- Dr. Marcus Disselkamp, Business Coaching
Digital (R)evolution: 7th – 8th September 2021
What to expect
- Definition, reasons and impacts from digitization to digital transformation
- Major technical developments from big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain, 3D printing etc.
- Digital business models such as network-, service-, data- and platform economy
- Agile and ambidextrous Leadership including pragmatic tools to overcome barriers
Short course description
The business environment is digital! The growing connectivity of people, machines, and businesses has changed our daily business. In order to keep up and stay competitive, companies must adjust to these demands by digitizing their processes, business models as well as leadership approach. In this course, you will get a digital mindset to embrace innovation and a toolset to bring in fresh ways of thinking.
Cyber Security: 9th – 10th September 2021
What to expect
- Information security governance
- Policies, standards and best practice
- Understanding Risk and countermeasures
- Information security culture & Privacy
- Economics of information security
- Basics of Blockchains
Short course description
The power and reach of converging ICT trends makes it necessary to understand the newest developments of a software-driven, everything-connected world and their implications. This course highlights the challenges a company is facing and offers a toolbox of solutions.
IT-enabled Business Model Innovation:
14th – 15th September 2021
What to expect
- Foundations of Information Management
- IT Strategy and value of IT
- Foundations of Digital Transformation
- IT-enabled Business Model Innovation
- Skills for Digital Transformation
Short course description
This course introduces the foundations, potentials and challenges of Digital Transformation. It equips the participants with the required knowledge on Information Management and IT Strategy to plan, evaluate and implement IT-enabled Business Model Innovations at incumbent organizations.
Managing Technochange: 16th – 17th September 2021
What to expect
- Implementing information system in organisations
- Effecting organisational change
- Agile Transformation
- Leveraging IT for change and digital business
Short course description
The role of IT becomes increasingly important for the corporate strategy of companies. However, this importance depends on the information systems ability to deliver value and their implementation drives organisational performance. Therefore, it is necessary that companies’ information is meaningful and useful to decision making
- Prof. Dr. Philippe Cudré-Mauroux, University of Fribourg
- Dr. Elena Mugellini, University of Applied Sciences Fribourg
Big Data & Interactive Systems: 21st – 22nd September 2021
What to expect
- Big Data (concept, market, tools)
- Where could big data for data science in smart cities come from?
– IoT-Services, social media, smart city architecture, etc.
– What can we do with this data?
– Human-centered AI for cities and business models
– How to apply Soft Computing Methods in this Framework?
Short course description
From business intelligence and big data analytics to application to improve products and services. How can the daily-flood of data be made understandably and usable for successful business decisions? Drowning in data a company in the digital era must know how to handle them but also how to use them in their strategy.
- Amir Tabakovic – Strategist, Innovator, Investor in ML Technology
- Chair of Expert Group Data Privacy and AI at Mobey Forum
- Guest lecturer at ICEMD and ESADE
Artificial Intelligence for Managers: 2nd – 3rd November 2021
What to expect
- Introduction in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
- Data driven organisation and democratisation of AI/ML
- ML problem framing and ML Canvas
- Practical examples of Supervised and Unsupervised ML problems
- Practical exercises: Pricing, Shopping Basket Analysis, Sentiment Analysis…
- AI/ML and Regulations; Consequences of GDPR on AI/ML; Data Privacy and AI
Short course description
This course offers a practical introduction in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) for non-technical business leaders. It helps business domain experts better assess the potential of AI/ML for their businesses, avoid common pitfalls when implementing AI/ML in their organisations and initiate and execute successful data driven projects.
- Dr. Pascal Rey, attorney at law – University of Fribourg
- Dr. Wolfgang Straub, attorney at law, LL.M – Krneta Advokatur Notariat / University of Bern
- Thierry Fasnacht, attorney at law – Krneta Advokatur Notariat
Selected Legal Issues: 4th – 5th November 2021
What to expect
- General principles of contract law regarding sales, agency, work and services
- General rules of conclusion, interpretation and amendment of contracts
- Legal Engineering: a methodology for designing and drafting contracts
- Typology of IT contracts (traditional and agile projects, IT services, Cloud services)
- Breach of contract and methods of securing performance
- Importance of client’s cooperation and rules relevant thereto
Short course description
The iimt course Selected Legal Issues offers a general introduction to Swiss contract law with a key focus on IT projects and services. This course will provide you with a basic understanding of the legal concepts governing your contractual relationships as well as with a proven methodology to develop contracts suitable for your particular business needs. Don’t miss this opportunity and meet other professionals attending.
Competition: 9th – 10th November 2021
What to expect
- Economic fundamentals of competition
- Firms behaviors fundamentals affecting competition
- Competition fundamentals in the digital economy
Short course description
The course on Competition highlights the main economics basis of competition behaviors and developments with a strong emphasis on the Digital Economy features such as for example the price setting algorithms or the impact of the sharing economy on the markets (Uber, Airbnb, etc.). The course scrutinizes the competition patterns in digital markets as well as the competition patterns in digital networks and platforms.
Competitiveness: 11th – 12th November 2021
What to expect
- Overall Framework
- Drivers Firms’ Competitiveness
- Business Environment Impacting Firms’ Competitiveness
Short course description
The course on Competitiveness – organized in collaboration with the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness led by Michael Porter (Harvard Business School) – focuses on the main drivers of competitiveness and how to strengthen the competitiveness of a company. New developments of firms strategies such as created shared value strategies are presented. This course covers inter alia the role of clusters, the impact of the Smart Connected Products and of the so-called “Augmented Reality Technologies” on firms’ competitiveness and the new business opportunities offered by the Smart Cities based on digital technologies.
- Sarianna Benain – Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques (SITA)
- Dr. Jean Binder – Book author and Head of the Life Sciences PMO, Philip Morris International
Project Management: 16th – 19th November 2021
What to expect
- Online and virtual project collaboration – in every course module you will have the opportunity to learn and practice remote tools and techniques that can boost your online meetings and increase your home-office productivity
- Initiate – Get your project started and define your approach (traditional, agile or hybrid)
- Plan – Define your requirements, scope and prepare a backlog or schedule
- Monitor – Establish metrics and use them to monitor the progress of your project
- Communicate – Understand communication challenges and agile techniques across country borders
- Organize – Select the best resources in the right locations to work in agile and self-organizing teams
- Collaborate – Establish trust and collaboration to benefit from multicultural teams
- Close – Use the right steps to foster a continuous improvement and establish sustainable relationships
Short course description
In a very interactive course that can be directly applied at your company during an agile transformation or definition of a new project management method, we will discuss the challenges and benefits of Global Projects and Agile Approaches. You will get a practical insight into the latest trends in research and practice of project management and assess which principles can be applied in their companies to stay ahead in today’s competitive and global economy