Master the skill to turn technology into business is done via high-level quality lectures, virtual company visits, and a business challenge. In the latter the attendees will be working in teams on real business case studies originating from EIT Digital's pan-European ecosystem of scaleups, startups, industrial and academic partners and research companies. The teams need to pitch their final solutions. Professional coaches will be guiding the attendees preparing their final pitches.
To business case providers, the outcomes of the challenges are often valuable for the company. "The students collected very useful data for us. They examined the market, the players, and the economic impact of using sweat analysis in sepsis detection. On top of that, they had a business case", says Maarten Gijssel, founder and managing director of Kinetic Analysis who is also managing partner of IDRO.
The summer schools are open to Master students, PhD students and young professionals across Europe and are mandatory to EIT Digital Master School students. The mixture of attendees is enriching, says Nelly Hernandez, who participated in last year's summer school. "These people were super qualified. I was amazed of the level of everyone here. It was also fruitful. They are young, fresh, spontaneous, and open to express their opinions. They do not hold back. I might be more biased already because of working in the same field for a long time, which makes you narrow minded. These students opened up my mind."
Anyone interested in committing him or herself for a two-week deep dive on how to make business out of emerging technologies can apply. Balassone emphasises that a technical background is no requirement to participate. "Any business person can attend the summer school. After all, people learn how to use technology for business. In that sense, these are business summer schools."
Prior to the actual start of the summer school, all summer school attendees receive as usual an online starter kit. In here there are lectures for the attendees to prepare themselves. This also ensures that all attendees have on some topics the same entry levels.
Read more about the upcoming online Summer Schools and apply: https://summerschool.eitdigital.eu/
