The EIC Fall-Winter School returns this year with a timely focus: Talent & Culture for Growth. Organised by the EIC Business Acceleration Services, as part of the EIC Community Programme, this two-day online school will take place on 31 October and 7 November 2025, offering EIC-backed innovators key insights and tools to scale people, purpose, and performance.
Talent is your greatest asset, and culture is the operating system of your innovation. Whether you're hiring your first team member or scaling across markets, this training is designed to help you align people with purpose, and culture with growth.
The EIC Fall-Winter School 2025 will help EIC beneficiaries unlock growth by designing talent strategies, building inclusive cultures, and leading with purpose.
Apply by 30 September
to both sessions, 31 October and 7 November 2025
This exclusive training will dive into the intersection of talent development, leadership, and organisational culture. Through expert-led sessions and hands-on exchanges, beneficiaries will explore how to create environments where people thrive, teams grow, and missions scale.
Session 1 – Building Talent & Culture strategies for sustainable growth
31 October, 09:00 – 13:00 CET
In this session, we will address guidelines and instructions on:
- Designing a talent strategy aligned with your company’s mission and growth objectives.
- Shaping a strong, inclusive company culture that attracts and retains top talent.
- Building an employer brand that reflects your values and speaks to purpose-driven professionals.
- Best practices for onboarding and fostering employee engagement from day one.
- Identifying and developing high-potential talent across diverse profiles.
- Creating a culture of performance, continuous feedback, and psychological safety.
- Tools and platforms to streamline recruitment, engagement, and team development.
- Leading with empathy and values: the role of leadership in shaping culture.
Session 2 – Leading the Future Workforce: Inclusion, Well-being & Hybrid Teams
7 November, 09:00–13:00 CET
In this session, we will address guidelines and instructions on:
- Understanding and adapting to future workforce trends (remote, hybrid, multi-generational teams).
- Managing distributed teams while preserving a cohesive and human-centric culture.
- Improving gender inclusiveness in leadership, hiring, and workplace practices.
- Implementing DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) strategies that go beyond compliance.
- Promoting employee well-being and resilience as part of cultural sustainability.
- Rethinking leadership: emotional intelligence, inclusive decision-making, and collaborative dynamics.
- Meet EIC-funded beneficiaries working on innovative HR tech and talent culture solutions.
Important:
To guarantee a good learning and interactive experience, each session will be limited to a maximum of 40 participants.
The EIC Winter School will not be recorded.
One beneficiary per EIC-funded project may attend (N.B: there is the possibility to delegate in case of inability to attend).
Important: The selected participants will receive a confirmation via email by 7 October.
Who can apply?
All the EIC-backed innovators are welcome to apply, namely EIC Awardees from the EIC Accelerator, EIC Transition and EIC Pathfinder funding schemes.
Curious about the trainers?
The trainers will be announced soon!
Do you have any questions?
For questions and support regarding this event, please don’t hesitate to contact us through the contact form (please choose “EIC Fall-Winter School 2025” as the category).
About the EIC Community Programme
The EIC Community Programme, an EIC Business Acceleration Service, aims to gather EIC Community members in a space where they can share their experiences, providing access to peer-learning workshops and tailor-made training activities. Within this scope, the EIC Community Programme has several initiatives, such as: EIC Winter and Summer Schools; EIC Community Talks and EIC Welcome and Coordinators Days.
DISCLAIMER: This information is provided in the interest of knowledge sharing and should not be interpreted as the official view of the European Commission, or any other organisation.