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How to become a sciencepreneur

The Entrepreneurial Skills workshop series offers early career researchers a hands-on introduction to innovation. Half-day courses cover topics such as realizing the entrepreneurial impact of your research, building a sustainable business model, and how to get first customers.

 

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Content Date 

From idea to funded innovation project

held by Eva Maria Håkanson, UZH Innovation Hub, Deputy Head Innovation and lead of the funding programs Innovation Grants, Entrepreneur Fellowships and Ingo Hebach, UZH Research & Grants Office, Research Manager

22.09.

13:30 – 16:30

From invention to intellectual property (patent, copyright, and more) 

held by Kynan Eng, deep-tech entrepreneur, member of the Innovation Council, Startup Coach for Innosuisse, and Kamran Houshang Pour, IP expert and senior IP-Trainer at IGE/IPI, the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

6.10.

09:30 – 12:30

From research to social value 

held by Stephanie Frick, Social Innovator, Strategist, Systemic Designer and Co-Creator for Sustainable Futures

6.10.

13:30 – 16:30 

From researcher to sciencepreneur 

held by Manuel Merki, UZH Innovation Hub, Startup and Innovation Manager

8.10.

09:00 – 12:00 

From research insight to paying customer  

held by Andrea Spillmann-Gajek, Founder at Success Accelerators, LLC

26.10.

09:00 – 12:00

Certificates & ECTS

A certificate of participation will be issued for each workshop. When four or more certificates are achieved, participants may request a certificate for "Entrepreneurial skills" (issued by the Graduate Campus).    

1 ECTS Credit will be awarded on request to PhD candidates who have completed four or more workshops of this series. 

About the Entrepreneurial Skills Series

The UZH Innovation Hub collaborates with the Graduate Campus to deliver this workshop series. It is part of the Transferable Skills course program and in accordance to the action plan appoved by swissuniversities. The goal is to inspire PhDs and PostDocs for Innovation.