EIT Pre-Jumpstarter workshop

EIT Pre-Jumpstarter Workshop is a 2-hour-long training and an EIT Jumpstarter awareness-raising event. You will receive information about the EIT Jumpstarter contest, and practical information about how to apply.

Startup journey within EIT will be presented and you will also learn some basic entrepreneurial skills and get some insight into the local startup ecosystem.

The Pre-Jumpstarter workshop is dedicated to those who have innovative ideas: researchers, master and PhD students, innovators, idea-holders. But you do not need anything else.

SCHEDULE
10:00 Kick-off
10:05-10:20 EIT Jumpstarter, what it is and for who it is - Dr. Veronica Rodriguez Garcia, XKIC Project Manager at EIT Manufacturing
10:20-10:45 Company case #1, how we started a biotech startup, lessons learned and value from EIT Jumpstarter - Dr. Arvi Jõers, CEO & co-founder of Gearbox Biosciences
10:45-11:10 Company case #2, startup founder story & how to reach to Finals of EIT Jumpstarter. - Megi Mejdrechová, CTO & co-founder of RoboTwin
11:10-11:15 Micro-break
11:15-11:40 How to find an entrepreneurial co-founder and make a transition from science to business - Ilona Gulchak, Chairperson of the Board, Commercialization Reactor
11:40-11:55 What’s next? Opportunities in EIT Jumpstarter in Tartu. - Vaido Mikheim, Tartu Science Park
11:55-12:00 Final observations and closing of the event

Registration is necessary to participate. Link to the webinar will be sent to your email.https://ut.ee/et/sisu/eit-jumpstarter

The ten best ideas will participate in the EIT Jumpstarter contest and have the chance to win the 10.000 EUR main prize!

More information about EIT Jumpstarter: https://eitjumpstarter.eu/