Laser Valley Innovation Bootcamp

Laser Valley Innovation bootcamp – The bootcamp will bring together some of the most promising researchers, entrepreneurs and students, who will work on potential innovative solutions, in mixed teams.

General objective

The purpose of the Laser Valley Innovation Bootcamp is to facilitate the connection of researchers from the National Research and Development Institutes with entrepreneurs and students to create new potential innovative projects or to progress with the development of existing initiatives, in a new setting - an innovation bootcamp.

Specific objectives

During the 3 days, the participants will work side by side with researchers from national research and development institutes such as the Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering "Horia Hulubei" (IFIN-HH), the Institute for Physics of Lasers, Plasma and Radiation (INFLPR) , Institute for Materials Physics (INFM), Institute for Earth Physics (INFP), Institute for Microtechnology (IMT), Institute for Optoelectronics (INOE).
At the same time, the teams will include some of the most relevant entrepreneurs in tech, as well as students with a spirit of problem solving from the Bucharest Polytechnic University (UPB), the University of Bucharest (UB), the Academy of Economic Studies (ASE), EA – The Entrepreneurship Academy (EA) and more.
All of them will be joined by guests and contributors from among the stakeholders of the research and business environments in Romania.

Activities

Day 1, Thursday 15 June

16:00 – 16:30 – Check-in & warm-up networking
16:30 – 17:15 – Welcome, opening keynotes & panels
17:15 – 18:30 – Team formation according to Design Thinking methods
18:30 – 20:00 – Dinner & Brainstorming in teams
20:00 – 23:00 – Deep work in teams at the location

Day 2, Friday June 16

09:00 – 10:00 – Breakfast
10:00 – 12:00 – Deep work in teams
12:00 – 13:00 – Lunch with the mentors
13:00 – 17:00 – Deep work in teams
17:00 – 18:00 – Dinner
18:00 – 23:00 – Deep work in teams at the location
in parallel with the slots above and optionally, team members can participate in:
13:00 – 15:00 – Sessions: brain dates with mentors information related to INCDs and available resources
15:00 – 15:30 – “Supercharge your project with the help of AI” by Google
16:00 - 16:30 - "Building a digital architecture" by BCR
18:00 – 18:30 – “Master building a deck & delivering a pitch” by How to Web

Day 3, Saturday June 17

09:00 – 10:00 – Breakfast
10:00 – 13:00 – Deep work in teams
13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch
16:00 – 18:00 – Demo Day
18:00 – 19:00 – Cocktail networking & dinner with live music

Connecting

Researchers with entrepreneurs and students

Connecting researchers from the National Research and Development Institutes with entrepreneurs and students

Innovation

New projects or progress

Create new potential innovative projects or progress with the development of existing initiatives

Initiatives developed

Main Directions

The main directions for the initiatives developed during the bootcamp are: health, education, environment (including energy, climate), public services (including the activities of research and development institutes), cultural heritage and recreation

purpose

Work side by side with researchers

During the 3 days, the participants will work side by side with researchers from national research and development institutes

The purpose of the Laser Valley Innovation Bootcamp is to facilitate the connection of researchers from the National Research and Development Institutes with entrepreneurs and students to create new potential innovative projects or to progress with the development of existing initiatives, in a new setting – an innovation bootcamp.

Contact Person: Paula Bădinu

Write me: [email protected]

Ph: +40 720 494 795

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