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On May 12, Andreas Beckenbach won the German Toastmasters Speech Competition on stage in Aarhus (Denmark) and thus won the German Toastmasters Championship. Andreas was successful as the best speaker at all German Toastmasters competitions in February, with his prepared speech "You are the director" also at the Area competition (Munich), the Division competition (Bavaria+Badenwürtemberg). Most recently, he was also victorious at the District Competition (Germany, Sweden and Denmark). More on the Munich Media Speakers (MMS) website, where you can also register for the next Toastmasters meeting without obligation.

Fancy summer, sun, innovations and a proper BBQ? Then come to our SCE Student Summer Party on Thursday, June 22nd starting at 5 p.m. in our Precelerator at Lothstraße 21. You can expect an open house, the exciting prototypes of our startups, networking, VR goggles, Spyra water gun action and all that completely free of charge. Register now and have fun together with us!

AI+MUNICH supports start-ups in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) to promote innovation density based on this future-oriented technology in southern Germany. Their mission is to make prototyping easy and affordable for teams that have not yet secured financial backing. Apply now until June 25th. for your prototype funding!
 

In the second phase of the Munich Business Plan Competition, SCE Start-up League Team Puray won third place with its medical catheter, which is continuously disinfected during use with the help of UVC light. Their product eliminates viruses and bacteria while being harmless to humans. For the first time, patients are safely and reliably protected from dangerous catheter-associated hospital infections. In addition to detailed expert feedback on all submissions in phase 2, the winners will receive additional prizes totaling 9,000 euros. More info on Puray here.

Our project "DeepTech in Higher Education Institutions and Ecosystems through Entrepreneurial Education+" (SFFDEEPT+)  and the partner organizations of the consortium, lead by University of Aveiro/Portugal will receive an initial 750.000 EUR, which will support building innovation capacity through the integration of deeptech talent-fostering activities in the EU. More information about SFF.DeepT+ here: https://eit-hei.eu/projects/sff-deept
The project will receive funding from the EIT’s HEI Initiative: Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education. This initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) aims to boost the entrepreneurial and innovation capacity of higher education institutions (HEIs) across Europe through the integration of deep tech activities.

On June 6, we would like to invite you to our next edition of the Innovation Café in the Creative Hall at SCE. The topic of the evening is: "Social Entrepreneurship". Registration at: www.sce.de/events

SCE Start-up Alumni cureVision offers medical professionals a split-second and precise 3D analysis of their patients' wounds. This makes the innovative Munich-based start-up one of 7 others to receive funding through the EU's "WomanTechEU" program, which supports deep-tech start-ups (co)founded by women. More info on cureVision.

Are you thinking about realizing your biotech idea? But you don't know where to start and to get initial information to launch your own life sciences and health tech start-up?bThen be invited to BioM's info day on the occasion of the “Bayerische Gründungstage”: “Lunch & Learn: How we support your biotech idea.”
when? Thursday, May 25, 2023, 11:30 am to 2:00 pm
where? BioM, Klopferspitz 19a, 1st floor, 82152 Martinsried

More than 20 VR and AR partners from industry and education presented their innovative solutions on May 11 as part of the XR Experience Day 2023 at HM Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences and the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship. Students and professors from all faculties as well as interested members of the public could simply come to Lothstr. 64 and try out the diverse applications for themselves. The technologies on display included applications from the fields of Health, Industry and Education. In parallel, short impulse lectures and in-depth workshops were held.

This interactive course explains with numerous examples what artificial intelligence, sustainability and entrepreneurial thinking have in common. Click here for the course.

Discuss with us the role and change of universities in innovation ecosystems and welcome luminaries in this area of expertise on the May 23rd Event "New Social Contract for Universities and the role in the European Innovation Ecosystem"! Check out the agenda and use this Zoom Link

Are you looking for a truly global challenge? The Global Entrepreneurship Summer School (GESS) is an international education program supporting entrepreneurially-minded students who are strongly committed to improving our society. In 2023, GESS is taking place in Munich from September 20-26.

Deadline is extended until 15th of May!

Apply now and be part of the solution! https://seakademie.org/angebot/seagess/

"Real Time Innovation" is an innovation approach that illuminates implicit knowledge and success patterns for innovation processes in the social and corporate environment and makes them usable through a set of cards and a canvas. Today we present the next card: "More than profit". Each card represents a success pattern for one dimension in the innovation process. More info here.

"Real Time Innovation" is an innovation approach that illuminates implicit knowledge and success patterns for innovation processes in the social and corporate environment and makes them usable through a set of cards and a canvas. Today we present the next card: "Word as value". Each card represents a success pattern for one dimension in the innovation process. More info here.

The former Bavarian Minister of Science and current Vice President of the Bavarian State Parliament Dr. Wolfgang Heubisch informs himself at HM and SCE. During his term as Minister of Science from 2008 to 2013, Dr. Wolfgang Heubisch was a regular guest at HM. Today, the FDP politician is Vice President of the Bavarian State Parliament and Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Science and the Arts.

On July 19, 2023, Munich Startup celebrates the Munich startup scene with the Munich Startup Festival. On the Mainstage at Backstage Munich, Munich Unicorns, top politicians and well-known founders will hold the microphone. In addition, there is a Startup Exhibition with more than 25 exhibiting startups & network partners and top-class workshops that provide valuable insider knowledge for startups. And there will also be pitching: The Munich Startup Award, endowed with 5,000 euros, is looking for the "Best Munich Startup 2023". Founders, investors, students and people interested in startups: Come to the 1st Munich Startup Festival!

For the seventh time, the best Munich startup will be honored by Munich Startup with the"Munich Startup Award". The prize is endowed with 5,000 euros. Apply now until 04.06.!

Soon the new water gun season will start - good news for SCE Startup Alumni Spyra, whose patented and multiply protected high-tech water guns enjoy great popularity. But this market also sparks covetousness. Spyra has already felt this clearly in the past, when the water pistols were often confronted with product piracy - especially by counterfeit products from the Far East. Now tech giant Xiaomi has announced its entry into the water gun business. This means that the debate about Spyra's intellectual property rights may be entering a decisive round.