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INDUSTRY HUBS - The development from an initiative to a project
“Industry Days started as an event idea and transforms into a project in our network, it starts getting accepted by LGs and being implemented in the structure of ESTIEM.” First Steps
Industry hubs are cities or regions where specific
Industry Days is an initiative we launched last year,
types of businesses are clustered. Whether the
where we held our first event in Hamburg. The
sector
city ranked within the top ten most livable cities
shipping, steel production or whatever your
worldwide, or like some people like to call it, the
region offers, new hubs are springing up ranging
Venezia or pearl of the north. In that same year,
from
Bremen, Braunschweig, and Dresden organized
nanotechnology firms. After the Council Meeting
Dittrich
the second edition of the initiative on the topic of
in Warsaw, the first project under this name
Local Group
automotive industries in Germany.
took place in Russia. Two Local Groups, Saint
Bremen
is
aerospace,
manufacturers
foodstuffs,
of
sporting
automotive,
goods
to
Oliver
Petersburg and Moscow, decided to help us in This event connected multiple Local Groups
shaping Industry Hubs.
and showcased a specific hub of industries from different perspectives and locations. Hamburg
3rd Edition of Industry Hubs
focused on the aviation industry within their city,
The two capitals — Moscow
whereas Bremen, Braunschweig, and Dresden
the
came up with a road trip through Germany to
Saint
introduce the automotive industry and give an
the
cultural
capital
insight into how famous car brands like BMW,
—
presented
their
Mercedes or Volkswagen work.
logistics In
official
capital
Petersburg
as
systems.
Moscow,
biggest
and
city
the in
Russia, participants learned
how
the
administration manages
traffic
of
million
twelve
inhabitants
and
four public airports for passengers. Group photo from Automotive Industry Days 2018
LG Saint Petersburg showed participants not only the cultural side of this variegated
From Industry Days to Industry Hubs
country but also the seaport, the reason why this
Industry Days started as an event idea and
beloved city is known as the ‘Window to Europe’.
transforms into a project in our network, it starts
Not to mention the Trans-Siberian Railway, the
getting accepted by LGs and being implemented
longest railway line in the world, a must-visit in
in the structure of ESTIEM. During this process,
every ESTIEMer’s bucket list, which successfully
however, its definition changed. We decided to
completed the representation of the Russian
change the name in order to avoid confusion with
logistics hub.
other similarly named projects and we developed the current structure as you know it. But why Industry Hubs?
“Industry hubs are cities or regions where specific types of businesses are clustered.”
If you would like to share your country’s Industry Hub with our network, take a step forward and help shape this into a new project. ESTIEM Magazine | 56th issue - International Business & Globalization 39