Valmet Automotive Business Innovation Camp
Business Innovation Camp -concept is a facilitated innovation process designed to solve challenges set by the company partner(s).
Next camp's corporate partner will be the Valmet Automotive with broad and interesting challenge on understanding complex business drivers. Due to Covid-19 situation the camp concept will be carried out online in a flexible matter and in close collaboration with company experts. Your participation could be your ticket to paid trainee and thesis assignments next year.
Are you ready for the fast lane?
Within two weeks period, participants work in teams and perform assignments comprising of task analysis, solution design, Q&A sessions, feedback collection, and presentations during the Camp. Due to Covid-19 all the activities will be carried out online with Zoom meetings, Miro and other different collaboration tools. The teams are facilitated and mentored by academic and industry professionals. After the camp teams finalize their proposal into an online pitch presentation to a broader company audience.
Topic of this camp will not be revealed beforehand, but we can hint so much that a rapid deep dive will be taken on how international automotive business, its networks and dynamics are structured.
No matter are you interested in e.g. information management, automotive technologies and their future, supply chain management and analytical thinking in general, you will definitely get a chance to test your skills and ideas with a real-life case. And no specifc pre-existing knowledge is required, curiosity will take you far. Rapid learning and new contacts coming up!
Business Innovation Camp in autumn 2020 is arranged with Valmet Automotive. Company's business environment as an automotive industry's manufacturing and engineering supplier faces continuosly rapid transformations in international scale. Company and its context are a perfect partner for business studies students and also other fields to engage many topics from the lecture halls in practice!
Traditionally Business Innovation Camps have included couple long intensive teamwork days, but in the covid-19 times we have decided to transform the concept into an online mode as many of the university's activities in general. In an online camp there will be facilitated activities in 9 days varying from ca 2 to 4,5 hours per day. The schedule is the following:
- Tue 27th Oct 16:00-18:00 Briefing session for the whole concept
- Thu 29th Oct 14:00-18:30 Understanding -phase
- Fri 30th Oct 13:00-17:30 Sketching -phase
- Tue 3rd Nov 9:00-10:00 & 16:00-18:30 Specifying -phase
- Wed 4th Nov 14:00-18:00 Storyboarding -phase
- Thu 5th Nov 12:00-16:00 Validation phase
- Fri 6th Nov 8:00-10:00 & 13:00-16:00 Pitch preparation -phase
- Mon 9th Nov 5 min Pitch rehearsal per team
- Tue 10th Nov 14:00 Final pitching session for a broader company audience
This Innovation Camp will be held online due to the covid-19 situation.
The instructions, sharing of information and interaction will take place with Zoom conference calls so a conference-call capable computer is needed for the participants. Some of the sessions will be among the all participants and company representatives and some with team members only.
Camp facilitators give brief instructions for different phases but mostly you will spend time co-creating with your team. Additional collaboration tools like Miro would be used for team's notes and it's essential that participants share information to each other. Teams can also use additional tools of their own choice if they find it purposeful.
Skillwise you might also end up drawing something on a paper, calculating in an Excel or preparing a brief video but there are no specific requirements. Just jump in to illustrate your thinking to others with any means feasible for you.
9-15 students from UTU will be selected emphasizing a heterogenic overall composition of the group. The selection of participants is performed by the organizers based on the applicants’ skills, motivation, study orientation and multidisciplinary attributes.
To apply you must be a student at University of Turku with at least 100 completed ECTS credits in your studies. All major subjects are warmly welcomed to participate and there's no specific prerequisite courses required for the participation for this innovation camp.
Concerning earlier camps’ feedback here are some things you might learn and experience during the Innovation Camp:
- innovation skills, curiosity, determination and creativity
- facing of the blank white paper
- teamwork essentials: justifying your view, listening to others and taking care of the joint effort
- managing with time pressures
- gathering relevant information from industry experts
- support of the mentors and organizers
- presentation and pitching skills in front of both your peers and finally corporate audience
Overall, the camp is a real opportunity to show what you are able to do! Purpose is that you will get some valuable practical industry insights and that the participation is also something extra also for your CV!
You can also get ECTS credits by participating in the camp, see https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/fi/opintojakso/YH000061/22486
Depending on the nature and applicability of the approaches generated during the Innovation Camp company partner has expressed an interest possibly to develop them further or offer other opportunities for the participants.
There's a pre-discussed opportunity that some of the participants may be offered summer jobs or paid thesis assignments in 2021!
So if those opportunities would interest you later, participation in the camp would be highly recommended.
There's a real need for problem-solving and development behind the camp - will you be able to help?
By applying you commit to active participation at the Camp's sessions and giving your best effort for your teammates.
The application period has expired.
Further information
If you have any questions about the concept or application form or process in general, contact any of the TSE crew organizing the event:
