Welcome to the International Summer Convention 2024 (ISC 2024)

International Summer Convention 2024 (ISC 2024) activities will be a mix of different workshops, research talks, and meetings, and are aimed at the teachers, lecturers, trainers, and academic staff who are working on international projects.

During the week we will be covering such topics and activities as:

  • Intercultural training
  • Research talks (more information about this element will be shared later, as there will be a possibility for several participants to present their research activities)
  • Workshop on the Cross-border projects
  • Workshop on how to run international projects
  • and the series of Project meetings.

We are also working on giving you the opportunity to exchange experience, see what is happening in our many other projects, talk to the different faculties and find new opportunities for your universities.

Register now

Registration deadline is 31.07.2024

In order to submit the application for the event you will need to register in the DEE User Service of the Fachhochschule Dortmund. Please, follow the instructions below to do so.

(If you are registered in EduGain [you can connect to eduroam internet] please use Option B. If you cannot find your university in the list of organisation from Option B, then register manually as described in Option A)

Open the registration instructions

In the Info Guide you can find information about accommodation possibilities, public transportation, places to eat and entertain, other additional hints.

Programme

Downloadable ISC 2024 programme in PDF Format.

9:00 – 10:00   

Welcome Coffee (Room SON F212)

Arrival to the venue.

10:00 – 13:00  

Workshop on Intercultural Training (Room SON F212)
Jasmin Hemmer & Sandra Bolesch

Opportunity for all participants to get to know each other better.

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 16:30

Research Talks Part I (Room SON F211)

Discussion, feedback and cooperation. 
This program item is intended to give all participants the opportunity to present current research projects.

Details about the format and content of Research Talks are defined below. 

16:30 – 17:00

Break

17:00 – 18:30

Research Talks Part II (Room SON F211)

Discussion, feedback and cooperation. 
This program item is intended to give all participants the opportunity to present current research projects. 

Details about the format and content of Research Talks are defined below. 

09:00-13:00

Workshop on InduTwin@scale x International Office (Room SON B005)
Stephan Weyers & Jens Krammenschneider-Hunscha

Compare the tasks, organization and processes of the various International Offices in the network, share best practices and ideally define measures to improve collaboration. 

11:00-13:00

(parallel)

Project Meetings SusProLab (Room SON F211)

Consortium meetings of the DAAD SusProLab project.
This meeting is only for partners of this project

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-16:00

Workshop on Cross-border projects (Room SON F212)
Carsten Wolff

Definition of these kinds of projects, identification of various options and ideally the start of overarching, interdisciplinary cooperation in this area. 

17:30 – open end

Stadium tour

Location: Signal Iduna Park Stadium
Meeting point: BVB-FanWelt entrance
Strobelallee 54, 44139 Dortmund
https://maps.app.goo.gl/qSSdZGPjXk496Zma6

Different Location: KostBar, Emil-Figge-Straße 40a (EFS 40a), 44227 Dortmund

09:00-11:30

Presentation of departments and study programs
Stephan Weyers

Various deans and heads of degree programs are on site to discuss opportunities for cooperation in the individual areas.

11:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:00

Welcome Ceremony
Stephan Weyers & Catrin Randerson

Festive welcome for all participants of the Academic Summer Conference.
Participants will be given the opportunity not only to introduce their universities in front of a very diverse audience, but also to see the relations that the universities have within different international projects and maybe the future collaboration points after this activity.

Details about the university presentation are defined below.

15:15-16:45

Meeting with the rectorate
Stephan Weyers

Discussion with the Rectorate of Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Participants will be given opportunities to talk to the rectorate and see if there are any possibilities for further collaboration.

17:00 – open end

BBQ

Location: In front of Kostbar
All participants are invited to enjoy joint BBQ to further enhance the networking in more informal environment.

09:00-12:00

Lab Tour 
Björn Schäfer & Vinod Rajamani 

Meeting point: SON F, in front of entrance
Guided tour through the laboratories of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Information Technology.

12:00-13:30

Lunch

13:30-17:00

Project Meetings (parallel) 

  • InduTwin@scale (Room SON B005)
  • ProDiT & NomadTrail (Room SON F212)

Consortium meetings of the individual projects.
These meetings are only for the partners of the indicated project.

19:00 – open end

Event dinner

Location: Pfefferkorn Dortmund Hoher Wall
Hoher Wall 38, 44137 Dortmund
https://maps.app.goo.gl/um9knRrJxxXC7LiN9

09:00-12:00

Workshop on How to run international projects (Room SON F212)
Carsten Wolff

12:00-13:30

Lunch

13:30-17:00

Project Consortium meeting of CompIIT (Room SON F212)

Consortium meetings of the Erasmus+ CompIIT project.
This meeting is only for partners of this project.

Additional information about ISC 2024 activities

RESEARCH TALKS
@Monday, 26.08.2024, at 14:30

We offer the registered participants to present their current research during the session called “Research Talks”.
 
Format & duration: the presentation should take max. 10 min. which will be followed by the short Q&A .
There is no provided template, so you can use the format that is convenient to you, make sure you will be able to show it during the Session.
 
Content: tbd
 
Deadlines: If you are presenting your research, please upload your presentation under the section “Upload your presentations” by 15.08.2024 to the registration portal.

PRESENTATION OF YOUR UNIVERSITY DURING THE WELCOME CEREMONY
@Wednesday, 28.08.2024, at 13:30

One representative of each university is invited to make a small presentation and introduce the organisation during the Welcome Ceremony.

Format & duration: the presentation should take max. 3 min. and 1 slide only.
There is no provided template. The only requirement is to use PowerPoint or PDF.
 
Content: explain shortly what the organisation is, from which country, and what international/other interesting activities does it do. Focus on few aspects that are really special about your country/university. Add pictures to give the general audience an exciting impression of your institution.
 
Deadlines: Please upload your slide under the section “Upload your presentations” by 27.08.2024 to the registration portal. We will contact participants separately on this matter via email.

SOCIAL EVENTS

*** We kindly ask you to mark in the registration portal under the section “Your participation in the event” whether you will be attending the social events. ***

STADIUM TOUR
@Tuesday, 27.08.2024 at 17:30

Location: Signal Iduna Park Stadium
Meeting point: BVB-FanWelt entrance
Strobelallee 54, 44139 Dortmund
https://maps.app.goo.gl/qSSdZGPjXk496Zma6

BBQ
@Wednesday, 28.08.2024, at 17:00

Location: Kostbar, Emil-Figge-Str. 40a (EFS 40a)

All participants are invited to enjoy a joint BBQ to further enhance the networking in more informal environment.

EVENT DINNER
@Thursday, 29.08.2024, at 19:00

Location: Pfefferkorn Dortmund Hoher Wall
Hoher Wall 38, 44137 Dortmund
https://maps.app.goo.gl/um9knRrJxxXC7LiN9s 

 

Location​

Directions to Sonnenstr. 96 (SON 96)

From Dortmund Airport (DTM):

Take the “Airport Shuttle Bus” towards the direction of Holzwickede station. From there, take the train in the direction “Dortmund Hbf”. Follow the map on the right to get to the SON 96.

From Düsseldorf Airport (DUS):

Take the “S-Bahn S1/S21” towards the direction of Dortmund. Exit at “Dortmund Hbf”. Follow the map on the right to get to the SON 96.

S4 from Dortmund-Dorstfeld or Dortmund-Lütgendortmund, “Möllerbrücke” stop

  • Take the elevator on the left to the top.
  • Follow the left-hand bend until you reach Möllerbrücke. Stay on the left-hand side and follow the bridge to the end. Then cross the pedestrian crossing.
  • Then keep left and follow the road straight ahead for 500 meters.
  • Cross three side streets (Arneckestraße / Liebigstraße / Poppelsdorfer Straße), then the SON campus is on the right-hand side.

S4 from the direction of Unna, stop “Möllerbrücke”

  • Keep left on the platform and follow the path to the next street (Sonnenstraße).

  • Cross the street, keep left and follow the path. After crossing Poppelsdorfer Straße, the SON campus is on the right-hand side.

U42 from the direction of Hombruch and Grevel, “Möllerbrücke” stop

  • There is an elevator at the escalators that goes all the way to the top and is suitable for wheelchair users.
  • When you reach the “Sonnenstraße” exit, go straight ahead and keep right.
  • There is a pedestrian crossing on the left. Cross this. Then keep left and follow the road for 500 meters.
  • Cross three side streets (Arneckestraße / Liebigstraße / Poppelsdorfer Straße) and you will find the SON campus on the right-hand side.

The Sonnenstraße (SON) campus is located in the immediate vicinity of the B1 federal highway. The B1 can be reached via the A1, A44 and A45 highways.

From Kamener Kreuz, AK Do/Unna and Westhofener Kreuz

On the B1 take the exit “Dortmund-Zentrum”, at the exit turn right onto Ruhrallee (B54), at the 4th street turn left into Sonnenstraße.
 

From AK Do/Witten, AK Do-West and AK Do Northwest

On the B1, take the exit “ZVS/WDR” and turn right at the exit onto Wittekindstr. Then turn left at the traffic lights into Lindemannstraße, then turn right into “Neuer Graben”. At the 4th street turn left into Weisbachstraße and then left into Sonnenstraße.
Directions to Kostbar, Emil-Figge-Str. 40a (EFS 40a)

From Dortmund Airport (DTM):

Take the “Airport Shuttle Bus” towards the direction of Holzwickede station. From there, take the train in the direction “Dortmund HB”, then take the “S-Bahn S1” towards the direction of “Bochum”. Exit at “Universität”.Follow the map on the right to get to the EFS 40a.

From Düsseldorf Airport (DUS):

Take the “S-Bahn S1/S21” towards the direction of Dortmund. Exit at “Universität”.Follow the map on the right to get to the EFS 40a

From Dortmund main station:

Take the “S-Bahn S1” towards the direction of “Bochum”. Exit at “Universität”. 

Follow the map on the right to get to the EFS40a.

Take the metro U42 from the stop “Reinoldikirche”, direction Hombruch. Exit at the stop “An der Palmweide”. You can take several buses from there to campus (445, direction Otto-Hahn-Straße, 462, direction Huckarde Bushof) and 447, direction Huckarde Bushof. Exit at the stop ‘Emil Figge Strasse’ or ‘Dortmund Universität’.

Please, remember that when you go by bus in Dortmund in order to get off, you have to push the red button BEFORE your stop. Otherwise, the bus may not stop at all at the stop you need. All stops are announced.

The campus is closely located to the autobahn intersection “Dortmund West”, where the autobahn A45 crosses the autobahn B1/A40. Take the exit “Dortmund Dorstfeld” on B1/A40 from where road signs lead you to the Technical University (TU Dortmund), FH Dortmund is located in the same area.

Address: Sonnenstr. 96 (SON 96), 44139 Dortmund, Germany 

Address: KostBar, Emil-Figge-Straße 40a (EFS 40a), 44227 Dortmund

Directions to Sonnenstr. 96 (SON 96)

From Dortmund Airport (DTM):

Take the “Airport Shuttle Bus” towards the direction of Holzwickede station. From there, take the train in the direction “Dortmund Hbf”. Follow the map on the right to get to the SON 96.

From Düsseldorf Airport (DUS):

Take the “S-Bahn S1/S21” towards the direction of Dortmund. Exit at “Dortmund Hbf”. Follow the map on the right to get to the SON 96.

S4 from Dortmund-Dorstfeld or Dortmund-Lütgendortmund, “Möllerbrücke” stop

  • Take the elevator on the left to the top.
  • Follow the left-hand bend until you reach Möllerbrücke. Stay on the left-hand side and follow the bridge to the end. Then cross the pedestrian crossing.
  • Then keep left and follow the road straight ahead for 500 meters.
  • Cross three side streets (Arneckestraße / Liebigstraße / Poppelsdorfer Straße), then the SON campus is on the right-hand side.

S4 from the direction of Unna, stop “Möllerbrücke”

  • Keep left on the platform and follow the path to the next street (Sonnenstraße).

  • Cross the street, keep left and follow the path. After crossing Poppelsdorfer Straße, the SON campus is on the right-hand side.

U42 from the direction of Hombruch and Grevel, “Möllerbrücke” stop

  • There is an elevator at the escalators that goes all the way to the top and is suitable for wheelchair users.
  • When you reach the “Sonnenstraße” exit, go straight ahead and keep right.
  • There is a pedestrian crossing on the left. Cross this. Then keep left and follow the road for 500 meters.
  • Cross three side streets (Arneckestraße / Liebigstraße / Poppelsdorfer Straße) and you will find the SON campus on the right-hand side.

The Sonnenstraße (SON) campus is located in the immediate vicinity of the B1 federal highway. The B1 can be reached via the A1, A44 and A45 highways.

From Kamener Kreuz, AK Do/Unna and Westhofener Kreuz

On the B1 take the exit “Dortmund-Zentrum”, at the exit turn right onto Ruhrallee (B54), at the 4th street turn left into Sonnenstraße.
 

From AK Do/Witten, AK Do-West and AK Do Northwest

On the B1, take the exit “ZVS/WDR” and turn right at the exit onto Wittekindstr. Then turn left at the traffic lights into Lindemannstraße, then turn right into “Neuer Graben”. At the 4th street turn left into Weisbachstraße and then left into Sonnenstraße.

In the Info Guide you can find information about:

  • accommodation possibilities;
  • public transportation;
  • places to eat and entertain;
  • other additional hints.
Directions to Emil-Figge-Str. 40a (EFS 40a)

From Dortmund main station:

Take the “S-Bahn S1” towards the direction of “Bochum”. Exit at “Universität”. 

Follow the map on the right to get to the EFS40a.

From Dortmund Airport (DTM):

Take the “Airport Shuttle Bus” towards the direction of Holzwickede station. From there, take the train in the direction “Dortmund HB”, then take the “S-Bahn S1” towards the direction of “Bochum”. Exit at “Universität”.Follow the map on the right to get to the EFS 40a.

From Düsseldorf Airport (DUS):

Take the “S-Bahn S1/S21” towards the direction of Dortmund. Exit at “Universität”.Follow the map on the right to get to the EFS 40a

Address: Sonnenstr. 96 (SON 96), 44139 Dortmund, Germany 

Address: KostBar, Emil-Figge-Straße 40a (EFS 40a), 44227 Dortmund

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