Sprint Innovation Festival

Sprint Innovation Festival is an intensive learning event during which you will work as a team with your student colleagues in different fields. Together you will create innovative solutions to real-life challenges presented by a group of different companies and organizations. The best solutions will be awarded, so the event also has a competitive edge but not too seriously – we want you to have fun while working! 

The event is focused on sustainability in its three dimensions: economic, social, and ecological. Coaches, professionals, and working life representatives guide you through the innovation process with a variety of methods and tools inspired by The Lean Startup methodology.

On the event’s Final day, every team presents their solution to a partner panel that gives feedback to the teams. Winners are awarded in the Final Gala.  

After attending the Sprint Innovation Festival, you can: 

• initiate and carry out an agile, customer-oriented innovation process 
• think creatively and develop your ideas into a solution 
• act as a team player in a multidisciplinary team 
• create a pitch and sell ideas to customers 
• demonstrate you have practical experience in cooperating with working life partners 

Please make sure to allocate time in your calendar for Sprint work, according to this schedule:

• 5th March 2025 Kick-off: Online
• 6th of March until 10th March 2025: Online work independently with the team
• 11th to 14th of March: SPRINT Innovation Festival Campus Days: On campus
• 27th March 2024 After SPRINT: Online, from 3 pm to 4 pm.

Approved when you have demonstrated to be involved and committed to each Sprint Innovation Festival -day in an active manner, e.g., you can study and work both independently and as a member of the team. You can provide ideas, prototype, and validate the solutions, present your suggestions and give/ receive feedback. You can independently describe the complete innovation process, its phases, and its outcome.  

Failed if you have missed more than one day out of the four without replacing the hours in an agreed manner (e.g., covering the work by independent working hours). Failed if you do not actively participate in activities before Sprint (forming a team), during the ideation phase, and in the after-Sprint activity. 
Fail may occur if you cannot describe what you and your team accomplished during the innovation process, its phases, methods, and outcome.