8th Campaign “Young Talents for Innovative Industries”
Please be welcome to register for this workshop for young talents organized by 3 Innovation Boosters, supported by Innosuisse.
Awards: 2 x 2’000 CHF for the 2 teams that will propose the best radical idea.
You are open to radical ideas? You are keen on thinking out of the box? You like to learn from others? Then join our 2-day workshop! Let’s create together with companies and experts cool and innovative solutions for the sake of our society. New fields of innovation arise when novel approaches from cross-technologies can be integrated. We bring together the technologies of Additive Manufacturing (AM), Microtech, and Photonics to identify new opportunities for radical innovation.
Learn how to be innovative, visit fascinating companies, and get in touch with other peers to start a 6 months feasibility study, which will be funded with up to 25k CHF.
The innovation boosters Additive Manufacturing, Microtech, and Photonics are the enablers to find radical solutions by using these promising technologies. The companies Bien-Air Dental SA and MPS Micro Precision Systems AG are very enthusiastic about welcoming a team up to 40 young people to innovate on exciting technical subjects.
Tuesday, 16.01.2024, 17:30 – 19:30
Mandatory online pre-meeting
Thursday, 15.02.2024, 10:00 – 17:00 & Social event
- Introduction into workshop
- Visit company Bien-Air Dental SA, Biel/Bienne
- Workshop on “understanding Bien-Air’s challenges” & “developing and presenting ideas”
Pitching of the ideas and ceremony: 2’000.- CHF – award for the best idea presented
Social event and night in Biel (everything is organized by the Innovation Boosters, except transportation costs)
Friday, 16.02.2024 09:00 – 17:00
- Visit company MPS Micro Precision Systems AG, Biel/Bienne
- Workshop on “understanding MPS’s challenges” & “developing and presenting ideas”
- Pitching of the ideas and ceremony: 2’000.- CHF – award for the best idea presented
- How to apply for funding – next steps
Before the workshop, you will receive an invitation to an online introduction. Please make sure you can understand and express yourself in English, as the workshop will be open to your talents from the whole of Switzerland. English will be the common language for those 2 days.
This workshop is open to young talents and experts from industry and academia, from 17 to 25 years old (last year apprentices or UAS students). Participation is free of charge. The cost & organization of a hotel are covered by the Innovation boosters.
Activities will be organized on 15.02.24 in the evening, as well as hotel accommodation for everybody.
Registration deadline: 7. January 2024