The InnoDays bring together companies, designers, engineers and entrepreneurial students to turn ideas into prototypes within 48 hours. Our challenges address the opportunities that a circular economy provides. Are you ready to shape the future?
Why join
For companies: Tackle your innovation challenge
Innovative ideas
Get fresh ideas by opening up your innovation efforts to co-create new products, services and business models with external innovators.
Concrete prototypes
There’s no shortage of new ideas. But ideas are worthless without execution. Receive tangible prototypes for your challenges from multiple teams
Access to talent
Identify the best participants to collaborate or hire. By mentoring the teams you will see who is a good fit for your needs.
For participants: Build your innovation skills
Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to innovate.
Receive mentoring by inspirational leaders.
Get the company partner’s support to make your idea happen.
How it works
Before the event
You need to take 3 steps to get ready for the InnoDays.
Registration will open in March
Step 1. Understand
Understand the challenges of our company partners and study the context, the company, and their customers.
Step 2. Inspire
At the InnoDays you can either pitch your own idea or join a team. Please introduce yourself with an idea (if you’ll pitch) or an insight relevant for a challenge (if you’ll join a team) in a short video (max. 2 min).
Step 3. Register
Select your favorite challenge during online registration. Teams are formed based on the best ideas, mixing skills and your challenge preference.
Day 1: Ideate
16.00 Check-in & networking
17.00 Welcome remarks
17.15 Companies present challenges
17.30 Pitch your idea
19.00 Register team & Dinner
20:00 Identify customers & Design value proposition
21.00 Update meeting
Day 2: Prototype
08.15 Morning update
08:45 Define riskiest assumptions
8.30 Verify assumptions
11.30 Update meeting
12.30 Lunch
13.00-15.00 Mentoring
15.00 Build prototype
18.00 Update meeting
18:30 Dinner
Open end Improve prototype
Day 3: Validate
08.15 Morning update
09.00 Design business model
10.00 Mentoring
11.00 Capture pitch on video
12:00 Lunch
14:00-16.00 Test solution during prototype expo
16.30 Present winning solutions
17.30 Discuss implementation
Location
Thanks to one of our partners for hosting us!
Co-Organizers
University partners
