Blended Learning Seminar Program

Seminar 1 - November 13th: Two-hour online seminar on the topic of "Why and how does innovation go out of public research?"

Seminar 2 - November 14th: Two-hour online seminar on the topic of "Identifying and transparently presenting market potential".

Seminar 3 - November 21st: Two-hour online seminar on the topic of "Identification of fields of application and addressing of target groups".

Seminar 4 - November 23rd: Two-hour online seminar on the topic of "Start-up process: foundation, team, financing and business set-up".

Interactive and practice-oriented day workshop as a classroom event - November 24th

This course is a free training opportunity designed for scientists to trial and prepare any kind of commercial or social ventures based on their research. Solve important problems by transforming research into solutions!

In this course, you will learn about methodologies on how to transfer your ideas into practical solutions for industry, medicine and society. Methods comprise among others market research, customer identification. In exchange with colleagues and experts you will get a feeling about success factors for innovation and entrepreneurship from science. Particularly in the workshop, you will work in groups on case studies or your own ideas from daily research. You will learn how to identify and evaluate a promising idea, how to develop the idea towards an innovation project or even a start-up and how to present it via a pitch. As a participant, you are very welcome to bring in your own innovation case or idea from research.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

PhD Candidates and Post-Docs from Cologne State Universities (Universität zu Köln, TH Köln, DSHS) with a medical-scientific background

WHEN & WHERE?

November 13th / 14th / 21st/ 23rd from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. - digital via Zoom

November 24th from 11.30 a.m. - 5.15 p.m.

at InnoDom Cologne, Weyertal 109, 50931 Köln- Joseph-Stelzmann-Straße 26, 50931 Köln

TICKETS FREE (spots are limited!)

PLEASE NOTE: All events can also be booked separately.