The EBS Symposium is an economic congress organised solely by students of the European Business School International University Schloss Reichartshausen

European Business School International University Schloss Reichartshausen

The EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht in Wiesbaden and Oestrich-Winkel, Germany, was founded in 1971. The university's activities focus on 3 core areas: undergraduate, postgraduate programs and executive education...

. Being host to over 1200 students, professionals and renowned speakers each year, the EBS Symposium is one of the leading economic student congresses in Germany.

Goal

The conference is focused on giving its participants from all over the world the unique opportunity of meeting high-ranking personalities from the worlds of politics, business and society, to discuss current economic, social and political affairs.

The claim "Contact - Congress - Career" is realised by providing participants with more than speeches from top-notch executives and politicians. The Recruiting Fair pools high potentials with the most successful companies, creating opportunities for both parties to get in contact with each other in an inspiring environment. Furthermore, the Innovation Fair displays new, creative products by up-and-coming, innovative companies.

Notable Speakers

The EBS Symposium has been host to numerous first-class speakers, including

• Alexander Dibelius, CEO Germany, Austria, Eastern Europe Goldman Sachs
• Burkhard Schwenker, Global CEO Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
• Eckhard Cordes, CEO Metro Group
• Frank Mattern, CEO Germany McKinsey & Co
• Gerhard Cromme, Chairman of the Board, former CEO Siemens AG
• Gerhard Schröder
  Gerhard Schröder
  Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder is a German politician, and was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , he led a coalition government of the SPD and the Greens. Before becoming a full-time politician, he was a lawyer, and before becoming Chancellor...
  
  , former Chancellor of Germany
• Hans-Paul Bürkner
  Hans-Paul Bürkner
  Hans-Paul Bürkner has been President and CEO of The Boston Consulting Group since 2003. He began his career in corporate finance at Commerzbank and joined BCG, then predominantly a US consulting firm, in 1981. He was a member of the team that opened BCG’s Düsseldorf and Frankfurt offices...
  
  , President and CEO Boston Consulting Group
• Helmut Kohl
  Helmut Kohl
  Helmut Josef Michael Kohl is a German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1973 to 1998...
  
  , former Chancellor of Germany
• Herbert Hainer
  Herbert Hainer
  -Career:1979-1987: Procter & Gamble GmbH, Division Manager Sales and Marketing Germany1987-1989: adidas Germany, Sales Director Hardware1989-1991: adidas Germany, Sales Director Field1991-1993: adidas Germany, National Sales Director...
  
  , CEO adidas AG
• Horst Köhler
  Horst Köhler
  Horst Köhler is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. He was President of Germany from 2004 to 2010. As the candidate of the two Christian Democratic sister parties, the CDU and the CSU, and the liberal FDP, Köhler was elected to his first five-year term by the Federal Assembly on...
  
  , Federal President of Germany
• Jean-Claude Trichet
  Jean-Claude Trichet
  Jean-Claude Trichet is a French civil servant who was the president of the European Central Bank, a position he held from 2003 to 2011. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements...
  
  , President of the European Central Bank
• Jürgen Schrempp, former CEO DaimlerChrysler AG
• Klaus Kleinfeld
  Klaus Kleinfeld
  Klaus Kleinfeld is chief executive officer of Alcoa Inc., and former CEO of Siemens AG.In August 2007, Kleinfeld was appointed COO of Alcoa Inc....
  
  , CEO Alcoa Inc.; former CEO Siemens AG
• Klaus Zumwinkel
  Klaus Zumwinkel
  Klaus Peter Richard Otto Zumwinkel was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Deutsche Post between 1990 and 2008. Being under suspicion of tax fraud, he resigned from office on February 15, 2008...
  
  , former CEO Deutsche Post
• Michael Dell
  Michael Dell
  Michael Saul Dell is an American business magnate and the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Inc. He is the 44th richest person in the world, with a net worth of US$14.6 billion in 2011, based primarily on the 243.35 million shares of Dell stock worth $3.5 billion that he owns,...
  
  , CEO and founder Dell Inc.
• Sir John Major, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Thomas Enders, CEO Airbus S.A.S.
• Wolfgang Reitzle
  Wolfgang Reitzle
  Dr. Wolfgang Reitzle is a German businessman.After leaving his school in Ulm, Reitzle continued his education at the Technical University of Munich where he studied mechanical engineering and economics. In 1971, aged just 22, he became Munich's youngest ever "Diplom-Ingenieur" graduate.In 1976,...
  
  , CEO Linde AG