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University Business Forum - Brussels - 6 and 7 April 2017

Innovation competences through Hackathons

Yvan Rooseleer (BiASC) was involved in Workshop 1.2 Innovation Competences and presented an initiative launched in cooperation with companies, namely the use of Hackathons to foster innovation competences and to teach hard and soft skills which are needed for the labor force. The Hackathon also serves as an example of regional cooperation amongst students and how to get them involved in social innovation challenges.

Yvan's Presentation
PDF: Download Story IoT Hackathons UBF EU -v2-1
PPT:  Download Story IoT Hackathons UBF EU -v2-1
PPT Long:  Download Story IoT Hackathons UBF EU -v2-1-long

PICS:  https://goo.gl/photos/pWFBPSAEUFnPezed9

"Innovation competencies" are essential for graduates and professionals to be successful in our changing and evolving environment.

 

WORKSHOP 1.2: Innovation Competencies
Today we live in a world of continuous change. This is visible in societal challenges, such as climate change, energy resources, increased rarity of certain materials and, of course, demographic change. "Innovation competencies" are essential for graduates and professionals to be successful in this changing and evolving environment. This session will present and discuss innovation competencies, what they are, how they can be developed and how they can be assessed and recognised. The workshop will explore these questions in the context of higher education, as well as that of professional development.
Moderator: Ms Ann Branch, European Commission, DG EMPL
Speakers
Mr Harri Lappalainen, Manager, Senior Advisor, Turku University of Applied Sciences
Mr Christoph Auch, Professional Education Lead Europe, Climate KIC
Ms Hannah Johnson, Business Psychologists, Carter Corson
Mr Yvan Rooseleer, Senior Lecturer, Odisee University College Brussels

More information

• Download ForumDraftProgramme - 310317
• Download Brussels UBF April 2017 Input Paper - final
• Download Bios speakers WS 1.2
• Download W1.2 Guiding doc 

 

Open Summer of Code - registreer nu

Ben jij gebeten door open innovatie en wil je komende zomer werken aan een uitdagend project (en een centje bijverdienen)? Dan is open Summer of code iets voor jou!

In juli kan je een maand lang samen met andere studenten werken aan een open innovatieproject voor bestaande organisaties en bedrijven. De bedoeling is om in 4 weken, onder begeleiding van een ervaren coach, een project uit te werken. Op het einde van de rit krijg je de kans om jouw product of dienst in team voor te stellen aan jouw opdrachtgever. 

Klinkt dit iets voor jou? Neem dan zeker een kijkje op 2017.summerofcode.be en schrijf je snel in!

Voor wie?

IT-, design-, communicatie- en business-studenten

Wanneer?

Gedurende de hele maand juli

Waarom?

-       Je leert heel wat bij en scherpt jouw vaardigheden aan

-       Je kan een interessante ervaring toevoegen aan jouw CV

-       Je leert er heel wat toffe en interessante mensen kennen

Wat kost dit?

Niets en je wordt er zelfs voor betaald!

Hoe inschrijven?

Inschrijven kan via deze link

Veel succes en hopelijk tot dan!

Open Knowledge Belgium

MakersTown - 20 July 2017 - Autoworld Brussels

MakersTown will take place on 20.06.2017 in Autoworld in Brussels. It is organised by DigitalEurope and Think Young.

URL: http://makerstown.eu

MakersTown is an open conference and exhibition, build around the town of the future: technology showing hospital/healthcare of the future, also leisure, retail, smart mobility etc.

About Being a Global Problem Solver

Innovate as a technologist. Think as an entrepreneur. Act as a social change agent. Be a global problem solver.

1 Digital Skills
2 Creativity
3 Critical Thinking
4 Entrepreneurial Spirit
5 Social Consciousness
6 Teamwok Skills

Are you ready? Take the quiz.

Full Brochure
URL: http://www.cisco.com/assets/csr/pdf/Global-Program-Solver-Infographic.pdf

Conducting an IoT Hackathon (Instructor Forum 9 March 2017)

Instructor Forum for EMEAR Region, 9 March 2017
Topic: Conducting an IoT Hackathon
Presentations and pictures compiled by Yvan Rooseleer @yroosel
This is a collection of documentation, presentations and pictures helping me to remember how to organize IoT Hackathons

Goal of a Hackathon

Engage students to learn IoT Technical and 21st Century Skills in a fun and meaningful way

Student Value
Recognize and understand the concepts and challenges of the transformational IoE society and economy
Gain hands-on experience with IoT and rapid prototyping 
Enhance your experience with IoT and embark on the paths to become “IoT specialists”
Gain “IoT generalists’” knowledge and “foundational” skills

Soft skills
Critical thinking and problem solving
Creativity: brainstorming and other ideation techniques
Collaboration
Communication: effectively present or pitch an idea

Terminology

• HACKATHON = 3 days + IT related + Prototyping + Pitching + PRIZE
• CREATHON = 1 day + Idea generation + Pitching + PRIZE
• STARTUP WEEKEND 3 days + Prototyping + Business Modelling + Pitching + PRIZE

Best Practices

• Students need to be well prepared (6-10 weeks) both in business modelling and in IoT technology, also in pitch training
• During a Hackathon students teams should be multidisciplinary (IT, Business, ...)
• Invite partner schools and students from other disciplines
• Max. 6 competition teams, but additional specialized service teams are possible
• Kickoff with an inspiring keynote
• The theme of the hackathon should be difficult enough; the topic of the hackathon has to be a real challenge for the participants
• Quality of rooms, furniture, network and equipment makes a big difference
• Role and variety of coaches is very important
• Number and variety of jury members is important
• Teachers and coaches need to be well prepared on how to coach for innovation and creativity
• The jury ideally consists of a mix of business companies, incubators and professionals from education

Evaluation Criteria

The evaluation criteria for the final presentation and demonstration during a Hackathon include:

• Quality of Hackathon Map
• Quality of the presentation   
• Quality of the prototype 
• Creativity and originality   
• Potential social impact of the solution 
• Business opportunity
• Group Dynamics

PRESENTATIONS ABOUT HACKATHONS 

-1- ABOUT THE MOST RECENT HACKATHON EVENT IN BRUSSELS
URL: http://biasc.be/2016/11/open-data-challenge-iot-hackathon-brussels-december-2016.htm
URL: http://honim.typepad.com/chroma/2016/12/report-with-pictures-smart-city-marketing-hackathon-odisee-1-2-dec-2016.html

-2- PREPARATION OF AN ACTUAL HACKATHON (6-10 weeks)
URL: http://honim.typepad.com/chroma/2016/11/how-to-prepare-for-the-open-data-challenge-iot-hackathon-brussels-december-2016.html

-3- EXPERIENCES FROM PREVIOUS HACKATHONS AND OTHER EVENTS IN BRUSSELS (STARTUP WEEKEND/ HACKATHON/ CREATHON)
URL: http://honim.typepad.com/files/story-iot-hackathons-benelux--v1-4.pdf
URL: http://biasc.be/2016/11/bring-iot-to-life-with-hackathons-experiences-best-practices.html 

IoT Fundamentals Curriculum Overview PPT

Here is the latest information concerning the new IoT Fundamentals Curriculum (2 March 2017):

PPT: Download BiASC_IoT Fundamentals 2 0 Curriculum Overview-March 2

Cisco Student Workshop & Creathon

 

Belgian Schools have the opportunity to attend a Student Workshop & Creathon organized by Cisco, BiASC and NASC.
More information: <[email protected]>

Example workshop

Amsterdam 1 February 2017 - Around 75 students from ROC A12 are participating in an IoT Creathon. Coaches: M. Verleun (NASC), Y. Rooseleer (BiASC), Cisco coaches

What's a creathon?

A creathon is an event where students are solving business cases in the domain of Internet of Things, mobile & cloud. There are several stages in the workhops: preparation - forming student teams - learning the problem statement - defining the problem - searching solutions (ideation & creativity) - come up with a solution - present proof of concept (business model, prototype)

Here is an example of a problem statement for a student creathon.

PROBLEM STATEMENT - DIGITAL SERVICES FOR SHOPPING CENTER OWNERS

We are a multidiscplinary team (team name) working for a startup NORAIN.

We develop applications and systems for the retail sector.

Our new customer BLINX, a Benelux based company, owns  25 shopping centers all over the Benelux.

BLINX want to collect and integrate useful information to improve the operations and management of shopping centers, making the tenants, shop owners and retailers happy about the new digital services and possibilities. Also they expect to make better business decisions about future projects.

EXPECTATIONS

FUNCTIONAL

• building intelligence for shopping centers
• intelligent connections: people, process, data, things
• => improve customer experience; engaging the shopper; recognize people, lifestyle, gender, ...
• => improve logistics, transportation, ...
• => The solution has to consist of a new digital IoT service for our customer BLINX, that will improce their relations with shop tenants

TECHNICAL

=>access to all data in once place for BLINX management (data lake)

=> combine data to get new information to allow BLINX to find opportunities

=> add new IoT data sources to create a bigger, better and up-to-date data lake

Getting access to this will give BLINX a competitive advantage in their field in addition to give them a value proposition to negotiate better rents with their tenants as they also can benefit from the products.

 

DATA SOURCES

INTEGRATING DATA => DATA LAKE => BIG DATA

Collecting all data sources, enriching the data with useful information like weather data, bank holidays, ...

Capturing and storing real-time data => wifi, cameras, sensors, ...

REAL-TIME vs BATCH processing

 

TO DO

Develop a Proof of Concept for your solution => inspiration, creativity, empathy, solution, description, presentation.

TIPS

Using video: https://goo.gl/photos/ttQcLWX9ypNnE2S9A

Using Wifi: https://goo.gl/photos/CPep3NhEWwTqebWM8

Using Digital Ceiling: https://goo.gl/photos/gx5xTEjim5rgzuU16

 

 

Bring IoT To Life | Experiences & Best Practices With Hackathons

For the Networking Academy Partner Summit in Berlin, Yvan Rooseleer prepared a presentation for a best practices workshop on 15 November 2016. The title of the workshop was Bring IoT To Life #netacadPS16

 

Open Data Challenge & IoT Hackathon | Brussels | 1-2 December 2016 | Agenda

 


On 1 and 2 December 2016 Odisee University College Brussels is organizing an Open Data Hackathon with the support of the Brussels Capital District Government. The theme of the hackathon is "Smart City Marketing".

Topic of Open Data Challenge & IoT Hackathon
Smart City Marketing With Digital Assistants and Other Digital Instruments

General theme: Developing Digital Economy/ Developing Digital Business
Subtheme: Internet of Things, Internet of Everything
Topic: Smart City Marketing with Open Data

PDF Information File: Download Smart-city-marketing-open-data-challenge-and-iot-hackathon-brussels-december-2016-v1-11

Participants are kindly requested to register for the event

• Coaches & Jury Registration/ URL: https://goo.gl/forms/IquqRHZy1rfG2V7m1
• Contact: Yvan Rooseleer <[email protected]> +32 (0)474 56 45 76
• Venue & Address: Odisee University College – Warmoesberg 15 – 1st Floor – 1000 Brussels
  

Entrepreneurship | Networking Academy Course Updates 2016

 

Series Overview

Entrepreneurship supplements the IT skills gained in CCNA R&S curriculum by teaching business and financial skills, behaviors, and attitudes, to help students develop an entrepreneurial mindset.

Students learn by completing a series of interactive case studies.

Benefits

Students seeking to supplement IT expertise with entrepreneurial thinking, business development, and financial management skills.

Learning Components

• 7 modules
• Modules feature interactive case studies and videos that reinforce business management skills
• Quizzes for each module
• Discussion board

Features

Target Audience: Secondary, 2-year and 4-year college students

Prerequisites: None, recommend CCNA R&S RSE for labs

Languages: Arabic, Chinese-T, Chinese-S, English, French, Italian, Portuguese-BR and Spanish

Course Delivery: Instructor -led or Self-paced

Estimated Time to Complete: 15 hours

Complementary Course: Be Your Own Boss

Be Your Own Boss Series | Networking Academy Course Updates 2016

Course Overview

The Be Your Own Boss Technopreneur Series provides the guidelines, insights, and advice needed to launch successful tech ventures.

The series features video presentations by entrepreneurs from around the world who share lessons learned along their journeys to success. 

Benefits

Technology students interested in developing the entrepreneurial skills and habits needed to launch and grow a successful technology business.

Learning Components

• 8 modules
• Technopreneurs sharing personal success stories in video format
• Quizzes and surveys for each module

Features

Target Audience: General audience

Prerequisites: None

Languages: English

Course Delivery: Instructor -led or Self-paced

Estimated Time to Complete: 8 hours

Recommended Next Course: Entrepreneurship

21st Century Skills

IoE Hackathon Brussels | Digital City Marketing with Intelligent Assistants | 1-2 DEC 2016

On 1 and 2 DECEMBER  2016 we are organizing a new Hackathon for students regarding Smart City Marketing with Interactive Digital Assistants and robots. The teams taking part are multidisciplinary teams with IT, multimedia, business, marketing and communication students. As usual, the winning team will receive sufficient funds for activities like taking part in international conferences and hackathons.

Benelux IoE Hackathon Final in Seraing

A well-balanced and multidisciplinary Brussels team, YSA, won the first Benelux Hackathon Final in Seraing. Six teams from Belgium and the Netherlands took part in this new competition.

The winning team from Brussels consists of Business and IT students. During the preparatory hackathon in Brussels based on Smart Shopping Center the team developed a Smart Shopping Cart. The winners will be invited to an international Cisco DevNet Hackathon in the coming months.

All participating student teams were well prepared making it a very exciting final. The team in second place comes from Thomas More Geel in Belgium.

How to prepare for the IoE Challenge & Hackathon Brussels | May 2016

Topic of IoE Challenge & Hackathon
BUILDING THE SMART SHOPPING CENTER

General theme: Developing Digital Business
Subtheme: Internet of Everything
Topic: Smart Shopping  | Building the Smart Shopping Center

Full PDF Information File:  Download Ioe-hackathon-brussels-May-2016-v2-5
Short PDF Information File:  Download Ioe-hackathon-brussels-May-2016-short-v2-5

TO DO BY WEDNESDAY LUNCHTIME Complete the Hackathon Map
IoE Challenge & Hackathon Map for Teams 
Word:  Download IoE Hackathon Map - Self Evaluation
PDF: Download 1.9.1 IoE Hackathon Map - Self Evaluation

Venue & Addresses
Pictures of the different venues: https://goo.gl/photos/VwyKJqzByX48AHky9
Ideation & Prototyping – 23-24 May (9am-9pm)
Odisee University College – Warmoesberg 15 – 1st Floor – 1000 Brussels
Pitch Preparation – 25 May (9am-14pm)
Odisee Grand Auditorium – Stormstraat 6 - 1000 Brussels
Pitching Brussels Final – 25 May (15-17pm)
co.station, Place Sainte Gudule 5 - 1000 Brussels
Jury, Awards & Drinks – 25 May (17-19pm)
Odisee University College - Private Clubhouse - Stormstraat 4 - 1000 Brussels
Pitching Benelux Final – 26 May (11-12am)
Maison de la Formation, Rue Cockerill 101 - 4100 Seraing
Cisco Shuttle Bus at railway station Liege Guillemains waiting in front of supermarket Louis Delhaize.
Access plan:  Download PlanMaisonFormationJanvier 2016

Benelux Final Winners to be invited at international Cisco DevNet Hackathon or equivalent event

Registration Form Coaches & Jury | IoE Challenge Hackathon 2 | 23-26 MAY 2016

Quick registration URL: http://goo.gl/forms/vjSPbVemDv

 

IoE Challenge for Students | May 2016

In May 2016  Biasc and NASC are organizing the first Benelux IoE Challenge for students. Here is background information and a list of methods and prototyping tools. ... Work in Progress ...

Final 25 May 2016: Warmoesberg 15, 1000 BRUSSELS (first floor) | Time: 9am-15pm
or 26 May 2016 (TBD) : Maison de la Formation, Rue Cockerill 101, 4100 Seraing, Belgium

Facebook Event
URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/461291200740632/

The Internet of Everything (IoE) is the networked connection of people, process, data, and things. These four networked connections make up the four pillars of the IoE. An IoE business incorporates these four pillars to deliver more relevant and valuable products and services to the customer. The interactions between the elements in the four pillars create a wealth of new information. The pillars interact in a way that establishes three main connections in the IoE environment: people communicate with people (P2P), machines communicate with people (M2P), and machines communicate with machines (M2M).

The documents below are intended for the participants of the IoE Challenge for Students

Story of the First Benelux IoE Hackathon - December 2015
Preparation, Planning, Communication, Organization
PDF:  Download Ioe-hackathon-brussels-story

Presentation for the IoE Challenge
PDF: TBD

Jury Evaluation Sheet
PDF:   Download 1.9 IoE Hackathon Jury Evaluation Sheet v2

Student Facilitation Manual
PDF: Download 1.6 Student Facilitation Manual

IoE Challenge & Hackathon Map for Teams 
Word:  Download IoE Hackathon Map - Self Evaluation
PDF: Download 1.9.1 IoE Hackathon Map - Self Evaluation

Preparing & Evaluating IoE Challenge Pitches & Presentations
URL: http://biasc.be/2016/02/preparing-evaluating-ioe-challenge-pitches-presentations.html

The information and references below are intended for the participants to prepare for the Ioe Challenge

Business & Communication


EMIXIS is a succesful company based in Brussels making use of IoT/IoE
Learn more about their offerings in preparation of the IoE Hackathon
URL: http://www.emixis.com/en/emixis/

Entrepreneurial Creativity
In the document below you will find information about Innovation & Creativty

• Download ENTREPRENEURIAL CREATIVITY

Test Yourself - What's Your Cognitive Style
It is a good idea to have groups with diverse cognitive styles and approaches. Here is a simple test to start off the group formation

• Download COGNITIVE_STYLE_TEST

Ideation and Design Thinking

• Ideation does not necessarily start with an idea
• An idea is the output of the innovation process, not the starting point 
• The goal should be to construct the single, best solution to satisfy the unmet needs
• You ideate in order to transition from identifying problems into exploring solutions for your users

PPT:  Download IoE Hackathon Ideation

Organize Ideas
Techniques that can help get the ideas out of your head and closer to being tangible opportunities

• Organize your thoughts and ideas with this list of the 15 best mind mapping tools
  URL: http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-mind-mapping-tools/
• How Can I Turn My Mess of Ideas Into Something Organized and Useful?
  URL: http://lifehacker.com/5959742/how-can-i-turn-my-mess-of-ideas-into-something-organized-and-useful
• Do you have a lot of ideas but no clue how to organize them?
  URL: http://lifehacker.com/5941997/defrag-your-brain-with-a-spark-file

Canvanizer
Canvanizer is a collaborative online tool for business modelling and other similar activities

The insight that is basis for the Business Model Canvas and many other great canvases: Make complex things easy to visualize in a way that helps people recognize patterns. Canvanizer helps you to visualize ideas.

Preparing & Evaluating IoE Challenge Pitches & Presentations

Here are some guidelines and tips for the IoE Challenge Pitches & Presentations (Work in Progress)

What is the issue?

• What is the global issues you are answering?
• Why is this issue important for your audience?

What is your message?

• Who is your audience?
• What should they remember from your pitch?

CiscoLive, Corning HQ & IoE Hackathon Berlin | FEB 2016

 

Around 25 participants from the Benelux attended CiscoLive and the IoE Hackathon in Berlin. During a visit to the EMEA headquarters of CORNING we learned the practicalities of the Corning Network IQ Elite Programme for educational institutions.

Cisco Amsterdam | Creathon | 5 February 2016

On 5 February 2016 a Creathon for student companies in higher business education is being organized at the Cisco Headquarters in Amsterdam.

The goal of the creathon is to link the company business plan or product created by the student companies with the concept of Internet of Everything.

A number of Belgian teachers or instructors are invited to take part as a coach or an expert in the following domains:

• Creative Entrepreneurship
• Business
• Health
• Internet of Everything

It is possible to combine travel with other instructors, if you register by email as soon as possible (first come, first serve). Please register by mail <[email protected]> and join the event on Facebook.