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EIT Digital: Summer School 2020

    Summer School Format

    EIT Digital is a leading European digital innovation and entrepreneurial education organization driving Europe’s digital transformation. EIT Digital is the Knowledge and Innovation Community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. The Summer School programme consists of a pre-arrival online assignment, two weeks of lectures, project work, customer interviews, site visits to companies, and socializing events. The programme ends with a group presentation of a business case solution in front of a panel. An important aspect of the Summer School is the interaction with companies and entrepreneurs. This includes visits to innovation labs and incubators, presentations by high-tech startup companies, and discussions with young technology-based founders and entrepreneurs.

    Who should attend?
    All qualified partecipants interested in digital innovation and entrepreneurship: business professionals, bachelor’s degree students, master’s degree students, and doctoral students from any university and industry.

    How to apply?
    To qualify for admission, applicants need to submit a completed application form and fulfill the general admission requirements:
    1. Academic qualification
    2. English language proficiency
    3. Curriculum Vitae (CV)
    Apply by 15 APRIL 2020 here: summerschool.eitdigital.eu

    Programmes

    Digital Cities
    Rapid urbanisation is triggering important issues. EIT Digital Summer School programmes respond to the challenge of maintaining attractive, inclusive and safe urban environments by using the new digital tools and their transformative power
    Programmes:
    Unleashing the Power of Circular City Data
    Rennes, France: 28 June 2020 – 11 July 2020
    – Design Thinking and Scaling Services for Cities
    Helsinki, Finland: 2 August 2020 – 15 August 2020
    Digital Cities as Infrastructures for Smart Mobility
    Trento, Italy: 12 July 2020 – 25 July 2020
    – Digital Transformation for Urban Resilience
    Ljubljana, Slovenia: 12 July 2020 – 25 July 2020

    Digital Industry
    New digital techonology and the associated digital transformation change the way we manufacture. Earlier business models based on cheap labour and outsourcing are no longer sustainable. The following programmes focus on digitised factories, blended retail, personalised products and data-driven processes.
    Programmes:
    IoT Platforms for Industry 4.0
    Munich, Germany: 26 July 2020 – 8 August 2020
    Ravaging Disruptions in Retailing
    Helsinki, Finland: 9 August 2020 – 22 August 2020
    Big Data for Industry 4.0
    Bologna, Italy: 19 July 2020 – 1 August 2020

    Digital Wellbeing
    Digital techonologies enable solutions to prevent and early detect early stage-stage mental and physical disorders. This can help avoid larger health problem, lower healthcare costs and raise the quality of life at home and at work. Digital techologies can shape healthier lifestyles, allow increased active longevity and easily accessible care.
    Programmes:
    Healthy Lifestyle and Behavioural Change
    Eindhoven, Netherlands: 2 August 2020 – 15 August 2020
    eHealth Personalized Prevention
    Tallinn, Estonia: 26 July 2020 – 8 August 2020
    – Data Visualisation and Connectivity Healthcare
    Coventry, England: 2 August 2020 – 15 August 2020

    Digital Tech
    Digital Tech is the generic enabler of digital trasformation through providing secure, robust, responsive and intelligent communications, data handling and access to software applications.
    Programmes:
    – Big Data Analytics
    Stockholm, Sweden: 2 August 2020 – 15 August 2020
    – Internet of Things and Business Transformation
    Stockholm, Sweden: 2 August 2020 – 15 August 2020
    – Secure e-Governance
    Tallinn, Estonia: 26 July 2020 – 8 August 2020

    Digital Finance
    Digital Finance delivers to innovative financial products and services using digital technology. The objective is to make financial system safer, simpler and increase customer value.
    Programmes:
    – Machine Learning for Financial Data
    Budapest, Hungary: 12 July 2020 – 25 July 2020
    – Fintech Applications
    Lisbon, Portugal: 5 July 2020 – 18 July 2020
    – Disrupting Finance with Digital Technologies
    Madrid, Spain: 12 July 2020 – 25 July 2020

    To learn more: summerschool.eitdigital.eu
    For any questions write to: summerschools@eitdigital.eu