By the end of this seminar, students will:

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the strategic role of digitalization within the energy sector, given the complex interplay between technological advancements, business needs, regulatory requirements, and societal goals.
• Develop the skills to identify digital solutions for green transition challenges.
• Enhance the ability to critically engage with different resources and apply them to develop research, analysis, and synthesis skills.
• Gain deeper insights and build expertise into the specific area of information systems in energy businesses that they choose to explore for the seminar paper
• Advance academic skills in crafting well-researched, analytically rigorous papers, developing conclusions, and presenting results

This seminar will combine a series of interactive lectures with in-class discussions on key topics and case studies linked to digitalization and energy. Course resources will include reports and news articles with current trends as well as academic research, thereby combining theory with practice for critical assessments of seminar topics. After an introduction to the applications of information systems in energy and the challenges and opportunity in simultaneously meeting digitalisation and green transition goals for energy businesses, students will choose a topic and discuss it critically through a seminar paper and an in-class presentation.

Successful completion of course 1 (“Basics of ICT” / “Grundzüge der IKT”) of the SBWL Business Information Systems.

It is strongly recommended to also have completed course 2 to 4 of the SBWL before commencing with this course.

If you hold a valid registration for the course but are unable to participate, please deregister during the open registration period in LPIS. Your spot can be granted to other fellow students.

Spots are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis during the registration period.

After completion of the registration period, available spots will be allocated to students on the waiting list who have no valid registration for the relevant curricula's point. Students will be ranked by their study progress as determined by the vice rectorat for teaching ("hardship principle"), not by their rank on the waiting list.

Important Note: Participation in the first unit is mandatory; students who fail to come to forfeit their place to students on the waiting list (in the sequence of the waiting list). Students can excuse themselves if the reason for missing the first unit is serious and will concern only the first unit.