The Science to Business (S2B) workshop is a short program for researchers and scientists that teaches you to create value from your own research and technology, and takes you on a journey to discover commercial applications or services.
The goal is to:
- develop your entrepreneurial skills
- stimulate your research to have a business impact
- let your research give shape to the society of tomorrow
- apply innovation techniques and methodologies to your own research
For whom?
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S2B is organized for all PhD students linked to EIT Health, InnoEnergy or Raw Materials. You will work on your own research which is linked to one of these areas.
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Ideally you are in the final years of research and already have an idea of the potential results or technologies that your research will lead to (such as a specific material, process, technology, algorithm, knowledge …)
Participants will be selected based on the topic and progress of their research, their motivation and ambitions. A maximum of 20 participants will be selected.
What's in it for me?
More than 80% of the PhD researchers pursue a career in industry, start their own company or work in the public sector. This workshop is useful to all of these career paths:
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You are taught to understand the business context and the customer or user point of view. This gives you a high-level business perspective on your research and technology.
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You are offered a unique and personalized approach that will prepare you to be one of the technology leaders, innovation agents or welfare architects of tomorrow.
During the workshop you will gather the following skills:
- awareness and ability to exploit the potential of your own research
- understanding the value creation process in a very early stage
- the ability to think about your sector's opportunities from different angles (e.g. customer, marketing, business)
- the ability to apply research know-how to build solutions for problems
- how to recognize business opportunities and exploit them
- obtain the necessary pre-business planning skills
- develop more entrepreneurial skills (presentation skills, customer and user focus;
Apply here: https://s2b.ugent.be/
