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Schedule

Week 1

Monday, 8 July 2024

Time Topic
09:00 - 11:00 Welcome, introduction to Summer School format and programme followed by Student Venture Idea Presentations

Who: Miha Škerlavaj + Aleš Pustovrh (SEB UL)
11:00 - 13:00 Icebreaker activites and group formation with Ana Kyra Beks
14:00 - 16:00 Icebreaker activites and group formation with Ana Kyra Beks
16:00 - 18:00 Welcome drinks at the University
18:00 - 18:30 Ljubljana City tour

Tuesday, 9 July 2024

Time Topic
09:00 - 13:00 HR and teamwork for startups
Rok Stritar
14:00 - 16:00 Groups one-on-one discussions with mentors
16:00 - 18:00 Group Work on business report
18:00 - 18:30 Unlock Ljubljana Scavenger hunt

Wednesday, 10 July 2024

Time Topic
09:00 - 13:00 Customer discovery process, design thinking and lean innovation approach to venture building
Blaž Zupan in Aleš Pustovrh
14:00 - 16:00 Principal mentor meetings and general mentor office hours
Narrowing the Problem Space
Who: Principals + Mentors
16:00 - 18:00 Group Work on business report
18:00 - 18:30 Optional activity

Thursday, 11 July 2024

Time Topic
09:00 - 13:00 Customer discovery process - interviews with target group representatives outside the SEB - field trip
14:00 - 16:00 Principal mentor meetings and general mentor office hours
Narrowing the Problem Space
Who: Principals + Mentors
16:00 - 18:00 Group Work on business report
18:00 - 18:30 Optional activity

Friday, 12 July 2024

Time Topic
09:00 - 11:00 Outfit7 case study
Who: Miha Škerlavaj
11:00 - 16:00 First Round of New Venture Pitching (with feedback from the panel)
Prior to their turn of Pitch teams work on the Pitch, while teams, which have pitched work on feedback received
Parallel online mentoring upon request can be offered if enough mentors are available
16:00 - 18:00  
18:00 - 18:30 Ljubljana Open kitchen meet and night out

Saturday, 13 July 2024

Trip to Bled and Bohinj (the pearls of Slovenian Alps)

Sunday, 14 July 2024

Day Off

Week 2

Monday, 15 July 2024

Time Topic
09:00 - 13:00 I&E Frontal Workshop (Innovation journeys: Change agency from idea to implementation)
Who: Miha Škerlavaj
14:00 - 16:00 Principal mentor meetings and general mentor office hours
Narrowing the Problem Space
Who: Principals + Mentors
16:00 - 18:00 Option for the Online Module Feedback (EIT Digital rep) and Alumni Presentation (ex-student)
Group Work on business report
18:00 - 18:30 Optional activity

Tuesday, 16 July 2024

Time Topic
09:00 - 11:00 Groups one-on-one discussions with potentially partnering companies
('company visits')
11:00 - 13:00 Funding and fundraising strategy seminar, followed by 
Perfecting the pitch
Aleš Pustovrh
14:00 - 16:00 Group Work on business report
(Time slots for Principal and mentor's Office Hours)
16:00 - 18:00 Founders Speech
Founder with experience in legal matters (Nejc Novak or Peter Merc)
Group Work on business report
18:00 - 18:30 Optional activity

Wednesday, 17 July 2024

Time Topic
09:00 - 13:00 I&E Frontal Workshop (Resillience)
Who: Vaughn Tan, UCL, facilitation: Miha Škerlavaj (9-13)
14:00 - 16:00 Second Checkpoint Concept Presentations
16:00 - 18:00 Founders Speech
Founder or investor with experience in fundraising (Ada Guštin?)
18:00 - 18:30 Arty party social event

Thursday, 18 July 2024

Time Topic
09:00 - 11:00 Presentation Dry Runs (group sessions)
11:00 - 18:00 Group Work on business report
(Time slots for Principal and mentor's Office Hours)

Friday, 19 July 2024

Time Topic
09:00 - 11:00 Final presentations & event
Keynote Speech on the current trends in the tech ecosystem and startups
Vaughn Tan
Jury: Representatives of startup and investor ecosystem and SS reps
11:00 - 13:00 1) Roundtable on the investor expectations from seed-stage companies
2) Jury provides the feedback for each team and presents the winning team
3) Students complete the summer school questionnaire / Closing remarks
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