Turning young visionaries into consultants: Roland Berger Strategy Consultants to run workshop in Dresden, November 19-21

• "The Pitch 2010" is aimed at university students who are in at least their third semester, have just graduated or are in a PhD program
• Participants will bid in small teams for patents and then design creative business models

• Applications must be submitted online by November 1, 2010 at:www.thepitch.rolandberger.com  

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants' "The Pitch 2010" workshop is designed to give students an opportunity to learn how an innovation becomes a business model. Working in small teams, they must first bid for patents and then design creative business models to exploit them. "The Pitch 2010" is aimed at university students. They must be in at least their third semester, a PhD program or have graduated recently. The workshop is scheduled for November 19-21, 2010 and will take place in Dresden. Students who are interested should apply online by November 1, 2010 at: www.thepitch.rolandberger.com.

"We're looking for people with character – team players who can come up with excellent ideas and contribute some entrepreneurial zest," explains Dr. Martin C. Wittig, CEO of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. "The idea of 'The Pitch 2010' is to give students, graduates and post-grads from any discipline a chance to demonstrate their creativity and get to know how consulting works in practice."

Turning business ideas into reality

How does an innovation become a business model? What happens when 25 visionaries come together for three days in one place and struggle to achieve one aim – turning business ideas into reality? This will be the challenge facing the students selected for "The Pitch 2010". Working in small teams, they first have to bid for patents and then, with the support of experienced consultants, develop creative business models for exploiting the inventions. Finally, the teams have to present their strategies to a panel of investors, who will all be established figures from the business world. To complete their projects, the participants can learn about the methods used by strategy consultants at Roland Berger and find out whether a career in consultancy might be the right move for them.

Accompanying the workshop will be a varied program of activities, with opportunities to explore Dresden and network with the experts from Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.

Applications by November 1, 2010

"The Pitch 2010" is aimed at university students who are in at least their third semester, a PhD program or have graduated recently. Applicants are expected to have had some initial business experience, ideally in the form of a practical semester or an internship abroad. Students who are interested should apply online by November 1, 2010 at: www.thepitch.rolandberger.com.  
For more information, applicants can call Sabine Müller:
tel.: +49 89 9230-9946.