IECT (Institute for Entrepreneurship Cambridge–Tirol) a trusted partner in the Startup Tirol Alliance has recently completed their international Summer School program on entrepreneurship, ran between 17th – 23rd August, 2017.

27 international scientists with entrepreneurial ideas, and the intentions to launch a startup have participated in this one-week intensive program. The program was composed of an inspiring blend of lectures, courses, workshops, and mentoring sessions to help the participants turning their ideas into reality. The IECT Summer School has shown that when different actors in the regional eco-system play together and use international linkages great impact can be achieved.

The Summer School was developed in partnership with the University of Cambridge and the European Forum Alpbach. It is hosted by the Werkstätte Wattens and sponsored by the Standortagentur Tirol and the regional chamber of commerce. National and international cooperation partners support the Summer School: Falling Walls Lab, TEC Alpbach Technology Symposion, Global Incubator Network, ICONS, Spectrum, and Management Center Innsbruck.

EEE project’s Bernd Ebersberger of MCI has contributed to the Summer School with a session on Markets & Competition on Saturday August 19.