ITALY, Rende and Tropea: Web 3 and Sustainable Intercultural Communication in Calabria

International week in Calabria

The project Web3 and Sustainable Intercultural Communication in Calabria will engage students in designing sustainable business models based on Web 3 technologies, including virtual reality, blockchain, NFTs, the metaverse, and crypto currencies.
The focus will be on business model innovation and platform business models applied to intercultural communication and touristic exchange between Calabria and the participating countries. Students will also explore how artificial intelligence can support and enhance Web 3 technologies, enabling more innovative, interactive, and sustainable intercultural communication and touristic experiences. 

International student groups (4–5 members each) will work together to create an innovative idea that promotes eco-friendly tourism in Calabria, enhancing the region’s environment, culture, creativity, and intercultural exchange. Activities will include practical work with final presentations.

• Each group will be composed of 4/5 students from different countries
• The University activities will consist in few theoretical lessons and mainly practical tasks
• Activities will take place over 5 mornings, from Monday to Friday
• Each group will have to develop the Business Model and Business Plan of a Startup that aims to emerge in the sector of sustainable and digital tourism, focusing on green economy, creativity and cultural exchange.
• Business Information and Communication Technologies
• Intercultural communication  
• Innovation and Digitalization in Tourism

Accommodation and stay package
The accommodation for students in Rende will be at Domus, and all students will stay there.
Unical will offer a to determined full package price for transport, accommodation, breakfast, lunches and some dinners. 
The cost, both in Rende and in Tropea, can be covered with your daily Erasmus+ BIP scholarship. Additionally, you will receive travel allowance within the same scholarship for travelling to Calabria.

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Fontys ICT can send 5 Fontys students Human Centered Design and 5 Strategic Information & Data Architecture!
More information about this partner university: Universitá della Calabria.