SUMMER PROGRAMS 2018 - AN INNOVATIVE ITALIAN CULTURAL & LEARNING EXPERIENCE - H-FARM

SUMMER PR OGRAMS
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A N I N N O V A T I V E I T A L I A N C U LT U R A L & L E A R N I N G E X P E R I E N C E

ITALIAN CULTURAL
& ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOURNEY

We offer students the tools,
the setting and the inspiration they need
to turn their dreams into reality.

Founded in January 2005, H-FARM was the first in the world
to adopt a model that brought together education, investments,
and business consultancy in one place.

Since its founding until today, H-FARM has invested €25M
to support the development of 105 innovative companies,
has helped over 100 of the most important international
brands take advantage of the opportunities made possible
by digital transformation and educates more than
1,000 students through an international and digital didactic
path. Structured like a campus, it is destined to become
the most important innovation hub in Europe.

H-FARM employs more than 600 people in 5 different
locations in Italy and is considered a singularity
at an international level.

O U R C A M P U S T O D AY
Students. Teachers. Managers. Entrepreneurs.
Here, they all live side-by-side,
creating connections, opportunities
and generating ideas.
Making the future a beautiful place.

We prepare students for a future that we can’t
imagine yet, fostering their humanity, investing
in their talent, putting the power of art
and technology into their hands,
empowering them to invent and create.

Carlo Carraro
President, H-FARM Education

S T U D Y I N I T A LY

ITALIAN CULTURAL
& ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOURNEY

Learn, create, explore.

OBJECTIVES

During the two-week program taught
in H-FARM Campus, near Venice, students
learn new concepts and methods,
and experience what Italian creativity really means.

Through specific learning activities
focused on Digital Transformation,
they will be able to apply a creative mindset
to innovation processes.

W H AT D O S T U D E N T D O ?

-   Be engaged in real world challenges
-   Build (problem solving) skills
-   Bond through teamwork
-   Create their own project (product / service)
-   Learn while having fun & experience (visits)
-   Explore new fields as possible future paths
-   Discover how startups work

APPROACH

The course adopts a multidisciplinary approach,
developing a spirit of collaboration, and delivers
new experiential, hands-on methodologies.

All the workshop activities and trips have a strong
experiential and non-conventional component,
in line with our educational philosophy.

S T U D Y I N I T A LY

ITALIAN CULTURAL
& ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOURNEY

A journey into Italy’s longstanding maker culture, designed for the citizens of tomorrow

THE BASE CAMP   D U R AT I O N    STRUCTURE
Venice, Italy   12 full days      10 days of lessons & workshop activities,
H-FARM Campus        + lectures   + 1 weekend of city experience
                     + travel     CHECK IN: Sunday night
                     + meetings   CHECK OUT: Saturday morning

D U R AT I O N    STRUCTURE                     MODULES
12 full days      10 days of lessons &          Cultural discovery
     + lectures   workshop activities,          The Digital Humanist
     + travel     + 1 weekend of city
                                                Innovation Tour
     + meetings   experience
                  CHECK IN: Sunday night
                  CHECK OUT: Saturday morning

STRUCTURE                     MODULES

10 days of lessons &          Cultural discovery
workshop activities,          The Digital Humanist
+ 1 weekend of city
                              Innovation Tour
experience
CHECK IN: Sunday night
CHECK OUT: Saturday morning

MODULES
Cultural discovery

The Digital Humanist

Innovation Tour

S T U D Y I N I T A LY

ITALIAN CULTURAL
& ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOURNEY

MODULES

T R AV E L . L E A R N . C R E AT E .                          C U LT U R A L & L E A R N I N G G O A L S

Led by a team of expert professors and mentors,                -   Present a view of Italy’s cultural and economic heritage
this 2-week Program allows students from all over                  that is fresh, internationally relevant, and future-facing
the world to join us in Venice and experience the best Italy
has to offer.                                                  -   Explore the intersection between art and technology,
                                                                   giving students a chance to look at the opportunities offered
Connect with a community of thriving new startups,
                                                                   by the digital creative economy
learn from true innovators and interact with artists
and entrepreneurs.
                                                               -   Expose students to a network of startup companies
We offer three complementary experiences, because there’s          and an innovative entrepreneurial culture, giving them
more than one way to redefine your future, whether you’re          the chance to have practice with interactions in a fast-growing
a tech pathfinder, a digital humanist or a bold dreamer.           professional environment.

# Cultural discovery
# The Digital Humanist
# Innovation Tour
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C U LT U R A L D I S C O V E R Y

Experience Italy from a different point of view,
learning about the history and future
of our cultural heritage in a playful way.
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# Italy
# Future
# Creative play
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Mnemosyne

A site-sensitive, collaborative project: working with art collective
Effetto Larsen, students will survey, collect, and map emotional
memories connected to people and places they will visit,
co-creating an artistic installation that reinterprets all the locations
(and emotions) they have explored throughout their experience.

Mnemosyne is therefore not only about cultural discovery,
but also about the creative elaboration and exchange of perspectives.

“Made in Italy” Company Visit

Students visit a pioneering company in the field of
“Made in Italy” products (such as Illy, Luxottica, Ferrero),
investigating the cultural meanings behind these products
and the organizational and managerial aspects of running
an internationally successful business.

WhaiWhai Venice

WhaiWhai is a new way to discover a city through story and play.
The game, triggered by a text message, leads students around
Venice to discover up to 60 fascinating stories, in search
of the long-lost Ruyi – Kublai Khan’s legendary scepter,
brought to Venice by Marco Polo in the 13th century.

The Fab Verona

Technologies are breathing a new life into Italy’s longstanding
maker culture. Fab-labs, 3D printers and “artisans of the future”
are making huge contributions to the world of quality Italian
design and manufacturing.

We will visit one of these new hubs, and students will engage
in a printing workshop.

Discover Florence

Students will discover the hidden secrets of Florence,
its unknown gardens, the beauty of the Renaissance
and compare them with Venice artistic and architectural
achievements.

T H E D I G I TA L H U M A N I S T

Learn about creative careers in H-FARM,
and how humanities translate into relevant jobs
in the current digital economy.

# Creativity
# Digital Humanities
# Career Orientation
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BigRock Learning Experience

Students explore our innovative school for computer graphics,
concept art & VR, whose graduates end up working for renowned
film studios such as Dreamworks and Pixar.

Digital Humanities in Venice and Milan

Students will immerse in the innovative scenario of digital humanities
in Venice and Milan, exploring the many ways technology can help
archaeologists, historians, art curators, and other professionals
in expanding and divulging humanistic knowledge.

ARG Exploration

Alternate Reality Games are a new creative medium blending
digital and real life into an immersive narrative universe.
Students will discover how H-FARM uses this medium to reshape
corporate culture and motivate employees of its client companies.

Creative Careers in H-FARM

Students will have a chance to know, mingle and interact
in a structured way with H-FARM’s creative professionals
(designers, art directors, content & project managers)
to learn about opportunities for creative majors in the
digital economy.

T H E I N N O VAT I O N T O U R

Explore the H-FARM ecosystem, the “startup way
of thinking” that permeates it, and how
an entrepreneurial approach can help you succeed
in any type of career.

# Innovation
# Technology
# Entrepreneurship

H-FARM Learning Experience

Students explore the H-FARM ecosystem, getting to know
startups and interacting with our community.

VR Projects in H-FARM

Students learn about fringe innovation projects happening
in H-FARM in the field of Virtual Reality technologies,
and also get to experience some of them directly.

Personal Branding Workshop

Students apply a typical startup framework to their personal
lives, evaluating their potential and mapping opportunities
for their own professional development.

Showcase day

A “matinée” in which exchange students can share their
cultural discovery projects with the H-FARM community,
enjoy some time together, and reflect on their journey.

S T U D Y I N I T A LY

ITALIAN CULTURAL
& ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOURNEY

What’s included?

HOUSING

Students can reside in Tenuta Ca’ Tron, an old farm
now converted into a housing structure, that serves
as the headquarters for the wide farming area
in the surroundings.

The estate offers double rooms, recently restructured
and with their own private bathrooms.

Services also include a weekly change of linen, as well
as the cleaning of rooms and common spaces.

A laundry service (using tokens) is available
to boarding students.

NOT ONLY MEALS
Our program is all inclusive
(except flights & visa, nonetheless we can help)

-   All meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
-   Accommodation
-   All transport from/to airport pickup from/to H-FARM
-   All learning materials

PA R T N E R

FEE
€ 3,200 per student (VAT not included)
A 10% discount is offered for a group
of at least 15 students.

STARTING DATES
From May 20 to 31, 2019
(Check-in Sunday, May 19 - Check-out Saturday, June 1)
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From July 22 to August 2 , 2019
(Check-in Sunday, July 21 - Check-out Saturday, August 3)
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SUMMER PR OGRAMS 2019

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