Digital Design Summit
Expand your uni experience through a brand new virtual study immersive. Start your Impact Journey.For six years, EWB’s Humanitarian Design Summits have created a transformative learning experience like no other. These study tours challenge thinking, push boundaries, and create first-hand understanding of just how important a role engineers can play in creating positive change. Catalysed by recent travel restrictions, the Digital Design Summit has come to life – offering an alternative, equally expansive, experience in an online environment
- Humanitarian engineering skills and insights
- Appropriate technology best-practice
- Designing in resource constrained environments
- Working with community and clients on needs analysis and problem definition
- Evaluating solutions including maintenance, materials and cost
- Rapid prototyping and development
- Client engagement and communication
- Cross-cultural engagement, teamwork and project management.
Participants on the Digital Design Summit will undertake up to 100 hours of engineering work experience during the four-week program.
Eligible Applicants
The EWB Digital Design Summit is open to students currently enrolled in an undergraduate technical field of study in Australia or New Zealand. We also welcome students from other disciplines.
You are aware of the global challenges we face and see the opportunity you have to contribute, using your burgeoning career and work as a tool for positive impact. You want to go beyond the theory and see another side of the conversation, to see how your technical skills can make an impact on the change you want to see in the world.
“I had a wonderful experience in the EWB Digital Design Summit! The program was well-structured and professionally planned to provide the participants with the best learning experience. The program helped me to think from a different angle, both when solving problems and working as a team.”
Recent Programs
Vanuatu
18 January – 25 February 2022
Theme: Climate Resilience in the Pacific
Over 18 days, participants will be immersed in a real-world learning experience focused on engineering and design, learning from and working with Ni-Vanuatu communities.
Students will engage in project-based initiatives and be mentored by a diverse group of professional humanitarian engineers. The Impact Intensive Digital Design Summit is a deep-dive into engineering practice, creating the space and time to immerse in a real-world and complex learning environment.
Timor-Leste
20 June – 15 July 2022
Theme: Water Security in a Changing Climate
Over four weeks, participants will be immersed in a real-world learning experience focused on engineering and design, learning from and working with communities in Timor-Leste. Students will engage in project-based initiatives and be mentored by a diverse group of professional humanitarian engineers.
The Digital Design Summit is a deep-dive into engineering practice, creating the space and time to immerse in a real-world and complex learning environment. The experience aims to complement and expand the boundaries of the university experience. It also seeks to shape the next generation of socio-technical engineering leaders.
“The Design Summit was a really enriching experience. I made meaningful connections with people from all over the world while building my confidence and enhancing my skill set.
I am grateful to have learnt from people who are passionate about the intersections between sustainable engineering and development, and this program has put me in great stead as I begin to contemplate my career path after graduation.”
