14th International Summer School on Digital Innovation and Startup Entrepreneurship - DigiBus2026
DigiBus2026 Programme (View as a file)
Note: The Digibus2026 program and activities are equivalent to 3 ECTS credits*.
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2nd day— |
3rd day— |
4th day— Thursday 16 July |
5th day— Friday 17 July |
6th day— 18 July |
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| 10:00 - 11:00 | Intro & Teams setup Prof. Yannis Charalabidis Professor of Digital Governance, University of Aegean, Greece |
Elevator Pitch All team members present / only the leader speaks Mentor 1: Dr. Gerasimos Kontos (Teams 1-3) Mentor 2: Dr. Irina Gorelova (Teams 4-6) |
Idea Mentoring |
Mentoring All team members present. Mentor 5: Dr. Effi Staiou (Teams 1-3) Mentor 6: Dr. Irina Gorelova (Teams 4-6) |
Teamwork | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | The leaders accept the members / declare | Elevator Pitch Mentor 1: Dr. Irina Gorelova (Teams 1-3) Mentor 2: Dr. Gerasimos Kontos (Teams 4-6) |
Mentoring All team members present. Mentor 7: Dr. Hasnain Bokhari (Teams 1-3) Mentor 8: Dr. Maria Kalyvaki (Teams 4-6) |
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| Break (30m Sharp) | Onsite: team setup | Break | Break | Break | Break | |
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12:00 - 12:45 |
Idea development & Pitching |
Teaching Confidence in the Clouds, Artificial Intelligence and Desktop Flight Training Devices for Competencies Development in University Programs |
Industry Keynote 1 (e-lecture) Venture Capital: An Insider’s View for Aspiring Entrepreneurs and Researchers |
TBU: An unconventional walk through a successful business model |
Final Presentations / |
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| 12:45- 13:30 | Creativity or on LCA for start-ups (TBA) Dr. Irina Gorelova Sapienza University of Rome, Italy |
(e-lecture) Industry Keynote 2: The right to be explained in financial services: designing AI in the age of trust crisis that speaks human. Dr Dimitrios Salampasis, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia |
Lessons from Ancient Greek Philosophy Prof. Yannis Charalabidis University of the Aegean, Samos, Greece |
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| 13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | |
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14:30 - 15:30 |
Evaluator.gr |
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Margins are the Market: How Inclusion Drives Digital Innovation |
Lessons from Ancient Greek Philosophy |
Final Presentations / Judges |
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15:30 - 16:30 |
AI platform for assisting and supporting start-uppers. |
(e-lecture) Introduction to Industry 4.0 to 6.0 and Digital Transformation: The Quintuple Innovation Helix and AI |
Social Lifecycle Analysis: Environmental and Social Business Process Modelling for Deep Tech-Enabled Startups |
Beyond Digital Literacy: Participation, Digital Identity, and Smart Societies in the Age of AI |
Industry Keynote 3: Title* |
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| 16.30-17:00 | Work Assignment: Elevator Pitch Takeout: The team leader presents 3 slides for 5 minutes (the key features) |
Work Assignment: Develop your concept | Work Assignment: The Final Presentation Takeout: the Final Presentation (15 slides) |
Announce the final teams Teamwork |
Announcement of the Winning Teams | |
| 17.00 - 18:30 | Teamwork | Teamwork | Teamwork | Teamwork |
Final Words!!! |
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| 18:30 - 20:30 | Teamwork | Teamwork | Title: Maria Kalyvaki Advisor, Marketing Club Associate Professor Department of Marketing and International Business College of Business | Minnesota State University, Mankato Title: Technological solutions for the Modern Hotel Mr. Nikolaos Liapis MBA, Digital Innovation and Startup Entrepreneurship student at the University of the Aegean, Greece Title: Technological solutions in Viticulture and Winemaking Mr. Konstantinos Paraskevas MBA, Digital Innovation and Startup Entrepreneurship student at the University of the Aegean, Greece |
*Upon successful completion of the school (1 week of lectures/mentoring/projects) and completion of an essay, participants will receive a certification honoring 3 ECTS points. Certification of 3 ECTS will be awarded only to those participants that choose to write an essay (not mandatory). All participants will receive a certificate of attendance.