The main objective of the Youth Entrepreneurship BootCamp is to provide students with learning at the level of entrepreneurship (start-up, innovation and design thinking), as well as providing fundamental skills for starting and managing innovative businesses.
After the 1st BootCamp for the West region in November 2022, under the aegis of Digital Marketing, held at the D.ª Inês de Castro Secondary School, the University of Coimbra is returning with the 2nd BootCamp for this region: the Youth Entrepreneurship BootCamp.
The event will take place on November 30, 2023 between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Gonçalves Sapinho Cultural Center in Benedita and is aimed at 12th grade students. They will have the opportunity to access privileged resources and information, as well as forms of support to turn their ideas into concrete ventures.
Encouraging networking and the use of new tools such as Design Thinking, the Youth Entrepreneurship BootCamp thrives on students' ability to think outside the box, integrating information for this innovative approach. The event will consist of six sequential and different panels presented by different guests, interspersed with networking opportunities:
9h30|10h: Opening [Gabriela Fernandes, Pro-Rector of the University of Coimbra]
Representative of the Municipality of Alcobaça
Nuno Rosa - Pedagogical Director of Externato Cooperativo da Benedita
10h|11h: What is Entrepreneurship? [Pedro Torres, Professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra]
11h|12h: Start Up Juventude - Nest of Companies [Fundação da Juventude]
12h|13h: Innovation & Entrepreneurship [Alexandre Almeida, Pedro Nunes Institute]
14h30|15h30: Ginásio do Empreendedor interactive session [Associação Juvenil, A4]
15h30|16h30: Design Thinking [Jorge Figueira, Pedagogical Innovation, University of Coimbra]
16h30: Closing