The members of Team 2008 were unanimous in agreeing that everything was to be bigger, better and more attractive than ever! And we well and truly succeeded.

First of all, the marquee concept was altered to form an atrium between the tents that could be used as a garden area. Apart from that, some of the tent walls were made of transparent material, enabling a magnificent view from the gala marquee into the garden. The interior of the tent town was upgraded by additional, more sophisticated decorations and lighting technology in comparison to previous years.

The content of the Symposium was also given a new approach. For the first time, the topic “Innovation as a Concept for the Future” was presented by three keynote speakers - Gerhard Schröder, Edmund Stoiber and Lech Walesa – who also signed the book of honor of the town of Iserlohn. In combination with many other rousing orators from politics, science and economics who attended the Seilersee lakeside event, we succeeded in presenting a very broad spectrum of topics under the title "Innovation as a Concept for the Future".

But we also had to adjust our structural attitude and reorganize ourselves somewhat because, in the second year after Clinton, it became obvious that the system of changing the whole team each year had reached the limits of its capacity. It was very difficult to transfer the requisite amount of knowledge to the next generation in such a short time. A solution to this issue was, however, soon found.

Part of the team of 2008 was to remain – and is still in office - as the core team for the Campus Symposium, ensuring that even greater consistency has been achieved in the work of the alternating members. This was also associated with the introduction of the new master’s course of studies at the BiTS which then offered students further opportunities for post-graduate studies.

Speakers 2008 (Selection)

	Gerhard Schröder Bundeskanzler a. D. der Bundesrepublik Deutschland		Dr. Edmund Stoiber Ehemaliger Ministerpräsident des Freistaats Bayern
	Lech Wałęsa Ehemaliger Staatspräsident Polens und Friedensnobelpreisträger

Mr. Werner Bayreuther	Chief Negotiator of  Deutsch Bahn
Prof. Fritz Beske	Director of the Fritz Beske Institut
Dr. Stefan Bungart	Inovation Leader of IBM Deutschland GmbH
Mr. Helmut Diegel	District President of District Government of Arnsberg
Mr. Hendrik Hollweg	Member of the Board of Ernst & Young AG
Mr. Ilan Mor	Representive of Israel, and an Israeli Entrepreneur
Mr. Tobias Meibom	CEO of Biovision Enegy AG
Mr. Cavin Pietzsch	Divisional Head of Süwag Energy AG
Mr. Hans-Peter Rapp-Frick	CEO of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Hagen
Dr. Norbert Schiedeck	Member of the Borad of Vossloh AG
Mr. Hermann-Josef Schulte	Owner of HJS Fahrzeigtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Mr. Gerd Schulte-Hillen	Former Member of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann AG
Mr. Klaus Siegers	Member of the Board Weberbank AG
Mr. Stephan Werthschulte	CEO of Accenture GmbH
Mr. Günter Winands	State Secretary in the Ministry of Education andadvanced Training Nord Rhine-Westphalia