Why this event matters?
Companies waste enormous potential because innovations often never reach commercialization. Ideas and technology exist, but there is no structured, human-centered bridge from idea to market—no functioning ecosystem connecting development, strategy, people, and funding.
This affects especially SMEs and growth-focused development organizations, where innovation managers, product leaders, and business owners struggle to prioritize and implement ideas.
The outcome is often the same: great ideas remain on the shelf, competitors capture the market, and companies lose potentially millions of euros in unrealized sales and misinvestments.
The Objective of the Workshop
The objective of the innovation workshop is to bridge the gap between ideas and market realization by creating a structured, human-centered process that connects technology, strategy, people, and funding.
This is especially aimed at SMEs and growth-focused organizations, where innovation often stagnates due to lack of prioritization, coordination, or actionable planning.
Workshop Agenda
Day 1 – Visioning and Conceptualization
- Participants explore the future landscape and generate innovative concepts.
- Focus on possibility space rather than generic ideas, ensuring concepts are relevant to participants’ business realities.
- Tools include scenario planning, vision templates, and collaborative exercises that leverage diverse industry perspectives.
- Social interaction, networking dinners, and informal discussions build trust and facilitate open collaboration.
Day 2 – Prioritization and Implementation Planning
- Concepts are refined into actionable business opportunities.
- Prioritization frameworks and evaluation techniques determine the most promising ideas.
- Planning tools identify enablers: required skills, potential partners, regulatory considerations, and funding paths.
- Output: participants leave with clear, practical tools and actionable next steps.
Experts at your service
Pekka Ketola
Ideascout Ltd
Bringing the Nokia golden era experience to modern day innovation activity.
European top innovator
Helping teams think boldly and turn ideas into meaningful, tangible solutions.
Iiro Jussila
Stamenio Ltd
Designing events to foster future innovation ecosystems.
Benefits and impact
We are calling for innovators and individuals who gain value from collaborative ideation and co-creation. We seek for strategic leaders, directors, product or service development heads, CTOs, or specialists such as engineers, researchers, or even unconventional perspectives (e.g., science fiction writers) to broaden creative input.Participants are chosen for their ability to actively contribute ideas and enhance collective outcomes, rather than solely representing a company.
For the participating individuals
Enhanced Energy and Motivation
Participants leave the workshop with elevated enthusiasm and a proactive mindset, ready to explore new opportunities and collaborate.
Accelerated Learning
Exposure to diverse perspectives and novel insights provides knowledge that may not exist within participants’ current expertise, boosting individual capacity for innovation.
Practical Tools
Attendees acquire actionable frameworks and approaches that can be immediately applied to problem-solving and business strategy.
For the participating teams and organizations
Collective Intelligence
Even if participants attend alone, the workshop fosters team-level learning and collaborative problem-solving across organizational boundaries.
Trust and Openness
By carefully curating participants and avoiding direct competitors, the environment encourages open sharing, collaboration, and co-creation.
Strategic Insights
Organizations gain a clearer, data-informed view of emerging trends, future business opportunities, and potential partnerships.
For the market and the eco-system
Innovation Acceleration
Workshops can uncover new business models, platforms, and collaborative opportunities that participants may not achieve individually.
Regulatory and Policy Influence
Engaging relevant authorities and regulators in the workshop can directly inform policy development, legislation, and industry standards.
Ecosystem Development
Workshops help identify shared needs, enabling the creation of platforms, services, and roles that expand market potential and industry capabilities.
