Save the date for the upcoming i2connect Summer School that is going to be organized at Hohenheim University from the 11th to the 15th of September. The course will cover crucial topics and concepts for delivering advisory work in the framework of innovation networks, such as the facilitation of interactive processes and the concept of Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (Acs). A variety of interactive exercises will be used throughout the course to trigger students’ active participation and creativity and sensitize them to their role as future innovation advisors and the competencies they need to develop for successfully delivering advisory services. The participants will have the opportunity to get familiar with several methodological tools, piemēram, iniciatīvu/inovāciju spirāle un koprades trīsstūris, un īstenot tos praksē, tostarp apmeklējot saimniecību (inovāciju projekts). Šādi rīki ir noderīgi gan padomdevējiem, gan pētniekiem, analizējot inovācijas tīklus, iesaistīto dalībnieku lomas noteikšana, un navigācija pa inovāciju ekosistēmām. Please have an overview:

Pretendentiem uz i2connect vasaras skolu ir jābūt zināmām zināšanām par inovācijām, Konferences, communication and/or facilitation, and related topics. Good command of the English language is also necessary. In order to apply, please fill in the Application Form.

We kindly ask you to complete the short form and return it before the 30^th of April 2023. You may send your application to Dr (Ms) Marija Gerstere-Bentaja, e-pasts: m.gerster-bentaya@uni-hohenheim.de and/or Prof (Ms) Andrea Knierim (i430a@uni-hohenheim.de).

You can also have a look at the first i2connect Summer School, aiming at strengthening the capacity of future rural advisors to support interactive innovation, which took place from the 23rd to the 29th of July 2022 Hanjas Vidusjūras Agronomijas institūtā, Krēta, Grieķija. Atēnu Lauksaimniecības universitāte kā pasākuma organizatore un Hohenheimas Universitātes koordinatori, Dublinas Universitātes koledža, apsveica István Széchenyi universitāte un Berner Fachhochschule 26 Msc un PhD studenti no Īrijas, Slovēņu, Itāļu valoda, Franču, Spāņu, Lietuviešu, serbu, beļģu, zviedru, Vācijas un Grieķijas universitātes. Read the full article!