Together with Patricia Stark (Impact Lab, JKUxLBG) and Thomas Gegenhuber (head of LIFT_C), Rector Stefan Koch welcomed the participants to the get-together themed "WELCOME TO CHANGE". During their opening remarks, they spoke about the transformative power of communities.

As a central program point. Johanna Mair (a university professor at the Hertie School in Berlin, and editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review) gave a keynote speech titled "Innovation and Scaling for Impact - How Effective (Social) Enterprises Do It!", explaining how successful social enterprises scale their impact and attain sustainable progress.

The program featured a variety of so-called “Showcases”, giving the various JKU communities an opportunity to introduce themselves.

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