Individual course

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A six-week programme with three biweekly one-to-one sessions (90 minutes each). The purpose is to establish a foundation that can be used for your research to present that you are aware and aligned with the digital transition. The orientation will not include details (that is available in Roadmap for Research and Career) but you will have the foundation to demonstrate a realistic motivation about how the digital transition is relevant in your research.

Participants complete the course with a short assignment that is started in week one and finalised by week three, applying insights from the lectures to describe their own research activity, data pathways and initial positioning for the digital transition. The assignment develops throughout the course, from initial data pathway framing in lecture one to a more developed value creation perspective by lecture three. Each participant receives feedback on the data-driven value creation content of their assignment.

Participants receive a certificate of completion stating the successful completion of the course and assignment.

Lecture 1: Introduction to data-driven value creation with a real case example (GlobalSiC). You introduce your research. Assignment before Lecture 2: draft how data and digital transition connect to your research.

Lecture 2: You present your draft. We discuss how to develop it further so it credibly reflects digital transition relevance for your research.

Lecture 3: Finalise your orientation for a digital transition.

Fee: 420 EUR. You can start anytime. Contact us.

Lectures by Mikael Syväjärvi who has more than 20 years of experience from international technology transfer, start-up creation and research-to-business activities. This experience forms the basis for his SME, Alminica AB, which contributes to European research projects with transfer of knowledge for impact and exploitation from research and innovation towards business and sustainability. Recent examples include the EU FET Open project SiComb (2020–2024) and the EIC Pathfinder project rePowerSiC (2024–2028). He is accepted as a mentor in the two European Innovation Council (EIC) 2026 programmes EIC Tech to Market and EIC Women Leadership. These activities support researchers and innovators in areas such as value proposition development, early-stage commercial thinking, leadership development, and strategic reflection on future opportunities arising from research and innovation.

The GlobalSiC pilot case that we will share is a part of Wafer Ecosystem. The pilot case is explored together with Mats Brodén (expert in creating value and assets from data) and Lars Montelius (former director International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, INL that is the first International Intergovernmental Organisation (IGRO) in Europe conducting world-class research and development in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. He is currently member executive board The Innovative Advanced Materials Initiative, IAM-I that is the international non-profit Association that will operate the upcoming European co-programmed partnership Innovative Advanced Materials for Europe.

For more information about our activity related to the digital transition for green technologies, go here