BWIdee
Your idea for a sustainable future
The BWIdee project aims to provide further training on the topic of ‘sustainability’ to students across Baden-Württemberg. Over the course of twelve digital sessions, with the help of (external) experts, students will gain knowledge on specific topics relating to environmental, social and economic sustainability. The lecture series lays the groundwork for interdisciplinary team-building, enabling students to work explicitly on developing sustainable ideas in the second half of the semester and to pitch the results at a demo day.
Series of lectures
- 12 sessions (weeks 42–3), Wednesdays 4–5.30 pm
- External experts will deliver specialist talks and lead interactive workshops
- Suggested topics: Nutrition; Energy; Mobility; Housing & Construction; Water & Resources; Textiles & Consumer Goods; Digitalisation/IT; Education & Social Change; Economy and Sustainable Entrepreneurship; Agriculture; Climate and Environmental Policy; Innovation & Transformation.
- Lectures can be run in parallel (3–4 topics in one afternoon)
- Programme to be finalised in the coming months
- Compulsory elective module worth 5 ECTS (HdM Stuttgart); for Bachelor’s (from 3rd semester) and Master’s students
- Written assignment as part of the assessment: 5–10 reflection questions for each session
- Preparation for an ideas competition (team building, design thinking, etc.)
The ideas competition
- Low barriers to entry for teams: maximum freedom in choosing team composition (size, interdisciplinarity, start date, etc.)
- Support for teams through mentoring
- A small three-figure sum per team for prototype development
- Pitch of ideas at Demo Day with guests (date to be agreed with participating colleges and universities, possibly early March?)
- Awards for various achievements: best overall idea; best feasibility; most innovative idea, etc.
Next steps
- Mid-June: Planning meeting with all interested partners to develop the content of the lecture series, draw up the rules for the ideas competition and finalise the schedule
- By August: Production of promotional materials to advertise the event to students
- Please send any questions or suggestions by email to bwidee@hdm-stuttgart.de
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Any questions about BWIdee?
Luca Randecker
Wirtschaftsinformatik und digitale Medien