Future Health: Technology and Innovation

Team 3

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The Cybathlon is a championship for racing pilots with dis-abilities (i.e. parathletes) who are using advanced assistive devices including robotic technologies. The main goal of the Cybathlon is to provide a platform for the development of novel assistive technologies that are useful for daily life and to help removing barriers between the public, people with disabilities and science. The competitions are comprised by different disciplines that apply the most modern pow-ered knee prostheses, wearable arm prostheses, powered exoskeletons, powered wheelchairs, electrically stimulated muscles and novel brain-computer interfaces.

In the course of the summer school, Team 3 was responsib-le for the production of two types of films. The sponsoring film for which Robert Riener and Jan Mettler conducted the workshop during week one, and the six films for the technology providers representing the six race courses. For both types a documentary approach was considered the best choice.

The first film is intended to attract potential sponsors. The task for the members of Team was to show why the project is worthy of financial backing. The film was expected to reach out to them, let them identify with the idea of the Cybathlon and convince them that their company or person will profit from involvement, but especially from the innovative image of the Cybathlon.

The other six films were aimed at the developers of robotic aids. They were intended to show the objective of the six courses and to show that the obstacles are similar to the everyday challenges which people with disabilities face: stairs for wheelchair users, fine motor activities for peo-ple with a prosthetic arm, etc. The films were intended to illustrate how the quality of life of people affected can be improved through technical innovation and the technical developments that are still needed to ensure that athletes will be able to complete the course at the Cybathlon 2016. These seven films will then be integrated on the homepage of the Cybathlon.

Cybathlon Marketing and Communication

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Schedule Team 3

TUESDAY | JULY 29

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10:00 09:30 09:30

18:00 Hiltlevening talk with Rolf Hiltl and dinner.

WEDNESDAY | JULY 30

Pre-production establishment of conceptat ONA.

Film Workshop with Renata at ONA.

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Field Trips and Film Productionvisit the technology providers and parathletes.

Field Trips and Film Productionvisit the technology providers and parathletes .

MONDAY | JULY 28

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Getting Startedinspection of the archive material and establishment of conceptat ONA.

Pre-production establishment of conceptat ONA.

Feedback with Robert at ONA.

THURSDAY | JULY 31 FRIDAY | AUGUST 1

Field Trips and Film Productionvisit the technology providers and parathletes.

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TUESDAY | AUGUST 5

Post-production recording of voice-overat ONA.

Post-production recording of voice-over, title and exportat ONA.

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THURSDAY | AUGUST 7

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Final Presentationwith invited guests at ONA.

FRIDAY | AUGUST 8

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Wrapping Up and Final ReportDocumentation of Case Study at ONA.

Wrapping Up and Final ReportDocumentation of Case Studyat ONA.

18:00 Farewell Celebration

MONDAY | AUGUST 4

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Post-production film editing at ONA.

Post-production film editing at ONA.

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Post-production Kick-offwith Renata at ONA.

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dacadooevening talk and discussion with Manuel Heuerat ONA.

WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 6

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Preparation of Final PresentationsCompilation of the final short filmsat ONA.

Preparation of Final PresentationsCompilation of the final short filmsat ONA.

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Wrapping Up and Final ReportDocumentation of Case Studyat ONA.

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The goal of Team 3 was to work on a marketing and com-munications case study for the Cybathlon. The Cybathlon is a championship for pilots with robot-assisted devices who suffer from a disability such as an amputation or paralysis. It will consist of six disciplines: BCI Race (BCI: Brain Com-puter Interface), FES Bike Race (FES: Functional Electrical Stimulation), Leg Prosthetics Race, Powered Exoskeleton Race, Powered Wheelchair Race and Arm Prosthetics Race. It will take place in Zurich on 8 October 2016 for the first time and is organized by the ETH Zurich.

The aim of the Cybathlon is on the one hand to provide the platform where pilots, who possibly cannot participate in normal championships, can compete against each other. Moreover it provides research labs and companies with the possibility to present their cutting edge technology to a greater audience. The Cybathlon wants to promote the development of robot-assisted devices and innovative tech-nology to decrease limitations which people with conven-tional devices still face today; therefore the racecourses will include tasks faced during daily life. On the other hand it will also publicize the robot-assisted devices to the general public and make them aware of challenges people living with a disability face in daily life. If the research in this fields progresses, devices could become more affordable in the long-term, enabling a larger group of people to profit from such technologies.

As the event is taking place for the first time it still needs a lot of development. Team 2s task was to set up a set of rules and design the race courses and obstacles. To make the event successful, it needs to be visible and known to a wide range of people to attract viewers in the stadium and on TV and it also needs a sound financing to provide the necessary infrastructure and labor costs. At the current stage, the founders of the Cybathlon, mainly the group of Professor Robert Riener from the Sensory Motor Systems

Approach

Lab at ETH Zurich are trying to communicate the Cybathlon to a greater audience. On the one hand they try to find pi-lots and technology providers, which would be interested in taking part in the competition. On the other hand they also look for sponsors and more (financial) support of the event.

Therefore, our task was to produce one film intended for sponsoers and six films highlighting the technologies of each discipline. In the end we had two different kinds of films with two different concepts but for both the film me-dia proved to be suitable to best convey our messages. For the different disciplines you can easily show with pictures what the current technologies are and explain what will be expected for participants of the Cybathlon. For the spon-soring film it is easy to evoke emotions via pictures, more than via words or numbers only. If we make a passionate or emotional promotion video of the Cybathlon, we are hoping that more and more people will get to know and be come interested in the platform.

In the first week we had an introduction by Jan Mettler into how to structure and produce of advertisement films. More-over we had a first talk to Rober Riener, our client to learn about his expectations and wishes for the film.

In week two we got an introduction by Renata Grnenfelder into the different steps of making a film. Movie making is an art and not plainly taking a few shots with a camcorder. You need to have a concept and a storyboard first and plan your film and shooting schedule carefully.

Moreover we got an introduction into filming and how to use the two types of cameras we were provided with for our shootings. At the beginning of the third week we learned how to work with a professional cutting and editing software and what is necessary to process video sequences from the raw material to a final clip.

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Development of Concepts All the members of Team 3 were actively participating in two brainstorming sessions carried out during the first day. The main concepts that everyone decided should be included were emotion, sporting event, internationality, visibility, technology and development. At the beginning everyone imagined a situation where one hero could be running in the mountains only showing his upper body and then start showing that he was a Paralympics athlete by a close/up on his prosthesis. But according to the logistics and the infor-mation we were gathering, the team had to start thinking of simpler ideas.

A very important decision was taken one day before we start-ed filming. Team 3 should know what kind of installation we were able to use at the different possible scenarios. Accord-ing to this, each integrant of the team went to visit either the Arena Stadium, laboratory of Sensory Motor Systems at ETH Zurich and the Sport Center of Zurich. In order to make it real, every concept was analyzed and adapted in to create a simple and practical idea.

Once the concepts and ideas were defined the team gath-ered all the images and videos for each technology. Smaller sub-teams were responsible for filming the best videos to represent the concept. After three days of filming, the videos were collected and then analyzed. New responsibilities were assigned with the aim to divide the workload. One group was developing the final concept of the sponsoring film and they took the whole responsibility for this project. Another group of six people was divided in three groups. This second group was in charge of creating the technical films. In this stage of the project, the support of Renata Grnenfelder was very important. She was an active leader and promoter of using different kind of techniques in filming.

Every new group focused on creating a very structured video. The main concept was creating comprehensive explanations of the technology and evoque enthusiasm in potential new

Process

developers, laboratories or companies. Therefore, every video had to contain at least the following elements:1. Explanation of current technology; 2. Technology and patient in action;3. Definition of rules and requirement of the competition.

The final concept was created for the introduction video for technological films. The main idea was show to the audience as many snapshots as possible in 15 seconds of real technol-ogy and its corresponding picture of the technology. The aim of the chosen audio was to build suspense and excitement before the video starts.

Task Management within the Team The team first worked together for two days to conceptualize the films and modify ideas. It was relatively easy to come up with the concept for the technological films, because we had a clear idea of what we wanted to show in the videos and what the key information was that needed to be con-veyed to potential developers, after the lectures and detailed interviews with Professor Robert Riener and consultation with the Cybathlon team who advised us on the feasibility of certain projects, our interviewees, the availability of certain technology that could be featured in the films.

Fairly satisfied with the concept, we started with the spon-soring film. Thanks to the group work completed during the first week of the program and feedback from our client, we were certain that we wanted to evoke emotions and empathy from the audience for our hero. Taking from the creative ideas from group works, we came up with a first draft of the concept which was soon denied due to the time limit for shooting and the availability of technological devices that were accessible in such a short time frame. The final draft of the concept was later completed, after which we did draw-ings and location shooting to visualize the film, image by image. It turned out to be a rewarding and though provoking exercise as it forced us to consider what could and could not be done in the locations we chose. Visualization of the

films in a storyboard with photos and drawings led to a more realistic and practical approach than before, since we had to consider the limitations in space, time, and technology in the real shooting tasks.

Ready for the shooting, we divided the group into various shooting teams to go on different location shooting for the developer films, including to Nottwil, Lausanne and Zurich. For the shooting of the sponsor film, we were in three teams completing the three parts of the films. The day started with Simon Voit in the lab, morning shooting, and interviews; af-ter lunch we completed the shooting with him in the sports center of Zurich; finally we did the outdoor shooting near the sports center. With all material in hand, we started the editing. Six people in groups of two were responsible for the editing of the discipline films, with each team working on two disciplines. The other four members worked together to perfect the sponsor film. The editing took three days, with a lot of effort and constant experimentation of the participants, and patients and professional help from Artan Hajrullahu and Renata Grnenfelder on the technological part. In the end, each member of Team 3 had five minutes in the final presentation, showing our solidarity and team spirit.

Challenges and IssuesIn Team 3 we were ten participants with nearly zero film-making experience and very limited photographing expe-rience, so we had quite a lot of learning to do during two weeks time. One of the biggest challenges was therefore the technical part. Inexperienced in concept development for commercial films, we were stuck in our own idealized version of how the sponsor film should look like, which prolonged the discussion and modification of the concept in the beginning of the case study. Partly motivated by the deadline and pressure to present to the advising team, we agreed to disagree and came up with three versions of the concept, only able to reach an agreement on a small por-tion of the entire film. And then we got very professional advice from Renata Grnenfelder and the Cybathlon team, who gave us concrete advice on which ideas to drop due to technical limitations and time limit. Professional opinions from our expert team helped us to have the much simplified final draft of our concept, in terms of film shooting, location choice, interviews, etc.

As it happens with most team work experiences, we also experienced problems with cooperation within the team. For a team of ten, it was difficult to coordinate in group dis-cussions while making sure that each member was treated

with respect and given equal responsibility. Some members were more proactive and talkative, some were more tech-nical, and some were quieter. We discussed these issues with each other in various occasions and tried to create an encouraging and friendly environment for all of us. Pressure and difference of opinions inevitably caused some heated discussions and grudge between team members, but we all learned to deal with the pressure and respect each others opinions. The organizers were also considerate enough to put us into different teams for various tasks, so we had an opportunity to work with all the others and ease the tension when necessary. Nevertheless, I will have to admit here that we did not really succeed in maintaining the interest in the project across all members. Some group members were more interested in the technology or the filmmaking, who were therefore more motivated and willing to put in efforts. Other members were less interested and thus less willing to take responsibilities. In the end we had a more or less im-balanced environment and greater responsibility on some. However, we still functioned quite well as a team; we finished all films and we gave a successful presentation.

Other IdeasAt the very beginning, we discussed implementing voices shouting and cheering in different languages or waving flags of different nations in the stadium to show the internation-ality of the Cybathlon. Instead we used some data to show it is international as it was more impressive to the audience.

We planned to ask Simon Voit to run in the mountains or some other vigorous outdoor exercise, which to reveal his limitations in his daily life with the old passive prosthetic and with the newly-developed active one. But we only took some simple exercise, such as upstairs and downstairs. Time and condition were limited. It is really difficult to find the right place for shooting. Whats more, Simon Voit is not used to the new prosthetic as it is his first time to wearing it.

We considered using Simon Voits voice-over in the begin-ning, but the sponsoring film was eventually dubbed by a native English speaker, as his voice is easier to recognize. We recorded the film in Switzerland, which is not an English speaking country while the audience of the video will be from all over the world; so we needed a clear English voice. Due to the rights of music, the range of the choice was limited.

As Cybathlon is face to the world, we discussed to take some magnificent panoramic shots of stadium. As it was beyond our abilities to complete this task, we just decided to put our efforts into other tasks.

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Leg Prosthetics Race There was a lot of available material for the technological film about the prosthetic leg. Therefore the choice of the right pieces was quite hard in this film. Firstly, parts of the interview where Robert Riener talks about general require-ments for the pilots and their prosthetics were included. Later he describes the details and obstacles of the race. These two parts were cut from the interview with him. For the personal story, cuts from the interview of Simon Voit were done to show his daily life activities and limitations he has with his current prosthesis. Furthermore Anna Pagel, a Ph.D. student characterizes technology used in active pros-thetics while showing the technology itself. Later, she states her point of view regarding Cybathlon and its importance to people with disabilities and developers.

Arm Prosthetics RaceMichel Fornasier was interviewed for the personal story for the arm prosthetics film. Some daily activities are shown in the film like drinking water from the glass and grabbing an umbrella. What is more, he introduces himself and his arm prosthetic by showing it in action. Later, parts of the interview where Robert Riener talks about general require-ments for the pilots and their prosthetics were included and describes the details and obstacles of the race were used. Furthermore, Anna Pagel characterizes technology used in active arm prosthetics and states some difficulties while a clip of these are shown.

Powered Exoskeleton RaceThis film starts with Robert Rieners explanation of the obstacles of race and requirements for the pilots and ma-chines. However, the film does not contain a personal story. Instead a developer shows how the exoskeleton works. Fi-nally, a developer explains technology of the exoskeleton its limitations and advantages

Technology Films

FES Bike RaceIn this film the developers are in the center. The FES bike is still in the trial state, therefore only few patients has tried this technology. Marco Laubacher, a developer of a FES bike, explains the technology behing the FES bike and talks about its limitations and advantages meanwhile we see footage of these. Also in this film, Rober Riener talks about the race track, rules and requirements for participants.

Powered Wheelchair Race The story in this film is build up around Roberto Sequeira Barros, a user of a powered wheelchair who is currently at the Swiss paraplegic Centre in Nottwil. The film starts with Robert Riener explaining about the racecourse while we see examples of difficulties in real life for persons in a manual wheelchair. For this film we had a lot of material for two users of a manual wheelchair. This we had to leave out for the simplicity and content of the film. The film continues with Roberto Sequeira Barros explaining about disadvantages, advantages and explanation of how the powered wheel chair works. There is also a short clip with his ergo therapist who explains the difficulties in handling a powered wheelchairs for relatives and professionals.

BCI RaceA trip to Lausanne was done to gather material about Brain Computer Interface (BCI). In the lab environment the de-veloper introduced the technology of BCI. Later, working mechanism of BCI was presented by the developer, but there is no personal story in the film. Finally Robert Riener describes the requirements for the pilots, technologies and obstacles of the race again.

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Sponsoring Film

We needed to change the original concept of the sponsor film because we got a new input from one of the Cybathlon team members. We had a concept in mind including Simon Voit doing spectacular activities with his new prosthesis but it turned out that he would not be able to run and perform the way we imagined with the new active prosthesis. Therefore, weve changed the story in a way that it captured his learning with the new prosthesis, instead of already performing with it. We needed to come up with an entirely new concept which required flexibility and a quick change of mindset, therefore we were challenged as a group and as individuals as well.

The sponsoring film should attract potential spvonsors for the Cybathlon event. Since the financing part of an event of this size is always a critical component, the film has to kindle an interest in the event in general in the first place, but also give information of the advantages of sponsoring. These advantages include the visibility of the potential spon-sor and international attention as well as the good aim of the Cybathlon and thus an improvement of the image of the companies participating in the sponsorship program.

The final version of the sponsoring film tells the story of Simon Voit, a former parathlete and sportsman, who is ca-pable of doing sports with his current prosthesis but still has some limitations in daily life. The film starts in the sports center where you can see Simon Voit playing badminton. In this sequence, we only show his upper body without his prosthesis to focus on the sport. After this scene, he goes to pick up his backpack, which is the first time the film shows his whole body including the prosthesis. With this first part of the film we want to show that he only has few limitations in doing sports and you wouldnt even notice that he is wearing a prosthesis on one of his legs.

We had to make some arrangements in this part compared to the first version of the concept due to Simon Voits request to do ball sports instead of running. In the second part of the

film, he leaves the sports center and walks to the lab. This scene shows his limitations when climbing stairs or getting on the tram, for example. In the third part, he is entering the laboratory that developed an active prosthesis. Here we show his first steps with the powered prosthesis to make clear that further development of this kind of technology is necessary to make life easier for patients with those kinds of handicaps. In the whole cutting work, we tried to use as many close-ups as possible to create a personal and emo-tional relation to Simon Voit. We were also using a voice-over to add another dimension to his appearance as a person.

The concluding part lists the numbers related to the Cybath-lon in an ascending order, for example 6 disciplines, more than 30 countries, and so on. This should create more curi-osity and communicate the excitement of this overall event.

Learning Experience with the Sponsoring FilmOn August 1st, we had a whole day to shoot with Simon Voit, who is the protagonist of the sponsoring film and of the leg race film. There were many scenes to shoot, so we started early and set up three cameras, three lights and two micro-phones. Because the filming time was limited, we needed to catch everything we could. We put one special camera for close-ups, and we realized afterward that these close-ups were very important in the cutting part.

Simon Voit was very patient. He accepted every demand of us even if we didnt have much experience as a directors. This lack of experience was also reflectes when we sarted with the film editing: some of the material was not what we expected. Such as the part showing the limitations of the prosthesis. Simon was good with the prosthesis so that we could hardly see any limitation. If we could do this again, it would be better to let Simon be more like an actor than himself, and explain the plot more to make him understand what we want exactly.

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Conclusion

We believe that every member of the case study Team 3 had their individual learning experience during the summer school, thus it is quite hard to determine what our collec-tive learning experience is. However, we certainly gained valuable skills in filming and cutting as well as working in an international environment within a diverse group of people. During the concept discussions, the filming itself and the editing work, we developed our communication and presentation skills. We needed to keep ourselves motivated, needed to keep a stakeholder focused perspective towards the organizers of the Cybathlon and last but not least, weve learned about project management as well. Our direct con-tact to professors and experts of filming and robotics provid-ed us not only with technical help but also gave us a push to go forward and fight ourselves through the difficulties. In a nutshell, we are all grateful for the opportunity to have taken part in such a project and became richer by the experience.

The six technology films are important for developers to motivate them to keep working on their technology to be able to participate in the Cybathlon races and in general to make life easier for patients with disabilities. Therefore we chose a documentary approach for these films to show

the trustworthiness of the event and the good intentions of the organizers. The rough structure is the same in the clips using the technology and explaining the functions, the race track and the rules of the race.

Every participant of Team 3 had to study the functions of a small or big camera, ways to shoot good pictures and how to use artificial and natural light, etc. The process contin-ued with the work with the program Adobe Premiere Pro CC. Therefore through this process we have gained a lot of knowledge in this field. In the end we can conclude that with this time span we could not have done it better. Every member of the team did their best, of course there is a lot of things that could have been done better, like making steadier and more focused pictures, better sound, better light, etc.

Concerning the whole topic of Cybathlon, most of us had never heard about this event. From this summer school we therefore have gained a lot of insight into the concepts of Cy-bathalon. We have used this information to construct these seven films in order to promote the competition and the de-velopment of the technologies for persons with disabilities.

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Participants

Alena Germanenko, Belarus MSc student in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Copenhagen University, Denmark.

Have a look at Alenas video here:

youtu.be/Q5W-8Trd-zI

Angela Mhlenbroich, Germany BSc student in Interdiscipli-nary Sciences at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

As my field of study already indi-cates, I have rather a broad inter-est. I finished school looking for more- a combination of different sciences rather than only med-

icine or biology... ending up in Zurich. Since then I have taken courses mainly with chemists and biologists but also with physicists, material scientists and biomedical engi-neers and to be honest, natural scientists and engineers do think differently sometimes :) Also I have been actively participating in the student associations and organisations at ETH, where I have met so many great, new, motivated people with so many ideas. I find it extremely inspiring to work with such interdisciplinary groups, to exchange ideas and get a different and extended view on certain topics. Not all ideas are sensible and communicating does not always work like it should, but if you are able to combine different ways of thinking and different problem solving strategies it can be enriching for the outcome. I believe health is a truly interdisciplinary field which needs people from different educations to tackle the current challenges and to improve peoples lives. I am looking forward to get a deeper insight and to exchange ideas with you about Future Health.

Gabriel Guggisberg, Chile MSc in Civil Engineering with a spezialization in Renewable Energy from University of Chile.

Basketball & Sciences are my pas-sion since I was a child. I also love traveling around South America, there you can find different and old cultures everywhere. I live in the

capital of Chile, (6 Million people in Santiago) and I spend my time in many different ways each day. I start at 7 am, waking up always tired!, then i take the subway and I move to the main center of business, trying to not be part of an artificial world where everyone try to look like the best person in the world. I try to run away as soon as possible to my second job. This is in my house where I design geothermal installations, nowadays I am working in the design of the Swiss school in Chile. When i am free of college, I go out, some days i run in the park or in the gym, other days just relaxing or reading something easy. During the night and 3 days per week, I par-ticipate in discussion group at the University of Chile, where the political and technical decisions of the future energy supply of the country are evaluated. During weekend I take my bike and ride to the mountain, the most beautiful part of where I live it that I can be in the mountain or the beach in just one hour, of course in different directions!

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Lianfei Jiang, China PhD student in Geographical Education at East China Normal University, China.

I was born and raised in the north-ern China which made me forth-right; while the years I studying in the southern China has bought me a thoughtful mind. I like geography,

I especially like reading atlas, which make me the complex of atlas. I also concern myself with the local customs of different regions. I am good at Chinese cuisine, for exam-ple, hot pepper beef. There is a saying in my hometown: Left-hander cooking better. Yes, I am left-hander, but my fa-ther changed my habit for when using pens and chopsticks. With an undergraduate degree in business administration, I have some skills of communication. Whats more, with my trait of being open-minded, I have a lot of friends. During my postgraduate, I have done research in geography education. I spent one year taught in Cameroon as a volunteer Chinese teacher. I have certification of TCSL, dont hesitate to ask me to teach you Chinese. I also teach in some middle schools in China. Wish to make more people pay attention to Cybathlon.

Kata Keresztesi, Hungary BSc student in Business Administration at Cornivus University, Hungary.

I am a business student who is in-terested in business not as usual. I am constantly searching for people and places where business is seen as a powerful tool to tackle social

problems, as well as a way to make money. In my view, if one can figure out a way to create impact and make money at the same time, one can scale up their activity and help others more effectively. This is the ambition I hold and in the summer school I hope to develop my personal vision with valuable inputs from both the participants and the program itself.During my years in university, I was involved in AIESEC for 3 years which is the 3rd largest NGO in the world. Here I gained experience in various fields from marketing and com-munication to project management, and also spent a year in the Middle-East in Qatar as the president of a local chapter, working on establishing a new branch of the organization. Im very much looking forward to a new international expe-rience in the summer school where I can bring my work and study together with a focus on creating marketing solutions for Cybathlon.

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Kyohei Koyama, Japan BSc student in System Innovation at School of Engineering at Tokyo University, Japan.

Hi! Everyone! My name is Kyohei and I am from Tokyo, Japan. If it is difficult to pronounce, please call me Kyo which is the same pro-nunciation of Kyo of Tokyo. Im a

senior class student of the University of Tokyo. I belong to the Department of System Innovation in the School of Engineer-ing. I am interested in social business, web entrepreneur-ship, simulation and modeling. I like playing sports such as Soccer, Basketball and so on. So, lets play! Anything will do! In addition, I like playing blackjack or Baccarin in casinos and drinking beer in pubs with friends or my girlfriend. In the future, I want to open my own business or become a researcher at an institute. But lets discuss about all that when in Zurich. I want to enter a graduate school in Europe or in the U.S., so tell me your university life.

Nadia Pedersen, Denmark MSc student in Public Health at Copenhagen University, Denmark.

My interest in the human body and health have lead me from a bache-lor degree in Biology, to currently be studying Public Health. My passion and interest for health lies both in the physical as well as in the psy-

chological aspects of health. When looking for a summer school program, I fell for the combination between technol-ogy and health ETH Zurich provides in its course.As a student in public health I have worked with health from different perspectives which I hope to elaborate further at this course. Professionally I have worked with sustainability and technology in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fish-eries back in Denmark where I have worked on a project implementing technology with fishermen.I am looking forward to getting more perspectives and angles on health and technology from this course and the people attending the course with me!

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Rui Xu, China BSc student in Economics at UC Berkley, United States.

I am passionate about a few things: coffee, tango, travels, French Rev-olution, Italian films, human rights, economics, and climate change. I spent my college years in the

glorious northern California and a summer in London. I do not just learn economics to get into the banking industry so I can cash in on the poor and make the rich even richer, instead I found my passion in Economics due to its power to change the way I view the world and my relationship with others. I discovered my interest in development econom-ics and subsequently worked for an education NGO in the east of Bali, Indonesia. My objective in the short to medium term is to become an economic researcher and embark on a trip to Sub-Saharan Africa, implementing an intervention program in the field of education or public health. I am very much looking forward to completing a masters program in Economics and start the pleasant academic trips.

Simona Meyer, Germany BSc student in International Management at Institute of Technology Ingolstadt, Germany.

Describing myself isnt that easy. It depends on the day, the place Im at, my mood and if Im hungry or not (which is pretty much the same). In general, I would say Im

a communicative and open-minded person. Im interested in sustainability which hasnt been the case all along. It started during my semester abroad in Reno, U.S., in 2013. I saw people driving big SUVs, parking in front of a super-market and leaving the engine running while doing their grocery shopping. It made me thinking about the way we take everything for granted instead of protecting what we have. My life has changed a lot after returning from Reno. Ive always enjoyed meeting people from abroad but being one of them is a completely different point of view. Ive changed my way of thinking about the world, the people and myself and Ive changed my way of living. I experience everything way more intensive than before and I love it.

Tianzuo Wen, China MSc student Regional and Urban Planning at Peking University, China.

I love photography and drawing, sometimes I mix them up. Reading cities by travelling is an important part of my study. I am also an ar-

chitecture and urban designer. My graduation design will have been built recently, which I am very proud of. Also, Photoshop and making videos are hobbies of mine. I love everything that is beautiful, and I can do a lot of visual works. I always do more than talk.

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Renata Grnenfelder Co-Founder at Halbton GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland.

Renata Grnenfelder was born in 1967 and initially trained as a nurse. She later studied geography at the University of Zurich and then chan-ged to Peter Jennys video group, a

professor in graphic design at the department of architec-ture at ETH Zurich. Within this framework, she did creative and artistic films on different lecture topics for two years. This position allowed her to learn the art of filmmaking by practical work. Since 2005 she runs her own company creating documentary films, commissioned work and art projects. Her Documentary Im Schatten des Dr. Mabuse was shown at various film festivals and was successfully broadcasted on Swiss Television. In 2011 she was able to implement the art and building project Du musst jetzt nach Hause gehn with Hipp Mathis at the tram depot in Oerlikon. Furthermore there were also several films realised over the last 10 years in collaboration with the company Wissens-management Umwelt on the knowledge transfer in the field of agriculture and implementation films for the National research program 61 on sustainable water use.

Supervision

Artan HajrullahuPhD student in Popular Culture Studies at University of Zurich, Switzerland.

After realizing the short films about the 2011 and 2013 ETH Sus-tainability Summer Schools, Artan is again responsible for the film

documentation of this years program. In reference to his Masters degree in Media Research and Film Studies, Artan is particularly interested in visualizing cultural dimensions and how the world is fashioned in the literature and media of everyday life. His motivation to again participate in this program is also to share his visions with students from dif-ferent cultures.

Catherine Lippuner Summer School Organizer at ETH Sustainability, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Catherine has been a part of the ETH Sustainability team since May 2009. Shes primarily responsible for education projects, among them

the ETH Sustainability Summer Schools. Before joining ETH Sustainability, she worked for the Swiss Green Party, the Center for Health Policy and Public Health in Bucharest, Rumania; tdon School Of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, UK; the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and an HIV/AIDS clinic in Valencia, Vene-zuela. Catherine completed her studies with two Masters degrees in microbiology from the University of Zurich and in international public health from the Free University of Amsterdam. Besides her work at ETH Zurich, Catherine is a freelance yoga teacher and Shiatsu therapist.

Team 3

Alena GermanenkoAngela MhlenbroichGabriel GuggisbergJiang LianfeiKata KeresztesiKyohei KoyamaNadia PedersenRui XuSimona MeyerTianzuo Wen

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