EU.ACE Ideation Workshop 17./18.3.2025

EU.ACE Ideation Workshop "Health and Wellbeing" Developing Innovations for Lifelong Learning

Lifelong learning is essential. To make it effective, a closer connection between science and practice is needed. New methods, formats and organisational structures for the area "health and wellbeing" are being developed together.

EU.ACE Ideation Workshop 17./18.3.2025

Innovative education and cooperation projects

In order to create more flexible and sustainable educational opportunities, the focus is on developing the following formats: 

  • Living Labs bring together stakeholders from research and practice to develop innovations for social challenges through experimental and user-centered approaches.
  • Microcredentials and Blended Intensive Programs (BIP) open up compact, flexible learning formats with international and virtual elements - ideal for lifelong learning.
  • Agile forms of organization make it possible to integrate new methods and formats more efficiently into existing structures.

Thematic focus
This workshop focuses on the area of “health and well-being”. Participants should have experience in research, training or further education in this field and be actively interested in developing innovative education and cooperation projects. The workshop is an exclusive network meeting and is aimed exclusively at members of the EU.ACE network.

Registration
All participants must register in advance to ensure targeted preparation based on the number of participants and their main areas of interest.

Registration here.

17.3.2025  Insights & networking

The kick-off on Monday afternoon will feature professionals from practice, funding institutions, as well as researchers, lecturers, and students from the EU.ACE network. Their contributions will provide valuable insights into current challenges, developments, innovative perspectives and funding opportunities (Horizon, EIT, and Erasmus+).

A city walk and a joint dinner will round off the afternoon, providing space for informal exchange and initial networking.

13:30 – 14:00 Arrival & registration
14:00 – 16:40 Insights & breaks with networking

  • Christine Böckelmann, Dean Lucerne School of Business, EU.ACE ExCo: Welcome
  • Katalin Szondy, EU.ACE Projectmanager, University for Continuing Education Krems: EU.ACE Consortium
  • Seraina Mohr / Stephen Wittkopf, Institutional Coordinators, Lucerne School of Business / Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture: EU.ACE Focus: Living Labs & Microcredentials
  • Stephanie Obrecht, Health Manager, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG: Corporate Health Management: From Structure to Culture
  • Mirjam Wallimann, Education Developer, XUND: Transversal Competences in Healthcare
  • Sasha Hugentobler, National Contact Point Cluster Health, Euresearch Association: Horizon Cluster Health: Calls / Consortia / Deadlines
  • Isaac Middelmann: Accelerator Director - Strategic Fundrising, EIT Health: Unlocking the Potential of European Life Science Collaboration
  • Julia Grünenfelder / Sandra Sommer: Scientific Advisor - Higher Education, Movetia / Head International, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts: EU-Swiss Collaboration under Erasmus+
  • Institutional coordinators from University for Continuing Education Krems, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts HSLU, Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS), Ulm University, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers cnam: Who’s Who: Research & Education in Health & Wellbeing

17:45 – 19:00 City walking tour
19:00 – 21:00 Dinner

18.3.2025    Identifying topics & building networks

The second day is dedicated to identifying common topics and fostering collaboration. In thematic workshops, key questions in the field of "Health and Well-being" will be explored, and initial ideas for potential joint projects in research, teaching, and innovation will be developed.

Over the following six months, these ideas are expected to be further developed in smaller working groups and translated into potential funding proposals to relevant Horizon, EIT, and Erasmus+ calls . The process will be supported through targeted networking and information on relevant funding programs.

8:00 – 8:30 Arrival
8:30 – 9:30 Plenary introduction thematic workshops

  • Research
  • Education
  • Other

9:35 – 14:50 Parallel thematic workshops & breaks with networking

  • Introductions to specific funding programs
  • Personal introduction, motivation and experience
  • Reflection from insights
  • Setting directions
  • Ideation in subgroups
  • Summary, documentation

15:20 – 16:40 Plenary presentations and reflections

  • Research
  • Education
  • Other
  • Summary and team building for follow-up
  • Feedback

16:45 Closing