3.1 Welcome new members
Here we place information about the new members of SIETAR Europa since the last issue of the SIETAR Europa Directory. To avoid unauthorized use of email addresses, they will appear only in the next edition of the directory. Should you want to contact one of the new members before the new directory appears, please email the office:

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Markus Haag is a native of Germany and member of SIETAR UK. From 1998 until 2002, he studied Information Management at the Fachhochschule Stuttgart – Hochschule der Medien (University of Applied Sciences – School of Media) in Stuttgart, Germany. This interdisciplinary course of study involved aspects of information science, IT, economics, knowledge management and knowledge organization. His thesis dealt with Automatic Text Summarization.
From 2002 until 2003, he studied for an MA in Intercultural Communication at the University of Luton, England. Specific areas of interest were intercultural aspects of virtual communication, and the title of his thesis was: “Individualism-Collectivism and Personal Homepages: Self-Construal and Rapport Management as Manifested in Content and Design”.
As a recent graduate, he is looking forward to networking and becoming part of the interculturalist world.

If you are a new member like Markus and want to introduce yourself in the next issue of the Newsletter, please let the SIETAR Europa Office know.