At this years InnoFest in Oulu, the 11th already, the organizers from PrintoCent brought together over 100 participants. Those were specialists in printed flexible organic electronics (PFOE) technology, business development, industry design, biochemistry, healthcare, innovation and software, as well as entrepreneurs. 15 Teams had 1,5 days to think of a problem and solution and competed with their ideas infront of 5 judges. One of the teams with members from INFINITE partner OSAO developed and pitched a concept for training technical staff in the PFOE sector. Their concept will now be further developed and implemented as part of INFINITE vocational training activities at OSAO. Interested in their one minute pitch?
Events like InnoFest play a key role in translating scientific breakthroughs into commercial solutions. “I was happy to see new faces, excellent collaboration between researchers, entrepreneurs and PFOE industry professionals. The atmosphere was creative, collaborative, and engaging.”, states Satu Väinämö from PrintoCent. This year, PrintoCent offered an online training session happening before the actual InnoFest event. It included an introduction to printed electronics and a business model tool. Satu from PrintoCent: “I believe this accelerated idea development during the 1,5 days.” The extra session was made possible through the INFINITE project.
