Co-Creating Innovative Business Models for Real-World Challenges

The Entrepreneurs Campus offers together with the University of Twente a new international module for you: Driving Sustainable Change through Entrepreneurship: Co-Creating Innovative Business Models for Real-World Challenges.

During the event, you and your team will develop a business concept in the area of "The Future of Healthcare" (SDG #3). We will support you with information and methodology impulses in the plenary sessions, and you will also be accompanied by your personal coach throughout the semester. In addition, there will be input from relevant business partners with whom you will work together. Quasi an all-round package and at the same time a lot of time to independently push your idea. Even if you don't want to start your own business, this is the perfect course to prepare you for the working world! There will be students from Germany, Holland, Belgium and Israel, so you will have the opportunity to make international contacts. The language of instruction is in English.

Student Learning Objectives:

• To learn and apply critical thinking to consciously formulate a reasonable conclusion.
• Innovation and creativity: learning to systematically develop innovative ideas in a changing business environment.
• Foster effective collaboration with diverse student and business stakeholders who may have different (cultural) backgrounds and/or areas of expertise to achieve agreed upon team goals.
• Marketing & Sales: develop a solid business model to support value creation for international customers.
• International Finance: Evaluate a company's financial performance from the perspective of multiple stakeholders and recommend financing options in a dynamic international environment.
• Business Research: analyze a complex business problem in a business environment using an appropriate research design that leads to an evidence-based, workable solution.

Dates (All sessions will be held online):
19.10. | 16.11. | 14.12.
The sessions will be held from from 10 a.m. to 12 noon each day.
Individual coaching sessions by appointment
Want to learn more? 
Then come to the short information session on September 25 (6pm) via Zoom.

You can't make it, but have further questions about dates, schedule, ECTS, etc. or want to register right away?
Feel free to send an email to lena-3.schmid(at)uni-ulm.de.

Registrations to lena-3.schmid(at)uni-ulm.de. 
The number of participants is limited to 15 students.
Registration deadline: 02.10.23

This module, which is an elective one, is only open for master students of management & economics as well as sustainable corporate management (WiWi- & NUF)

How can applications of quantum technology be brought to market?
Together with Prof. Dr. Kai Bongs, we bring together two disciplines and take on the task: bringing high-level technologies to market.

Content: In this module the following technical content will be taught:

• Functionality of quantum technologies, especially quantum sensors and quantum clocks (light-atom interaction, superposition, detection, environmental effects).
• Functionality and requirements of applications in areas such as medicine, climate, communication, radar and transportation.
• Introduction to entrepreneurship and sustainable business models.

Interdisciplinary and advanced content:

• Solution design: methods and approaches to develop implementable solutions in a complex domain in interdisciplinary teams.
• Interdisciplinary group work

Specific content for individual subject disciplines
Physics:

• Estimation of fundamental physical limits, as well as those practically achievable under environmental conditions, of the performance of a selected quantum technology.

Engineering or medicine:

• In-depth understanding of the limitations of previous engineering solutions or practices and the requirements necessary to achieve improvement or new functionality.

Economics:

• Assessment of market potential and economic feasibility.

Learning Objectives:

Students who have completed this module will,

• know the possibilities and limitations of quantum technologies.
• understand the fundamental relationships between scientific parameter spaces, technical feasibility and economic feasibility.
• Are able to combine independent literature analysis with critical discussion and mathematical estimation.
• Have a basic understanding of entrepreneurship and can apply specific tools for solution design.
• Are able to practically apply knowledge gained in their respective fields to a real-world application.
• Have gained fundamental knowledge of multidisciplinary collaboration for goal-oriented solution finding and a cultural understanding of the values and scientific approaches of other disciplines

A five-day intensive virtual autumn school for Master students:

• A Canadian-German cooperative programme of Toronto Metropolitan University and Ulm University
• Small intercultural teams mentored by facilitators
• Innovative concepts on the Potential of artificial intelligence in achieving Sustainable Developement Goals (SDGs)

The COLLAB Programme at a Glance ...

• Time of programme:  9 October - 13 October 2023
   
• Target group:  Master and PhD students of all disciplines
   
• Application:  no later than 30 September 2023 (rolling admission)
   
• Number of participants:  maximum of 20 students
   
• Language:  English

How can you participate?

• Who?  Master students from all disciplines from Toronto Metropolitan University and Ulm University can apply.
   
• What is required to participate?  Please turn in the Application Form including contact information, field of study, motivation for and expectations of the programme.
   
• Fees?  No, it is free of charge this year.
   
• When?  Application can be turned in no later than Friday, 30 September 2023.  But please note that places might fill up earlier as we have a rolling admission on a first come first served basis.

Registration Link