Transforming Cities: Entrepreneurship, Social Skills, and Design Thinking

Experience an exhilarating week in Madrid, brimming with design thinking sessions, visits to innovative startups, insightful talks featuring our startups, immersive exploration of the enchanting city of Madrid, and, of course, valuable networking opportunities with talented participants from FAU, ITU, UPB, and UPM.   This event integrates entrepreneurship and social sciences with engineering, focusing on urban and societal problem-solving. Transforming Cities: Entrepreneurship, Social Skills, and Design Thinking (Innovation Week + Hackathon) offers a combination of seminars, workshops, and a collaborative hackathon to provide participants with both theoretical knowledge and practical experience during one week. This event aims to foster collaboration among students from different EELISA universities and promote the development of practical and analytical skills needed to address social problems through innovation and entrepreneurship in engineering. You will know some EELISA startup ecosystems, as well.   You will find some SEMINARS:

• Objective: To provide a foundational understanding of innovation and entrepreneurship through Design Thinking methodology, among others.
• Content: Basics of innovation, entrepreneurship, and their application in engineering projects.

Some PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS:

• Objective: To explore real-world case studies across various disciplines.
• Disciplines Covered: Industrial engineering, design, architecture, and computer science.

A collaborative HACKATHON (stakeholders + startups):

• Objective: To develop innovative solutions to specific social challenges.
• Format: Team-based, multidisciplinary approach.
• Team Composition: 10 work groups, each with 5 students and 1 mentor.
• Skills Developed: Practical and analytical skills in social problem-solving.

AND MUCH MORE!

Do you want to participate? Are you EELISA institution student?

• Eligibility: Open to any EELISA student, regardless of their degree.
• Capacity: Limited to 50 students (travel expenses and accommodations will be covered).
• Team Formation: 10 groups, each consisting of 5 students and 1 mentor.

  This EELISA activity (part of Joint Call #3) is uniquely designed to bridge the gap between entrepreneurship, social sciences, and engineering, with a primary focus on solving problems faced by cities and their societies using an interdisciplinary approach.    OPEN to any EELISA student, no matter what the degree. It is a FACE-TO-FACE format. It is in person, at the E.T.S. Engineering and Industrial Design (Madrid, Ronda de Valencia, 3). You will work alongside other students and experts who support our EELISA communities. In addition, it will be in the new innovation and social entrepreneurship space INNOVA HUB ETSIDI. A space for co-creation and citizen experimentation within the university community and in the fields of STEAM, Engineering, and Design. Be part of the challenge in downtown Madrid!   COMMUNITIES

1. IndustrialDesign4Human | ID4H [coordination]
2. Egalitarian Societies | Opportunities for Everyone
3. Ethics, Social Commitment & Entrepreneurship
4. Entrepreneurship without borders
5. Tech Diplomacy & International Cooperation
6. Open Science Community