Briefing 2021

Initial situation

In autumn 2021, the Vienna Business Agency invites about 1,500 Viennese pupils age 8-15 to the “Forschungsfest on tour”. There, they will learn about Viennese solutions for the challenges of today's and tomorrow's world (i.e. products to touch) as well as about different jobs and training opportunities in workshop settings. In the end, they will invent their own idea for the Vienna of tomorrow.

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Task

We are looking for creative solutions from the maker scene that make it easy for the students to quickly get involved in the main topics of our programme and dive into new technologies.

Our workshop covers these topics:

  • IT & digitalisation

  • Life sciences & technology in health

  • Green tech & sustainability

We search for an element/activity/etc. that adds the idea of “making” and having fun with new technologies to our existent program. We offer a time slot of appr. 15 minutes in our program to get the students excited about making. We’ll provide an expanse allowance of EUR 5.000 for the idea we’ll chose. The amount includes material like filament, etc. We’d be happy to cooperate with another IMM partner in using their technology for our “Forschungsfest on tour”. Please have a look at the other partners – you might come up with an idea for using their technology for our purpose!

Possible contents for the room design element could be a table or small space to walk into with informations and playful elements that arouse the curiosity of the pupils and can later be addressed in the workshop programme or motivate pupils to continue with these topics after the workshops.

perspectives

In a joint process, an interactive object is to be developed that can be used in the “Forschungsfest on tour 2021”. Over a period of 4 weeks, up to 1,500 pupils will interact with the object/take part in the activity. The workshops will take place from the 20th of September until the 15th of October. Therefore, the solution has to be finished and implemented on the 20th of September.

Our team will support you during the duration of this year's Industry meets Makers programme in regard to the content for the interactive element. We will also offer an ideation workshop together with a designer/artist active in the field of museums, education and interactive design elements.

Additionally, the Vienna Business Agency offers a wide range of experts in the technology, as well as in the creativity business which can support you with know-how about further happenings and networking events in the City of Vienna.

If successful, the product will also be used in further workshops or our big biannual event “Das Wiener Forschungsfest”. Once the final concept has been selected, which will happen after the Future Tech Bootcamp, we will also take on the costs of purchasing materials to a predefined extent.

Kick-off invitation

#IMM2021 online kick-off invitation from Eva Czernohorszky (Vienna Business Agency).

Intro video

Briefing pitch @ #IMM2021 online kick-off from Kristina Wrohlich & Bernhard Melmer (Vienna Business Agency) on April 15th, 2021.

Next steps

Dear maker community, please get in touch if you would like to join us in getting young people excited about future topics and showing them new perspectives! If you are keen to develop an interactive tool and inspire pupils to become future makers, please register and let us know about your idea, the specific technology you need and envision and your background with a short application! 

We look forward to getting to know you better in the following months of #IMM2021, developing an innovative solution with you over the following months for the ideas lab in autumn, and finally presenting the result with you at the Best of Industry meets Makers event at the Digital Days on October 18th 2021. 

Contact

The main contact person for the project on the part of the Vienna Business Agency is Bernhard Melmer.

About wirtschaftsagentur Wien

The Vienna Business Agency supports local and international companies in all phases of their business development, advises on entrepreneurial issues and helps expats get started in Vienna.

It also engages in a wide range of activities to make research visible and tangible in everyday life. The aim is to provide information about new technologies and research achievements and, in particular, to get young people excited about science and research.

More about the Vienna Business Agency and the range of workshops for children and young people.

Current main briefings 2021

Additional Future Tech Bootcamp briefing specials 2021

BRIEFINGS OF PREVIOUS YEARS