Programme

What do you think motivates people to come to work each morning?

Do you believe that they are driven by self-actualisation, creativity, curiosity and individual or team performance? Or do you think that they look at work as a necessary burden, and they are simply motivated by financial benefits, social responsibility, or even fear?

These assumptions about your peers and team members can have a significant influence on how you manage them. The Theory X and Theory Y concept was developed in the 1960s by the acknowledged social psychologist, Douglas McGregor. His theories are still important even today. In this Young Leaders’ Forum Leadership Seminar, you will get a short insight into your own current assumptions about people’ motivation for work.

Social media has been growing rapidly as a type of online communication tool, as users make comments, shares and put videos, photos, and posts on social network at a remarkable rate. As environmental issues are becoming more prevalent and frequently acknowledged, more environment-related information reach society. How social media can affect our way of thinking about environmental questions? How smart applications can shape our lifestyle and consumer behaviour? Who is responsible for the enormous amount of environment-related fake news and disinformation, and how we can tackle this challenge?

The workshop will focus on the impact of the interplay between scientific misinformation, news coverage, and social media platforms on the public understanding of science and technological innovation. The participants will have the chance to exchange their ideas and experiences with an expert about good practices in sharing quality information, including some useful tools against disinformation. How to recognise disinformation and fake news? How to tackle disinformation in science in the post-truth era when mistrust in the media, the scientific community, and politicians is growing? How to help platforms such as Facebook, Google, and YouTube, which act as gatekeepers of online information, to promote credible sources of information? One of the authors of the book Nejlepsí kniha o fake news (Best book about fake news – Cpress, 2018) will guide you into the world of fake information, and show you good practices of how to avoid being deceived.

Preparation for the Three-Minute Challenge

Kitchen Budapest (KiBu) is an open innovation lab, with young researchers and developers forming a team. KiBu supports enterprise growth through activating and involving external innovation capabilities to solve business and technological challenges. KiBu incorporates three functions including research and development (prototyping, testing, service design, UX/UI design), education (next generation programmes) and industry collaboration. YLF participants will have the chance to visit the innovation lab, get an insight into its activities, and discover some of its most interesting projects.

The aim of YLF is to present young professionals with a good example, a role model who can inspire them in their career path. It is an opportunity for the participants to have a face-to-face conversation with a senior expert who will share his/her personal experiences and will answer career-related questions. The purpose of this session is to share examples, steps, and tips to the participants to help them plan their career in a practical way.

In 2016, leading representatives of economy classified uncertainties in the water sector as the biggest global risk of the next ten years. About four billion people, representing nearly two-thirds of the world’s population, experience severe water scarcity during at least one month of the year. The availability of water affects many of mankind’s social and economic actions and is an essential component of ecosystems. What are the main challenges and possibilities in the water sector? How technology and innovation can contribute to solving water-related challenges? Do we have enough knowledge and resources, and if not, what is the missing element?

An elevator pitch is a short summary of an idea, product, or plan that explains the concept in a way that any listener can understand in a short period of time. The reason it is called an elevator pitch is that you should be able to present it during a brief elevator ride. If you present it in the right manner, this short speech can help you to introduce yourself to career and business connections in a fascinating way.

This speech is all about you: who you are, what you do, and what you want to do. Your elevator pitch is a way to share your expertise and explain your new research plan/idea/initiative/product quickly and effectively with people who do not know you.

The 3-minute challenge’s aim is to increase participants’ capacity to effectively explain their ideas, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist/semi-specialist audience. Learning the quintessence of this method will help our participants to develop not only their communication skills, but also to think about their research in a more critical way, and successfully deliver their message to a broader audience.