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- Streetwize
- Pink Ladies
- Small is Beautiful
- The Future of 3D Scanning
- Technology meets design
- e-health: rich user experiences
- Wii Remote Hacking
- Streetcombing
- Innovation in kitchen science
- Bridging the gap between idea and reality
- European Entrepreneurial Regions
- Innovation Bootcamps
- Innovations in the agricultural industry
- Time to NOW
Streetwize
What can street children teach you about Management, Leadership, Innovation, creativity, Communication, Teaming and Sales? Arnoud Raskin will guide you through the streets of the likes of Columbia, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town and La Paz... and have you look at street cultures in a different way.
Pink Ladies
The Pink Ladies Cab is a shocking pink taxi for women only. Women often feel unsafe in cabs. That’s why these cars are driven by self-defence trained, female drivers. A perfect service responding to the serious FEMALE FEVER trend of today.
Small is Beautiful
Nanotechnology is closer to you than you may think. Let Prof. dr. Jean-Pierre Loquet inspire you with some examples of products that use nanotechnology today. He will explain how beautiful all things small can be. If you think a bug's life is miniature, what about printing texts on a human hair?
The future of 3D scanning
Dirk Callaerts will give his vision on how 3D scanning will make a virtual star of everyone. He will illustrate with numerous examples how this 3D scanning technology can contribute to future developments in computer games and virtual worlds and how this offers new opportunities for creativity.
Technology meets design
Learn how the Lombardian stocking industry works together to enter new markets.
e-health: rich user experiences
Luc will show how the Seadragon technology in PhotoSynth and DeepZoom found their way into e-health applications
Wii Remote Hacking
Building sophisticated educational tools out of cheap parts, You-tube legend Johnny Lee demos his cool Wii Remote hacks, which turn the €25 video game controller into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer.
Streetcombing
The best ideas lie on the street. A lot of business people spend their time behind their desk missing opportunities. Richard Stomp combs the streets one day per week. He takes pictures of all exciting ideas and publishes one discovery per day.
- Download PDF report
- Download Richard Stomp's street combing mindmap
- Download Richard's free ebook with 365 (!) idea starters at www.straatjutten.nl
- Watch the video
Innovation in kitchen science
Link new parts of your brain with your taste buds. The international recognition of the Catalan cuisine is the result of a creative effort and re(dis)covering the traditional values of our way of eating and projecting those to the world. Catalunya has therefore created Alícia, a gastronomic research centre that brings some important improvement to our society, by means of innovation through the application of science to the cuisine.
Bridging the gap between idea and reality
With its software Magics (what’s in a name?) .MGX creates a total transformative experience from the non-tangible creative process to a materialised product. It allows designers, engineers, architects and manufacturers to probe the infinite options of 3D printing. In a new and futuristic environment, .MGX grows the product in 3D, pixel after pixel, opening new gates to creativity and product intelligence. Naomi Kaempfer, Managing Art Director of .MGX, launches a new .MGX collection every year. She commissioned circa 20 well-known architects, designers and design studios based on specific themes in order to develop ideas and concepts as well as various facets of the technology.
European Entrepreneurial Regions
For stimulating innovation entrepreneurs need support in strengthening creativity and generating an inspiring environment to transfer ideas in profitable business. An European award for European Entreprenerial Regions offers a showcase for regions to attract entrepreneurs analog for European Capitals of Culture.
Innovation Bootcamps
The Alcatel-Lucent way to develop ideas into business cases consists of innovation bootcamps, a series of two-day sessions with a cross-functional core team, complemented by senior management, external specialists, academics and venture capitalists. Ideas of employees get selected, go through the boot camps and become real businesses after a kind of internal Dragon’s Den.
Innovations in the agricultural industry
In 1999, the Flemish Farmers organisation Boerenbond decided to launch a program to stimulate innovation and creativity among their 17.000 members. This program resulted in the creation of new support centre called 'Innovatiesteunpunt voor land- en tuinbouw' that currently employs 10 consultants. Their mission is to encourage innovation in agriculture and horticulture and to provide assistance to innovative projects of farmers. Gert Van Thillo will present several projects that illustrate the very down-to-earth attitude and hands-on mentality of agricultural entrepreneurs in Flandres.
Time to NOW
Most people associate time with the clock and try to control it by following all kind of time-management tools. Nothing wrong with that, except that we can't control the clocktime. As a result, lots of people have a feeling that they never have enough time and suffer from stress. During this 'Time to NOW'-session, you will become more conscious of other forms of time and explore topics like influencing your experience-time or the possibility of time-travel. or what about being NOW and here? Beware, this session can change your vision of time forever. .
