Thank you to all of our participants for an amazing event! At the Innovation Days, we brought together companies, designers, engineers, and entrepreneurial students come together to turn ideas into prototypes within 48 hours. Our theme #MicroMobility addressed the rapid adoption of shared scooters, dockless bikes and emerging micro-mobility services. The challenge focused on the charging infrastructure, customer experience and business models to reshape mobility in cities around the world. Ideas supported the transformation of mobility to ease congestion, reduce emissions and make carbon-free transportation a reality. Join our community to keep up to date on the outcomes of the San Francisco event and updates from other events.
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Challenges
How it works?
Before the event, companies share their innovation challenge. During the event, participants pitch ideas, form teams and prototype their solution. Here’s what happens during the 48 hours.
Day 1: Ideate
4.00 Check-in & networking
5.00 Welcome remarks
5.15 Companies present challenges
5.30 Pitch your idea
7:00 Team up to mix skills
7.30 Register your team & Dinner
8.00 Identify customers & their problems; Design value proposition
9.00 Progress Update
Day 2: Prototype
8.00 Morning update
8.30 Define riskiest assumptions
9.00 Verify assumptions by talking with customers
11.00 Progress update
1.00-3.00 Mentoring sessions
3.00 Build prototype
6.00 Progress update
6.30 Dinner
Open end Make progress
Day 3: Validate
8.30 Morning update
10.00-12.00 Mentoring sessions
12.30 Practice demo during lunch
1.00 Progress update
2.00-4.00 Prototype expo
4.30 Presentation winning solutions
5.00 Showcase winning solutions
Open end Discuss implementation
See the full schedule here.
Why join?
As an Innovation Days participant you get the chance to…
…collaborate with others on your idea
…receive mentoring by inspirational leaders
…work on real-life problems and transform your idea into a new venture
…get support from company partners to make your idea happen
Mentors
Get support from mentors from our company partners and other experts.
Ethan Haigh
Program Manager HAX-Growth
Reyna Taylor
Head of CS at Scoot Networks
Paul Breslow
Open Innovation at EDF
Guy-William Pivot
EV Ecosystem Innovation Projects Manager at Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi
Darton Ito
Deputy Director of Innovation & Program Delivery at San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)
John Stoddard
Design Industry Lead at YouSpace
Sun-Young Park
Associate Prof. at University of San Francisco
Ryan MacCarrigan
Founding Principal at LeanStudio
Company Partners
University Partners
Network Partners
