Climate Change

Innovation
Join our frst Summer School on
Entrepreneurship in Climate Change
5 July to 13 August 2010
Paris, London and Zurich
Climate-KIC is one of the frst three Knowledge and Innovation Communities designated by
the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) as key drivers of European excellence,
innovation and growth. Climate-KIC will create a generation of climate change entrepreneurs
with the multidisciplinary skills to develop economically, environmentally and socially
sustainable approaches to mitigate and adapt to the efects of global warming. In 2010, the
frst students will join our distinguished research & innovation network of academic, regional,
and corporate partners across Europe. They will be the pioneers of our European core course in
Climate Change Innovation.
Climate-KIC
CLIMATE CHANGE INNOVATION
is an exciting opportunity for students and
young researchers to get in touch with Europes
leading scientifc and innovation community
on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
You will get hands-on experience of how the
latest science is translated into new services
and products that have an impact on our
climate and our economy. During the summer
school, you will study all aspects infuencing
the market for climate change innovation, such
as policy, legal and fnancial incentives and
constraints. You will acquire the knowledge
and skills that are essential for you to become
a successful innovator in the feld of climate
change.
TEAMING UP TO MAKE A CHANGE
In multidisciplinary teams, you will develop
your solutions to mitigate climate change
and to adapt to a changing climate. You will
investigate the possibilities of creating
successful new ventures, based on fndings
in Climate KICs four research & innovation
programmes:
Assessing climate change and managing its
drivers
Transitioning to resilient, low carbon cities
Adaptive water management
Zero carbon production systems
Climate Change Innovation will
end with a business plan compe-
tition. At the end of our summer
school you will have developed
your entrepreneurial skills as well
as your understanding of the
many scientifc and technological
aspects of climate change.
Successful participants are the
frst to receive an EIT Climate-KIC
labelled certifcate.
WHEN AND WHERE?
The summer school is organised as a learning
journey which starts on 5 July 2010 in Paris
and moves to London on 17 July. The fnal two
weeks, 31 July to 13 August, will be spent in
Zurich.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Participants must have a good Bachelors
degree at least, and be enrolled in a European
university. Master and PhD students are
preferred. They should either be science,
engineering or social science students in felds
relevant to climate change, or be enrolled in
business studies or economics. Employees of
core corporate Climate-KIC partners can also
participate. All applicants will need to be
profcient in both written and spoken English
(IELTS 6.5 or equivalent).
All applicants must have an interest in
entrepreneurship.
COSTS
Climate-KIC will pay for participants accommo-
dation, breakfast, lunch and dinner for the six
weeks, and travel between the three venues.
Participants will have to pay for their initial
journey to Paris, their return journey from
Zurich, personal expenditure (e.g. drinks and
entertainment); and an registration fee of 100
EUR by 14 May 2010.
HOW TO APPLY
Application deadline: 23 April
2010. You can download an
application form at www.
climate-kic.org or contact
kicsummer10@imperial.ac.uk.
About Climate-KIC:
http://www.climate-kic.org/
About EIT: http://eit.europa.eu
Why join the Climate-KIC summer school?
A brand new European initiative
European Institute of Innovation & Technology
http://eit.europa.eu
Climate Change Innovation is jointly designed by Climate-KICs fve
academic core partners:
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Imperial College London, UK
IPSL, Paris Tech, CEA, INRA, USVQ, Mto France, Advancity, France
PIK, TU Berlin, TU Munich, GFZ, FZ Jlich, KlimaCampusHamburg, Germany
Utrecht, TU Delft, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Climate-KICs ten corporate core partners are Bayer, Beluga Shipping, Cisco,
DSM, EDF, SAP, Schiphol Group, Shell, SolarValley, Thales
Climate-KICs regional core partner is RIC: the Regional Innovation and
Implementation Community