PIEp Research School Activities

The list below is only a selection! Please see the CIG pages for more events.

Pub-evening in Stockholm

Why not combine Dennis Sturm's invitation to a stand-up comedy show in Stockholm on May 26th, with a study visit at one of the KTH groups, or with a CIG meeting, in which case PIEp is happy to cover your travel expenses?

CIG activity in general… CIG membership is not a requirement, but PIEp PhD students are strongly encouraged to get engaged in CIG activities, which also offer funding and thereby freedom to progress your common interest. A number of new CIGs could be emerging. What about a CIG for industrial PhD students, to encourage experience exchange? What about a (Industrial) Design CIG? What about a ‘Design against poverty’ CIG? Talk to Martin (Marting@PIEp.se) if you have more ideas.

PIEp-promoted Summer Schools 2010

June-August (various dates and venues)in conjunction with events such as the Design Society summer school, Stanford University Graduate School of Business etc:

• SSEDR Germany, June 27th - July 3rd
• SSEDR Gothenburg, Sweden, August 15th - 21st
  Deadline for applications: March 16th!

• Stanford Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship, June 20th - July 16th
  Deadline for applications: March 15th!

Courses 2010

PIEp Research School members are fully funded for all travel and accommodation expenses. Information on registration will be made available here soon!

• 1-day Course on IP Rights
  The IDRE CIG has requested a one-day course on IP rights, tailored to handle questions regarding when and how to apply for patents, how to navigate between existing patents, companies etc mixed between supervisors and other students... basically to get you fully prepared to keep your rights for your own ideas! This course, open to all Research School members, will take place during Fall 2010 in Helsingborg. All costs will be covered by PIEp. (Dates under discussion with members. Please tell Martin Grimheden if you are interested.)
• PIEp Graduate Course on Creativity in Product Innovation (5 credits)
  in collaboration with Aalto Design Factory
  Fall 2010, coordinator: Peter Törlind.

Other PIEp Activities Coming up in 2010

• Aug 19, 2010
  Journal Writing Journey Workshop 3 at KTH
• Nov/Dec (dates and venue tba), 2010
  Fall Workshop in Product Innovation Engineering
  Hosted by one of the PIEp nodes in conjunction with the PIEp Annual Event
  (Gives course credits)
• International Exchange and Rotation Visits
  throughout 2010
  See http://www.piep.se/international.php and http://www.piep.se/data/InternationalRotation2010.pdf for more information.
• Tiger Team Writing Workshop in preparation for ICED'11
  Based on last year’s success with the Tiger Team Writing Workshop Series, the Summer School at Stanford University during ICED and the Journal Writing Journey that concludes this summer, we have decided to try to make this series of events a bi-annual activity! This means that we will start a new TTWW process this fall, trying to get as many high quality papers as possible for the ICED’11-conference, and hold a new Summer School in August 2011 (in Copenhagen this time). In this case, we will invite the PIEp International Partners to participate as well (PhD students from Munich, Cambridge, Stanford, Aalto) to encourage international co-publication.

Research School Admin

Previous Events

• Feb 22/23 and 25/26, 2010
  Media Training Course
• Feb 9, 2010
  Journal Writing Journey Workshop 2 at LTH
• Jan 13, 2010
  Journal Writing Journey Workshop 1 at KTH
• Nov 23-25, 2009
  PIEp Research School Annual Meeting, at KTH and Scania, Södertälje
• Aug 22-29, 2009
  PIEp Summer School @ Stanford including the ICED'09 conference
• March 20, 2009
  CIG Workshop: Cognitive Aspects of innovation - Competence and Learning in Organizations
• Dec 16-17, 2008
  Management CIG meeting. All CIG coordinators and Martin met for two days at 'Såstaholm' outside Stockholm, for the overall planning of PIEp Research School 2009.
• Dec 15, 2008
  IDRE meeting at Lund University.
• Dec 9, 2008
  CAOI-CIG 'LEGO' Workshop at KTH
• Nov 24-26, 2008
  PIEp Annual Event and Research School Meeting 2008. All PIEp PhD students met for two days, with interaction between CIGs and joint presentations.
• Nov 11-13, 2008
  IRCIG meeting in Glasgow. IRCIG met with representatives of the Doctoral Training Center in Medical Devices, at Strathclyde University.
• Oct 14-15, 2008
  Tiger Team Writing Workshop in Luleå. 15 PhD students gathered for two days to create cross-disciplinary and national Tiger Teams for the upcoming PIEp Summer School and ICED'09.
• Sept 10-14, 2008
  IRCIG meeting and Research School Workshop in Lübeck and Hamburg, Germany. Meetings with local research teams and internal research school planning.
• May 21, 2008
  Meeting at KTH for all CIG coordinators.
• April 14-20, 2008
  Research School Workshop in Minneapolis, USA. Med-tech PhD students participated in the 'Design for Medical Devices' annual conference.
• March 31-April 6, 2008
  Research School Workshop at Stanford University, USA. All innovation-focused PhD students participated in a one-week workshop on foresight and strategy.