation) mit anderen Interessierten kartieren wir Reifnitz. Treffpunkt ist um 09:00 Uhr beim steinernen GTI (gegnüber der Bootsanlegestelle).

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IMC welcomed H.E. Dr. Hans LUNDBORG
As a continuation of the EU Presidency - Guest Lecture Series, under the auspices of the Chair for International, Legal and Global Political Studies, Prof. Dr. Anis Bajrektarevic (Institute for Export-oriented Management) invited H.E. Mr. Hans LUNDBORG, Ambassador of Sweden to Austria and the Swedish permanent Representative to the UN in Vienna.

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H.E. Dr. Peter Jankowitsch gave guest lecture
Marking the beginning of a new Semester and with it a new series of guest lectures at the IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria’s representative to the UN Security Council (New York), the OECD (Paris), and the European Space Agency, H.E. Ambassador Dr. Peter Jankowitsch, gave the faculty the honour to share his knowledge and experience this Wednesday September the 30th 2009.

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From Pioneers to Leaders: IMC FH Krems celebrates 15 Successful Years
IMC FH Krems celebrated its 15 anniversary on 5 October 2009 and invited for the anniversary party at the Dominican church in Krems.
CEO Heinz Boyer (middle) enjoys the anniversary with his guests from Austria and all over the world
Internationality and close relations to the business and industrial world characterized this evening as well as the achievements of this University of applied Sciences in Lower Austria up to now.
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Students for Students
Just in time with the beginning of the semester 09/10 at the IMC FH Krems a new community for all students of the Fachhochschule arose – “Students for Students”.

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Honorary doctorate for Dkfm. Mag. Heinz Boyer
Conferment of the honorary doctorate upon the President of the IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems at the Christian University of Thailand

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Neues FH-Laborzentrum
Nahe des Villacher Standortes entsteht ein neues Forschungszentrum. Noch heuer wird der erste Teil des Laborzentrums der Studiengänge Maschinenbau, Systems Engineering, Bauwesen und Bionik eröffnet.

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Summer School for English Teachers in Austria
The 16th TEA (Teachers of English in Austria) Summer School was held at the UAS Krems from 24-28 August 2009. This workshop as organised by Prof. (FH) Dr.Otto Weihs, Academic Coordinator of Business English at the IMC Krems, in his capacity as Vice-Chair of TEA.
