Aug 27, 2024
TUD|excite: New business models for the transformation of the Lusatia region
Opening Ceremony International TUD|excite Summer School
Embedded in the Zuse Innovators Program for doctoral researchers (Z-IP), the International TUD|excite Summer School "Patents in Search of New Business" will take place in Hoyerswerda and Spreetal (Lausitz) from August 26-30, 2024. With the support of the Saxon State Ministry for Regional Development (SMR), 30 early-career researchers will be working on patents in the fields of life sciences, sensor technology and photophysics, generating new ideas and working on business models in interdisciplinary, international teams. The participants will be accompanied by experts from TUD|excite and a series of impulses from entrepreneurs from the region. At the end of the week, the participants will receive valuable feedback from investors and business angels at their final pitches. The best teams will be given the opportunity to continue working on their ideas with professional support from TUD|excite and receive a wildcard to join the Dresden accelerator exciteLAB.
The Center of Excellence for Innovation, Transfer and Entrepreneurship (TUD|excite), headed by its director Prof. Andreas Pinkwart, supports doctoral students in successfully bringing inventions from TUD into practice. The Zuse Innovators Program for doctoral researchers (Z-IP), an incubation program of TUD|excite, has set itself the task of using high-quality university patents for the founding of start-ups by international founding teams in Lusatia. The one-week summer school is at the heart of the Z-IP.
This project strengthens Lusatia as a region undergoing structural change and the Free State of Saxony as a whole, as previously unused university patents can be utilized in the interests of value creation and good work. At the same time, young people are motivated to develop new viable business models from existing inventions.
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