The Startups and Innovation Working Group examines how education institutions can strengthen their role as drivers of innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth.

The aim is to surface strategies that help design effective commercialisation pathways, nurture entrepreneurial mindsets, and create environments that enable rapid testing of innovative solutions.

It also considers how institutions can expand their capacity by engaging with external partners, contributing to ecosystems, and developing approaches to track the lasting outcomes of their entrepreneurial activities.

2026 / 2027 Meeting Schedule
7
May
2026
TBC
July
2026
TBC
October
2026
TBC
January
2027

Chairperson

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Baba Sheba

Director of Digital Transformation, City St George's, University of London
Chairperson
Baba Sheba
Director of Digital Transformation, City St George's, University of London

Recordings

Recordings

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If you would like to be involved in this Thematic Working Group, please reach out to the DEC team. All sessions are exclusively for DEC member institutions.

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