Name: Alfred Quenzler

Title: Dr.

Since 2003 Alfred Quenzler heads the department for staff marketing, after working for several years in the field of international marketing and management training of the AUDI AG.

The department for staff marketing is responsible for university marketing, recruiting, junior programmes and employer branding for the German locations Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm.

Quenzler studied business management after completing an apprenticeship as a qualified bank employee. In addition to that he has a special qualification in speech training and wrote his PHD on an educational and economical topic “The use of in-house further training” while working at the same time.

Born in 1966 in Austria; currently living in Brussels, Belgium

Professional experience:

• 2007- ongoing – European Commission, Education and Culture Directorate-General, Unit Higher Education/Erasmus (Brussels): Programme and Communication Officer for the Erasmus Programme (country desk officer for Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Austria; thematic responsible for student mobility and information, communication and guidelines.
• 2003-2007 – European Commission, EuropeAid Co-operation Office (Brussels): Project Manager for cultural and audiovisual cooperation with all Sub-Saharan African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP).
• 2001-2003 – European Commission, EuropeAid Co-operation Office (Brussels): Project Manager for the Euromed Audiovisual programme and information and communication actions on the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.
• 1999-2000 – European Commission, External Relations Directorate-General (Brussels): Information Officer on the EU's South Mediterranean and Middle East policy and cooperation; manager of Euromed regional cultural projects.
• 1996-1999 – European Commission, Agriculture Directorate-General (Brussels): Project Manager of veterinary and phytosanitary data exchange systems with the EU Member States.
• 1995-1996 – Traineeships at the Inter-American Development Bank (Washington, D.C., USA), the European Commission (Brussels) and the European Parliament (Brussels).

Education:

• Master of International Politics, Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 2000.
• Master of Science in Computer Science, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, 1996.
• Master of Arts in French/Romance Languages and Indo-European Linguistics, University of Vienna, Austria and University of Paris - New Sorbonne, France, 1995.
• Business Administration (one-year course work), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA, 1994.

Katharina Padleschat - free-lancing voice-, speech-and phonetic coach and voice over artist with a longtime experience in Theatre and Business.
 Since many years she works successful with people of different speech-intensive professions  - like for example Teacher, Manager, Actors, or Lawyers - in fact everybody, who needs his voice  as an important communication tool.
Profession is her passion  - because to support people shaping up the sound of their voice never becomes boring!
For further information please visit the website of Katharina Padleschat.

Marcus Holzheimer successfully works as a freelance consultant, trainer and coach in the areas of strategic marketing & sales, career and soft-skills. Working more than 10 years in top international enterprises, he could gather and proof his competence in the sales and service management. Today his clients are companies and business people which think about their strategic positioning in the market and the acquisition of new customers and business. Jointly you will find ways to access new potential and turn it into success.
The website of MH Beratung provides further information.

Carmen Brablec is skilled on visual self marketing for nine years. Since 2006 she is owner of the image consulting Fate-Labs and acts as self-employed image-coach, author and speaker. She offers her clients unique and to their needs tailored service. From the individual personal impact profile up to the right dress code. She clears up questions like:  “Why are some people more successful than others, although not being better?”  The mysteries of nonverbal communication are her passion. Her customers turn visually to key personnel and are aware of the reason of their success.
For further information please visit the website of image consulting Fate-Labs.

Name: Prof. Dr. Susanne Ihsen
Affiliation: Gender Studies in Science and Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, TU München

Address: Arcisstr. 21, D-80290 München, Germany

Curriculum Vitae

Date of birth: May 30, 1964

Education: 1981-1985 Pedagogical apprenticeship
 1986-1994 Social Sciences, University of Duisburg and RWTH Aachen
 1994 Magistra Artium
  1994-1999 Research associate at Centre for Research and Development in Higher Education / Department for Informatics in Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen
 1999 Doctor of Philosophy degree, RWTH Aachen
Doctoral Thesis “Development of a new quality culture in Engineering Education“ (Prof. Henning, Prof. König)
 
Career:  1994-1999 Member of the scientific staff at Centre for Research and Development in Higher Education / Department for Informatics in Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen
 1999-2001 Scientific Employee at the VDI, Association of German Engineers
 2001-2004 Manager at the VDI, Association of German Engineers
 2004-present Professor for Gender Studies in Engineering, TU Muenchen

Research Interests: Gender and Diversity in Engineering, change management in professional cultures
 
Teaching: Non technical elements in the engineering professions, coaching in career aspects for female engineers, consulting of engineering institutions concerning gender and diversity

Memberships: Editorial Board of the European Journal of Engineering Education
 Vice President of Competence Center Technology-Diversity-Equal Opportunities e.V.
 Chairwoman “Women in Engineering” of SEFI, European Association of Engineering Education
 Member of the VDI board Women in Engineering
 Member of the section “Women and Gender-research” of the German Society of Sociology

Further information and publications are available on the website of TU Munich.

Antje Lienert M.A. (34) heads since 1. July 2008 the secretariat "Kunststoffland NRW", a network of the synthetic material and plastic branch. Her tasks include the working group "qualification", communication, member relations and recruitment of new members.

Antje Lienert worked after her university graduation with the Media-academy Cologne in the area of key account and for the VDI - The Association of German Engineers. Within the VDI she was responsible for the section "Engineering training and further training" and "Profession and Labour Market". There she developed this VDI section as a competent service provider, especially with view to figures and statistical information concerning the engineering labour market. At the same time she followed a graduate university course at the Ruhr University Bochum, where she completed a "Master of Organisational Management". 

Born 1963

Vice President New Technologies at E.ON Corporate Center since 2006. After studying mechanical engineering and completing a P.h.D. in Energy Technologies at RWTH Aachen Mr. Ewert started his career as a project manager in energy plant construction within Imtech. In 1999 he moved to the PreussenElektra strategy department in Hannover. Following the merger of PreussenElektra and Bayernwerk in 2000 he worked at E.ON Energie in Munich within a variety of areas such as renewable energies, business optimization, new technologies and technology policy.