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Discovering Tomorrow's Innovations: Tartu OI Academy Celebrates Successful Pilot Program with Closing Seminar
On December 14, 2023, the closing seminar of the Open Innovation Academy (oiAcademy) Tartu pilot program will take place at the University of Tartu’s Delta Centre, coinciding with the “Delta X” competition. OiAcademy is an initiative designed to foster open innovation and entrepreneurial skills among participants, connecting entrepreneurs, investors, academic units, and students interested in solving challenges posed by companies.
The Tartu pilot programme , which began in October 2023, will culminate with the closing seminar on December 14. At the seminar, University of Tartu master’s students and Tartu Vocational College VOCO students will present solutions and business models to challenges set by industrial companies. The seminar is open to all interested parties.
Concurrently, oiAcademy pilot projects are also taking place in Germany and Spain. In 2024, the program will launch in full scale, inviting participants from across Europe. What makes the program special are the tailored learning snippets on the Skills.move e-learning platform, designed to support participants’ development in technology entrepreneurship. These educational materials also offer significant value to companies and their employees, contributing to continuous professional development and lifelong learning.
The program includes innovative methods to tackle real-world challenges. It’s more than just solving industrial companies’ challenges – it’s about learning key skills such as leadership, teamwork, entrepreneurial mindset, technology transfer, and innovation management. Companies participating in the Tartu pilot program include AS HANZA Mechanics Tartu, Leidi Consult OÜ, Steelmonitor OÜ, OÜ YANU and R-S OSA Service OÜ.
Schedule for the event on December 14:
- 14.15 Open Innovation Academy Programme Director Aivar Pere – Welcome speech
- 14.20 Deputy Mayor of Tartu Raimond Tamm – The role of the public sector in open innovation concept, Tartu’s experience.
- 14.35 HANZA Group, Cluster Baltic, Cluster President, Liivar Kongi – Industries promoting innovation, global company perspective.
- 14.50 University of Tartu PhD student Tairi Leis – Learning innovation, entrepreneurial student’s view.
- 15.00 Presentations by University of Tartu master’s students and VOCO students on solutions and business models. 6-minute presentation + 6-minute public discussion with entrepreneurs and investors
- 16.10 Conclusion
The seminar takes place in UT Delta Center, room 1018 and will also be broadcast live via ZOOM. ONLINE LINK TO EVENT (Password: oiacademy)
Please register to participate using this link. Register
The oiAcademy's pilot programme is ready to take off!
We are thrilled to announce that our long-awaited oiAcademy’s pilot programme is ready to take off! We bring together students, startup companies, and industrial enterprises for an immersive learning experience like no other.
🌐 This programme is tailored with innovative methodologies to address real-world challenges provided by our industrial partners. Together with our partners we have put together a fine-tuned study module hosted on the Skills.move e-learning platform. It’s much more than solving the challenges of leading industrial companies. It’s about learning vital skills such as leadership, team building, entrepreneurial mindset, technology transfer, innovation management and much more. At the moment, each partner works with participants from their own corner of the world. Later on all partners and participants will share the experience with each other.
🌍 Our journey thus far has been a testament to collaboration and partnership. It’s a privilege working hand in hand with four exceptional organizations in creating this program:
📅 Mark your calendars! Pilot trainings from October to January. Exact dates from our partners soon.
– University of Tartu (Estonia)
– IMH Campus. Machine Tool Institute (Spain)
– TECNALIA Research & Innovation (Spain)
– Technische Universität Braunschweig (Germany)
– Sparkup Tartu Science Park (Estonia)
DISCOVER oiAcademy
Why oiAcademy?
The importance of innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) has an instrumental role both at the EU and global level. In all sizes of organisations in manufacturing, there is a constant need of people who can turn new ideas into profitable realities.
To engage in open innovation processes requires both high-level vertical, domain-related skills, as well as horizontal skills in tech transfer and innovation management.
Also, participating in open innovation processes requires both high-level vertical competences related to the technological domain and horizontal soft skills competences leadership, teamwork, entrepreneurial mindset, technology transfer and innovation management.
oiACADEMY programme will help current and future professionals in the manufacturing sector to create innovative ideas and transform them and place them successfully in the market
oiACADEMY is an innovation and entrepreneurship programme based on a learning process that has a shape of a “double helix“; Acquiring knowledge with the support of the EIT Manufacturing Skills.Move learning platform and, acquiring skills through experiential learning activities,