International Summer Convention

Welcome Coffee & Registration 
Arrival to the venue at Fachhochschule Dortmund
Sonnenstraße 96, 44139 Dortmund

Lab Tour 
Guided tour through the laboratories of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Information Technology.

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Project Meetings (Kick Off UA4PIM)
Consortium meetings of the individual projects.
These meetings are only for the partners of the indicated project.

Guided tour of Borussia Dortmund Soccer Team's Stadium 
All participants are invited to the guided tour of Borussia Dortmund Soccer Team’s Stadium. We only require you to register for the tour via the registration portal so that we can finish the organisational matters. 

Location: Strobelallee 50, 44139 Dortmund

Meeting Point: Strobelallee 54, 44139 Dortmund (in front of BVB-Fanwelt)

International Strategy Workshop: From Paper to Practice
by the International Office

Compare international strategies and share best practices for putting strategic goals into practice. Discuss different real-life scenarios, identify bottlenecks and enablers, and create your own action plan. This workshop is particularly aimed at representatives of international offices and program/project coordinators of international projects.

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Workshop on Project Based Learning 
by Gerrida Vorster, Miguel Angel Sanchez Lopez, Blanca Callejas, Pablo Boza Torrejon

An interactive session for educators, lecturers and those who facilitate workshops. Together, participants explore project-based learning approaches. Participants will discuss PBL fundamentals and experience practical group work activities that demonstrate key principles in action.

Project Meetings (InduTwin@scale)
Consortium meetings of the individual projects.
These meetings are only for the partners of the indicated project.

Project Meetings (CompIIT)
Consortium meetings of the individual projects.
These meetings are only for the partners of the indicated project.

Visiting KiU
All participants are invited to the StoryLab kiU. It will be a social event, visiting an exhibition, snacks and drinks on the rooftop with a beautiful view over the city

Location & Meeting Point: Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse, 44137 Dortmund

Poster Exhibition & Meeting the Rectorate
Various deans and heads of degree programs are on site to discuss opportunities for cooperation in the individual areas. There is a possibility to make a poster of your university and its activities. The event is organised like a market where people can move around and talk to the presenters of posters etc.

Format: Size may be DIN A1 or DIN A0.

Content: You are invited (but not mandatory) to present your university, study programme, country, etc. on a poster which we will put on display. You can also provide information material.

Deadlines: Please tell us in advance, during the registration if and what you want to present (title, short abstract of 100-200 words) and upload your poster latest until 31.07.2025 via the DEE system.
If you cannot bring a printed poster, we can print it for you. The best would be to send a PDF, docx or pptx. In case you need printing, please upload your poster until 31.07.2025 latest.

Participants will be given the opportunity not only to introduce their universities in front of a very diverse audience, but also to see the relations that the universities have within different international projects and maybe the future collaboration points after this activity.

Presentation of the universities
One representative of each university is invited to make a small presentation and introduce the organisation during the Welcome Ceremony.

Format & duration: the presentation should take max. 2 min. and 1 slide only.
There is no provided template. The only requirement is to use PowerPoint or PDF.

Content: explain shortly what the organisation is, from which country, and what international/other interesting activities does it do. Focus on few aspects that are really special about your country/university. Add pictures to give the general audience an exciting impression of your institution.

Deadlines: Please upload your slide under the section “Upload your presentations” by 31.07.2025 to the DEE system. We will contact participants separately on this matter via email.

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Presentation of the international projects
During the Welcome Ceremony also will be presented current international project by the participating in the project organisations.

Format & duration: the presentation should take max. 2 min and 1 slide only.
There is no provided template. The only requirement is to use PowerPoint or PDF.

Content: a brief presentation of the project, its goals, partners, results & outcomes (if any) interesting facts etc.

Deadlines: Please upload your slides under the section “Upload your presentations” by 31.07.2025 to the DEE system.

Location: Fachhochschule Dortmund
In front of Kostbar
Emil-Figge-Str. 40a (EFS 40a, 44227 Dortmund

All participants are invited to enjoy a joint BBQ to further enhance the networking in a more informal environment. Please indicate in the registration portal whether you will take part in the activity so that we can finish the organisational matters.

This program item is intended to give all participants the opportunity to present current research projects.

Format & duration: the presentation should take max. 10 min. which will be followed by the short Q&A .There is no provided template, so you can use the format that is convenient to you, make sure you will be able to show it during the Session.

Content: The idea of the research talks is to foster cooperation in science and research between the partners and with Fachhochschule Dortmund. The presentations may deliver more of an overview of research activities rather than a thematic deep-dive into one topic. The presentations will be collected and made available to the participants, same as contact information.

Deadlines: If you are presenting your research, please upload your presentation under the section “Upload your presentations” by 31.07.2025 to the DEE system.

Train the Trainer Session on Artificial Intelligence 
by Gerrida Vorster, Miguel Angel Sanchez Lopez, Blanca Callejas, Pablo Boza Torrejon

The session explores modern learning approaches for digital-native students. We look into Gen Z/Gen Alpha mindsets, the TikTok Generation and integrating AI and teacher tech tools in educational settings and taking responsibility for adapting our teaching environments to meet their needs.  

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Project Meetings (NomadTrail)
Consortium meetings of the individual projects.
These meetings are only for the partners of the indicated project.

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Open PhD Colloquium
by Jan Christoph Albrecht, PhD

This is an open PhD colloquium/workshop for PhD students from management research/social sciences research. Interested persons - regardless of the stage of their research project - are invited to join Prof. Albrecht's team either by providing insights into their PhD project (10-15 min presentation slots) or by just actively participating in the discussions. Prof. Albrecht (Öffnet in einem neuen Tab)  is a project management lecturer at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts' Faculty of Business Studies and co-director of the European Master in Project Management master programme. Places are limited and application is required; please email Prof. Albrecht at jan.albrechtfh-dortmundde  by Wednesday, Aug 20th, latest.

ISC25 Event Dinner

Location: Pfefferkorn, Hafenpromenade 1-2, 44263 Dortmund

All participants are invited to the Event Dinner. We only require you to register for the dinner via the registration portal so that we can finish the organisational matters.

Workshop on how to run Cross-border Projects
by Carsten Wolff, PhD

International projects in higher education are one of the most important tools to foster deeper and more sustainable cooperation among universities. During the ISC 2024, most of the partners join based on an ongoing cooperation in international projects, e.g. funded by Erasmus+ or by DAAD. Meanwhile, a body of methods and best practices has evolved on how to apply for such projects and how to run them successfully. Within our consortia, we started to compile guidelines and collect tools.

The goal of the workshop is to introduce and systemise these methods and best practices. Participants are expected to contribute their experiences and ideas. The workshop has two immediate goals: 1) we want to compile a methods handbook for international cooperation projects, and 2) we want to initiate new funding applications for the future of our partnerships and consortia.

Project-based learning is a common didactic format in higher education. The workshop will dive into the methods for conducting projects with students from different countries, participating on-site (e.g. in a summer school) or in a virtual setting. This format borrows ideas from (COIL). In the international networks of Fachhochschule Dortmund, we conduct such (virtual) cross-border projects for many years.

For prior reading, we recommend our ICL2023 paper “Competence-based Support for Project-based Learning in Virtual Settings” (Öffnet in einem neuen Tab) . The goal of the workshop is to familiarise with the didactic format, to share experiences and best practices, and hopefully to initiate 2-3 joint cross-border projects for the coming year.

The materials for the workshop can be found here (Öffnet in einem neuen Tab) .