Sprint Innovation Festival

See you in March: 3.-13.3.2026!

Innovation festival for the bravest of students

Sprint Innovation Festival is an annual innovation festival that brings together higher education students and experts from different organizations.

Next Sprint Innovation Festival is organised in spring 2026, 3.-13.3.2026!

Sprint in HUBS Study Calendar

In 2026, the theme of the Sprint Innovation Festival is Building a Humane and Sustainable Future.

Sprint 2026 theme tracks

Under the overarching theme, you, dear student, can pick the track that inspires you the most! Sprint 2026 tracks are:

Track 1

Re-thinking Different Industries: Creating Regenerative Businesses

Developing solutions that respect and support planetary boundaries.

Track 2

Building Future-capable Communities

Exploring future capabilities and developing solutions to support communities

Track 3

Strenghtening Safety and Sense of Security

Understanding safety as a phenomenom and creating solutions to improve safety

Puhuja seisoo selin kameraan, katsoo yleisöön.

Solving Sustainable Future Challenges

At the Sprint Innovation Festival, interdisciplinary teams of students tackle sustainable future challenges, with input from different experts offering various perspectives. The experts accompany the students throughout the process, providing support and fueling the teams to generate new and innovative ideas.

In addition, students receive guidance from inspiring coaches during the whole Sprint process. Diverse keynote speakers offer fresh perspectives and practical tips students.

Students can apply the skills they have learned in their studies and develop meta-skills such as teamwork and creativity. Sprint provides ample networking opportunities for both students and experts – opportunities that should be seized!

As the grand finale of the Sprint event, the experts from different organizations (Advisory Board) assess the solutions and select the best ones, which are also rewarded. All teams are given opportunities to further develop their ideas even after the event.

The language used during the event is English.

Student, read more here!

Expert, read more here!