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PhD summer school

Young Researcher Entrepreneurship Academy

Join the Young Researcher Entrepreneurship Academy (YREA) PhD summer school to grow your entrepreneurial mindset and learn how that can benefit both your current research and future career. 

The course specifically leverages AI, data science, and computer science in the service of societal and environmental challenges in for instance health-tech, green-tech, manufacturing, and business. The aim is to build entrepreneurial capacity and to increase the establishment of university-based startups.

YREA is for you if you are interested in:

  • Insights into ideation, ML Ops, entrepreneurial mindset, testing business ideas, negotiation, etc.
  • Knowing how to create a balanced, flexible career in the intersection of entrepreneurship and academia.
  • Meeting inspiring, like-minded individuals while engaging in active learning approaches.
  • Being invited to an optional follow-up module in fall 2022 as well as pitching event at Digital Tech Summit 2022.
  • 2.5 ETCS Points and free of charge course.
The programme

The themes for each of the three days are as follows:

Day 1: Develop your entrepreneurial knowledge, skills, and mindset.

Day 2: Learn how to turn an idea into an enterprise.

Day 3: Build your enterprise – management and negotiation skills.

The programme is co-developed by DTU, DIREC, AI Pioneer Centre, AU and CBS

Speakers
  • Serge Belonge, PhD, Professor at University of Copenhagen, DIKU, and director of AI Pioneer Centre
  • Thomas Riisgaard Hansen, PhD, Director of DIREC – Digital Research Centre Denmark
  • Camilla Nørgaard Jensen, PhD, Innovation Program Leader, DTU Skylab
  • Michael Bjørnlund, Investor, ROCKSTART
  • Lars Kai Hansen, PhD, Professor, Cognitive Systems, DTU Compute
  • Julie Strandesen Hooge, Commercialisation Manager, DTU
  • Anne Stampe, Co-founder and CEO, Nordic Female Founders
  • Luna Agerholm Gyalokay, Senior Venture Builder, KRING
Target Group

The YREA programme welcomes participants of all genders, ethnicities, capabilities and religions from a computer/data related discipline, with little or no business experience from any Danish university.

Participants include PhD students, Post-doctoral researchers, Master students and Innovation officers at universities.