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<li>Step #2:  Make teams of people to do exhaustive research of the different innovative ideas carried out in an assigned country. Each idea must be related to the field chosen for that year and the team will create the stand with panels with all the information about the idea and the product if possible.</li>

<li>Step #3: Speak with the communication and marketing department to help us promote the fair among UCU students and teachers as well as any other person from outside of the university exhausting every communication resource.</li>

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== <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - “Solv-IT” Innovation Workshops ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Something that came to light while we analyzed the Landscape Canvas,was the lack of workshops and start-up weekends.Moreover, we realized that there weren't too many(or it did not exist at all) activities that would encourage interaction among students and in which they could meet new people.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our challenge:

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How might we help students to interact better with each other,while propelling the I&E environment ?

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The event will consist of a two-day workshop in which students will gather in teams to solve real-life problems.Students will be able to choose from a variety of problems that fall under a previously chosen topic, which will change in each instance. The first half of the first day would be used to introduce the students,form the teams,and help them to know each other with some ice-breaking games.The second half would be used to teach the students about design thinking and giving them the possible problems they can choose to solve.In the second day the teams would start with their solution and build their MVP .The winner team will receive help from the Ithaka’s incubator to continue developing their project and they will have the chance to receive seed funding from a regional sources of capital (angel, VC, state or institutional funds).

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If possible, this fair will not only present the inventions and how each of them work, where they are from, how they grew in the last years, but also will show the product or a prototype of it so that the fair can be more interactive for everyone.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The idea also,apart from the good ideas and/or projects that may come up,is to propel the interaction between students from different majors by forming multidisciplinary teams and making them work towards a common goal.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In conclusion,our aim with this workshop is both to improve the interaction between students (a matter in which the pandemic wreaked havoc) and,at the same time, to involve them in the I&E environment.

'''<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will follow the incoming steps:'''

<li>Step #1: Contact external partners who could provide the seed funding.</li>

<li>Step #2:  Book the university’s cowork space for the dates in which the workshop will take place.</li>

<li>Step #3: Get in touch with the Students Affairs and Communications Department in order to do the marketing and advertise the event.</li>

<li>Step #4:  Make it happen.</li>

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== <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: “INNOVAFTER” ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Analyzing the Landscape Canvas and also hearing the students' thoughts, what we discovered was a lack of opportunities for students from different careers and departments to interact and get to know each other. As we know nowadays it is fundamental to have a multidisciplinary team so we can be more efficient and complete. To get to this is easier if students can have instances to create bonds and share time together. In addition to this, one of the fundamental missions of our University is to have a full academic and social experience so that students not only attend class but can generate a community.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our challenge:

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How might we help students to interact better with each other,while introducing them to the I&E environment ?

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What we will be doing as part of the solution of this question on top is an Innovafter. This will be an event held at the end of the classes so that people from different careers can join and listen to good music, student bands and enjoy some drinks. Is the perfect time to relax after class in an informal environment and get to know other students you would never see and talk to if it wasn't for the after class.This event is not only to meet with other students but also to start knowing and getting involved in the innovation and entrepreneurial environment.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When we enjoy something we remember it. What is better than games to introduce to the amazing and magical world of innovation? We want students to enjoy their university life and to have the opportunities to make the most of what they learn in new projects to improve personally and professionally.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is why in this event there are going to be a variety of mini innovation games while they have fun and play games.

'''<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will follow the incoming steps:'''

<li>Step #1: Start planning the event, book the space we want in the University (Join Place) and contact different providers of drinks and food.</li>

<li>Step #2:  Make some flyers and communicate on instagram, the university web and via mail one week before the event.</li>

<li>Step #3: Contact volunteers or students with scholarships to help with the event.</li>

<li>Step #4:  Contact volunteers or students with scholarships to help with the event.</li>

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== <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Innovation Marathon ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After having immersed ourselves in the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem of our university, one of the main problems that we were able to recognize is the lack of integration of students in the innovative and entrepreneurial area of our institution. So with this strategy we aim to foster an innovative and entrepreneurial spirit in students by inviting them to join in activities that challenge them to think outside the box and use their creativity.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our challenge:

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How might we help students involve themselves in the innovation and entrepreneurship environment?

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The idea of this project is to create an annual competition, which ideally lasts over time, and by means of which students will be invited to, together with a group of friends or classmates, apply with an idea or problem that they would like to implement or solve in the university. During the competition, for between 3 and 4 days, they will be provided with tools (videos, activities, talks, etc.) so that they can develop prototypes of their ideas or even so that they can rethink other solutions that they had not taken into account. Once the competition is over, the ideas will be presented to a jury, and the winning team will be able to carry it out.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main focus of this competition is to encourage students to use their creativity and skills to improve the university ecosystem of which they are a part every day. For the latter, we believe that the participation of students in these types of activities is of utmost importance, since they are the ones who can more easily recognize the problems that should be solved, at the same time that they would be thinking and creating ideas that would generate a benefit to themselves.

'''<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will follow the incoming steps:'''

<li>Step #1: Talk with the student affairs department to have feedback on the preliminary event, and begin to organize the methodology to carry out the competition.</li>

<li>Step #2:  Contact all centers and departments to get an overview of the problems or things that could be improved in each place, and put together a list of several examples and contacts.</li>

<li>Step #3: Talk with the communication department to implement the promotional material of the event and start promoting it between students via social networks and other means.</li>

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