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​ABOUT

Sustainable Innovation and Industry 4.0 Winter School is a yearly base joint effort between ASU-iHUB and TU Berlin CfE aim to increase the entrepreneurial mindset and intention of students providing them with the skills required by Egyptian Industry and promote inter-cultural business dialogue between students from Germany and Egypt. Through offering learning in topics within the area of sustainable innovation and innovation management (e.g., sustainable business models) and other relevant topics related to Industry 4.0 by working on real-life innovation cases addressing sustainability issues from a holistic and pragmatic perspective. Supported by our business partners, a blend of guest lectures of industry experts, project work, social activities, and industry visits provide a full and varied program.

OBJECTIVES

  • Provide students with the skills required by the Egyptian industry with a focus on Industry 4.0
  • Forming a new strong relationship and promoting intercultural business dialogue between students from Germany and Egypt, where 5 German students will travel to Cairo for the winter school 
  • Provide solutions to real-world innovation cases that address sustainability issues relevant to Industry 4.0 for current business
  • Forming new business cases/startups that develop new market opportunity for existing companies

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

Demonstrate intersection of entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability
Define interrelation of technical advances of Industry 4 & Sustainable Development Goals
Develop skills to assess and analyze global sustainability challenges ​
Acknowledge key challenges and opportunities regarding stakeholder engagement
Develop a business case for sustainability within the frame of Industry 4.0
Teams will have an early prototype of Solution for a real problem 

TARGET SEGMENT

The following Ain Shams University graduates between 2017 to 2022​
Postgraduates
Entrepreneurs
Researchers

PROGRAM TIMFRAME

COURSE TIMETABLE

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    Please fill in the form carefully. Accepted candidates will receive a confirmation email by 18 Jan 2023

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    1. Elaborate why we should select you for the winter school not others
    2. Your knowledge about entrepreneurship, SMEs and industry 4.0 
    3. Your ability to initiate and manage projects 
    4. Your previous achievements
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MEET OUR TEAM

Prof. Dr. Jan Kratzer

Chaired Professor for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management and Founder/ Academic Director of Centre for Entrepreneurship

Prof. Dr. Diaa Khalil

Emeritus Professor at Electronics Engineering and Electrical Communications, iHub Director, and ASU Science Park Chief Adviser Officer

​Assoc. Prof. Mohamed Elbehery

Associate Professor at faculty of Engineering – Ain Shams University, and ASU-iHub Executive Director

Prof. Dr. Bassam Saadany

CTO and Founder of Si-Ware Systems

Asst. Prof. Weaam Mahmoud

Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Environmental Studies and Research, ASU-iHub Vice Director​

Assoc. Prof. Mohamed ElSheikh

ASU-iHub Technology Transfer Unit Manager ​

Paul Wolf

  Researcher at the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, TU Berlin

Asst. Prof. Doaa Abdelrahman

Assistant Professor of Civil Law, ASU

Eng. Mohamed Hafez

Expert and Engagement Manager at Mckinsey & Company

Eng. Haitham Afifi

Director of Global Customer Satisfaction, Quality Processes and Continuous Improvement - Digital Energy Division at Schneider Electric

Amira Fouad

Sustainable Communities Program Manager​

OUR PARTNERS

Contact Us
​isi4egypt-info@ihub.asu.edu.eg​
Ain Shams University, iHub Building
Elkhalifa Elmaamoun St., Abbassia,
​Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt
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