Yesterday, the 11 start-ups from the MIT designX accelerator pitched their ventures to a packed audience in the MIT Media Lab. It was great to see your development over time, especially with regard to your business models; from our first workshop, over feedback sessions until yesterday. I’m really proud of your fantastic ideas for the
On Thursday René Bohnsack (Director SCIL) gave a seminar at Babson College on Business Model Innovation for Disruptive Technologies and discussed the applications of the Circles Framework (see ‘Value Propositions for Disruptive Technologies in California Management Review, co-authored with Jonatan Pinkse). It was a great session with inspiring feedback and lively discussions. The worksheets can be
The ONE Doctoral Consortium offers a networking, learning, and research reflection opportunity to doctoral students engaged in organizations and the natural environment (ONE) research. ONE Doctoral Consortium 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) Chicago, Illinois, August 10-14, 2018 The consortium allows doctoral students at various stages of their program to engage with other like-minded students, and
As part of the European project me2, which is part of the ERA-NET Smart Cities and Communities (ENSCC) – Horizonte 2020, Luis Caridade, MediaPrimer’s project manager, presented the results that were achieved in the Lisbon pilot project that was focused on the changing of habits of energy consumption in households as well as in usage
The Me2 project was represented by Lena Holzner (Smart City Innovation Lab) at the Sustainable Places 2017 conference which took place in Middlesbrough, UK 28 - 30 June 2017. http://www.sustainableplaces.eu/ The Me2 project recognizes that ICT platforms allow users to control energy consumption, as well as optimizing its energy efficiency in “smart cities”. Generally, energy-saving
The inteGRIDy project was represented by Lena Holzner (Smart City Innovation Lab) at the Sustainable Places 2017 conference which took place in Middlesbrough, UK 28 - 30 June 2017. http://www.sustainableplaces.eu/ Energy firms respond to a dynamically changing business environment through innovative business models which are increasingly technology-focused and which engage consumers and other stakeholders in
The final Workshop of the ME2 Lisbon Pilot is scheduled for 11th July at 18:00. It will occur at the Sharing Cities Showroom of Lisboa E-Nova. The title of the workshop is “The future of energy efficiency in housing”. More information can be found by following this link.
On the 9th of May 2017, SCIL presented the projects of the lab to Sorbonne students. The master students studying innovation and technology management at Université Paris-Sorbonne are visiting Portugal for a week. During their stay, they are meeting interesting companies and organizations at the front line of innovation. The SCIL had the pleasure to
On 15th March 2017, SCIL presented at Green Business Week. Green Business week is one of the largest knowledge transfer events in Portugal related to environmentally friendly practices. The event is organized by the AIP Foundation and took place at the Lisbon Congress Center from 15 to 17 March. The SCIL presented in the Knowledge
On 2nd March 2017, the first edition of the Smart City Innovation Awards were held. This took place in the Ernst and Young room at Catolica Business School. Participants were all members of the Innovation Management Course in Catolica. The Jury, which comprised of the Vice President of Brisa Autoestradas de Portugal, Pedro Rocha e
