The Innovation Challenge Lausitz offers the opportunity to strengthen your own problem-solving skills with great coaches, other creative people and the help of new methods and approaches. New challenges arise almost every day in companies, clubs and communities. New problem-solving skills, creativity and interdisciplinary networking are required. But how does something like this work? By learning it, trying it out and practicing. Together!

 

1. What is the Innovation Challenge?

The Innovation Challenge is an event in which heterogeneous groups develop prototype solutions for concrete or self-selected problems by companies, municipalities and associations in the Görlitz district. The teams are guided and supported by coaches and mentors.

2. Who should attend?

• Employees of regional institutions in all sectors who want to get to know new methods, solve current hurdles and escape from everyday thought patterns
• Developers and computer scientists who want to show what they can do and get in direct contact with potential clients.
• Students, pupils and young professionals

3. Why participate?

The participants develop solutions to actual, current problems or challenges outside of their normal structures. For this purpose, the companies, associations and municipalities send employees and volunteers to take part in the event. The participants receive an application-oriented, modern method input. The solution is found in heterogeneous teams and free from external specifications. Our coaches and mentors support the teams on their way.

The participants bring the problem solving and their experiences back into their organisation.

The participants become carriers of innovation culture in their sphere of activity. The mixing of the teams gives all participants new perspectives. The event serves, among other things, to retain, promote and motivate staff.

There is enough space for networking. In addition, the exchange on trends and challenges of the different industries is promoted.

Career starters, pupils and students come into direct contact with potential employers.

 

 4. How exactly does this work?

• Thursday, January 25th, 2024 - 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m
  • Priceless Lounge, Görlitz

Kick-off event with keynote, challenge vernissage, team building and first interviews with the challengers. 

• Thursdays, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., or individually

Individual working days for the teams in which they go through the design thinking phases and repeatedly test their ideas on the target group. Here it is up to the groups where they meet (e.g. in Zittau, Görlitz, Weißwasser or online). In addition, the above dates are flexible and can be adjusted if the date does not suit the majority of the group.

Focus: understanding of the problem, personas, possible solutions

• Thursday, March 7, 2024
  
  • Hillersche Villa Zittau

Main goal: pitch training and jury pitch

 

5. Summary - What can you expect from the Innovation Challenge

• coaching of startup methodologies,
• learning application-oriented innovation techniques,
• Exchange and networking on innovation topics, trends and challenges,
• networking
• Solution of real problems from companies, associations and municipalities,
• Rich catering (on January 25th and March 7th) and
• participant documents.

 

information : The venues are not wheelchair accessible.