Digital Business for Sustainable Future

The course will provide students with the opportunity to critically evaluate, optimise and manage various solutions and concepts for organizations and individuals in their endeavour to achieve desired sustainable development goals and higher digital maturity levels. The course will also provide the students with the opportunity to develop the skills of analysing different approaches of smart city development as well as managing obstacles for it. In this course, learners will gain understanding of digital transformation as a key driver of change towards modern business world including change management issues. Besides, the course will also focus on business analytics and dealing with big data as important conditions for taking proper decisions.

Course leader

MANFREDA Anton & TOMAT Luka, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Target group

Master students (and Bachelor students in their final year) as well as recent graduates and young professionals who wish to acquire new knowledge in specific areas

Course aim

The aim of the course is to explain how digital business can support society in achieving sustainable development goals. In this course, students will gain an understanding of the sustainability concept and digital transformation as a key driver of change in cities and communities. The course will also provide students with an explanation of underlying technologies important for the digital transformation of organizations and society. Emphasis will be given on transforming society including smart cities and communities. The aim of the course is to present how digital transformation should be carried out in organizations and cities. The aim is also to provide information about essential smart city characteristics and
different smart city initiatives as well as issues related to developing smart cities and communities.

Credits info

7 EC
Participants can receive the following certificates:

- Certificate of Attendance: awarded after the summer school to all participants who have completed the three-week programme.
- Transcript of Records (with credits and grades): awarded only to participants who complete all course requirements and pass the final examination.

Fee info

EUR 650: You can find more information on our website.

Scholarships

None.