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SPRIND Symposium Sciencepreneurship : Talent Development

#FallingWalls #ScienceSummit23 #FallingWallsCircle Scientific breakthroughs can solve our biggest challenges – from infectious diseases and cancer to cyber security, shortages of natural resources, and rapid climate change. To transform new knowledge into deeply impactful results, Science needs to engage with change makers. We need great scientists making discoveries and entrepreneurs effectuating valuable changes for humanity and planetary health. We need Sciencepreneurs who can take breakthroughs from the lab to the market, thereby navigating unchartered economic, political and social territories. To catalyze scientific breakthroughs, we, at the Sciencepreneurship Symposium, bring together thought leaders, policy makers, transfer professionals, executives and entrepreneurs to discuss key issues and current structures to strategically accelerate innovation ecosystems. At the end, more science-based technology start-ups should be empowered to change the world for the better. There is no shortage of academic and scientific talent. Yet a lot of start-ups complain about not being able to find the right people. In this panel of the SPRIND Symposium, the experts share their own experiences in setting up diverse talent development systems to establish talent pipelines from academia to industry. They discuss new approaches to recruit talent and agree that communication skills and soft skills are becoming increasingly important for STEM professionals. Panelists: Thane Campbell (Deep Science Venture, UK), Lisa Ericsson (KTH Innovation, SE), Alessandro Grillini (Globa l Call Venture – Breakthrough of the Year in the category Science Start-ups 2023, NL), Juliana Lim (SGInnovate, SG), and moderator Aidan McCullan (The Innovation Show, IE). KEY TAKEAWAYS 1. Use data to connect talents and ventures. Researchers with several skills sets are best prepared to engage in entrepreneurial activities. These additional skill sets can be taught and learned, but it is still a challenge to connect the talents with the right companies. Data-driven approaches can help to establish a talent pipeline from the early days of academia. "Data can help in finding exactly the type of talent for a certain field or position", says Juliana Lim. Well-funded mission-driven PhD programs can lead the talents in the right direction. 2. Entrepreneurial training must extend beyond conventional STEM skills. The experts emphasise the refinement of soft skills and suggest using an 'M-shaped' approach in talent recruiting which involves delving into multiple areas to acquire a comprehensive and well-rounded skill set, ultimately increasing the potential in the long run. As Thane Campbell describes it: "People have developed different strategies because of the shape of their background and sometimes that mix of strategies leads to a much stronger company in the end". 3. Improve intersectoral communication. Talents from academia communicate differently than industry representatives, investors, or policy makers. That leads to a communication gap between the sectors. "Our innovation ecosystems are at a loss when we have trained our best scientists to communicate wrong to the people that can get their technology into the world", Thane Campbell says. New talent development systems need to bridge that gap, in a timely manner. The event is cohosted by our main partner, the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation - SPRIND. _____ Instagram:   / falling_walls   Facebook:   / fallingwalls   LinkedIn:   / fallingwalls   ____ About the Falling Walls Science Summit Three days of intense scientific discussions, networking, and knowledge sharing in the incredible cosmopolitan city of Berlin! The Falling Walls Science Summit is a leading international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral forum for scientific breakthroughs and science dialogue between global science leaders and society. The event takes place every year in November in Berlin, commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall. With formats Falling Walls Pitches (7 November), Falling Walls Circle (8 November) and Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year (9 November), the Falling Walls Science Summit is the leading forum for global science leaders from academia, business, politics, the media, and civil society to debate the potential of scientific breakthroughs to solve grand challenges and shape a sustainable future. The Falling Walls Science Summit is organised by the non-profit Falling Walls Foundation. Falling Walls Foundation: https://falling-walls.com/ Newsletter: https://falling-walls.com/newsletter/ _____ Save the Date: FALLING WALLS SCIENCE SUMMIT 7 – 9 NOV 2024