The Estonian Business School is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the sixth annual International Summer School, taking place from 10–14 August on the EBS campus in Tallinn, Estonia.
This one-week programme brings together students, academics, and professionals from around the world to explore two key megatrends shaping modern societies: digitalisation and sustainability. Focusing on the challenges and opportunities of the “twin transition,” the summer school examines how digital innovation can drive progress while ensuring long-term sustainable development.
Through engaging lectures, interactive workshops, and collaborative capstone assignments, participants gain a deeper understanding of the global, national, and organisational dimensions of digitalisation and sustainability. The programme develops analytical thinking, teamwork, and decision-making skills, while equipping participants with practical tools to analyse future trends and communicate complex ideas clearly.
Participation in the summer school is available for a fee of €990 for applications submitted by 1 May 2026, increasing to €1,190 thereafter. The application deadline is 15 June 2026, with payment required by 1 July 2026 to secure a place. Upon successful completion of the programme, participants will receive 6 ECTS credits.
Welcome to the most advanced digital society in the world. In a country where 99% of public services are online, and everything can be signed digitally, technology is embedded in the culture. No wonder it is also the start-up nation of Europe.
Estonia is roughly the same size as Switzerland. But with 6x fewer people, just 1.3 million, we compensate in other ways. As any tiny overachiever would. Our superpower? Startups.
So far, Estonia has been a successful testbed for 10 unicorns: Skype, Playtech, Wise, Bolt, Pipedrive, Zego, ID.me, Gelato, Veriff, and Glia.
Tallinn Old Town
How about some thin and agile? Estonia has worked hard to alleviate the pain of building your business. Think of it as a fast, invisible OS that gets out of your way.
You’ve heard the pitch: Run your business almost entirely online, automatically report pre-filled taxes in a few clicks, and use mobile ID to sign legal documents on your phone. It’s true, and it works.
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The summer school focuses on trends, uncertainties and complexities in intersections of digitalisation and sustainability on a global level. The course helps participants to learn multifaceted nature of digitalisation and sustainability in national and international level. Through lectures and workshops it demonstrates how to use different social science methods in order to get a better grasp of future trajectories. It also helps participants to summarise and communicate complex issues in the intersection of digitalisation and sustainability in an easily understandable way. The course improves decision-making and teamwork skills through capstone assignments.
Combining our diverse business, economic, policy, and management perspectives offered by the summer school’s distinguished faculty, lecturers, and speakers will provide fundamental ingredients for generating new ideas. We are well on our way to making this event a summer tradition at EBS, providing a platform for future leaders to gather at EBS and turn their ideas into reality.
This list presents a distinguished group of speakers whose expertise spans economics, public policy, technology, science, and entrepreneurship. Their diverse professional backgrounds and global impact reflect the interdisciplinary spirit and forward-looking focus of the Summer School.