Journal Assignment

Why are we using journals in this course? In general, journals are simple tools that allow us reflect upon experiences we've encountered and to verbalize our impressions of those experiences. They give us an avenue to increase our personal awareness, develop opinions and open our minds to various options and opportunities.

Since one of the major aspects of this course are the experiences you'll have traveling abroad, hosting students and working with peers from a completely different environment, we expect that you will have many new or different experiences and learnings.

We want you to conscientiously record these experiences and verbalize the impact that these experiences had on you personally.

Typically these experiences will fall into a few major categories, such as academic, business, social and personal. We expect that you'll capture and comment on these experiences and new knowledge or skills gained in these areas (and others of your choosing). Feel free to add comments and perspectives on other aspects as well. Make sure to address the entire experience including your academic classes, your travel, as well as hosting the visit of your UCL teammates to UNCG.

Formally, your Journal document must be a minimum of 5 pages (3000 words) in length (single-spaced, 11 or 12-sized font) excluding the cover page (MLA or APA format) (but not to exceed eight pages in total length). Any pages exceeding the maximum allowed will not be read or counted in the final document grading.

Use a standard business report format which includes an introduction, the body of the document and then a conclusion. In the body of your Journal present your information logically and sequentially. Make sure the document is easy to read and follow with no spelling or grammatical errors. Make sure all headings, subheadings (if used) and fonts are consistent throughout the paper. In conclusion, we're looking for a professionally written document.

Your Journal contents will be private, between you and the course instructors only.

Here is the Itinerary

Saturday March, 2nd

08.00 am: Welcome at the airport (go to your roommate's apartment)

Suggestions:Afternoon: activities planned by Belgian students

Sunday March, 3rd

Morning free (Recover from Jet Lag!)

Afternoon: activities planned by Belgian students

Some ideas: - Magritte Museum: Student/2 euros, Adult/8 euros - The mim, musical instruments museum: Student/2 euros, Adult/8 euros - The Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate: Student/4.5 euros, Adult/5.5 euros - Villers-la-Ville Abbey : student/6 euros

Evening free

Monday March, 4th

09.00 am: Welcome class by Frank Janssen and LSM Dean (Doyen 22)

09.30 am: Discover Louvain-La-Neuve with a tour of the city. Meet your guides at inforville, inside the train station. Interactive map of lln: http://map.olln.be/

11.00 am: Lets'have a drink and lunch at the Citizen Caf: Altrez-vous.

02.00-04.00 pm: Class: 'How to do business plan?' By Frank Janssen/Nir Kshetri (Lecl 61) 04.15-06.15 pm: Teams work on projects (LSM rooms a.14-a.23)

06.30 pm: Informal Dinner at the microbrewery Brasse-Temps (20euros/person) Place des Brabanons, 4, 1348 Louvain La Neuve

Tuesday March, 5th

09.00-12.00 am: Team works on projects (LSM rooms a.14 a.23) Free lunchtime in Louvain-La-Neuve

01.00-02.00 pm: Visit and Presentation of an incubator, CEI (http://www.ceilln.be/en) CEI 1, Chemin du Cyclotron 6, 1348 Louvain La Neuve 03.00-05.00 pm: Company visit; IsoHemp (https://www.isohemp.com/fr)

Rue du Grand Champ, 18 (Z.I. Noville-Les-Bois) 5381 Fernelmont

6.30-8.30 pm: Entrepreneurship seminar (More 51)

Evening free

Wednesday March, 6th

08.25 am: Meeting at the "LLN station" (for those who take the train)

(Departure 08.32 am (V2) - Change at Ottignies 08.46 am (V2) Stop: Bruxelles-Schuman

09.08 am + Metro 1 stop: Roodebeek)

09.30-12.30 am: Center for Creative Leadership Center for Creative Leadership (second floor) Rue Neerveld 101-103, 1200 Brussels

Free lunchtime

01.45 pm: Meeting at the European Parliament

(http://www.europarl.europa.eu/visiting/en/visits/parlamentarium.html)

The European Parliament's Visitors' Centre -Rue Wiertz 60,1047 Brussels

02.00 pm-05.00 pm: Role play game at the European Parliament

05.00 pm-06.30 pm: The European Parliament's visit

Evening free

Thursday March, 7th

09.00-11.45 am: Teams work on projects (LSM rooms a.14 a.23)

Free lunchtime in Namen

12.00 am: Meeting at the "LLN station" (for those who take the train)

(Departure 12.02 am (voie 1) - change at Ottignies (voie 3: 12.16 am IC 2111) - stop:

Namen at 12.40 am)

01.45pm Meeting point : Terra Nova (Route Merveilleuse, 64 5000 Namur)

02.00pm - 04.30 pm: Discover the Citadel of Namen (with a tour guide)

Train tour, visit of underground passage and visitor's Center.

Evening free

Friday March, 8th

09.00-12.00 am: Teams work on projects (LSM rooms a.14 a.23)

Free lunchtime in Louvain-la-Neuve

01.00 -03.30 pm: Intermediary presentations by groups (10' presentation-10' Q&A)

Voie Minckeleers, 1, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

(CPME room/Raumur)

04.15-05.30 pm: Presentation of young Belgian start-ups (CPME room/Raumur)

- Benot Kelecom - Atoz Tax Advisers (https://www.atoz.lu/)

- Adrien Voison - Amalys, label belge de montres (https://www.amalys.com/fr/)

- Jonathan Martin - Mont-Saint-Jean Ferme Brasserie Waterloo

06.00 pm: Visit of Mont-Saint-Jean Farm Brewerie and Savournig "Cheese and Beer" for "Au

Revoir" cocktail (Chausse de Charleroi, 591 1410 Waterloo,

www.fermedemontsaintjean.be)

Saturday

March, 9th (Coordinators: student1, student2, student3)

Visit all the day or only the afternoon

Suggestions:

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Discover the historic city of Antwerp.

Send activities & participants to Roxane by email &..e@uclouvain.be)

Sunday

(March, 10th) "Au revoir" at Brussels airport