BITKOM Academy expands education – BITKOM daughter cooperates with Science Park Potsdam-GOLM in-house seminars for resident companies – up to 80% promotion through European Social Fund Berlin, December 8, 2010 cooperates from the BITKOM Academy immediately with the Science Park Potsdam-GOLM. The subsidiary of high-tech Association BITKOM collaborates with the associated with the Science Park qualification Alliance (QVP) in the field of training. Together with the associated with the Science Park qualification Alliance Potsdam (QVP), the Academy offers individually tailored open and in-house seminars. Straight young entrepreneur we want to encourage and provide the necessary tools for a successful business building on the hand”, says Anja Olsok, Member of the BITKOM Board. A special service of cooperation lies in the advice and support to promote the training. Through the European Social Fund (ESF), up to 80 percent of the seminar can depending on the Federal State and Training costs are funded. BITKOM Academy and QVP identify suitable training in the respective companies and assist them in applying for subsidies.

The Science Park in particular young entrepreneur are located at two Fraunhofer, three Max Planck institutes and the University of Potsdam total over 3,000 people are employed. The Potsdam qualification Alliance is a network of different companies and partners. In the framework of the Association qualification and further training measures are offered for employees of member companies companies close. In addition business-related services for technology-oriented start-ups and businesses are provided. Members of QVP are not just companies in the Science Park Campus Hermannswerder, as well as companies from the region but also of the biotech company. More information under: about the BITKOM service company mbH: BITKOM Service Gesellschaft mbH is a company of the Federal Association for information technology, telecommunications and new media e.V.

(BITKOM). The Federal Association for information technology, telecommunications and new media e.V. represents more than 1,350 companies, 1,000 direct members with approximately 135 billion euros turnover and 700,000 employees. These include providers of IT services, software and telecommunications services, manufacturer of hardware and consumer electronics, as well as companies of digital media. BITKOM is committed in particular for better regulatory frameworks, a modernization of the education system and an innovation-oriented economic policy. Press contact: Martin Pangritz head of BITKOM Academy BITKOM service company mbH Albrechtstrasse 10 d-10117 Berlin telephone: 030.944002-48 fax: 030.