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The Climate-KIC summer school: creating Europe’s climate change innovators of the future Summer school growth timeline Gender split of students Industry partners Europe’s biggest climate change summer school brings together nearly 300 students from across Europe to create future climate entrepreneurs. Students from around the world Engineering Business 9 4 Science 12 Snapshot of student specialisms Engineering Humanities Science Environmental Economics Business Development Business Engineering Business Management Economics and Business Sustainable Business and Innovation Cultural Production Industrial Design Design and Innovation Urbanism Landscape Architecture Land and Water Management Architecture Power Engineering Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Transportation and Environmental Engineering Aerospace Engineering Political Science Political Economy International Affairs Spanish and French Management of Public and Non-Profit Organisations Immunology Ecology and Biodiversity Neuroscience Food Economics Psychology Business Design Students’ Universities Engineering specialist Partners Business specialist Partners Science specialist Partners Student site visits Students’ countries of origin I had a fantastic time at the summer school last year, meeting and working with so many talented people from different areas has been very inspiring. Summer school 2013 student Loulou van Ravensteijn from Wageningen University Inspiration in numbers of students from the 2013 summer school said the programme improved their understanding of the business opportunities resulting from the climate change challenge Since the summer school started in 2010... of students are under the age of Feedback from summer school 2013 students of students said they had a good understanding of the climate change issue students have participated in the programme The next generation of climate innovators The next generation of climate innovators are just as likely to be female as male. The students will benefit from real-world experiences in a number of industries, reflecting their own multi-disciplinary backgrounds. They will be just as likely to have a degree in architecture as environmental science but will share an understanding of the challenges presented by climate change and an eagerness to solve them. To get more insight into the students’ experiences and to follow their journey during the summer school you can read their blog posts at: climate-kic.org/journey2014 For further information on Climate-KIC’s education programmes, please download the 2014 education report at: climate-kic.org/journey2014/educationreport We look forward to entering a dialogue with the students at the summer school 2014 and share insights on how innovation can help create more sustainable living in buildings and mitigate climate change. Lone Feifer, Programme Director at the VELUX group Creating Europe’s climate change innovators of the future climate-kic.org The summer school journeys Travelling by train and bus, the students’ journeys reflect the true diversity of Europe, with climate innovators as likely to come from Hungary as the UK. But all will be global in their thinking. Business ideas generated Locations involved each year Number of students on courses 44 2010 3 9 14 39 ? 40 5 5 18 2011 2012 2013 2014 65 169 187 280+ 9 Over business ideas have been generated
