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Opportunity Recognition Workshop

Introduction & Welcome

What is it?

GOAL:• To develop your entrepreneurial and business skills in

your own scientific environment .

What is it?

GOAL:• To develop your entrepreneurial and business skills in

your own scientific environment .

It’s a workshop – learn by doing !• Short lectures

• Hands-on work guided by experienced coaches.

• Research driven innovation

What is it?

GOAL• To develop your entrepreneurial and business skills in a

scientific environment .

It’s a workshop – learn by doing !• Short lectures

• Hands-on work guided by experienced coaches.

• Research driven innovation

It is career development for scientists• Academics

• Business

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 -1519)

Why are you here?

Career: What are your ambitions ?• 80% of Ph.D’s will work outside the academic world.

• Expectations mismatch between Ph.D’s and their future employers.• What is #1 priority for both ?

Technology Leadership

Reinventing higher education

Graduate level: • Master, Ph.D

Part of EU doctoral schools (EIT) :• Successful defense of an academic thesis.

• Take innovation & entrepreneurship courses.

• A business development experience of six months in a company, start-up or incubator.

• A six-month geographical mobility.

The learning environment

Let’s start:

we do not have 500 years !