International Student Fair with open air party: University of Hohenheim students and institutes present themselves at information booths in the Palace inner courtyard. International students offer food and beverages from their home countries.

On the south side of the Palace, there will be a children’s festival with bubble soccer. A pony coach drives children through the gardens. Starting at 6 p.m., the Dragon Fire Band will play in the Festival tent for the open air party.

• All booths at a glance

Keg tapping by the President with free beer sponsored by the brewery Goldochsen The tradition is to count along: How many hits will University of Hohenheim President Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert need to tap the keg in the anniversary year? It’s worth coming - when else will you have the chance to get a free beer from the President personally?

Kuh Bingo Die Fachschaft Agrar veranstaltet ein sogenanntes Kuh-Bingo. Dafür steht eine Kuh auf einer Wiese mit markierten Feldern, die vorher verlost werden. Jenes Feld, auf welches der erste „Schiss“ der Kuh fällt gewinnt einen großen Preis. Ebenfalls gibt es für die umliegenden Felder „Rand-Gewinne“ und jede Menge Trostpreise.                                                               .

EU project SciShops - World Café: Strengthening direct marketing start with the farm - From the farmer to the consumer Important regional actors in the short food supply chain get together in the workshop to exchange knowledge in a relaxed atmosphere and develop new ideas. The goal is to strengthen short regional supply chains for food. World Café is a widely recognized and defined method of bringing together people with similar interests to exchange knowledge in an atmosphere that encourages trust.

China Competence in Hohenheim (CHIKOH) Lecture series in the project “China Competence in Hohenheim”, Speaker: John-James Farquharson

Within the festive week’s program CHIKOH is proud to present the lecture “ChemChina as a State-owned Enterprise: Origin, Challenges and Approach to acquisitions outside China" by Mr. John-James Farquharson.

Recently, Chinese state-owned Enterprises (SOEs) are on a shopping spree abroad, buying well-known large companies, like the Swiss Syngenta and many cutting-edge technology companies of smaller size. This raises many questions such as:

• What motivates Chinese SOE’s to make acquisitions in Europe?
• What difficulties and limitations do they face outside China?
• The dilemma of SOE’s: Provide employment AND reducing excess headcount
• What challenges do Western Executives face working in an SOE-    environment?

These and more questions will be discussed by Mr. Farquharson, former Chief HR Officer for ChemChina-Bluestar and author of the book “In the Belly of the Dragon” (www.inthebellyofthedragon.com). He has spent about thirty years in the Chemical industry, in Finance, Sales, running a plant and HR, living and working in many different countries.

Agricultural consulting – quo vadis?

Hohenheim consulting day In the morning, we will look at the questions, challenges, and development perspectives of agricultural consulting in various organizations and contexts. In the afternoon, the focus will be on group and network approaches to problem-solving and promoting innovation.

Speaker: Speakers from: EIP Agrar Schleswig Holstein, Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen, Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Familie und Betrieb e.V., private consulting providers, development cooperation, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Knierim, Dr. Maria Gerster-Bentaya

Brown Bag Lecture - Measuring honesty: How can taxes be enforced? It is almost seen as a trivial offense to cheat a bit on tax returns - but that means that the state loses out on a lot of money that is then lacking for the general public. What possibilities are there to encourage taxpayers to be more honest? Prof. Dr. Nadja Dwenger will report on this in the Brown Bag Lecture.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Nadja Dwenger

Football World Cup: Live broadcast of the quarter final games

Everything used to be better!? - Alumni report on their time as a student at the University of Hohenheim Alumnae and alumni from business, science, and society talk about their daily lives as students, tell about strange and funny things that happened, and illuminate what campus life used to be like.

Dragon Fire Band

Give the University a face - Photo action: Members of the University of Hohenheim who would like to have a portrait photograph from a professional photographer can have their picture taken free of charge in the Palace. You will receive the photo in file format and allow the University to use the picture in the context of their public relations work online and in print form as well as for your personal intranet page.

Botany in Hohenheim – from an ancillary science to modern foundational research A guided exhibition in the Institute of Botany leads visitors from the historical development of Hohenheim botany to the resulting scientific highlights in the institute’s current research areas including the following topics:

• Scientific Herbariums - From Plant-Hunters to Online Databases
• Modern Microscopy - Opening up New Dimensions
• Dendro? Chrono? Of course! - Annual Rings as a Source of Information about Time and Climate
• Plant Remains from Millennia - Paths to Understanding Former Cultures
• Photosynthesis - Motor of Life on Land and Water
• How Stimuli Guide Plant Movements

Tours through the exhibition:

• Monday, 2 July 2018: 4 - 6 p.m.
• Tuesday, 3 July 2018: 10 a.m. - noon
• Thursday, 5 July 2018: 4 - 6 p.m.
• Friday, 6 July 2018: 10 a.m. - noon

F.I.T. for students - Introduction to Project Management: Successfully managing and implementing projects! The special F.I.T. offers during the Festive Week provide opportunities for personal and subject-specific further qualification as well as the development of professional skills. Registration using the F.I.T. platform: www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/continuinged

F.I.T. for students - Introduction to Project Management: Successfully managing and implementing projects! The special F.I.T. offers during the Festive Week provide opportunities for personal and subject-specific further qualification as well as the development of professional skills. Registration using the F.I.T. platform: www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/continuinged

5th International ISEKI_Food Conference "The Food System Approach: New Challenge for Education, Research and Industry" The general aim of the ISEKI_Food conference 2018 is to contribute to the creation of an "open" international forum for researchers, education scientists, technologists, industry representatives, and food consumers.

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International Week The Office of International Affairs invites International Officers from Partner Universities to an intensive Staff Week on internationalization and student exchange, including cultural excursions.

Museum of Zoology and Veterinary Medicine In the Festive Week, the Museum of Zoology and Veterinary Medicine in the Hohenheim Palace will have extended opening hours: from 3 - 7 July from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.