Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

The University of Silesia invites all students, graduates and employees to use the open Consultation Point, which has been launched in the SpinPLACE space.

The point is aimed at people with innovative business or social innovation ideas. As part of the Point, you can implement your own business idea, social project, creative cultural or artistic project.

SpinPLACE is a place for everyone. Regardless of your field of study and previous experience, you can join the project to be able to develop your skills and put your ideas into practice!

The consultation point operates in Scale-up at 5 Bankowa Street in Katowice after prior e-mail reservation.

Schedule:

• May: 07.05, 22.05, 28.05
• June: 04.06, 12.06, 18.06, 24.06

Opening hours: 11:00–13:00

Registration: transfer@us.edu.pl

1.Idea development – regardless of the field:

• Support in the preparation of the project:
• • help you understand how to turn your passion into a concrete initiative, whether it’s an art exhibition, a social project, or a business idea.
• Idea Generation and Testing:
• • help in finding a specific idea and guiding you through the creative process that will help you discover new possibilities in an interesting field.

2.Skills useful in the career:

• Social and educational projects:
• • the opportunity to use your own skills to develop innovative business, educational or social projects.
• Pitching and pitching ideas:
• • learning how to talk about your projects convincingly – useful not only in business, but also in professional life, e.g. when defending your master’s thesis or applying for grants.
• Creating effective presentations:
• • learning how to prepare slides that will impress, as well as how to give a presentation with a large dose of confidence.

3.Contacts and promotion:

• Cooperation network:
• • assistance in establishing cooperation with people and institutions that can help in the development of the project.
• Promotion of projects:
• • The University of Silesia actively supports the initiatives of its students, graduates and employees – by helping them reach a wider audience.

4.Technical and legal support:

• Intellectual property protection:
  • Assistance in the process of obtaining patents, copyrights and securing ideas.
• Prototyping:
  • support in prototyping and project implementation – regardless of whether a physical product or an artistic concept is created.
  • the possibility of using technical and specialist support – access to the facilities of 3D printers.