Location: Aarhus, Denmark
Program: The Power of Events: Sustainable Development and Event Experience Design at The Ocean Race Aarhus, Denmark, 2023
Dates: May 28 – June 7, 2023
Program Fee: 150€ (including accommodations)
Bursary: up to $3,000 CAD
Note: This opportunity has an early deadline of January 27, 2023
About:
The Power of Events - is an on-site Summer School Programme. It offers face to face contact with event organizers, involved sustainability developers, event guests, and participants. The global event vibe and the local atmospherics work as an up close object of study and the student participating in the programme will, through a relevant case challenge, get involved, get experience and get theoretical understanding on sustainable event experience design during the unfolding of a global event. Learning and case work will take place at different interesting locations – on-site at the event village, at business partners, in the tech areas, and at sea etc.
Students will focus on the following themes, topics and theory:
- Experience Design and New Green Experience Economy
- The Ocean Race Stopover Aarhus as a platform for case work and hands-on experiences during a MEGA event
- Sustainability and the UN SDGs
- Doughnut economy
- Experience economy
- Environmentally sustainable event design
- Climate understanding and planetary boundaries
- Sustainable business plans
- Marketing and communication
- Cross-cultural learning about sustainability and green transition
Earn Humber Elective Credit:
Earn transfer credit to satisfy one GNED course (diploma) or lower-level breadth elective (SCC Category) course (degree) from Humber. Must be approved in advance by Humber College.
What is Included in the Program Fee?
- Accommodations: The city of Aarhus offers free dorm accommodation (8 people sharing)
- Lunch is provided
- Travel health insurance for the program dates, arranged by Humber
- Summer tuition fees are waived at Humber and normal tuition will be due in the Fall 2023 semester
Accommodation
The City of Aarhus offers free dorm accommodation (8 people sharing) for Business Academy Aarhus partners for the entire period.
Want to Learn More?
*Please note, you must apply for this program via Humber’s Internal Application Portal. Applications directly to the host institution will not be eligible for nomination to this institution.
Note: Program details and inclusions are subject to change.