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Earn study credits by solving company’s real sustainability challenges from different stages of the food chain

The Innovation Festival is inclusive and immersive week-long event open to students from all fields of study. Participants collaborate in multidisciplinary teams to tackle real-world challenges posed by companies. These challenges are involved with the food chain and are closely tied to sustainable development goals. Diverse teams consist of students from various educational institutions and academic backgrounds. Throughout the week, the Design Sprint process guides the development of innovative solutions, with expert mentors providing continuous support and guidance.

When? November 2025, dates to be announced later

Where? Turku (more information coming later)

Who can participate? Students from all educational institutions

Get connected with companies

The challenges you will be solving during the Innovation Festival come from real companies and their actual challenges. You will have the chance to work on innovative solutions related to data, food packaging, facilities, services, businesses, marketing, and customers within real-world challenges posed by companies. The challenge can be, for example, service or product development or process renewal. The company’s representatives will be participating in the festival week as they present their challenge, evaluate the preliminary ideas and the final solutions.

Methods used during the innovation week can be used later within studies and working life

During the Innovation Festival teams are solving the challenges using Design Sprint -process, which is an intensive and stimulating way of working used to solve complex problems and validating concepts. Once you have learned the process you can utilize it throughout your studies and later in your working life.

Experts mentoring throughout the week

Expert mentors assist the teams and help them during the innovation process.

Participation also accumulates study points

The work takes place in the afternoons. We encourage working face-to-face but partial remote work is also possible.

Join the Innovation Festival and improve your working life skills! Develop especially project management and team work. In multidisciplinary teams you will learn new approaches to solve problems and innovate.