For High-School Students
June 17 - 28 (Lisbon) • July 1 - 12 (Porto) • July 15 - 26 (Lisbon)
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Learn the skills necessary to make a real impact in the world and succeed in the future of work!
Apply today to join young entrepreneurs, innovators and designers in this fun, experiential learning experience led by innovation experts from New York City and Lisbon.
What is it about?
A two-week innovation and entrepreneurship program that offers high school students firsthand experience in the innovation process. Collaboratively, teens will design and pitch a new business, product, or service aimed at solving real-world problems and challenges proposed by the Partners José de Mello and Sonae.
To prepare for this challenge, students will have access to a series of sessions coordinated by the New York Studio venture, Hudson Lab School and Co-Created, and the Portuguese Youth Specialist Future, and access to workshops with Experts, Entrepreneurs, and Mentors directly linked to the Portuguese ecosystem.
This program is for high school students, from 14 to 18 years old, from any school, origin or background located in Portugal or abroad. Free seats available to students with financial needs. Please see Program Rules.
Overview
To Whom
High school students from any school, background or origin located in Portugal or abroad
When
17-28 June
Mon to Fri 9:30am to 5pm
Where
Lisbon
Language
English
Admissions
Open until June 3
To Whom
High school students from any school, background or origin located in Portugal or abroad
When
1-12 July
Mon to Fri 9:30am to 5pm
Where
Porto
Language
English
Admissions
Open until June 16
To Whom
High school students from any school, background or origin located in Portugal or abroad
When
15-26 July
Mon to Fri 9:30am to 5pm
Where
Lisbon
Language
Portuguese
Admissions
Open until July 7
Testimonials
Pricing
General Students
300€ Week
225€ Week early bird
25% off until June 7
Lunches
Innovation Workshops
Mentoring Sessions
Final Presentation to a Jury
Course Materials
Welcome Pack
600€ Bootcamp
450€ Bootcamp early bird
Get your seat before the ticket prices rise.
Deal ends on June 7
SASE Students
Free
For portuguese students who are eligible to receive support via Serviço de Ação Social Escolar (SASE)
Lunches
Innovation Workshops
Mentoring Sessions
Final Presentation to a Jury
Course Materials
Welcome Pack
Design Students
200€ Week
150€ Week early bird
25% off until June 7
Lunches
Innovation Workshops
Mentoring Sessions
Final Presentation to a Jury
Course Materials
Welcome Pack
Design Tools
400€ Bootcamp
300€ Bootcamp early bird
Get your seat before the ticket prices rise.
Deal ends on June 7
The Experience
Who should apply?
What skills will you develop?
The Partners
The Team
Stacey Seltzer
Stacey Seltzer is a partner at Co-Created, which has launched 100+ new ventures and created $10B+ in enterprise value for global multinational corporations such as LEGO, Newscorp, Verizon, Kaplan and Coca-cola. A startup junkie, Stacey has also worked with numerous startups (Managed by Q, Barkbox, CuteCircuit, et al) and received an MBA from Columbia Business School and a bachelor's degree from Brown University.
Philip Petersen
Philip Petersen is an entrepreneur and product developer with more than 20 years of experience. As a cofounder of Prehype he is creating structures that allow corporations to act in innovative ways to build new businesses. Philip also acts as advisor for several entrepreneurs. Philip began his career at Intel and Egmont. He launched his first business at 28, a weekly newspaper for 4-6 graders and language schools. Later he moved to London and New York to build startup video service Joost. He then ran digital services at We Love People, before starting Prehype. At Prehype, Philip has led many co-creating initiatives with corporate partners such as News Corp, Lego, Unilever, Danone, Carlsberg and others.
Cate Han
Cate Han is the founder of Hudson Lab School and Hudson Lab Ventures. She has helped startups raise over $100M in early stage capital and worked with entrepreneurs to build company value through mentoring, strategic planning and fundraising. Cate began her career as a Quantitative Analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein and set up the finances for Managed by Q. Cate is a Chartered Financial Analyst. She earned an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from Barnard College.
Kristine Mudd
Kristine is a designer who enjoys the discovery, play, analysis and exploration that is part of her daily practice. A designer, entrepreneur and educator, Kristine has worked with teams to build new ventures, products and services for organizations, startups and large companies across healthcare, education, e-commerce and other verticals. Her experience in user research, user experience, service design, prototyping, and visual design help her collaborate with teams to achieve outcomes. She has worked with Co-Created and other innovation teams, to create new ventures. She teaches graduate students at SVA Products of Design and SVA Interaction Design as well as NYU Tandon.
Eduardo Filho
FUTURE’s co-founder. Eduardo is a serial entrepreneur and certified trainer, he participated in social entrepreneurship acceleration programs promoted by entities such as Beta-i, Pioneers, IES-SBS, MAZE, Crédito Portugal and AUDAX-IUL. Eduardo post graduated in Management by NOVA SBE and specialized in Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurship by AUDAX-IUL.
Margarida Salsinha
Margarida is Master in Marketing and a certified Trainer. She has more than 5 years of experience in teamwork facilitation. She is focused on diversifying her knowledge in the field of non-formal education. Margarida is especially interested in topics related to education, social responsibility and troubleshooting.
Francisco Oliveira
Francisco has the mindset of an engineer and believes that Education is the key to changing the world. Francisco is passionate about social causes, he has been working for 8 years in the world of NGO’s and training: as a trainer, manager, marketer and strategist and, from time to time, as programmer.
"Innovation is not just for industry experts.
Student teams create real value."
How to apply?
To join the program, tell us about yourself by filling in our application form here in full.
We are approving completed applications and we are filling the limited number of places on a first come, first served basis, so apply today to make sure you get your spot!
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