Developed by CDI, CERN IdeaSquare and Politecnico di Torino in 2016, Innovation 4 Change is a collaborative future laboratory for corporates, institutions and top multidisciplinary postgraduate talents in Europe towards the common goal of building a sustainable future together.
During this intensive, 5-month programme, the participants develop innovative and scalable business ideas and practical solutions to respond to the important challenges presented by the partners, that are always related to social, economic and environmental problems of today, supporting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
I4C aims to train the Future Innovators of Europe by challenging talented MBAs & PhDs to resolve global problems identified by industry & organisations within a European program at CERN through proven scientific methodologies on tech, innovation & change management.
In the 2023 edition, the participants are tackling 10 challenges from the food, health, education, energy, and materials sector, both from Italian and global corporates and institutions.
For this year, the theme of the Demo Day is "The Exhibition of the Future).
Practicalities
Directions on how to get to CERN here: https://home.cern/directions (note, no more free bus tickets at the airport)
When on CERN site, you can find the meeting venue IdeaSquare behind the Globe, across what is now the Science Gateway parking construction site. Walk past the Globe, through a gate in the fence, turn left, and you'll find IdeaSquare.
Internet
In order to get wifi access at CERN, you will need to register each device you want to use. For that, please fill in a request here: http://cern.ch/registerVisitorComputer - and use Catarina Batista as the CERN contact person (on the last page of the request form).
Registration
Please make sure to register to the event through the Registration tab in order to get your CERN access badge.
Note: It is possible that small changes in the programme will be made in the meantime due to CERN personnel availability.
*Estimated number of 60 attendants
