RUHR-ISRAEL CYBER ACTIVATOR
Promoting IT Innovation between Companies and Students in Ruhr Metropolis and Israel
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The Ruhr-Israel Cyber Activator is a unique program promoting open innovation through tailored solutions to the challenges facing established companies in the Ruhr Metropolis.
Companies from the Ruhr Metropolis present actual cyber challenges for the teams – comprising German and Israeli students from the field IT-security.
The challenges come from companies in areas such as healthcare / Medtech, media, smart city, logistics, or Industry 4.0.
THE CHALLENGES
Check out the 4 different challenges and click on a Logo to see that company's challenge ↓
THE BENEFIT
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Businesspeople and students from the Ruhr Metropolis and Israel form international teams and participate in an eleven-week virtual program, consisting of a kick-off workshop, a co-operation stage, and a pitch session to the companies. The teams are supported throughout the program by highly-qualified mentors, in order to find tailored solutions for the challenges proposed by the companies.
from the Ruhr Metropolis
from Germany and Israel
in the field of IT security
The four companies and 16 students participating in the RICA program come together for an intensive virtual kick-off workshop, at which the four challenges are introduced and the individual binational teams formed. In the scope of the opening week the participants – supported by Tech7, ruhr:HUB and eurobits e.V. – are prepared for the subsequent key stage of virtual co-operation.
The teams develop custom solutions for the challenges of the companies and are supported in this by virtual mentoring and online tools for ideal co-operation.
In a virtual session, all those involved in the RICA program come together and the student teams present their innovative solutions to the companies.
The students once again have the opportunity to optimize their approaches.
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CO-OPERATION PARTNER
PARTNER
YOUR CONTACT PERSON
Amit Grabli
Tech7 Project Manager
amit@tech7.community