Kick-off
3 June 2025
More than 120 university students and entrepreneurs from Denmark, Korea, India, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Ghana, the US, Colombia, and Mexico joined the official welcome to the Next Generation Digital Action as part of Digital Tech Summit 2025.
During the virtual session, participants gained insights into the program and heard a series of short inspirational talks from our partners.
2025 Program (CEST)
15:00
Welcome & introduction to Next Generation Digital Action 2025
Marie Louise Pollmann-Larsen, Team lead – DTU Skylab
15:20
Digital Tech Summit 2024 – Where innovation meets opportunity
Mark Riis, Head of Innovation, DTU Compute & Co-founder, Digital Tech Summi – Digital Tech Summit
15:27
Supporting global exchange and foster innovation among young leaders
Cecilie Rude, Capacity Development Advisor – Danida Fellowship Centre
15:35
Powered by universities and international partners
Carsten Orth Gaarn-Larsen, Senior Vice President – DTU
15:40
Perspectives & advice from alumni’s of Next Generation Digital Action 2024
Chido Fungai Dzinotyiwei, Co-Founder of Vambo AI (South Africa)
Jing Luo, MSc. Student at DTU (Denmark)
Nandakumar E, CEO of ICCW at IIT Madras (India)
16:00
Official session ends and participating students and entrepreneurs stay tuned for your deep-dive sessions
