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Program at a glance
4 days - lots of opportunities to share, learn and network
Preliminary program
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
Day 1
Time
Sessions
Start of ACEEU EU Funding Pre-Forum Event
14:00 - 14:15
Registration
The registration remains open during the entire event
14:15 - 14:30
Opening / Welcome
Professor Thorsten Kliewe
Chair
ACEEU
14:30 - 15:00
Insight Talk & Discussion
What makes an EU Funding Proposal successful?
Which topics have been funded? Which outputs help you win? How do National Agencies differ? Are there differences between educational levels?
The results will help you resonate with the reviewers of your proposals!
15:00 - 15:45
Pitch Presentations (1/2)
Let's get to know each other! 3 min per organisation
15:45 - 16:15
Networking Break
16:15 - 17:00
Pitch Presentations (2/2)
Let's get to know each other! 3 min per organisation
17:00 - 18:30
Facilitated networking
18:30 - 19:00
Move to Dinner Location
5 to 10 min walk
19:00 - 21:00
Joint Dinner
Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Day 2
Time
Sessions
9:30 - 9:45
Arrival
9:45 - 10:15
"Key tools to master project acquisition"
10:15 - 11:00
Open Discussion
Strategies, Dos & Don'ts, Collaboration opportunities to win funding
11:00 - 11:30
Networking Break
11:30 - 13:00
Guided Thematic Roundtables
From knowing each other to working together
13:00 - 13:15
Closure of EU Funding Event
13:15 - 14:00
Light Lunch (for EU Funding Event Participants only)
Start ACEEU Forum
13:30 - 14:00
Forum Registration & Welcome Coffee
The registration remains open during the entire event
14:00 - 15:30
Research and Innovation Tours
Suchdolský Jeník Brewery
CZU’s Research and Educational Microbrewery - A working microbrewery where students and researchers explore brewing science, from grain to glass
Website
Botanical Garden
CZU’s Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences - Specialising in tropical and subtropical agriculture, with rare plant collections and a global seed exchange linking over 200 botanical gardens.
Website
Food Pavilion
CZU’s Agricultural Processing Training Centre - Unique technology hub promoting and educating on the food industry, offering hands‑on insights into agricultural processing.
Website
15:30 - 16:00
Networking Break
16:00 - 16:15
Opening / Welcome Address
Aula
Aula
Professor Thorsten Kliewe
Chair
ACEEU
Professor Michal Lošťák
1st Vice-Rector
Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic
16:15 - 17:15
Discussion Panel
Aula
Professor Elina Gaile-Sarkane
Vice Rector for Academic Affairs
Riga Technical University, Latvia
Professor Marie Josee Lamothe
Academic & Executive Director
McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship, Canada
Professor Robert Walsh
Associate Pro Vice Chancellor
University of Lancashire, United Kingdom
17:15 - 17:30
Short break and switching rooms
17:30 - 19:00
Track
Practice Presentations
Room: DI in PEF Building
Heba Labib (Nile University)
Nile University: Reimagining the Entrepreneurial University for Egypt, Africa, and Beyond
Zaur Samadov-Unsizade (Trinity College Dublin & Open Incubator)
Open Incubator: Bridging Innovation and Non-Business Faculties
Christina Ionescu (Mount Allison University)
From "Innovation, Relevance, and Vision in Program Design: Advocating for Visual and Material Literacy
Edmond Hajrizi (University for Business and Technology)
Leading Beyond Boundaries: Innovation, Sustainability, and Social Impact at UBT
Umesh Ramnarain (University of Johannesburg)
Driving Youth Empowerment Through Digital Innovation: A perspective from the Global South
Meenakshi Ajith (LSE Generate)
LSE Generate: Supporting Innovators Innovatively
Elizabeth Conradie & Michelle Erasmus (Central University of Technology, Free State -Idea Generator Unit & Department Mathematical & Physical Sciences)
"From "Why solving X?” to “This is why?!” Fostering innovation trough compulsory Maths Assignment
Ines Ben Bouhouch & Jihed Majdoub (IT Business School)
IT Business School
Ben Hobbs (Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the University of Bristol)
The Bristol Method - Fostering the entrepreneurial mindset through a unique blend of practice, teamwork, and human-centred design
Heba Labib (Nile University)
Nile University: Reimagining the Entrepreneurial University for Egypt, Africa, and Beyond
Zaur Samadov-Unsizade (Trinity College Dublin & Open Incubator)
Open Incubator: Bridging Innovation and Non-Business Faculties
Christina Ionescu (Mount Allison University)
From "Innovation, Relevance, and Vision in Program Design: Advocating for Visual and Material Literacy
Edmond Hajrizi (University for Business and Technology)
Leading Beyond Boundaries: Innovation, Sustainability, and Social Impact at UBT
Umesh Ramnarain (University of Johannesburg)
Driving Youth Empowerment Through Digital Innovation: A perspective from the Global South
Meenakshi Ajith (LSE Generate)
LSE Generate: Supporting Innovators Innovatively
Elizabeth Conradie & Michelle Erasmus (Central University of Technology, Free State -Idea Generator Unit & Department Mathematical & Physical Sciences)
"From "Why solving X?” to “This is why?!” Fostering innovation trough compulsory Maths Assignment
Ines Ben Bouhouch & Jihed Majdoub (IT Business School)
IT Business School
Ben Hobbs (Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the University of Bristol)
The Bristol Method - Fostering the entrepreneurial mindset through a unique blend of practice, teamwork, and human-centred design
Track
Practice Presentations
Room: DII in PEF Building
Lisa Ryan (Atlantic Technological University, Galway)
'Entrepreneurship Education for a Sustainable Food Future
Thomas A.Prola (European University of The Atlantic)
Reducing Teacher Attrition: Understanding Newly Qualified Teachers' Needs in Europe – Responses and Supports from the DIGITaLTA European Platform
Tatiana Ciff (NHL Stenden)
Bridges by Mentors: Bridging Culture. Building Futures
Carolina Quintero Rodriguez (RMIT University)
Global Sustainable Impact in Fashion Through Cross-Cultural Collaboration
Norby Roque Salonga (De La Salle University)
Social Entrepreneurship Education: A Transformational Strategy towards Sustainable Development
Nathalie A L Duval-Couetil (Purdue University)
Purdue University Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation – Turbocharge Your Major
Nik Maheran Nik Muhammad & Aspiyati Jusoh (Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, the Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Malaysia)
IDEAS that transformed: Stories of Growth, Grit, and Global Goals
Ali Akbar & Abubakr Muhammad (Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Aga Khan Agency for Habitat)
IntelliWarn: Scalable Off-Grid IoT for Flood Early Warning
Ejoe Tso (Torrens University)
Where Education Meets Innovation – Transforming Ideas into Action
Lisa Ryan (Atlantic Technological University, Galway)
'Entrepreneurship Education for a Sustainable Food Future
Thomas A.Prola (European University of The Atlantic)
Reducing Teacher Attrition: Understanding Newly Qualified Teachers' Needs in Europe – Responses and Supports from the DIGITaLTA European Platform
Tatiana Ciff (NHL Stenden)
Bridges by Mentors: Bridging Culture. Building Futures
Carolina Quintero Rodriguez (RMIT University)
Global Sustainable Impact in Fashion Through Cross-Cultural Collaboration
Norby Roque Salonga (De La Salle University)
Social Entrepreneurship Education: A Transformational Strategy towards Sustainable Development
Nathalie A L Duval-Couetil (Purdue University)
Purdue University Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation – Turbocharge Your Major
Nik Maheran Nik Muhammad & Aspiyati Jusoh (Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, the Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Malaysia)
IDEAS that transformed: Stories of Growth, Grit, and Global Goals
Ali Akbar & Abubakr Muhammad (Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Aga Khan Agency for Habitat)
IntelliWarn: Scalable Off-Grid IoT for Flood Early Warning
Ejoe Tso (Torrens University)
Where Education Meets Innovation – Transforming Ideas into Action
19:00 - 20:30
Welcome Reception
Aula Foyer
20:45 - 22:15
ACEEU Members Dinner
Invite only
Thursday, 11 September 2025
Day 3
Time
Sessions
9:15 - 9:45
Warm-up and coffee
09:45 - 11:15
Track
Practice presentations
Room: D107/108 in PEF Building
Stefan Brolin (Jönköping University, School of Engineering)
Strategic Partnerships – based on commitment, not cash
Turki Baroud (KFUPM)
KFUPM: Shaping Global Leaders Through Impactful Engagement
Jeanette Cotterill (University of Canberra Australia)
Real-World Impact: Partnering with Industry and Community Through Technology and Mentorship
Md. Adnan Hossain (It’s Humanity Foundation (IHF))
It's Humanity Foundation- 15 years of impacting lives
João Eduardo Mancilha Matos (Universidade Federal de Itajubá)
Centro de Empreendedorismo da Unifei
Man Fung Lo (University of Hong Kong)
Authentic Learning Through Industry Engagement: Lessons from an Engaged Academic
Robert Walsh (University of Lancashire)
Solar Science and Superpowers as Sparks of Curiosity
Lee-Ann Modley (University of Johannesburg)
Co-Creating Solutions: Community-Driven Science Communication for Water Resilience
Stefan Brolin (Jönköping University, School of Engineering)
Strategic Partnerships – based on commitment, not cash
Turki Baroud (KFUPM)
KFUPM: Shaping Global Leaders Through Impactful Engagement
Jeanette Cotterill (University of Canberra Australia)
Real-World Impact: Partnering with Industry and Community Through Technology and Mentorship
Md. Adnan Hossain (It’s Humanity Foundation (IHF))
It's Humanity Foundation- 15 years of impacting lives
João Eduardo Mancilha Matos (Universidade Federal de Itajubá)
Centro de Empreendedorismo da Unifei
Man Fung Lo (University of Hong Kong)
Authentic Learning Through Industry Engagement: Lessons from an Engaged Academic
Robert Walsh (University of Lancashire)
Solar Science and Superpowers as Sparks of Curiosity
Lee-Ann Modley (University of Johannesburg)
Co-Creating Solutions: Community-Driven Science Communication for Water Resilience
Track
Practice presentations
Room: DII in PEF Building
Victoria Kain (Griffith University)
Good Health Begins with the First Breath: A Digital Innovation for SDG 3
Rowena Barrett (Queensland University of Technology)
QUT: The Story of an Entrepreneurial University
James Gardiner (Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia)
Mobile learning in universities: what works in practice
Rajiv V Basaiawmoit (Aarhus University)
Diversity of experiences is the key to transformative entrepreneurship education
Tamantha Stutchbury (iAccelerate; University of Wollongong)
‘Lift as you climb’: building an inclusive innovation ecosystem
Petr Adamek (Canberra Innovation Network)
‘Canberra Innovation Network's collaborative innovation ecosystem
Judi Nielsen Eyles (Iowa State University)
‘Embedding Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines at Iowa State University
Janice Cuningham, Anthony Hamill (University of Strathclyde)
‘How Strathclyde is Building Scotland’s Leading Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Gianluca Memoli, Maria Restuccia, Matilde Lucheschi (Department of Informatics; Business School, University of Sussex)
Universities and their spin-outs: how can one benefit from the other? Preliminary results on the “university inside” and the “spin-out inside” effects.
Victoria Kain (Griffith University)
Good Health Begins with the First Breath: A Digital Innovation for SDG 3
Rowena Barrett (Queensland University of Technology)
QUT: The Story of an Entrepreneurial University
James Gardiner (Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia)
Mobile learning in universities: what works in practice
Rajiv V Basaiawmoit (Aarhus University)
Diversity of experiences is the key to transformative entrepreneurship education
Tamantha Stutchbury (iAccelerate; University of Wollongong)
‘Lift as you climb’: building an inclusive innovation ecosystem
Petr Adamek (Canberra Innovation Network)
‘Canberra Innovation Network's collaborative innovation ecosystem
Judi Nielsen Eyles (Iowa State University)
‘Embedding Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines at Iowa State University
Janice Cuningham, Anthony Hamill (University of Strathclyde)
‘How Strathclyde is Building Scotland’s Leading Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Gianluca Memoli, Maria Restuccia, Matilde Lucheschi (Department of Informatics; Business School, University of Sussex)
Universities and their spin-outs: how can one benefit from the other? Preliminary results on the “university inside” and the “spin-out inside” effects.
11:15 - 11:45
Networking break
11:45 - 12:00
Welcoming New ACEEU Members
Aula
12:00 - 12:30
Keynote
Aula
12:30 - 13:00
Awarding of ACEEU Accreditation
Aula
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch & Networking Break
14:00 - 14:15
Book Launch
Aula
14:15 - 15:45
Discussion Panel
"Engaged Research for Societal Impact"
Aula
Professor Meena Galliara
Director, Jasani Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Sustainability Management
School of Business Management, NMIMS, India
Dr. Abdul Jalil Ghazali
Senior Vice President
Management and Science University, Malaysia
Dr. Julieth Lizcano-Prada
Head of Quality Assurance Office
University of Magdalena
Dr. Lina Landinez (Moderator)
CEO
ACEEU, Germany
15:45 - 16:15
Closure & Joint Photo
Aula
16:15 - 19:00
Free time to get ready for Award Dinner.
19:00 - 22:30
Plenary
Awards
ACEEU Triple E Awards Ceremony
2025 Global Awards
2025 Global Awards
Lobkowicz Palace/Prague Castle (More Info)
Friday, 12 September 2025
Day 4
Time
Sessions
10:45 - 13:00
Social
Tour
Walking Tour of Prague
Meeting time:
10:45 (Start of the tour at 11:00).
Meeting Point:
The Powder Tower, Nám. Republiky 5, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia
Google Maps Link
Meeting time:
10:45 (Start of the tour at 11:00).
Meeting Point:
The Powder Tower, Nám. Republiky 5, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia
Google Maps Link