OpenInnoTrain

The OpenInnoTrain Project has been recognized as one of the top 130 initiatives contributing to the European Year of Skills - a significant achievement that underscores its global impact!! ⭐ 👏 🚀 🚆 - https://lnkd.in/ghchQ4CS The project facilitated ~400 months of staff mobility, enabling the exchange of expertise and experience across borders. It trained 150+ researchers and professionals across the global innovation and research ecosystem, representing 38 countries and all continents, through five summer schools focused on research impact. The training materials developed are now publicly accessible as a lasting resource (www.openinnotrain.eu/ - under the Summer School Menu). The project also established six collaborative research training agreements between its consortium partners and RMIT University, organized 40+ workshops and seminars, and resulted in one book and 50 publications (with 90% in Q1 Scimago/A/A* journals). The ripple effects of the project include successful funding applications, newly launched programs, and positive career trajectories for participants. Notably, OpenInnoTrain was awarded the ABDC 2023 Network Award for International Engagement. For personal stories and insights from those involved, visit our YouTube Channel to hear firsthand experiences and impacts from the project (https://lnkd.in/gJiCkx4w) None of this could have been possible without the initial vision and thought leadership from the OpenInnoTrain Chief Investigator and Academic Lead, Professor Anne-Laure Mention, Director, Global Business Innovation Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University, with support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłowdowska-Curie (grant agreement no. 823971). The OpenInnoTrain Project has also been enabled and supported through an incredibly dedicated and committed Partner Consortium, underpinned by a passionate and hard-working support team from across Europe and Australia. We are all so very proud of what the project has, and continues to achieve! RMIT University RMIT Europe European Research Executive Agency (REA) #H2020 #RISE #phd #h2020 #MSCA #RISE #OpenInnovation #research #opportunity #connections #networks #innovation #openscience #europeancommission #eu Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology TNO Hamburg University of Technology Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya University of Agder (UiA) Università di Siena Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen Faculty of Economics & Business Zagreb INESC TEC University of Vaasa Technische Universität Graz Nofima RMIT University Technology Centre Merinova Oy KONČAR Group Radical Innovations Group ISCN GmbH Carlsberg Group Salcheto Lorit Consultancy UPTEC - Science and Technology Park of University of Porto RMIT Europe

We are delighted to hear how OpenInnoTrain is continuing to create impact for our Secondees, Consotium Institutions - to our global community and people’s lives, beyond the life of the project! Heini Pensar (she/her) your secondment to RMIT University was only this year - and look what you have achieved as a result in such a short space of time! 🚀🚀🚀⭐️⭐️⭐️👏👏🌻🌻🌻

We said, only a short while ago at the time our project officially came to an end (30 June 2024) that whilst it was an ending, it was also the start of a new beginning of what is yet to come. A brilliant example from one of our treasured OpenInnoTrain alumni Dr. Heini Pensar (she/her) from the University of Vaasa, Finland. Her amazing secondment to RMIT University has been impactful to many and to both institutions in numerous ways! One of those ways for the University of Vaasa is the current piloting of a program well established at RMIT, and for RMIT, knowing this incredibly important program has been influential not only locally, but globally! The power of mobility in creating networks, exchanging knowledge, empowerment/encouragement, bringing us closer together as a unified global community to tackle important and complex problems together has never been as critical as it is in our current planetary ecosystem! We are facing exponential changes for which we must come together to solve! Please keep sharing about Vaasa’s Neurodivergent October Program Heini! And in part, stemming from a level of perfect timing and serendipity! ⭐️⭐️🌻🌻🚀🚀🎉🎉👏👏 The current Neurodiverse Study Sessions (an initiative by the Library Study Support, ELA, and RUSU) at RMIT University are running until 23 October - free to attend - https://lnkd.in/g9bXmBSt Anne-Laure Mention Èlia Vallejos Formatgé RMIT Europe European Research Executive Agency (REA)

🌍🎥 OpenInnoTrain Final Event Secondee Testimonials We're excited to share Tamara León Oviedo's inspiring journey through her #secondments as part of the OpenInnoTrain project! 🚀 Tamara, from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, reflects on her transformative experiences during her two secondments, at Radical Innovations Group (Vaasa, Finland) and Carlsberg Group (Copenhagen, Denmark). The transition from #academia to #industry was not only eye-opening for her, but also a life-changing milestone that shaped the next years of her career path. 🌱 Her story highlights the power of cross-sector #collaboration and #innovation. Watch the full video and discover how these secondments enhanced her professional and personal growth: https://lnkd.in/g4JxMBrg #H2020 #OpenInnoTrain #MSCA #Innovation #Collaboration #AcademiaToIndustry #CareerTransformation #Porto2024 #RadicalInnovation #Carlsberg #H2020 #RISE European Research Executive Agency (REA)

🌍 Hear about our #OpenInnoTrainSummerSchool Mentors! Ebru Metin, LL.M & Margit Kull share in this video their journey from #participants at the 2023 Summer School in Vienna to #mentors at the 2024 edition in Tallinn, Estonia. Their reflections highlight the invaluable experiences, lessons learned, and the rewarding transition from participating in the training event to guiding the next generation 🚀 #Mentorship is key to fostering #innovation and #impact! ➡ Watch the full video: https://lnkd.in/g6UgnW2c #OpenInnoTrain #SummerSchool2024 #Innovation #OpenInnovation #ResearchTranslation #Training #ResearchImpact #LifelongLearning #Tallinn

With over 150+ people from 38 countries across all continents trained on Creating #Impact Through #Research through the 5 x OpenInnoTrain Summer Schools, we look forward to what is yet to come in the careers of the Summer School Alumni, says the Project's Chief Investigator and Academic Lead, Professor Anne-Laure Mention. #PhD #earlycareerresearcher #researchimpact European Research Executive Agency (REA) RMIT University RMIT Europe Kerry O'Connor Èlia Vallejos Formatgé

🚀 Exciting News! The OpenInnoTrain Summer School: Creating Impact through Research Toolkit is now #OpenAccess available! 🎉 Access the toolkit, developed over five summer schools, which is now available under a CC-BY-ND-NC 4.0 license, and can be downloaded through the form in the OpenInnoTrain website: https://lnkd.in/gNnhMyh 🌍 The toolkit includes: 💻 Slides: Adapted from our summer schools, offering flexible 5-day training materials. 📊 Canvases: Downloadable templates to support hands-on workshops, available in print or digital formats. This resource aims to empower #researchers and #industry professionals to co-create #impactful research, guiding projects towards successful societal adoption or commercialization. For more information or questions, feel free to contact us at info@openinnotrain.eu. European Research Executive Agency (REA) RMIT University RMIT Europe #OpenInnoTrain #ResearchImpact #Inovation #ResearchToolkit #AcademiaMeetsIndustry #H2020 #h2020 #MSCA #RISE #OpenInnovation #research #connections #networks #innovation #openscience #europeancommission #eu Kerry O'Connor Anne-Laure Mention Kateryna Kryzhanivska Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology TNO Hamburg University of Technology Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya University of Agder (UiA) University of Siena (Università degli Studi di Siena) Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen Faculty of Economics & Business Zagreb INESC TEC University of Vaasa Technische Universität Graz Nofima Technology Centre Merinova Oy KONČAR Group Radical Innovations Group ISCN GmbH Carlsberg Group Salcheto Lorit Consultancy UPTEC - Science and Technology Park of University of Porto

It certainly has been an incredible journey, with the formal end of the project now having passed, it is wonderful to have captured many incredible OpenInnoTrain Alumni Stories through our suite of videos. Thank you for sharing your story Dr. Stephan Buse and for your extremely valuable contributions to the project!

Thank you for sharing your video Obakeng Jona - powerful storytelling about your involvement in the OpenInnoTrain Summer School, Tallinn, 2024! Your active and valuable contribution to the last of our project’s 5-day summer school programs helped to make it both a memorable and a transformative experience for your Team (the winning pitch team I might add 😉) and everyone else present. I think we will all agree - we left richer with our understanding of creating impact through research, but also because we learnt a great deal from each other. We left Tallinn with tool, techniques, tactics, as well as treasured friendships. We look forward to following where your career trajectory takes you Obakeng Jona !

Filmed at the Final Event in June 2024 Porto, Professor Anne-Laure Mention, Director, Global Business Innovation Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University | Chief Investigator and Academic Lead of the OpenInnoTrain project is delighted to shares some of the incredible achievements of the OpenInnoTrain project thus far, followed by reflections from two of the project's Work Package Leaders Dr. Mona Enell-Nilsson (CleanTech) and Prof. Tor Helge Aas (FinTech), and a snapshot sample of some of our OpenInnoTrain Alumni Secondees. The power of EU-Project impact through storytelling - here what they have to say (video below). Èlia Vallejos Formatgé Kerry O'Connor European Research Executive Agency (REA) RMIT Europe Heini Pensar (she/her) Henning Otte Hansen Olga Klyagina Nicolás Díaz Ferreyra andreu catala mallofre Rita Reis #H2020 #RISE #phd #h2020 #MSCA #RISE #OpenInnovation #research #opportunity #connections #networks #innovation #openscience #europeancommission #eu Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology TNO Hamburg University of Technology Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya University of Agder (UiA) Università di Siena Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen Faculty of Economics & Business Zagreb INESC TEC University of Vaasa Technische Universität Graz Nofima RMIT University Technology Centre Merinova Oy KONČAR Group Radical Innovations Group ISCN GmbH Carlsberg Group Salcheto Lorit Consultancy UPTEC - Science and Technology Park of University of Porto RMIT Europe