ebs Symposium - “The German Angst”
The regular readers might have noticed that I didn’t post anything for a few days. The reason is that I participated in the 16. ebs Symposium this weekend. The symposium was organized by the students of the European Business School (EBS) in Oestrich-Winkel, the oldest private business school in Germany. It is located at the River Rhine in a region called Rheingau, one of the most famous wine growing areas in Germany.
The conference’s theme was "The German Angst" - Vertrauen in die Zukunft. German Angst is one of the few German expressions which found its way into the English language, it was coined by "The Economist" and describes the fear of Germans of the future that currently paralyzes Germany’s economy. The best example was the result of the elections last week, which was pretty much a disaster, reflecting the people’s fear of change and reforms that would be so important for this country. The conference tried to evaluate concepts of overcoming the current situation and let Germany rise up to be a strong economy again. Many top class speakers and companies held speeches, workshops and a recruiting fair. Among the speakers were names as Lothar Späth (Merrill Lynch), Alexander Dibelius (Goldman Sachs) or Burkhard Schwenker (Roland Berger).
It was a very interesting and inspiring weekend, not to forget the great food and no one less then Knacki Deuser (the host of the TV comedy show "Nightwash", every Sunday 0:00h on WDR) as the host of the gala dinner.
Of course I wouldn’t be a real geocacher if I didn’t take the chance of sneaking through some vineyards on my way home 
