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