climate-kic community newsletter, august 2013

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CWeve added nearly 200 students to the Climate-KIC alumni over the last two

months. What a journey it has been for us. Weve visited countless countries, ci

and citadels than ever before were already planning for a bigger summer scho

offering next year.

Thank you and welcome to all those new alumni from the 2013 Journey cohor

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DEAR ALMUNI AND STUDENTS,There are more news and events than we could fit into this newsletter which is why following ourLinkedInandTumblr

pages are more important than ever before. Videos from the Journey are here and blogs from all five journeys can be

found on our blog. Over on Tumblr you can read a Q&A from Climate-KIC alumni Devin Malone who offers some

invaluable advice on starting up your own business and also read about a new and exciting project, ClimateSnack.

INNOVATION FESTIVAL

I am delighted to announce that this years Innovation Festival is officially open for business. This means we are now

accepting invitations from students (on existing educational programmes) to join us in Wroclaw, Poland, for three days on

21st-23rd October.

The festival brings together around 400 people in one room. Climate-KIC, our partners, alumni, students, entrepreneurs,

policy makers and business market leaders will all be there to discuss and plan innovate, high-impact emerging concepts

and businesses.

The bad news is that the Innovation Festival is an invite-only event; sadly we cannot invite you all. The good news is that

there are a handful of spaces available for students who either have a business idea/start-up or can convincingly

demonstrate and display your projects to guests at the festival.

Those luckily enough to be accepted will have their travel costs and accommodation paid for. If you are interesting in

joining us - let us know.

Simply email your local CLC Education manager with the subject Innovation festival 2013and in less than 100 words

describe why you want to join and what you can offer. Please contact your local Climate-KIC office if you would like to

know more about registration.

ENTRIES WANTED FOR EIT EVENTS THIS NOVEMBER

All eyes will be on Budapest this November (10th-12th) with theEIT due to host two events: theStudent and Alumni ConnectEventwhich is immediately followed by the EIT C.H.A.N.G.E.Award.

Preceding the awards, but in conjunction with it, the EIT isinviting you to join its Alumni and Connect Event in Budapest,Hungary, 10th November.

Youll have the chance to meet up with successful entrepreneurs,innovators and exchange stories and ideas with students and
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alumni from all theEITs KIC educational programmes. Youll also be able to stay on to attend the awards.

The EIT have generously offered to cover the costs for 50 people who want to attend the Student and Alumni Connect

Event. To be in with a chance of attending, email me and explain in why you want to participant in the event.

EIT ENTREPRENEURS AWARD

The EITs Change Agents & Next Generation awards are open to all current Climate-KIC students and alumni who haveimplemented/initiated an innovation idea, project, service or product that has resulted in change.

If you think this is you, youll need tosend meor your local Education Manager a proposal and supporting letter whichdetails your achievements, what impact it has had and how you made it happen. Only three applicants will be selected toattend and pitch at the awards and the winner will be offered a tailor made mentoring/coaching programme attuned toyour specific needs.

Deadline for all applications has been extended to 14 September 2013. Clickhere to find out more.

PUBLISHING AND COMMUNITY GROUP OPPORTUNITY

ClimateSnack is a new international and inter-disciplinary community for Master and PhD students and early careerscientists involved in climate research. As they demonstrated to theJourney2 participants last month, they help develop

writing and communication skills by forming writing and discussion groups at institutes and universities around the world.

If you want to improve your writing and communication skills, tap into an international climate research community, setup a writing group at your institute orjust become one of their writers, thenget in touch with Will or Matthew [email protected]

I spoke with co-founders Will Ball(pictured right) and Matthew Stiller-

Reeve recently who wanted to explaintheir project in their own words.

Your climate research articles (snacks)are published on theclimatesnack.comwebsite and once the snacks areonline, the international ClimateSnackcommunity gives feedback andsuggestions for improvement,saidWill.

This experience improves writing skillsand increases outreach experience:two extremely important aspects of ourearly science research careers. WithClimateSnack already established in Norway and the UK, we hope to expand to Sweden and the United States in the

following months.

For more information, visit the revamped climatesnack.com website, read what has already been published, sign up toemail alerts and follow them on Twitter (@climatesnack) and Facebook.

TWO FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND INVESTORS

We have awarded more than 125,000 through the Climate Market Accelerator (CMA) programme to a project aimed atshifting electricity usage towards renewable energy at off-peak times.
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Supported by the London based National Physical Laboratory(NPL), the Dynamic Demand Challenge is a call for innovativesolutions for dynamic electricity demand management. The

challenge is working with Climate-KIC's Open Innovation Slamand aims at ensuring electricity demand is shifted from peak to

off-peak periods, and importantly towards times when electricityfrom renewable energy is available.

Run by Nesta's Centre for Challenge Prizes and supported by theCentre for Carbon Measurement at the NPL, Climate-KIC and

National Grid, the challenge will develop and ultimately fund the best idea for managing electricity demand.

Up for grabs is a prize fund of 50,000 (which is separate from the 125,000 Climate-KIC funding) which will be awarded

to the solution that demonstrates the most significant impact. Youll also receive assistance from experts at ImperialCollege London and your business plans will be assessed by the judging panel.

Anyone across the European Union can apply but the solution must be applied within a UK context.

Deadline for entry is 9 September 2013 and application can be made at dynamicdemand.nesta.org.uk

THE SECOND FUNDING OPPORTUNITYto tell you about comes from INNOVENTURE EUROPE, the strategic

initiative of the European Fund for Regional Development.

They provide pre-qualified start-ups and SMEs operating in four strategic sectors (Energy, Health, Environment and IT),with direct access to pan-European venture capital funding opportunities.

Applications to pitch are now open for the fourth INNOVENTURE EUROPE forum which focuses on Green IT and will beheld in Paris on October 17, 2013. For more information, please visitinnoventure-europe.com

ANNUAL ALUMNI EVENT:

The Climate KIC Alumni Association (CKAA) hosts an annual community event where we come together as a community,explore the knowledge and expertise within our own network and theyll be electing leadership for next year. For all ofyou who haven't registered yet clickhere- youll need sign up by 8th September 2013.

IDEAS FACTORY

Future editions of this newsletter will sent out during the first week of every month. We are always looking for

contributions from our expanding community and you have an idea for this newsletter, or would like to submit materials

for any of our blogs, contact Phillip Wood on [email protected].

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

September 27-29:Alumni Annual Event, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

October 21-23: Climate-KIC innovation festival, Wroclaw, Poland.

November 10-12: EIT Students and Alumni Connect Day and EIT Awards, Budapest, Hungary.
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