Catherine da Cunha and Catherine Michel of the Product Design and Industrial Systems Department at Centrale Nantes were in Lugano, Switzerland last week as part of the 'Innovation & Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Manufacturing' (IESMA) - EIT Manufacturing Summer School jointly hosted by the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland and the Politecnico di Milano in Italy. They presented a module on Design Thinking (see compilation of images below).

The EIT - IESMA summer school offers a unique opportunity for developing innovation and entrepreneurship skills for the manufacturing world in an international setting. Participants are immersed in a stimulating learning by doing experience during which innovation experts and companies bring hand-on expertise by launching challenges, support team project works and share their experience, while international lecturers provide state-of-the-art knowledge.

As a partner in the EIT Manufacturing consortium, Centrale Nantes is a participant in the EIT Manufacturing Master School

The EIT Master's programme is designed to attract and empower top talents preparing them to become leading innovators and entrepreneurs in manufacturing. Programme graduates are awarded two Master degrees - one from each university. An EIT Label certificate is also conferred to participants who have followed one of the programmes with international mobility, taken part in the Innovation & Entrepreneurship courses - in particular the summer school - and successfully completed an internship in industry.
 

• Learn more about the EIT Manufacturing Master School and the programmes on offer at Centrale Nantes.

What is EIT Manufacturing?

EIT Manufacturing is an Innovation Community within the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) – that connects the leading manufacturing actors in Europe. Fueled by a strong interdisciplinary and trusted community, we will add unique value to European products, processes, services – and inspire the creation of globally competitive and sustainable manufacturing. Centrale Nantes is one of more than 130 leading partners from business, education and research to have come together within EIT Manufacturing.
 

• Learn more: https://eitmanufacturing.eu