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The Summer School on Innovation & Energy offers an introduction into Design Thinking as an important innovation tool. It is designed as a blended learning opportunity for students. The aim of this Summer School is to create links between the issues of innovation and energy. During the course, a hands-on introduction to Design Thinking will be provided that will enable engineering students to gain a deeper insight into innovative processes. Thus, KIC InnoEnergy wants to contribute to preparing students for the new and innovative challenges facing them in their future professional lives.
Timetable and Structure
The Summer School consists of two parts:
- an online period from August 4 to 22, 2014
- one week face-to-face meeting in Karlsruhe from August 25 to 29, 2014.
The online part provides a first introduction to the topics, including reading material and webinars. Also, the design challenge, on which the groups will be working in Karlsruhe, will be defined. Here, each group will have the opportunity to learn more about people‘s views on new technologies and to talk with experts about future challenges.
Design Thinking
Design Thinking is an iterative approach for identifying actual problems and creating appropriate solutions. It involves distinct methods for creating empathy, generating insights, and testing solutions. After completing the workshop, participants will have learned and actually practiced the whole process of systematic innovation with Design Thinking.
At the Summer School you will face questions such as:
How can energy consumption be changed?
How do people behave and think about energy and their own consumption?
What could a smart system of the future be like?
The Summer School on Innovation & Energy offers a workshop-based program for students in the field of Engineering and energy, in line with the KIC InnoEnergy goal to foster the integration of education, technology, business and entrepreneurship and to strengthen the culture of innovation.
KIC InnoEnergy is the European company for innovation, entrepreneurship and education in the sustainable energy field. It brings together academia, business and research. Under the leadership of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) it was created as one of the first Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs). KIC InnoEnergy is run as a commercial company with 27 shareholders that include top ranking industries, research centres and universities - all of them key players in the energy field.
For more information, please visit: www.kic-innoenergy.com
Target Group:
Bachelor students from all over Europe with a technical or science background.
Minimum age is 18.
The number of participants is restricted to 20. The required minimum is 10.
The course language is English.
Fees and Important Dates
The fee of 200 EUR includes tuition, course material, visit / field trip, and lunch.
Travel expenses and accommodation costs are not covered.
Our online form is open for registration until July 20, 2014: http://www.fsz.kit.edu/1505.php
Developed by the Center for Open and Distance Learning at KIT in the context of KIC InnoEnergy and promoted by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (eit).
Information on participating / attending:
Target Group:
Bachelor students from all over Europe with a technical or science background.
Minimum age is 18.
The number of participants is restricted to 20. The required minimum is 10.
The course language is English.
Fees and Important Dates
The fee of 200 EUR includes tuition, course material, visit / field trip, and lunch.
Travel expenses and accommodation costs are not covered.
Date:
08/04/2014 - 08/29/2014
Registration deadline:
07/20/2014
Event venue:
online-Part (04.-22.08.2014)
Workshop in Karlsruhe:
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie,
Campus Süd,
Audimax, Seminarraum A und B (25.-29.08.2014)
76131 Karlsruhe
Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Students
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Construction / architecture, Economics / business administration, Energy, Environment / ecology, Mechanical engineering
Types of events:
Excursion, Seminar / workshop / discussion
Entry:
07/04/2014
Sender/author:
Inge Arnold
Department:
Presse, Kommunikation und Marketing
Event is free:
no
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event47769
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