European Leadership for science and technology – A Premier Leadership Programme for European Innovation

Leading Innovation in industrial Science and Technology is part of the European Leadership Programme on Industrial Science (ELPIS) developed as a collaboration between leading technical universities in Europe (The university alliance EuroTeQ).

The course objective is to equip leaders across disciplines to take charge of developing new, innovative and sustainable products from research, science and technology across universities and companies, so that it becomes market-leading innovation and a source of strategic renewal and resilience for a company.

The course will provide you with skills to catalyze market-leading innovations and drive strategic renewal and resilience in their organizations by spotting opportunities for development and creating groundbreaking insights into what technology can provide us with in terms of business advantages and security more broadly.

As technology and science fields are increasingly converging, new opportunities for groundbreaking innovation emerge. This requires exceptional leadership to identify opportunities, influence the innovation agenda, navigate uncertainty in the current geopolitical environment and inspire teams. 

An empowering experience at the intersection of leadership and technology
We seek to address the current burning platform issues at play across society and industry in order to ensure European competitiveness, resilience and security in a more and more complex and volatile world. This includes understanding both the stakes and the opportunities this opens for creating new services and products – including for both civil and military purposes through the dual use of technologies.

In this course we will guide you into an interdisciplinary understanding of the leadership needed in this situation, and with these demands to lead innovation and change at a large scale to enable companies to thrive and survive under these conditions.

Many of todays and tomorrow’s innovations happen where technologies intersect. We will explore how to lead the opportunity frontier from key enabling and critical technologies such as advanced quantum computing and big data, digitization, life science and bio solutions, technology in energy, manufacturing and materials, nano-electronics and photonics, AI, and e-connectivity and cybersecurity.

This is important because these technologies are the driving forces in Europe’s technological sovereignty agenda.

Nurture big opportunities
You will engage with your peer domain experts as well as with top academics across disciplines and explore the possibilities that the convergence between these technologies reveals. Our best professors will be forming a faculty selected specifically for this course.

Together with peers from across Europe and the inspiring faculty, you will be able to discuss game-changing opportunities.

The participants in the course will have unparalleled access to the latest research within and across research from DTU and partner universities, established companies, and startups.

Interested in participating?
Are you an R&D senior specialist or team leader, a senior industrial scientist or domain expert in industry predominantly from research – or are you a mid- to senior level business, HR and product manager seeking a deeper understanding of how to create innovation through technology and research innovation, then this 4-day course at DTU is for you.

Sign up now or contact our Senior Executive Officer if you want to learn more about this course or if you have any questions.  We look forward to seeing you!

Questions: Contact Ulla Gade Bisgaard

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Join a European Community of practice
This course is just the beginning. By attending, you will join a community of practice across industries and the best technical universities in Europe with deep experts from the following fields: advanced manufacturing, advanced materials, life-science technologies, micro/nano-electronics and photonics, AI, security, and connectivity.

This course is a prelude to the pioneering European executive programme for top tech engineers and experts, ELPIS “The European Leadership Program on Industrial Science” which will be launched as a fully modular executive certificate program in June 2025 with stand-alone courses will be offered across leading technical universities in Europe. To read more, click here.

This program isn’t just about learning; it’s about leading the future of industrial science and technology. Join a network of visionary leaders who are shaping the next wave of technological and scientific breakthroughs.

Lead Professor

Liisa Välinkangas

Prof. Organization Science and Technology, Head of Section Department for Technology, Management and Economy, DTU Management

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Tim Booth

Prof. DTU Physics

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Lead Facilitator

Stephane Guerraz

External lecture, DTU Executive MBA

Stephane Guerraz holds an MBA from UC Berkeley in California, a Master in Artificial Intelligence, is a CFA Charterholder and an actuary.

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Berit Sander

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What is the ELPIS programme?

The European Leadership Program for Industrial Scientists (ELPIS) is a new executive education, which will be launched in June 2025. The course “Impact From Life Science: Shaping Opportunities at the Intersection of Technologies” is a prelude to the pioneering European executive programme for top tech engineers and experts. Six leading European technical universities have partnered with DTU on this project, assembling a carefully selected team of top faculty from various departments, alongside distinguished external speakers from leading institutions and companies.

ELIPS aim to address the challenges faced by European industries and companies, which are under pressure to remain competitive globally. To achieve this, companies need to identify the biggest opportunities for innovation through research in AI, biotech and photonics and effectively capture these opportunity- and innovation spaces.

The programme introduces a unique approach to leadership for specialists, blending interdisciplinary insights to identify growth opportunities at the intersection of key technologies like life sciences, advanced materials, photonics, and AI. It aims to help participants shape company strategies through research leadership while building a network of science and technology leaders across Europe.

Programme design

The Programme consists of 5 modules each of 4 days length, and are in-person and will be held on-site at the seven different universities in Europe. The first module “Leadership for Specialists” is followed by 3 technology modules and finalized by a Capstone Project module.

What is EuroTeQ?

EuroTeQ is an European University Alliance consisting of 7 of the leading technical universities EuroTeQ Engineering University • Engineer the future with us! (eurotech-universities.eu)) DTU, CTU, TalTech, EPFL, TU/e, l’X, TUM.

Together the seven universities unveil a groundbreaking executive program for leading engineers and scientists to catalyze the European industries of tomorrow.

This Executive Program brings together senior industrial specialists & scientists from industry with leading professors and researchers from the most highly ranked technical universities in Europe to catalyze the development of leadership in the field of Key Enabling Technologies and thereby strengthen the competitiveness of European industries of tomorrow. More information will follow soon.