Laser Valley Innovation Bootcamp

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Laser Valley Innovation Bootcamp, 2023 – The bootcamp has brought 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 have been 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