Previous Year Event Insight
Welcome to the International Summer Convention 2025 (ISC 2025)
Application Process
How to Apply?
First of all, please register yourself in our DEE system to be able to access our “Event Planner” service. You will find instructions on how to create an account in the Attached Guide.
As soon as you have your account and you are logged in, you be able to find the event page of our International Summer Convention 2025 under this link.
Please if you are interested in joining our event register yourself as soon as possible by clicking on DEE system.
NOTE: Amount of seats is limited
Event Information
The International Summer Convention 2025 (ISC 2025) activities will be a mix of different workshops, research talks, and meetings. and is aimed at the teachers, lecturers, trainers, and academic staff who are working with international projects (not only related to Fachhochschule Dortmund). The training week is covering such topics as:
- Intercultural training
- Research presentations
- Workshop on the Cross-border projects
- Workshop on processes in the International Office
- Train the Trainer courses
- 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. The event is held with the support of such projects as Erasmus+ KA220-HED NomadTrail, DAAD SusProLab, DAAD InduTwin@Scale, Erasmus+ CBHE CompIIT, Erasmus+ KA171 and DAAD Eastern Partnership projects Participation is free of charge and the language of the event is English.
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. ***
GUIDED TOUR OF BORUSSIA DORTMUND SOCCER TEAMS’S STADIUM
@Monday, 25.08.2025
Location: Strobelallee 50
Meeting Point:
In front of BVB-Welt Strobelallee 54 at 16.45
All participants are invited to the guided tour of Borussia Dortmund Soccer Team’s Stadium. We only require you to register for the tour via the registration portal so that we can finish the organisational matters.
VISITING KIU
@Tuesday, 26.08.2025
Location: Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse, 44137 Dortmund
EVENT DINNER
@Thursday, 28.08.2025
Location: Pfefferkorn, Hafenpromenade 1-2, 4463 Dortmund.
All participants are invited to the Event Dinner. We only require you to register for the dinner via the registration portal so that we can finish the organisational matters.
BBQ
@Wednesday, 27.08.2024, at 16:00
Location: Fachhochschule Dortmund
In front of Kostbar
Emil-Figge-Str. 40a (EFS 40a)
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All participants are invited to enjoy a joint BBQ to further enhance the networking in a more informal environment. Please indicate in the registration portal whether you will take part in the activity so that we can finish the organisational matters.
Programme
Downloadable Programme of ISC 2025 in PDF Format.
Monday, 25.08 (SON 96)
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Welcome Coffee & Registration Arrival to the venue at Fachhochschule Dortmund Sonnenstraße 96, 44139 Dortmund |
| 10:00 – 12:30 | Welcome Workshop by Gerrida Vorster An interactive session designed to break the ice and build connections among International Summer Conference participants. Through engaging intercultural discussions and collaborative activities, attendees will explore diverse perspectives, discover common ground, and establish a foundation of mutual understanding. The aim of the workshop is to create an environment for participants to connect and set a positive tone for the week ahead. |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 16:00 | Lab Tour |
Tuesday, 26.08 (SON 96)
| 09:00-13:00 | International Strategy Workshop: From Paper to Practice by the International Office Parallel Workshop on Project Based Learning An interactive session for educators, lecturers and those who facilitate workshops. Together, participants explore project-based learning approaches. Participants will discuss PBL fundamentals and experience practical group work activities that demonstrate key principles in action. |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-16:00 | Project Meetings (InduTwin@scale& Kick Off UA4PIM) Consortium meetings of the individual projects.These meetings are only for the partners of the indicated project. |
| 16:00-17:00 | Project Meetings (CompIIT) Consortium meetings of the individual projects. These meetings are only for the partners of the indicated project. |
Wednesday, 27.08 (EFS 40a)
| 09:30-12:00 | Poster Exhibition & Meeting the Rectorate Various deans and heads of degree programs are on site to discuss opportunities for cooperation in the individual areas. There is a possibility to make a poster of your university and its activities The event is organised like a market where people can move around and talk to the presenters of posters etc. Format: Size may be DIN A1 or DIN A0. Content: You are invited (but not mandatory) to present your university, study programme, country, etc. on a poster which we will put on display. You can also provide information material. Deadlines: Please tell us in advance, during the registration if and what you want to present (title, short abstract of 100-200 words) and upload your poster latest until 31.07.2025 via the DEE system. |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-16:00 | Welcome Ceremony Festive welcome for all participants of the International Summer Convention. Presentation of the universities Format & duration: the presentation should take max. 2 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 31.07.2025 to the DEE system. We will contact participants separately on this matter via email. *** Presentation of the international projects During the Welcome Ceremony also will be presented current international project by the participating in the project organisations. Format & duration: the presentation should take max. 2 min and 1 slide only. There is no provided template. The only requirement is to use PowerPoint or PDF. Content: a brief presentation of the project, its goals, partners, results & outcomes (if any) interesting facts etc. Deadlines: Please upload your slides under the section “Upload your presentations” by 31.07.2025 to the DEE system. |
| 16:00 – open end | Event BBQ All participants are invited to enjoy joint BBQ to further enhance the networking in more informal environment. |
Thursday, 28.08 (SON 96)
| 09:00-12:30 | Research presentations Discussion, feedback and cooperation. This program item is intended to give all participants the opportunity to present current research projects.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: The idea of the research talks is to foster cooperation in science and research between the partners and with Fachhochschule Dortmund. The presentations may deliver more of an overview of research activities rather than a thematic deep-dive into one topic. The presentations will be collected and made available to the participants, same as contact information. Deadlines: If you are presenting your research, please upload your presentation under the section “Upload your presentations” by 31.07.2025 to the DEE system. |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:00-16:00 | Train the Trainer Session on Artificial Intelligence by Gerrida Vorster, Miguel Angel Sanchez Lopez, Blanca Callejas, Pablo Boza Torrejon The session explores modern learning approaches for digital-native students. We look into Gen Z/Gen Alpha mindsets, the TikTok Generation and integrating AI and teacher tech tools in educational settings and taking responsibility for adapting our teaching environments to meet their needs. Parallel Project Meetings (NomadTrail) Parallel Open PhD Colloquium This is an open PhD colloquium/workshop for PhD students from management research/social sciences research. Interested persons – regardless of the stage of their research project – are invited to join Prof. Albrecht’s team either by providing insights into their PhD project (10-15 min presentation slots) or by just actively participating in the discussions. Prof. Albrecht is a project management lecturer at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts’ Faculty of Business Studies and co-director of the European Master in Project Management master programme. Places are limited and application is required; please email Prof. Albrecht at jan.albrecht@fh-dortmund.de by Wednesday, Aug 20th, latest. |
Friday, 29.08 (SON 96)
| 09:00-10:30 | Workshop on International Meetings by Henri de Jongste, PhD In this workshop, we will discuss the need to train students in intercultural meetings skills. We will analyse the role of culture in meeting styles, discuss challenges of intercultural communication in meetings, and ask how we can design formats that optimise the chance of success. |
| 10:30-12:30 | Workshop on how to run Cross-border Projects by Carsten Wolff, PhD International projects in higher education are one of the most important tools to foster deeper and more sustainable cooperation among universities. During the ISC 2024, most of the partners join based on an ongoing cooperation in international projects, e.g. funded by Erasmus+ or by DAAD. Meanwhile, a body of methods and best practices has evolved on how to apply for such projects and how to run them successfully. Within our consortia, we started to compile guidelines and collect tools. Project-based learning is a common didactic format in higher education. The workshop will dive into the methods for conducting projects with students from different countries, participating on-site (e.g. in a summer school) or in a virtual setting. This format borrows ideas from (COIL). In the international networks of Fachhochschule Dortmund, we conduct such (virtual) cross-border projects for many years. For prior reading, we recommend our ICL2023 paper “Competence-based Support for Project-based Learning in Virtual Settings” (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-26190-9_25). The goal of the workshop is to familiarise with the didactic format, to share experiences and best practices, and hopefully to initiate 2-3 joint cross-border projects for the coming year. The materials for the workshop can be found here. |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch & Official Goodbye |
Location
By plane
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.
By train (S-Bahn)
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.
By subway (U-Bahn)
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.
By car
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
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.
By plane
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
By train (S-Bahn)
From Dortmund main station:
By subway (U-Bahn) and bus
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.
By car
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.
Info Guide
In the Info Guide you can find information about:
- accommodation possibilities;
- public transportation;
- places to eat and entertain;
- other additional hints.
Funded By
Contact us
Event Coordinator:
Ekaterina Hermann
ekaterina.hermann@fh-dortmund.de
Catrin Randersen
catrin.randersen@fh-dortmund.de