We all know the story of how Isaac Newton came to understand the force of gravity under an apple tree. Luckily enough, there won’t be any apples falling on people’s heads on the fourth floor, but there will be thousands of ideas flying back and forth.
The fourth floor in Gravitat – BTV House of Innovation is where ideas can take flight. For one evening, a workshop or a few months.
It gives you space to develop, sow and grow outstanding ideas.
This event offered a special edition of Fuckup Night on the topic of innovation. Three companies presented their failed innovation projects and reflected on their learning moments. It was about risk-taking and company culture. Saša Filipović, the founder of Fuck Up Nights Voralberg, lead through the program and then discussed practical approaches for constructively dealing with failure in innovation processes. The focus was on root cause analysis, risk management and strengthening a learning corporate culture.
As part of the Caritas InnoLab Challenge, innovative solutions are sought for the design of interaction spaces that enable person-centered assistance for people with disabilities and promote inclusion. In this SkillShare event the challenge was presented and new approaches were discussed together.
Lukas Madlener from Caritas gave a brief historical overview of the development of workshops over the last 100 years. Those affected report on their personal experiences in order to make their current needs and challenges visible. Stefan Knall showed from the perspective of companies how inclusion can be successful.
Finally, the goals of the InnoLab Challenge were presented and approaches for designing interaction spaces to promote person-centered assistance and inclusion were discussed.
In the keynote speech, internationally recognized consultant Kai Schäffner addressed the question of how companies can build open or closed ecosystems around their products and services that create long-term customer benefit but also guarantee sustainable and profitable returns for the companies involved.
Ecosystem-based business models bring partners together to provide customers with a comprehensive, simplified and efficient customer experience that they no longer want to be without. Kai Schäffner shared his experiences and expertise from the digital transformation of Thermomix and is available to interested companies for dialogue.
In the keynote speech, Anna Köhl presented circular business model archetypes and backed them up with international and local examples. The examples from various sectors of the manufacturing industry showed how diverse circular solutions can be and provided inspiration to initiate the circular innovation process in your own company. A detailed case from an SME also showed possible hurdles and how to deal with them.
In the keynote speech, the experts from fairkom provided an overview of the Digital Markets Act and discussed the most important regulations that can directly or indirectly impact companies’ IT infrastructure and services. Using messenger services as an example, it showed how these new regulations force companies to adapt their digital strategies and develop innovative solutions in order to meet legal requirements.
The integration of AI into business processes is a crucial step in digital evolution. At the first Skillshare event, Jeremias Fuchs from Localmind AI gave an exciting insight into the world of local and secure AI agents, specifically aimed at daily work in industry and tourism.
Practical applications of AI technologies were shown as part of a “meetup”. A keynote speech showed how AI-based knowledge management and interactive AI agents can transform workflows and open up new avenues for efficiency and internal interactions.
The participants met the InnoLab teams to see which ideas were developed within 12 weeks. They received a first insight into the prototypes developed over three months, met the company partners and networked with our InnoLab participants.
Exciting event where industry experts shared valuable insights on the topic of corporate venturing. Participants learned strategies, challenges and successes behind this innovative approach.
Highlights:
> Participants explored the dynamic landscape of AI implementation through expert perspectives.
> The participants exchanged ideas in interesting discussions about the practical integration of AI into their organization.
> Participants made contacts with other experts, opinion leaders and technology enthusiasts.
> It was a bilingual event.
“From idea to prototype in 48 hours” – Under this motto, the creative minds of InnoLab and participants from various universities worked on solutions for important innovation challenges.
The participants in this workshop immersed themselves in the exciting world of open innovation. They discovered the benefits and challenges of an open innovation approach in their organization. They gained insights from innovation experts and business thought leaders who have harnessed the power of open innovation management to drive growth and transformation.
Highlights:
> Find out from industry experts about the advantages and disadvantages of open innovation processes
> Participate in productive discussions to implement strategies for a successful open innovation method
> Connect with like-minded people, founders and visionaries from the field of innovative business ideas
> Bilingual event
As part of InnoDays Fall 2023, a kickoff took place where our challenge partners presented the challenges and set the course for an exciting collaboration. This was the chance to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and get answers directly from the companies.
In this workshop, DI Dr. Alton-Scheidl, board member of faircom, gave an overview of current developments in the media sector, showed some models for communication at a local level, highlighted filter algorithms in social media, presented alternatives and raised ethical questions about artificial intelligence.
The innovation program InnoLab
InnoLab is a 3-month innovation programme for regional companies. Gravitat gives them the space they need to develop innovations beyond the company’s core business.
Businesses can define their challenge to drive the green and digital transformation. Employees and external talents develop solutions in an open, customer-driven and iterative process. Weekly workshops with experts guide cross-functional teams from idea generation to prototype testing.
