conject Falcon Flash - anniversary issue 2

We’ve come up with several great ideas to mark the event of conject’s 10th anniversary: In line with our anniversary motto “strong.clever.ahead”, conject is now inviting people to enter the photo competition "Building 2020": Show us which way the trend in the construction and real estate industry will take us. Everyone can and should take part – and we invite you, too!
In addition, we have planned 10 campaigns for 2010, four of which have already taken place – read on to find out about the four next events we have come up with.
Kind regards – Elke Tonscheidt
Photo competition “Building 2020” – Enter now!
Building 2020 – How do you envision the real estate industry in 10 years?
Are green buildings allowed to be concrete-gray? What shape is truly energy neutral? Is it possible that corners go against EU standards? Are future electric 'gas' stations also supermarkets in disguise? Ask the questions that you’ve always wanted answered and send us a visual proposal! The central theme is what will be shaping the future in 2020. Unleash your creativity – the only requirement is that your visual proposal can be displayed in digital form on a website (German only).
Simply upload your color or black and white photo, collage, diagram, etc. either in edited or unaltered form here and enter to win – great prizes await!

- Carel Bloys van Treslong,
conject Council und Leiter Standort Den Haag
Anniversary Promotion #5: Herring for all – conject is celebrating “Vlaggetjesdag” on June 8th in the Kurhaus in The Hague
“We are proud of a real Dutch tradition that is the celebration of the yearly arrival of a typically Dutch product, the Dutch New Herring. Always on the second Saturday of the month June, this new arrival is celebrated during Vlaggetjesdag in the harbour of The Hague (Scheveningen). From this moment on the New Herring can be bought and savoured throughout the country. Most Dutch people are waiting months in anticipation of this joyous moment. Together with conject that I consult as a Council since the beginning we now choose this tradition to celebrate also the “conject tradition”. So we will celebrate on the 8th of June in Den Haag. Come and join us. Also our client ARCADIS will be there, details are available next month.”

- Frank Weiß,
Gründungsmitglied und Leiter Standort Wien
Anniversary promotion 6: Exclusively in the Casemates of Palais Coburg – conject and immonet are inviting people to attend a get-together in Vienna
„conject is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the company – in my opinion an impressive age for a software company. Under the motto "History meets innovation", together with immonet we are inviting persons to the Casemates of Palais Coburg in the heart of Vienna on 10th of June.
We were searching for a unique venue for our event: With the extensive restoration of Vienna’s former fortress walls from the 16th century, this architectural masterpiece will serve as the perfect surroundings for our exclusive event.
Our evening event is dedicated to the subject of Infrastructure Lifecycle Management, in short ILM, – we have invited high-ranking representatives from Austria’s real estate industry, who will be discussing optimization of profits and resources using ILM. In addition, you can also look forward to learning about technical innovations which will be determining the trends in project and facility management in the future.“

- Koray Karaali,
application support and consulting, in Duisburg
Anniversary promotion 7: Fun, games and excitement – conject is building in Duisburg
„Another extraordinary event is planned for the end of June, right before the start of summer vacation: We are going on a spectacular discovery tour of the LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Duisburg, hometown of one of conject’s business locations.
Not merely something for creative kids or passionate LEGO builders, a thoroughly colorful treat – plenty of fun, games and excitement is guaranteed for all: Whether you just want to be a spectator while a miniature version of the Ruhr district – built with 1.5 million LEGO pieces – comes to life or find out in the LEGO factory how colored granules become finished building blocks, whether at a pirate battle, jungle expedition, a trip on the dragon train or a showing at the LEGO-Studios’ 4D cinema, there’s a lot going on in any case.
Our highlight: With our competition under the theme "Sustainable building," we’ve also come up with something exciting – more about this later... You’ll be hearing more from us about this event soon.“

- Elke Tonscheidt,
co-founder and company spokesperson
Anniversary promotion 8: Switching roles the conject way – Be surprised!
„Customers working at conject – Under this motto, 10 people will be switching jobs and for one day will also be trading places. To this end we have selected 5 customers/partners and will get things started this summer. For example, a bank project manager will be coming to us, and my colleague, co-founder Cesar Flores, on the other hand will be “taking over” his office. On the event of the 10th anniversary, this will bring new insights to everyone involved, which we will be documenting and presenting at the EXPO REAL. I, personally, am really looking forward to trading places with Ulrike Silberberg, the deputy editor-in-chief of the “BundesBauBlatt”. And I am certain that she will be welcomed with open arms here in Munich.“
