A collaborative innovation experience
This ‘hackathon’, open to 3rd-year engineering students from the ISMIN program at Mines Saint-Étienne, is organized in partnership with the Master of Science in Engineering in Innovation Management and Information Systems from Aix Marseille Université, and is certified by PÉPITE Provence.
It is open to Master’s level students from institutions that are members of PEPITE Provence, as well as to students holding the national student entrepreneur status (SNEE). Mixed and multidisciplinary teams will have three days to develop a collaborative innovation project. Their proposals are then evaluated by a jury of professionals based on criteria related to inventiveness and originality, the degree of innovation, and the realism and potential viability of the proposed solution.
The objective is to conduct a full-scale experiment in collective intelligence by reflecting on the meaning and use of their proposals.
Innovative Pedagogy
An innovative pedagogical approach based on Collective Intelligence and Design Thinking methods, fostering collaborative innovation, visual management techniques, agile methodologies, project presentation techniques (3-minute pitch), and models used in startups, with feedback from experts and coaches throughout the 3 days.
- A team-working experience.
- An introduction to entrepreneurship.
- Preparation for seminars as practiced in the professional world, with workshops and IceBreakers.
A unique experience of collaborative innovation and creativity, taking into account societal and economic challenges.
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2026 Edition: February 25, 26, and 27, 2026.
Companies, innovation ecosystem stakeholders, entrepreneurs, training managers, would you like more information or to collaborate on this initiative?
Educational activity organized with the support of the Aix-Marseille Metropolitan Area.
