Training “Commercialization of innovative ideas“

Project “Innovation Hub: Comparative Advantage for Greater Competitiveness“

12, 13, 14th December, 2018 (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)

Location: Hotel ASTERA, Skopje (Str. Prespanska No. 39, Magir Maalo)

A G E N D A

Time/Day Day I, 12.12.2018
10:30 – 11:00 Registration
11:00 – 12:00 Opening, objectives and training introduction Introduction and expectation of participants
12:00 – 12:45 Introduction to creativity and innovation
12:45 – 13:00 Coffee break
13:00 – 14:30 Innovation engine, co-innovation and globalization as a precondition for successful commercialization
14:30 – 15:30 Lunch
15:30 – 17:00 Techniques of creative thinking
17:00 – 17:15 Coffee break
17:15 – 18:30 Exercise: generating innovative ideas Discussion for improvement of generated ideas

Time/Day Day II, 13.12.2018
10:00 – 11.30 Analysis, ranging and prioritization of innovative ideas
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 – 13:15 Exercise (analysis, ranging and prioritization of the generated innovative ideas using various techniques)
13:15 – 14:00 Designing a sustainable innovation process in the company
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:30 Exercise (innovation process design)
16:30 – 16:45 Coffee break
16:45 – 17:30 From problems, customers desires and needs, to the design of the features of an innovation product/service

Time/Day Day III, 14.12.2018
10:00 – 11.30 Exercise: What innovation features need to be implemented?
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 – 13:15 Process of customers development for innovative products
13:15 – 14:00 Customer disclosure and validation framework as part of the customer development process
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 15:45 Framework for creating and building a company as part of the customer development process
15:45 – 16:30 Exercise: Customer development for the generated innovative products/services
16:30 – 16:45 Coffee break
16:45 – 17:15 Questions/Answers/Discussion
17:15 – 17:30 Training evaluation
17:30 – Finalization of the training