At HHL – Leipzig Graduate School of Management which is internationally recognized for its education in entrepreneurship the student initiative Accelerate@HHL is organizing the Accelerate Conference on Social Entrepreneurship. The conference will take place on Saturday, May 12, 2012. Registration is open for students until April 15, 2012 on www.accelerate-entrepreneurship.com. Acceleate@HHL invited guest speakers such as Katja Urbatsch (arbeiterkind.de) or Maurice Stanszus (WeGreen) to the conference. The student initiative fosters the entrepreneurial spirit at Germany’s oldest business school.
Social entrepreneurs develop business models which help to cope with social challenges. Entrepreneurs from various fields such as education, environment and fair trade will participate at the conference. Therefore, the conference is a pool of expertise on social entrepreneurship from which German and European students can gain knowledge and inspiration. Interactive forums, workshops on entrepreneurial skills and a fair provide the opportunity to discuss ideas and to network. The goal is to encourage young people to found enterprises which create social benefit: Get inspired | Gather skills | Create change
Please find further information on: www.accelerate-entrepreneurship.com
Note for the press: Press dates can be arranged prior to the conference and on the day of the conference. Please contact Elisabeth Starke: Elisabeth Starke • Head of the Accelerate Conference • Email: elisabeth.starke@hhl.de • HHL – Leipzig Graduate School of Management • Jahnallee 59 • 04109 Leipzig • Germany • www.accelerate-entrepreneurship.com
Partners of the Accelerate Conference on Social Entrepreneurship are:
• Aid by Trade Foundation / Tina Stridde
• arbeiterkind.de / Katja Urbatsch
• auticon GmbH i.G. / Anna Roth Bunting
• bfu AG / Martin Görlitz
• Coffee Circle GmbH / Martin Elwert
• concern GmbH / Moritz Delbrück
• Die Eltern AG / Mainrad Armbruster
• Dykiert Beratung / Wolfgang Dykiert
• Inspirata / Iris Petzschler
• Irrsinnig Menschlich e.V. / Manuela Richter
• Leuchtturm e.V. / Werner Arndt
• NEUE ARBEIT gGmbH / Marc Hentschke
• Oma-Strick GbR / Alexander Klevesath
• Premium Cola / Uwe Lübbermann
• Social Business Stiftung / Gerhard Bissinger
• WeGreen / Maurice Stanszus
• Weilandfilm / Mark Weiland
Handelshochschule Leipzig gGmbH
Volker Stößel
Jahnallee 59
04109 Leipzig
Deutschland
E-Mail: volker.stoessel@hhl.de
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Telefon: 0341-9851-614
Pressekontakt
Handelshochschule Leipzig gGmbH
Volker Stößel
Jahnallee 59
04109 Leipzig
Deutschland
E-Mail: volker.stoessel@hhl.de
Homepage: http://www.hhl.de
Telefon: 0341-9851-614