This is a slide cast about all the seminars that I have attended during the academic year 2020-2021 for the course Talent & Management Development at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences.

1. Seminar
Slidecast
Elena Geers 2IBM03
Talent and Management Development

2. The 5 seminars that I have attended
05
03
04
01 02
Planning your
business idea
Unravel the new
normal of
Mobility Online
An exploration of
China's Pilot Free
Trade Zones'
Investing in
uncertain times
AFC: Can
Capitalism and
Sustainability go
together?

3. Off-campus
01
Investing in
uncertain times

4. Where
Zoom.us
(Eventbrite)
Speaker
Galia Gichon
Date
12/11/2020
Hour
4.00PM – 6.00PM
Investing in uncertain times

5. Content summary
investing
An investment in
knowledge pays the
best interest
Saving vs.
investment
Money will not grow in
your saving account.
You need to invest!
Personal finance
apps
To check your
investments.
For example,
Mint.com, Wally, Your
Bank,…
Risks
Market and company
risks. You will always
have a risk that you
can’t control

6. Short Reflection
What have I learned?
● I have learned why it is important to have a retirement plan
● I have learned more about saving accounts
● I have learned some investment terms like stocks, bonds, mutual funds,...
● I have learned how to simplify your financial life
● I experienced this seminar as an preparation for my future life. This in both the work
and private life

7. What
motivated
me to select
this seminar
Learn more about
investing
To learn what the best
tools are to use
To learn about a
retirement plan
To know what I can do
later on in life when I want
to invest

8. Off-campus
02
AFC: Can Capitalsm
and Sustainability
go together?

9. Where
Zoom.us
(AFC Brussels)
Speakers
Charlotte Van
Cleven, Tibeau
Meeremans, Stefan
Crets
Date
16/11/2020
Hour
7.00PM – 9.00PM
AFC: Can Capitalsm and Sustainability go
together?

10. Content summary
The opportunities
and drawbacks of
capitalism
Economic growth helps
to grow out of extreme
poverty in a large part
of the world
Should there be a
limit in wealth?
There should be a limit
in inequality because
in a world where there
is loss, nobody wins
A capitalistic
environment, equal
for all?
You need to create an
environment (have a
policy) to regulate this.
Why CSR?
The sustainable
revolution is going to
be even more
impactful as the
technological
revolution

11. Short Reflection
What have I learned?
● I have learned about sustainability along with capitalism
● I have learned why economic growth is so important
● I have learned how important education is in order to have equal opportunities
● I have learned that banks are now starting to see the sustainable advantages
● In my experience, this seminar taught me a lot of new information

12. What
motivated
me to select
this seminar
To know how I can be
sustainable when
choosing a bank
I wanted to know what the
advantages are of
sustainable banking
The second planet from
the Sun. It is named after
a Roman goddess
I was interested to know
more about the
opportunities in
capitalism
To know how banks can
be sustainable (I didn’t
know anything about this)

13. On-campus
03
Unravel the new
normal of Mobility
Online

14. Where
Zoom.us
Speaker
D. Moreno
Date
17/11/2020
Hour
1.30PM – 3.30PM
Unravel the new normal of Mobility Online

15. Content summary
Global Mobility
Reality technology has
made it possible to
travel (For example,
Booking.com)
Global experience
A professional
experience about
doing your internship
abroad (the benefits)
Cross border
employability
The pandemic has
learned us that
everyone can work
from home online.
Entrepreneurial
mindset
You need to look at
things differently. For
example, don’t believe
in geographical
distances

16. Short Reflection
What have I learned?
● I have learned how interesting it is to travel in your life to different places
● I have learned that global mobility is know almost possible for everyone
● I have learned that travelling is important in your business life
● I have learned to see the good side of something bad (for example, the pandemic)

17. On-campus
04
An exploration of
China's Pilot Free
Trade Zones'

18. Where
Zoom.us
Speaker
Prof. dr. Chen
Ruohong
Date
21/11/2020
Hour
9.00AM – 10.30AM
An exploration of China's Pilot Free Trade
Zones'

19. Content summary
E-commerce
A lot of opportunities
for businesses during
the pandemic.
+ global buying
China’s free trading
zones
Free trade zones will
attract more investors,
and all together there
are 21 FTZ’s
Shangai Pilot free
trading zones
Reinvent regulation
and facilitate trade &
investments, develop
scalable experience,
China has opened 20
more free trade zones
China reforms in
FTZ
A filling system,
examination and
approval only applies
to small sector
 National treatment

20. Short Reflection
What have I learned?
● I have learned more about what Free Trade Zone’s are
● I have learned about how FTZ can attract more investors
● I have learned more about trade facilitation
● In my experience the information was very relevant

21. Off-campus
05
Planning your
Business idea

22. Where
Zoom.us
(Eventbrite)
Speaker
By Small Business
Research +
Enterprise Centre
Date
23/03/2021
Hour
3.30PM – 5.30PM
Planning your Business idea

23. Content summary
The Business Model
Canvas
This is about the
different channels you
can use, the
importance of
customer relationships
and revenue streams
Business plans
COBRA is about
practical information
on starting & running
your business. It also
includes a wide range
market
What you need to
make your business
function
Think about your key
activities, key
resources, key
partners and cost
structure
Key partners
This is about your key
suppliers, key
manufacturers and
people who supply
skills you might need

24. Short Reflection
What have I learned?
● I have learned about the different steps you can take in creating your business plan
● I have learned more about the importance of customer relationships
● I have learned about what needs to be included in you business plan
● In my opinion, I have learned more about how to start with creating such a plan

25. What
motivated
me to select
this seminar
I was motivated to know
how I can build my own
business plan
I wanted to know what I
might need to start a
business
I was motivated to learn
more about this subject
I would like to have my
own company in the
future, so this was
interesting for me to
know more about this

26. Come up with an
idea
An idea that fits your
passions, goals,
strengths, resources,
and tolerance for
risk.
Get feedback
Find people who
know the market,
business model and
the competitors
Open shop
Make a core product
and get it to to
market quickly to
learn how customers
react
Think through all
angles
Evaluate the
opportunity like an
investor would in an
objective, thorough,
analytical way.
Build a basic
product
Build that basic
product as quickly
and inexpensively as
you can.
My own research on how to plan your
business idea

27. Resources
● Ronick, D. (2021, January 5). 10 Steps From Idea
to Business. Inc.Com.
https://www.inc.com/articles/201105/10-steps-
from-idea-to-business.html