CHALLENGE DESCRIPTION

The Technikum Wien , a brand of Technikum Wien GmbH, is the advanced training and digitization academy of the Technikum Wien of Applied . It offers seminars, certifications, academic courses, postgraduate master’s courses, pre- programs for international students as well as tailor-made in-house training for companies. In addition, the Technikum Wien Academy has had experience in handling retraining and qualification measures for the Austrian labor market since 2005.

The primary goal of the Technikum Wien Academy is to enable lifelong learning at the interface between technology and business and to counteract the shortage of skilled workers. In this way, against the background of ever faster technological change, it makes a significant contribution to the innovative strength and efficiency of companies in order to strengthen Austria as a technology and business location.

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As part of înno up, the Technikum Wien Academy is looking for innovative startups with solutions, services or technologies for a modern, innovative and didactically versatile student response system that works both stand-alone and can be integrated into Moodle.

We are interested in innovative solutions to increase interaction in the learner team, simple or automatic creation of interaction content and processes, measurement of mood and engagement levels in compliance with data protection law, gamification elements, individual insights and a focus on the participation of students in achieving learning success. The possible connection to the existing system landscape of the Technikum Wien Academy (ldap connections, FH Complete, Moodle, etc.) is essential for the usability of the and learners. Furthermore, mobile applications and accessibility are of enormous advantage for our target group. These sought-after solutions can be modular, meet parts of the requirement and / or be further developed together with the experts from the Technikium Academy. Solution parts, findings and adaptations of successful digital interaction methods from other areas of application and industries (e.g. employee engagement systems, quality assurance systems in production, social media and web shop interaction methods) can make a valuable contribution to an optimal overall solution.

Eligibility criteria:

In order to take part in the Challenge of the Technikum Wien Academy, your startup should meet the following criteria: ● In any case, your startup should be founded ● The first Edu-Tech projects have already been successfully implemented ● Experience in technical and organizational implementation ● Strong communication skills with various stakeholders (university management, teaching and learning center, degree programs, , students, innovation department) ● Working language German or English ● Willingness to jointly further develop experimental or non-industry solution elements ● Willingness to work with other startup teams that bring complementary elements into an overall solution ● Willingness to work together in Vienna

Offer to the winning team:

The Technikum Wien Academy offers the winner ● Joint test use of the solution or tool (PoC) ● In the event of success: extended deployment and deeper cooperation up to a possible roll-out ● Participation in workshops at the Technikum Academy ● Use of the services of the Technikum start-up company partnership (job exchange, company fair, support in arranging bachelor theses / internships) during the project period to the value of EUR 1,500. (Link Business Partners) ● Presentation of the project at events Legal Disclaimer:

All natural and legal persons of legal age are eligible to participate, provided they meet the above-mentioned criteria for participation. Employees of the Technikum Wien Academy and their relatives as well as public officials are excluded from participation. Technikum Wien Academy defines a task (challenge), on the basis of which innovative startups register on an online platform via the project website www.inno-up.at. This platform is used to pre-select eligible participants, which are then presented to the buddy company. The most suitable three (up to a maximum of five) startups for the final (pitch day) are then selected by the Technikum Wien Academy with the involvement of the coaches; the finalists will be notified via email. In a final step, the ideas are finalized and presented. One or more winners can be chosen from the finalists. There is no legal entitlement to the conclusion of contracts or other business relationships between the participants / winners and the Technikum Wien Academy. There is also no legal right to a final and / or the determination of a winner. The participants do not receive any allowance for their participation. The conditions of participation, parts of the process or the entire process can be changed at any time. The changes will be announced in good time and published on the platform www.inno-up.at. It is possible and participants expressly acknowledge that the , development and other activities of the participants and the Technikum Wien Academy overlap thematically. The participants do not have any claims from this. The participant registration is considered as express consent to this disclaimer.