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The EIT HEI Initiative’s KIC Showcase will be a half-day event for the EIT Knowledge Innovation Communities (KICs) to spotlight some of the education and innovation projects that demonstrate good practice examples of training and education with a view to innovation and entrepreneurship.

Time and date: 20.01.2022, 10:00-13:00 CET, online

These good practice example projects will be organised around 4 Domains that underpin the activities within the HEI Initiative. The proposed agenda is as follows, participants can choose which parallel session to attend during the event:

  • 10:00-10:10 Introduction by Dr Emma Harris, Acting Head of the HEI Initiative
  • 10:10-10:30 Simon Brown, CEO at P2T Consulting Ltd, ‘Institutional change for innovation and entrepreneurship’
  • 10:30 – 11:00 Parallel Sessions: Domain 1 (x2 project presentations in parallel sessions, 15-20 mins talk+ 10 mins Qs)
    • TrainESEE2 (EIT RawMaterials)
    • EUFORIA (EIT Urban Mobility)
  • 11:00 – 11:30 Parallel Sessions: Domain 2
    • Pioneers (EIT Climate-KIC)
    • Access to Talents: Education-Business Integration (EIT Digital)
  • 11:30-11:45 Break
  • 11:45 – 12:15 Parallel Sessions: Domain 3
    • Ulabs programme (EIT Health)
    • SIEMENS – New Energy Challenge (EIT InnoEnergy)
  • 12:15 – 12:45 Parallel Sessions: Domain 4
    • Skillsmove (EIT Manufacturing)
    • Professional Development Programme (EIT Food)
  • 12:45 – 13:00 Plenary
  • 13:00 End

The presenters will provide information on these good practices, with an emphasis on scaling and replicating the innovation and training programmes.

Moderated by: Dr Emma Harris, Acting Head of the HEI Initiative and Monika Blodgett, Project Manager at EIT Manufacturing.

Speaker: Simon Brown, CEO at P2T Consulting Ltd.

Talk: ‘Institutional Change for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’

Register here!