we present some of our mentors

Why do we even need mentors?

During our mentor-sessions, these experts will share their wisdom and experience with a small group, and work with them on their big idea??

After the main input is given by our keynote speakers, the mentors will guide you through appliance of the learned lessons on your idea and fine tuning your project ??

To achieve maximum progress, every mentor is assigned to a certain group and stays with them for the whole week! These groups will be formed by interest, branch of industry and the stage of your idea. ???

??By the way: the application deadline just got extended to the 30th of June, so its still enough time to apply and tackle your entrepreneurial dreams!???

We're all excited for August, our mentors are too! Get to know some of them!

Yupar Myint has more than 10 years of experience in building entrepreneurship programmes and international collaborations. She was also involved in the development of the IECT Hermann Hauser Summer School in Austria. She also worked at CfEL, CJBS where she led IGNITE for more than 11 years and at EFER in the Netherlands where she trained European professors and educators in "Teaching Entrepreneurship".

"I enjoy working with incredibly clever minds on the Summer School. Mentoring is an intensive process. Many of us have a wide range of technical and cultural background. But, I have learnt that we have more in common than differences. We all learn together." - Yupar Myint

Miranda Weston-Smith supports early stage biomedical companies in raising investment and developing their business strategy. She has worked with many companies on fundraising, business planning and technology transfer. She brings experience from Cambridge Enterprise, University of Cambridge where she evaluated and commercialised life science technologies, negotiated licences and spun out companies. At the University of Cambridge, she was responsible for technology transfer for the Cambridge-MIT Institute. During her five years at the seed capital firm Cambridge Research and Innovation, she identified and invested in early stage technologies.?

?Hugely looking forward to the Summer School in the Tyrol this year.?The big ideas from fantastic entrepreneurs and the mountains are so exciting - and the development during the week." - Miranda Weston-Smith

Kate Wildauer is the Managing Director of FocusBio, a consulting firm that provides coaching and strategic planning for start-ups, established companies, policy makers and educators who want to participate in the growing bio-economy. She is the former Executive Director of SynBioBeta, a leading community of entrepreneurs, investors, policy makers and enthusiasts committed to the responsible growth of synthetic biology. Kate is a gifted speaker and educator for all ages and has participated in various outreach and education events.?

Uday Phadke has spent the last 35 years working in three distinct but interrelated areas: commercial enterprises enabled by science and technology, academic research and teaching in technology and business, and designing and promoting national and international innovation initiatives. His main focus is on the commercialisation of science and technology-enabled innovations. Besides being a successful CEO and entrepreneur, he is the lead author of a groundbreaking book published in 2017 entitled Camels,Tigers & Unicorns: Rethinking science and technology-enabled innovation. His latest book, aimed at entrepreneurs, entitled "The Scale-up Manual", was published in September 2018.?

"I am delighted to be part of the IECT Summer School in 2022-and really pleased that we can meet up in person again! I am also looking forward to seeing the latest science and technology-enabled innovations emerging from the European eco-system-especially ideas which directly tackle climate change" - Uday Phadke

Siegfried Krainer, "Senior Principal for emerging applications" at Infineon Technologies, explores new applications and develops system models and demonstrators to show their feasibility in modern microelectronics. An important part of this activity is the involvement of partners from industry, research and start-ups. At Infineon, he was responsible for development projects that generated more than €200 million in sales in new applications/technologies. With a passion to inspire young people for the fascinating world of semiconductor technology, he has given lectures at the Universities of Stuttgart, Graz, MCI Innsbruck and FH Villach, in addition to supporting start-ups.

Richard Green, his passion is innovation and helping teams turn breakthrough ideas into market-leading product-based businesses. He is currently Chairman/Non-executive/Advisor to a number of early/growth stage companies. He has successfully raised over ￡50 million in private and public markets, building and exiting technology-based businesses.

Interested in working and learning with experienced serial entrepreneurs, tech-experts, investors and scholars??

??Klick here and apply now! ??