p2i In Action events

Postdocs from across Europe attend p2i: In Action events to explore and learn about innovation and entrepreneurship.

Participants learn to acquire an entrepreneurial mindset and a set of business skills that will complement their research skills. Through developing the skill of validating business ideas, researchers can enhance their decision-making abilities, strategic thinking, resource management, risk assessment, and adaptability, all of which can be applied in careers in and outside academia, including starting a business

 

p2i: In Action events are a mixture of inspirational talks, practical activities and networking. Experts and entrepreneurial researchers share inspiring stories and first-hand experience of what it means to be enterprising and of bringing exciting ideas to life in academia, industry or through starting ventures. 

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There are two formats of the p2i In Action events:

 

p2i In Action online: 1/2 day workshop: Learn how to define and communicate the why, how and what of your research or business idea, using frameworks and tools from the entrepreneurial world. 

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p2i In Action in person: 2.5 day event

 

This event provides a valuable opportunity for researchers with an idea or early stage start up as well as for researchers who are curious and open to exploring innovation and entrepreneurship.

 

Researchers work in teams and learn the process to develop ideas into a venture through practical tools and interactive sessions and learn how to communicate the opportunity in a compelling way. 

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p2i: In Action events provide opportunities to network with and get advice from CEOs, innovation experts and industry leaders from across Europe, as well as other postdocs working both in industry and academia.

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p2i: In Action events are a great way explore how being entrepreneurial fits with a researcher's future career, whether that is in academia, industry, or as a founder of a venture. Researchers identify what motivates them, gain increased confidence and know how on how to turn turn ideas into reality irrespective of career choice. 

 

p2i In Action, Innsbruck, Austria: 21-23 Nov 2023? Limited places available, Apply early and 4 th Oct.

This programme is exclusively open to Early career researchers (postdocs) and early career employees from or funded by p2i partner organisations. Places are sponsored by the p2i Network and available through application only (*).

 

(*) University of Cambridge (and partner Institutes), Freie Universität Berlin, Universität Innsbruck, PSL Université Paris,  Edinburgh University (The University of Edinburgh’s Data Driven Entrepreneurship ( DDE)) Programme, University Duisburg - Essen, AstraZeneca, bp

Find out more about previous p2i: In Action events - click on images

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