4 DAYS
120 STUDENTS
3 REAL CASES
Open Innovation 2024
Sustainable Cities
20/9 – Kick Off
21-22/9 – Innovation Weekend
26/9 – Final
Is your heart beating for sustainability and innovation?
Then you are in the right place.
Join OpenInnovation 2024 Sustainable Cities collaborates in interdisciplinary teams across universities and with company representatives from Ramboll, The Copenhagen Metro and The Research Project StructuralReuse.
- Address real societal challenges presented by industry leaders.
- Network with students from various universities and discover your potential as a team player in a truly interdisciplinary setting.
- Collaborate with Danish organizations and companies, opening doors to new opportunities.
- Develop innovation skills and experience the power of a collaborative and open innovation process.
- Explore sustainability topics and contribute to important sustainability agendas.
Unlock new opportunities: turn your idea into a start-up or a university project, and see where your new connections take you!
Cases
You will tackle one of the real-life sustainability challenges presented by this year’s Challenge partners. When signing up you prioritize which challenge to work with.
Program
- Event: Kick Off
- Date: 20 September
- Time: 14.30 – 20:00 (afternoon/evening)
- Location: University of Copenhagen
- Event: Innovation Weekend
- Date: 21/ 22 September
- Time: 9.30 – 19:00 (full day)
- Location: Technical University of Denmark.
Deep dive into the innovation process and develop bold solutions with support from industry representatives and innovation experts.
- Event: Finals
- Date: 26 September
- Time: 15.30 – 20:30 (evening)
- Location: Copenhagen Business University.
JOIN US
Save your spot now!
The event is free to join and open to all students enrolled in Danish higher education and higher education alumni with less than a year since graduation. There is no specific knowledge required, however you must bring motivation and curiosity to work innovatively with sustainability in an interdisciplinary team.
By signing up you commit to:
Ensure your full commitment to join all events in the program, including Kick Off, Innovation weekend and Finals. Your absence would mean a missed opportunity for another student to get the spot.
Come with curiosity and openness.
See what former participants have said about OpenInnovation
“OpenInnovation opened our eyes to the pain points that future customers could have and that helped us fit our idea to the market. It’s super motivating when a big company says that they have a challenge they would like students to help with. That was a huge driver because you don’t get an opportunity that easily where decision makers in a company come to you and listen to your idea.“
– Mohammad Filfil, Founder & CTO at Paragit Neurotech ApS, member of the Paragit Solutions team in 2018
“I felt very inspired by various talks on circularity and sustainability, as well as seeing the optimism, energy, and enthusiasm of other participants and competition facilitators… participating in this challenge showed me that, through some effort, even laymen can dive into an issue and come up with some brilliant, out-of-the-box ideas, making an everlasting impact.“
– Marcin Zelent, member of the Infusave team and winner of Audience Favorite award in 2023
“I gained a lot from Open Innovation. First of all, I was hired from Velux afterwards, which meant that I could continue on the project. But, I also connected with many likeminded people who all saw the importance of sustainable change. It was a super fun experience where everyone brings something different to the table, and I would definitely recommend this experience to every student.“
– Luna Rye Esbak Ramlyng, participant in OpenInnovation 2022.