Training Seminar Overview:
The SIFE Capital Markets Training Seminars, sponsored by the Goldman Sachs Foundation educated 112 SIFE team members and incorporated the teaching expertise of two Goldman Sachs representatives, 15 faculty and SIFE staff from the three countries. The purpose of the training seminars was to educate and inspire SIFE team members to take their new capital markets knowledge and deliver SIFE projects to at least 3,000 high school youth between January 2007 and July 2007.
Training seminars were held in China, Germany, and the USA. Each event started with a networking reception in the evening, giving participants a chance to meet and providing the opportunity to set expectations for the next day's seminar.
Each day-long training seminar began with at least one capital markets expert who presented to the participants for the first two hours of the day. This was followed by an IPO case study, which provided students the chance to apply their newfound knowledge. After lunch, participants focused on idea generation and applying the knowledge to developing a community outreach project. SIFE students were also debriefed on the project competition criteria.
The balance of lecture, case study and small group work resulted in an effective and meaningful training seminar for the SIFE student and faculty participants. For the majority of attendees, the content, while not standardized for all three events, was appropriately challenging and provided them the information needed to develop a follow up outreach project.
All SIFE student attendees have agreed to create, implement, and submit their capital markets project to the SIFE Capital Markets Competition by 2 July 2007. All SIFE teams are eligible to participate in this competition, even those teams that were not represented at the training seminars. To find out more about the competition criteria and process please click here.
Training Seminar Participants:
CHINA
Date: 13/01/2007
Location: Peking University, (Beijing, China)
Central University of Finance and Economics
Tsinghua University
Beijing Foreign Studies University
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Peking University
Renmin University of China
Capital University of Economics and Business
Beijing Normal University
Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
SouthWestern University of Finance and Economics
Sichuan University
Sichuan Normal university
Sichuan International Studies University
Dalian Maritime University
Dalian University of Technology
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Shenzhen University
Sun Yat-sen University
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang Wanli University
Northeast Agricultural University
Harbin Institute of Technology
Harbin Engineering University
The Open University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Jilin University
Nanjing University
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade
Shanghai International Studies University
Shanghai Jiaotong University
Northeastern University
Tianjin University
NanKai University
Tianjin University of Commerce
Tianjin Polytechnic University
Tianjin University of Technology
Tianjin Foreign Studies University
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Northwestern Poly-technical University
GERMANY
Date: 02/02/2007
Location: Phantasialand, (Bruhl, Germany)
Bielefeld University
Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg
Technical University of Dresden
University of Applied Sciences Bochum
University of Cologne
University of Duisburg-Essen, Campus Essen
University of Hamburg
University of Regensburg
University of Passau
Westfälische Wilhelms-University of Münster
University of Mannheim
International University in Germany Bruchsal [IU]
European Business School Oestrich-Winkel [EBS]
Europa Universität Viadrina Frankfurt / Oder
FH für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin
University of Witten/Herdecke
University of Wuppertal
University of Hohenheim
Freie University Berlin
USA
Date: 05/02/2007
Location: Dallas, TX
Baylor University
Belmont University
Berea College
Blue Ridge Community College
Boston College
Briarcliffe College
California Polytechnic University - San Luis Obispo
California State University East Bay
Chadron State College
Chattanooga State Technical Community College
College of Charleston
College of the Ozarks
Columbia University
Delgado Community College
East Central University
Florida Institute of Technology
Georgia Southwestern State University
Graceland University
Hawaii Pacific
Hilbert College
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
LeTourneau University
Louisiana State University A & M
Louisiana State University at Eunice
Marist College
Mcalester College
Miles College
Missouri Baptist University
Mount St. Mary's University
Northwest Nazarene University
Park University
Penn State Abington
Ripon College
Roberts Wesleyan College
Saint Paul's College (2)
Southwest Minnesota State University
St. Cloud State University
SUNY Binghamton
Texas State University - San Marcos
University of Arizona
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Miami
University of Minnesota - Crookston
University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of North Florida
University of Pittsburgh at Titusville
University of South Dakota
University of Southern California
University of the Ozarks
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Wayne State College
Western Kentucky University
Whittier College
William Jewell College