Project: INNOEVENT

“This collaboration was one where real and tangible results were evident. The collaboration between the health sector partner and design student had during 2010 and 2011 events produced a large number of ideas and potential projects..The very simple initiative of using USB sticks to provide information to expectant mothers had resulted the employment of five people and high annual savings for the Health Authority. This is a highly impressive outcome for a student project 'idea' and is evidence of a genuine 'meeting of minds' and a will to develop and implement ideas to production. It also provided students with entrepreneurial opportunities to further develop their own projects. Excellent collaboration."
Jury Member: Sandra Gunn, Curriculum Director of the City of Glasgow College, Great Britain

“A persistent collaboration addressing one of our most serious challenges in the future – health. The collaboration has a modern approach with great potential to develop even further. The progress of InnoEvent over years is described as well as the generation of new jobs and the potentially increasing financial return."
Jury Member: Ann-Britt Carlsson, Officer of Development, Västarvet, Västra Götalandsregionen, Sweden

Describe your collaborative partnership

The collaboration is connecting two different industries in an untraditional manner. OUH provides challenges from their everyday life, and EAL provides work hours free of charge and new ‘skewed’ ideas free from any constraints. OUH supports with expert assistance. One result of the collaboration is the innovative success InnoEvent held in 2010 and 2011.

“InnoEvent” is an event organised for multimedia design students at EAL. EAL and OUH plans the event which challenges the students to come up with innovative solutions to solve a given problem from the everyday life of OUH – within a timeframe of one week.

“Healthgames” is another result, including other partners. This project aims to develop the area of gaming technologies in healthcare. IT-students, in collaboration with game companies, develop new technologies. It is expected that the newly developed technologies will contribute to increase growth both in the region of Southern Denmark and in the Northern Germany.

Provide evidence of your success

From InnoEvent 2010, four out of 24 project ideas have been brought into life at OUH. One is a USB for pregnant women containing all pregnancy and maternity information. Previously, app. 5,000 pregnant women each got 7 paper leaflets at a cost of 2.4 Euros each. Using USB saves the maternity department of 70,000 Euros a year. A new company employing five people has been created based on this idea. Another idea still in an early stage is a technology in the incubator of newly born babies connecting the baby and the parents by means of pictures, sounds and heart beat rythms of the mother sent via the Internet. The aim is to create a company producing and distributing the system.

In InnoEvent 2011, eight out of 26 ideas have been selected by OUH for further development with the objective of creating actual products/services. E.g. a chat possibility among cancer patients and an augmented reality game using well-known cartoon characters like Spiderman to bring fun into the hospital.

• Studio / Agency: www.ouh.dk
• Client: www.eal.dk
• Presentation: INNOEVENT (812.13 kB)