Think Innovation Week 2025
An immersive week to explore, imagine, test and innovate differently. Whether you’re curious, creative or simply motivated to take on concrete challenges as part of a team, this is the experience for you.
This year topics are: «A healthy mind for a healthy body», «The dermatological avatar» and «Collecting clouds»
1 Jul, 2025
- Upcoming events
Key information
OBJECTIVES:
- Promote patents that have not yet given rise to an innovation.
- Test the IDéO method to transform any idea into a valuable opportunity for a new start-up or an existing company
- Prototyping an idea.
WHEN? – 1 – 10 July, 2025
WHERE? – Université de Lorraine | Nancy, France
WHO? – Students (from Bachelor 3rd year to PhD Student)
LANGUAGE: English (minimum level: B2)
Application deadline: 9th of June, 2025 (first come, first served)
Contact: Amélie Varnier, amelie.varnier@univ-lorraine.fr
No registration fee!
The organisers will provide:
- Accommodation & breakfast (for those living outside Nancy)
- Lunches, social events, and course materials
Not covered: travel, dinners, personal expenses, or anything outside the official programme.
Application deadline: 9th of June, 2025 (first come, first served).
For EURECA-PRO Students: You can apply only for “Block 1” or “All Blocks”.
Credits: 5 ECTS (All blocks)
Funding: EURECA-PRO students shall seek financial support from their local international relations office.
BLOCK 1
«48 HOURS TO REVIVE DORMANT PATENTS»
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July 1-3, 2025 - 2,5 days
- Team Building and presentation of research topics (3h)
- Technological watch and foresight (7h)
- Creativity and POC (7h)
BLOCK 2
«BUSINESS MODEL DESIGN FOR AN INTERNATIONAL MARKET»
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July 7-8,9 2025 - 3 days
- Introduction to cross cultural marketing (3h)
- Building an entrepreunial project (part 1): Building a global scenario
- PEEL Incubator (7h)
- Building an entrepreunial project (part 2): Designing a winning strategy PEEL Incubator (7h)
BLOCK 3
«PROTOTYPING YOUR IDEAS»
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July 10 2025 - 1 day
- Prototypting your Ideas
- Fab Lab (3.5h)
- Acceptability testing using eye tracking tools (3.5h)
- Fab Lab (3.5h)