Transatlantic Program - Young Technology Leaders (TAP-YTL)

Sustainable Architecture & Urban Planning (Sept. 19-27, 2010)

The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest (GACCoM) is pleased to introduce the successor to our prestigious Transatlantic Program, “Transatlantic Program - Young Technology Leaders” (TAP-YTL). The program will bring together 12 young leaders with technical backgrounds for an intensive 8-day visit to Germany that will be focused on a specific theme. The first delegation, “Sustainable Architecture & Urban Planning” will take place September 19-27, 2010. Future programs will feature topics such as “Logistics & Transportation” and “Water Management.”

Witness first-hand Germany’s leading role in crafting new communities and energy efficient spaces for living and working

  * See Europe’s largest urban development project “HafenCity,” in Hamburg - EU Green Capital 2011
  * Experience Passive House technology
  * Visit Germany’s most sustainable neighborhoods

The agenda will consist of theme-focused site-visits, presentations and personal interaction with innovative companies, networking functions with peers and industry leaders, cross-cultural training, language building.

Destinations include cutting-edge sustainable architecture and urban planning hotspots:

  * Berlin
  * Hamburg
  * Cologne
  * Freiburg

Information and application form online at http://www.transatlanticprogram.org