REPAK -  entrepreneurial summer school in packaging sustainability

The participants will be able to:

Explain and Interpret state of the art knowledge in food packaging, including materials, food safety and quality aspects, challenges in decreasing waste, circularity (recyclability, reusability).

Integrate multidisciplinary knowledge on the circular economy of food packaging.

Develop a business idea using entrepreneurial skills using a business canvas specially prepared for packaging sustainability,  and present the idea in a professional setting to industrial partners.

The program will have 2 weeks of on line learning combined with 5 days of intensive class learning (on line).  This approach will give the participants time to update on the state of the art, and generate ideas to be then tested during the week long bootcamp.

All participants will be exposed to qualified mentors, and will work in multidisciplinary teams, to develop, test and pitch their ideas.  They will be building their business case using state of the art entrepreneurship tools.

This program is for talented Master, PhD students and young entrepreneurs from different backgrounds, interested in bulding new sustainable packagingn solutions for food.

APPLY     Applications must be submitted by Tuesday June 30th, 2020

Online platform for the summer school will open July 25th, 2020.  

The bootcamp will start August 17, and final event will be held August 21, 2020.  The event will be held on line.  

The following partners are involved in the project