POLITO meets CERN A new Ph.D. Course on Innovation - Entrepreneurship - Value Creation from January 31 st to June 20 th

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1 POLITO meets CERN A new Ph.D. Course on Innovation - Entrepreneurship - Value Creation from January 31 st to June 20 th 2016

2 III level Course A unique project on entrepreneurship & innovation management connecting top talents with cutting edge technologies to tackle global challenges Actors involved: Ph.D. candidates from XXIX-XXX-XXXI cycle The course will be free for the selected Ph.Ds Info & applications: simone.ripandelli@polito.it Interdepartmental Technology Transfer Laboratory telephone:

3 Changing the world Dreams to change the world.. To do something BIG How many of you are still holding onto such dreams? What is changing the world? Are start-ups changing the world? Did Eataly Facebook Wikipedia Arduino change change the the world? the world?

4 Has anything changed since the Rio Summit?

5 Did you know? 1.2 Billion people live in areas with inadequate water supply [will rise to 1.8 Billion in next 15 years] 1.6 billion people live in areas where there is water, but they can't afford to drink it By 2025, two-thirds of the world will live under conditions of water scarcity The recent smog red alert in Beijing covered an area roughly the equivalent of Spain.

6 World needs new figures: actors of Innovation These changes need new actors This program would prepare young talents to face the new facets of INNOVATION and TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS

7 . Here s an opportunity to change the world!!

8 CBI - Torino Politecnico di Torino, SAFM and CERN of Geneve organized a unique III level course for young talents. Interdisciplinary teams with action learning (experiential) approach will be tasked with finding solutions to global challenges by using the technologies of CERN & Polito in a course of Innovation management. Place: Turin & Geneva Emphasis on: Action Learning Soft Skills Interdisciplinarity Academics Introduction & Innovation Exploration Business Model Canvas Customer Discovery & Validation Pitching & Communication Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Value Creation Number of additional tutoring hours Hours 15 hrs 15 hrs 15 hrs 15 hrs 60 hours tot. 160 hours Group organization - 8 groups of 6/7 persons in each will be communicated in end January

9 Who else will be involved? Professors The Talents Challenge Owners Tutors Mentors Didactics + Main Feedback 34 SAFM 16 Polito ENI, UN, SMAT, etc Main reference points for when things go south Business & Technical advice

10 CBI Torino: The Dates Course modules Number of days Dates CERN Innovation course week 6 days Jan 31 st to Feb 7 th Turin course days 2 days March 4 th & May 13 th Co-working weekends 8 days March 5 th & 6 th April 9 th & 10 th May 14 th & 15 th June 18 th & 19 th Demo-day 1 day 20 th June Total number of course days 16 days 8 working days & 8 weekend days Total course period length 5 months February to June 2016

11 The Challenge Owners Organizations from around the world are going to pose challenges related to Air & Water Each team, will choose challenges in CERN based on a closed ballot system. They will work towards finding practical solutions by the end of the course (June 20 th ). These solutions will be enabled by technologies from Politecnico di Torino and CERN.

12 CERN Innovation week 31 Jan 1 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4 Feb 5 Feb 6 Feb 7 Feb Team Building Lessons with prof + Theme Experts + Challenge Owners Access to Tech Teams work on testing ideas and solutions to challenges and pitching

13 Interdisciplinary Program You will be working in interdisciplinary groups Engineers Managers Designers Chemists Economists Architects on unlocking Innovation

14 Demo Day Final gala and Project Presentations June 20 th Polito Judges: Ing. John Elkann Prof.ssa Fabiola Giannotti Prof. Francesco Profumo Prof. Marco Gilli Dott. Alessandro Garrone

15 Selection of the PhD Students If you are interested in participating, send the following by 10 th January 2016: - A updated CV; - A brief resume about your research interests; To simone.ripandelli@polito.it In the second week of January 2016 ad hoc interviews will be arranged and the final rankings will be published in few days. The top 16 PhD s will take part in the program. Note: All your associated expenses (travelling, lodging, food) associated with CBI-Torino will be covered by the program