About the Innovation Days

Thank you to all of our participants for an amazing event! At the Innovation Days, we brought together companies, designers, engineers and entrepreneurial students to turn ideas into prototypes within 48 hours. Our challenges addressed shifts in regional competitiveness, ever-changing consumer trends for beverages, improvements in waste management for households and transformations in the automotive industry. Join our community to keep up to date on the outcomes of the Rheintal events and updates on other events.

Challenges

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Rhomberg Group

How might we attract skilled workers (tech & digital) to join Rhine Valley companies and support them at best during the relocation process?

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Rauch Fruchtsäfte

How might we reimagine the fruit juice experience of the future?

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Blum

How might we design and enhance the functionality of a future proof waste management system for the household and the kitchen?

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HENN

How might we leverage our innovative technology to generate additional new business if the automotive industry rapidly transforms to electric vehicles?

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Outcomes

4

Company partners

95

Participants

35

Mentors

17

Solutions

Read 2018 recap

Mentors

Get support from mentors from our company partners and other experts.

Christoph Sorg
Head of Innovation at Rhomberg

Erich Teufel
Head of Marketing

Wolfgang Baldreich
Head of Development & Design at Henn

Siegfried Roeck
Marketing Manager at Blum

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

Want to learn more? Join an upcoming brainstorming workshop! If you are not from the area, you can apply for travel funding.

How it works

1

Challenge

Companies share their innovation challenge. Participants brainstorm ideas.

2

Idea to Prototype

Participants pitch ideas and build prototypes. Companies mentor teams and evaluate solutions.

3

Implementation

Companies provide collaboration incentive. Participants get support to implement solution.

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Schedule

Day 1: Ideate

16.00 Check-in & networking

17.00 Welcome remarks

17.15 Companies present challenges

17.30 Pitch your idea

19:00 Smart City Dornbirn Idea Final

19:20 Team up to mix skills while enjoying snacks & drinks

19.30 Register your team

20.00 Refine ideas

Day 2: Prototype

8.30 Morning update

9.00 Validate problem

13.00-15.00 Mentoring sessions

15:00-17:00 1zu1 Prototypen tour

18.30 Update meeting

19.00 Improve prototypes

Day 3: Validate

8.30 Morning update

9.00  Test with target customers

11.00 Mentoring sessions

14.00-16.00 Prototype expo

16.30 Presentation winning solutions

17.00 Wrap up

Open end Discuss implementation

See the full schedule here.

Companies

Universities

1_MCI
7_FHV
7_HSR
7_HTLBregenz
7_Wifi
7_HTLDornbirn

Partner

Gefördert durch das AplusB-Scale-up des bmvit, abgewickelt durch die aws.

Supporter