Fit for the future? Some thoughts on event education in a changing world

Schwägermann, Helmut

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The mission statement of both our event management programmes is: We educate Future Leaders for the Event Industry!

The employment rate of IEMS graduates regularly exceeds 95 per cent. However, we must realise that our graduates will lead an active working life in the event industry until 2050 and beyond! The half-life of knowledge is becoming dramatically shorter. At the same time, megatrends will strongly influence the working environment as well as customers’ needs and demands. Some of the knowledge that students acquire on their study programmes will ...

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