about copenhagen innovation and entreprenueship lab - ciel
DESCRIPTION
About Copenhagen Innovation and Entreprenueship Lab - CIELTRANSCRIPT
!!
!!INTRODUCTION TO COPENHAGEN INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENUERSHIP LAB – CIEL !!!
!!
!!!
!
!
Content 1.0 About CIEL 2.0 Vision 3.0 Mission 4.0 Principles for Collaboration 5.0 Flagship Projects 5.1 Research 5.2 The Entrepreneurship Excellence Programs – EEP 5.3 Extracurricular Activities 6.0 Contact Information:
!
!
1.0 About CIEL
With 36 mio. in seed funding (2011-2013) The Copenhagen Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab
(CIEL) was launched to create a substantial economic impact through comprehensive support of
entrepreneurial activities at the University of Copenhagen (KU), the Technical University of
Denmark (DTU) and Copenhagen Business School (CBS).
At CIEL we provide a platform for collaboration among the different incubators (CSElab, Katalyst,
Katapult and DTU institute facilities) in order to match entrepreneurial needs. Furthermore this
work will extend to form cross-organizational student groups seeking incubator support.
The alliance focuses on making entrepreneurship a natural part of the universities' work by
initiating research, education and student activities to promote the students' abilities and wishes to
transfer their academic skills into social value. This must take place through an increased
professional collaboration that prepares the ground for new business-oriented and innovative
programmes and research results, and in close cooperation with the business community.
Providing a model for cooperation between researchers, students, institutions, disciplines and
industries, we leverage the strength of 50,000 students, 10,000 researchers and more than 800
university and industry partners. The vision is to create a high reaching landmark that provides not
only the Danish, but also the international community with an example of best practice in
knowledge-based innovation and entrepreneurship.
!
!
2.0 Vision
Our vision is to create a landmark for excellence in knowledge-based entrepreneurship, elevating the
Copenhagen Region to become a powerful growth engine with significant regional, national, and
international impact fostering a dynamic entrepreneurship eco-system, which pools private, public and
international partners with our three universities.
3.0 Mission
We work with a mission to develop a collaborative university alliance, where students and staff across
academic disciplines are passionate and engaged in knowledge-based value creation. We build on high
academic excellence present at our universities, and we are working to strengthen the entrepreneurial
knowledge, mind and skillset, among students and staff, in order to become a powerhouse of knowledge-
based innovation and entrepreneurship.
4.0 Principles for collaboration
As a collaborative alliance between University of Copenhagen (KU), the Technical University of Denmark
(DTU) and Copenhagen Business School (CBS) CIEL pools the joint resources of more than 50.000
students and 10.000 researchers, representing a vast number of academic disciplines from humanities,
social sciences, health- and natural science, the technical sciences and business. As a strong collaborative
platform across faculties and with a large number of private, public and international partners, CIEL´s work is
based on the following principles for collaboration:
• Equal partnership
• Transparency
• User driven (students)
• Sustainable solutions/models
!
!
5.0 Flagship Projects
The partner universities (DTU, KU and CBS) provide a rich infrastructure of support for entrepreneurial
students, faculty, and start-up projects, ready power three flagship projects focusing on research, education,
and extracurricular activities.
5.1 Research
CIEL aims at becoming a resource base for entrepreneurship and innovation, which significantly enhances
our understanding of the start-up and innovation phenomena. To this end, CIEL will
• Support and leverage existing research efforts at the three institutions.
• Create a platform for cross-disciplinary cooperation among entrepreneurship researchers at the
three partner universities, including our international partner institutions.
• Build and sustain an internationally unique database by tracking all new entrepreneurial initiatives
and entrepreneurs over a multi-year time line.
• Stimulate innovative research projects in the entrepreneurship domain.
The strategic research efforts of CIEL will create an entrepreneurship research accelerator promoting trans-
disciplinary research based on the synergy between the universities. Regarding existing research activities
the CIEL facility will be used to present and discuss research, including workshops on new research ideas,
for seminars, PhD activities, and conferences.
!
!
5.2 Education
The Entrepreneurial Excellence Programs (EEP) help promote collaboration and provide the case-teaching
materials and resources necessary for developing an integrated entrepreneurial teaching approach to a
scientific area of expertise.
Building on the model used by the BioBusiness and Innovation Program, a succesful collaboration between
KU, DTU and CBS, which has been running for the past two years, the Entrepreneurship Excellence
Programs are set to become one of CIEL’s flagship projects and a significant driver towards meeting CIEL’s
overall vision.
The aim is to develop new programs of excellence in areas such as medico technology, welfare, green
energy, digital services, food and health, which will function as thematic platforms for university-industry
collaboration creating cross-institutional synergy and unfolding the full entrepreneurial potential of the capital
region.
5.3 Extracurricular Activities
With extracurriculars activities, CIEL creates an attractive environment for entrepreneurial students. The
CIEL entrepreneurship support system applies a comprehensive approach and addresses entrepreneurial
challenges at all stages of development. Thus, the system covers a range of activities from creating early
awareness for entrepreneurship as a career opportunity, to triggering initiatives for new ventures, supporting
early start-up creation, and promoting later stage growth and development.
!
!
6.0 Contact Information
Copenhagen Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab (CIEL)
Green Lighthouse, Tagensvej 16
DK-2200 Copenhagen N
Email: [email protected]
Director Press & Communication Manager
Mikkel Trym Nina Henriksen
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
!
!
Green Lighthouse