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Micro Credential "Sustainable Entrepreneurship"
What it is about?
The 24 ECTS-program includes courses on sustainable chemistry and hands-on seminars on how to develop your chemistry-related start-up idea. It also offers exiting excursions and international summer schools. If you are enrolled in a chemistry-related Master program at TU, FU or HU Berlin you can even earn an extra degree next to your study program.
Content & Goals
Students of the Micro-Credential “Sustainable Entrepreneurship” will learn the fundamental principles of entrepreneurship and different dimensions of sustainability. This includes all issues on operative, tactical and strategic levels relevant to founding new businesses, for intrapreneurial activities and for Research and Development (R&D) or New Product Development (NPD).
Graduates of the programme will be able to apply entrepreneurial thinking to developments and research in chemistry and related fields in order to recognize opportunities and to develop new business ideas in this field.
The practice-related aspects of the programme focus on innovation, management practices and the allocation of resources leading towards the creation and growth of environmentally, socially and ethically sensitive business models. This includes gaining expertise in management, decision making, legal provisions, accounting and developing the ability to prepare sensible solutions for technical or business challenges. In addition, team work is promoted.
PitchCourse & DisCourse
PitchCourse & Discourse
An event for new innovators in green chemistry
by Wiley, Berlin Science Week and greenCHEM
Welcome, deep-tech innovation needs you!
Your knowledge and motivation can really make a difference in society. This event is for the innovation-curious scientists, from students to post-docs, who want to be part of the solution.
This event is spread across two days, day one is a one-day pitch-training workshop, where you'll learn to distill ideas, be an excellent communicator and gain confidence in the essential life skill of pitching. After that, we invite you to the second day to make your pitch in front of an expert panel and a public audience at Berlin Science Week. Prizes will be available for the winning teams. If you are looking for ways to extract more value from your learning or research, this can be an excellent first step!
Getting involved:
We are looking for project ideas based on research in chemistry that could become innovations outside of the lab. The best innovations should have potential to make a significant positive impact in society, industry or the environment (for guidance, see below about 'areas of application' and 'what is green chemistry' in FAQ).
Just as important as the ideas, are the people. We need people who have the motivation to bring cutting-edge research into beneficial applications for society. Even if your idea is not fully formed, but you are passionate about getting more value from research, we urge you to apply.
Need a few ideas for the application potential of green chemistry? Here is a curated list of hot topics from our event collaboration partner Wiley.
Plastic waste
Air Quality
Carbon Capture
Sustainable Agriculture
Water purification
Renewable energy
Green building materials
E-waste
Bio-based products
Chemical safety
Healthcare
Prizes:
Win a public choice award and/or the jury choice award:
Cash prize
Dedicated article in Wiley’s CHEManager Innovation Pitch
Science communication training
Mentorshiop
How it works:
Apply
Deadline for applications is 30th September 2024. The event organisors will select 5 finalist projects based on the criteria set out in the FAQ, and make an announcement on 9th October, 2024.
2. Pitch Training
The team members of the five finalist projects will be invited to take part in a free 'Pitch-Training' workshop, hosted by Wiley in Berlin.
The pitch training will take place in Berlin on 21st October 2024.
3. Pitch event at Berlin Science Week
The final pitching event will take place on 5th November 2024 at Berlin Science Week in Berlin. There, each team will pitch their project to a panel of judges and the public at Berlin Science Week.
Jury members:
Annekathrin Grüneberg | Co-Founder at mujō
Prof. Dr. Stefan Hecht | Einstein Professor at Humboldt University
Dr. Christene Smith | Editor at CHEManager International
Norbert Herrmann | Berliner Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises
Carolina Soto | Innovation Management and Transfer at greenCHEM
Submission
Wiley and greenCHEM are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. We welcome all qualified participants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, or disability. Additionally, we are dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations to participants with disabilities.
If you require assistance to participate in this event, please contact hello@greenchem.berlin
FAQ
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This event presents several opportunities:
Collaboration: Meet and collaborate with like-minded people from other institutes and disciplines on cutting-edge projects.
Training: Take part in a pitch-training and communication workshop coordinated by Wiley.
Pitching/Science communication: Finalists pitch the projects at Berlin Science Week.
Prizes: Win a 'public choice award' or the 'experts choice award', More details on prizes will follow.
Dialog/Network: Part of the pitching final includes an open forum where your innovations and the underlying science are discussed with the public, and with members of the expert panel. Build lasting connections to those promoting deep-tech innovation in Berlin.
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This opportunity is open to bachelor, master and PhD students, and Post-docs. It is ideally suited to students working in chemistry or related subjects.
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You can, but don't have to. Team applications (2-5 people) are recommended, and you don't all need to be chemists, but since we are looking for green chemistry innovations, at least one team member should have a chemistry background. All team members should register separately for the event and use a common title for your project idea.
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Yes. If you have an idea, but are missing collaborators, you can apply. If your project is selected, we can help build a team for you from other applicants.
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If you want to get involved but you have not got a project idea, you can apply. In this case we will try to match you with other existing teams or individual applicants.
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There are two stages of selection for the applicants.
Stage 1: all submitted projects will be internally assessed under the following criteria:
Is the idea innovative? E.g. Is it new?Does it solve a real problem? E.g. Is the innovation relevant?
Is it sustainable? E.g. Does it include green chemistry? (See 'what is green chemistry' below in the FAQ).
Does it have impact potential? E.g. Is it feasible? And if scaled-up, is there potential for positive societal and environmental impact?
Stage 2:
The 5 finalist projects/teams will be judged by the panel with the following scoresheet (link). Separately, the public will also select their favourite pitch/project, without explicit criteria.
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Five.
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Maximum is two teams. One winning team is chosen by the expert panel, one winning team is chosen by the public. It is possible that one team wins in both cases.
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We refer to the 12 Principles of green chemistry, which set out directives for sustainable practices in chemistry (link).
The desired innovations in chemistry-based processes and tech, should be sustainable with respect to human health, resources, and the environment. The 12 principles help to guide new innovations into more sustainable solutions.
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The event will take place in English.
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Each year, Berlin Science Week turns the city into a dynamic celebration of scientific ideas and discussions.
More than 180 organizations and over 600 scientists, artists, politicians, and other inspiring leaders come together, attracting a diverse audience of over 30,000 participants.
Contact
For any questions about anything related to the event please contact us on hello@greenchem.berlin
Partners
Chemistry Career Talks #3
In this event we bring together a diverse panel of professionals who have taken different paths in the field of chemistry. This event isn’t just about the struggles of entrepreneurship—it’s about the challenges and lessons learned across various roles in green chemistry.
Industry on Campus
Industry on Campus
The transformation towards a sustainable circular economy is one of the biggest challenges for the chemical industry during the next decades.
On this day, we will discuss with experts from industry which efforts are made, which approaches are being pursued and which challenges still need to be overcome. As a different perspective, start-ups from Berlin's research community will present their innovative ideas and business models for sustainable chemistry.
Programme and further info will follow.
Join the discussion and network with Green Chemistry experts!
Last years Industry on Campus
9th CIFamily Meeting
9th CIFamily Meeting
Business Development & Sales Strategies
We look forward to welcoming you on Sept 16th, 2024, at our upcoming CIFamily Meeting on Business Development & Sales Strategies for green chemistry start-ups.
Our Guest
Romain Marcel — Co-Founder & Partner at Aneto partners, a startup enabler helping early-stage B2B tech startups navigate Go To Market, commercial, revenue-building, recruiting and capital funding through our advisory and coaching services. After receiving his Engineer degree in Computer Science and a Master in Business Management, Romain spent 20+ years in various sales positions focusing on B2B sales. Along his career he held roles such as General Manager EMEA at Veeva, Chief Sales Officer at Semalytix, VP and General Manager EMEA at Tractable. With his background and experience he decided in early 2024 to create his own company: Aneto Partners to provide advisory services to Start Up to get their Go To Market strategy right early on. Today he is advising companies like DUDE CHEM, Tucuvi, 4Trans, Mercaux, deepc and others.
Why you should attend as start-up
Get insights about Business Development from the expert Romain Marcel, who has profound experience as commercial operators across various stages, ranging from seed all the way through IPO and beyond.
Understand how to approach first customers and pilot project partners.
Find out which going-to-market-strategy and long-term Sales Strategy fits your business idea best.
About the CIFamily
The community events called “CIFamily” aim to offer the scene of chemistry-specific founders a place for trusting exchange and learning from each other. “Learning from experts and alumni/ae, sharing and discussing your own experiences with other participants and supporting each other” is the common goal of the community. In order to achieve this, each event is dedicated to a topic selected by the founders, on which there are impulses, exchange and networking in a relaxed and open atmosphere.
Impressions from previous CIFamily Meetings:
Bachelor Course "Nachhaltigkeit in der Chemie"
This lecture deals with sustainability in the context of industrial chemical processes. Based on different definitions and evaluation criteria of sustainability, economic, ecological and social aspects of chemical production processes are discussed.
Lecture: Monday, 12-14 Uhr, Lecture Hall A, Arnimallee 22 , Berlin, Germany
Seminar: Friday 8-10 Uhr, Lecture Hall Anorganik, Fabeckstraße 34/37 , Berlin, Germany