Project ideas introduced at EIT Manufacturing workshop

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EIT Manufacturing Innovation Workshops organized by LINPRA and Kaunas University of Technology took place this week in order to encourage Lithuanian companies, educational institutions, start-ups to initiate and develop projects relevant to industry, search for partners and possibilities within EIT Manufacturing.

✔️ The focus was on the INNOVATION workshop, attended by 8 companies with their innovative technology ideas.

✔️ The EDUCATION session presented in detail the EIT Manufacturing programs and supported activities in the field of education. Ideas of possible projects were discussed: 1) to train the operators of production companies – to retrain / train in the workplace – using real and virtual reality models; 2) to develop creativity in the workplace by organizing hackathons in companies and between vocational schools, as well as among students. Ideas will be developed to turn them into real projects.

✔️ In the BUSINESS CREATION session, representatives of LINPRA, Startup Lithuania and Katalista Ventures discussed the topics of projects that would be of maximum benefit to Lithuanian start-ups and SMEs.