Programme Outline

The 3rd International Summer Workshop on IT Education & Research will take three days and is divided into the following parts:

  • Talks and workshops on Thursday and Friday:
    • Four keynote talks with panel discussion
    • Four half-day workshops (two parallel tracks each)
  • Social programme on Thursday and Friday:
    • Joint dinner on Thursday
    • Campus tour and visit of the R&D department
  • Full-day social event on Saturday

Schedule

Thursday

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8 June 2017

08:30 – 09:00|Registration
09:00 – 09:30|Opening
09:30 – 10:15|Keynote 1: Michael Johann Kräftner, Founder and CEO of CELUM GmbH"Bootstrapped to 100 People – How to Build a Business out of University with No Funding"
10:15 – 10:45|Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:30|Keynote 2: Florian Lettner, Co-founder and CEO of Fretello"R&D and Startups: the Path From Research to Business"
11:30 – 12:00|Panel Discussion with Keynote Speakers
12:00 – 13:30|Lunch
13:30 – 14:30|Campus Tour / Time for Individual Meetings
14:30 – 17:00|Workshop Tracks
  • Workshop 1: How to produce creative and innovative graduates?
    (how to teach ideation techniques to IT students, should there be a closer collaboration between teaching and research, …)
  • Workshop 2: How to bridge the gap between research prototype and product?
    (could crowd funding with e.g. Kickstarter or Indiegogo be part of the solution, how to manage IPR issues, ...)

Friday

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9 June 2017

08:30 – 09:00|Registration
09:00 – 09:45|Keynote 3: Daniel Cronin, Co-Founder and Member of the Board of AustrianStartups "How to Start a Startup?"
09:45 – 10:15|Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00|Keynote 4: Marie-Hélène Ametsreiter, Partner at Speedinvest"University Spin-Offs from a Venture Capitalist’s Perspective"
11:00 – 11:30|Panel Discussion with Keynote Speakers
11:30 – 12:30|Visit of R&D Department / Time for Individual Meetings
12:30 – 14:00|Lunch
14:00 – 16:30|Workshop Tracks
  • Workshop 3: How to teach entrepreneurial skills as part of an IT curriculum?
    (which business skills do IT graduates need most, how and in which study period should they be taught, …)
  • Workshop 4: How to support students and graduates in developing and evaluating business ideas?
    (what can and should the educator’s role be, what are lessons learned from university business incubators, ...)
19:00|Reception in Linz

Saturday

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10 June 2017

09:00 – 16:00|Social Event (sightseeing in Linz, the European Capital of Culture 2009)
09:00 - 10:30|Guided Tour through the historical old town of Linz
11:00 - 12:30|Boat Cruise on the Danube in Linz
12:45 – 14:15|Lunch at restaurant "Lentos"
14:30 - 16:00|Guided Tour through the Ars Electronica Center