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InnoWood kick-off workshop 6-7. July 2017

After the consultation meeting of the Innowood project in May, the actual tasks and the scheduling of this year's activities were determined during a two-day meeting.

On study trip in Styria

As part of the "InnoWood" project of the INTERREG V-A Austria-Hungary Program, the PANFA AIK Cluster organized a one-day study trip to Styria, to Austria.

The aim of the study visit was to strengthen entrepreneurial confidence between SMEs in the wood and furniture sectors on both sides of the border, and to exchange knowledge and experience of SMEs in research and development, good practice and innovation.

Protocol of the workshop: Results of innovation situation exploration, possible development of wood and furniture industry

Program:

8:45 – 9:00 Arrival, registration
9:00- 9:15 Greeting
9:15 – 11:00 Presenting the results of the SME Innovation Survey
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:30 Discussing the SME Innovation Survey, collecting opinions and demands related to the survey
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45 Discussing the possible development directions in groups
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 16:30 Presenting the development directions, discussing them between groups
16:30 – 17:00 Summary

Expert workshop - Methodology of customer demand research for wood and furniture products

Program:

8:45 – 9:00 Arrival, registration
9:00 – 9:15 Greeting
9:15 – 10:45 General methodology of customer demand survey, trend research practice
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Criteria for target group definition
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45 Defining customer demand research methodology and target group, collecting suggestions
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 16:30 Preparing a work plan, formulating suggestions
16:30 – 17:00 Summary

Workshop – ’Results of customer demand research for wood and furniture products’

Program:

9:00 – 9:15 Arrival, registration
9:15 – 9:30 Greeting
9:30 – 10:15 Furniture market supply in the border region
10:15 – 11:00 Introducing the results of customer demand research
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:30 Presentation of the directions for development based on the SME innovation situation exploration
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 14:00 Discussion of directions for development based on the results of customer demand research in groups
14:00 – 15:00 Coordinating innovation areas based on customer and SME research in groups
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 16:45 Presentation and discussion of the range of products to be developed among the groups. Finalize innovation areas and priorities.
16:45 – 17:15 Summary

Study trip to Milan

InnoWood STUDY TRIP 18th – 21st April 2018

The study trip will take place within the framework of the INTERREG V-A Austria-Hungary ATHU59 project. Project-funded services: travel costs (bus), accommodation in a 3-4-star hotel in single and double rooms, half board, admission ticket to the furniture exhibition of the 'Salone Internazionale del Mobile' in Milan.

Furniture industry innovation workshop series – first workshop

Program:

9:00 – 9:15 Arrival, registration
9:15 – 9:30 Greeting
9:30 – 10:15 The need for innovation, the innovation process, different models
10:15 – 11:00 New directions in product design
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:30 Furniture supply consumer trends
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 15:00 Brainstorming about the problems to be solved, the range of potentially relevant products along the lines of development defined in previous workshops
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 17:00 Brainstorming about the problems to be solved, the range of potentially relevant products along the lines of development defined in previous workshops
17:00 – 17:15 Summary

Furniture industry innovation workshop series – second workshop

Program:

9:00 – 9:15 Arrival, registration
9:15 – 9:30 Greeting
9:30 – 11:00 Functionality and design
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:30 Furniture industry case studies
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 15:00 Based on the results of the morning lectures and previous workshops, brainstorming on the issues to be solved along the lines of development, on the range of potentially relevant products
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 17:00 Based on the results of the morning lectures and previous workshops, brainstorming on the issues to be solved along the lines of development, on the range of potentially relevant products
17:00 – 17:15 Summary

Furniture industry innovation workshop series – third workshop

Program:

9:00 – 9:15 Arrival, registration
9:15 – 9:30 Greeting
9:30 – 11:00 Defining and finalizing the ideas raised
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:30 Defining and finalizing the ideas raised
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 15:00 Conclusion, vision, operationalized vision - raising the problem of demanded functionality and design
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 17:00 Conclusion, vision, operationalized vision - raising the problem of demanded functionality and design
17:00 – 17:15 Summary

Austrian-Hungarian Furniture Design Innovation Camp

You are invited to our INNOVATION CAMP between May 2nd and May 6th at the University of Sopron, Simonyi Károly Faculty of Engineering, Wood Science and Art. The camp is organised in the framework of InnoWood ATHU 59 project (Network and Innovation Cooperation for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Austrian-Hungarian Border Region) by the Pannon Wood and Furniture Cluster, the Holzcluster Steiermark, Institute für Innovations- und Trendforschung, Graz, and FH Burgenland).

Furniture Design Innovation Camp - Announcement of the results

The participants of the Furniture Design Innovation Creative Camp organised in the framework of the ATHU59 INNOWOOD project between May 2nd and May 6th gathered for the announcement of the winners and the awards ceremony in the Ligneum Visitor Centre on 12th June 2016. A professional jury made up of Austrian and Hungarian entrepreneurs, InnoWood project partners and university teachers made their final decision.

Study trip to Upper Styria

In the framework of the InnoWood ATHU059 project, the PANFA Accredited Innovation Cluster took part in a study trip together with other West-Transdanubian and Austrian wood and furniture companies on 21-22 June 2018. Participants in the study trip could get a glimpse behind the scenes of the most innovative and interesting woodworking companies in the Upper Austrian region.

Fair in Klagenfurt

In the highly successful Innovation Camp in May, more than two dozen pieces of furniture were put on paper by nearly eighty participants. From the six winning projects selected, tangible prototypes were made during the summer.

For the general public, one of Europe's largest woodworking trade fair in Klagenfurt, the "Holz & Bau Messe" was unveiled by partners involved in InnoWood INTERREG AT-HU 059, along with the creators. The Innovation Area of the fair is an introductory opportunity for the forward-looking innovations of the wood industry, where student works are also included.

Wood architecture innovation workshop series - 1. Workshop

The first station of the Wood architecture innovation workshop series aimed for the participating students, lecturers and entrepreneurs to have a joint look at the main wood architecture trends. The Timber Fair offered an excellent opportunity, so the participants visited lectures and presentations in the fair that had been agreed on in advance. Later they came up with problems of wood architecture that need to be solved. They all agreed about the importance of the results of the innovation camps as an input for the students and lecturers participating in the planning. This is why it is very important to state preferably concrete tasks at the end of the series. Relating to the products that are to be developed the participants of the workshop investigate issues like which wood architecture idea can be the solution to which problem, and among the feasibility criteria they focused on functionality, design and technology.

Wood architecture innovation workshop series - 2. Workshop

Bednárik Éva greeted the students, lecturers and entrepreneurs present. She described the aim of the workshop as to give a joint definition of the wood architecture problems to be solved during the project and the related specifications. The main topic of the workshop is to become acquainted with the trends, to choose the relevant ones, group them and investigate the interactions between them. Manfred Ninaus reviewed the theoretical background of trend-based innovation brainstorming as well as the Business Model Canvas that gives a business framework to the whole innovation process.

Wood architecture innovation workshop series - 3. Workshop

The aim of the workshop is the professional preparation of the wooden architecture camp in September, together with the participants, discussing the brainstorming results of the previous workshop, defining the directions of the professional activity, organizing the expectations. The event consisted of two main parts, a round table discussion and a business visit.

Austrian-Hungarian Wood Architecture Innovation Camp in Sopron

The Austrian-Hungarian Wood Architecture Innovation Camp took place between 17 and 21 September 2018 in Sopron as part of the INTERREG ATHU059 "InnoWood" project.

Otthon Design Fair

The Home Design Exhibition was held from 12 to 14 October, where the Hungarian audience was able to get acquainted with the results of the Innovood (ATHU59) innovation project, involving the Pannon Wood and Furniture Accredited Innovation Cluster and the University of Sopron, as well as Austrian partners.

Wood Architecture Innovation Camp - Announcement of the results

The jury, consisting of Austrian and Hungarian university teachers, renowned architects, wood industry professionals and InnoWood project partners, made its final decision on 6th November in Mödling.
INNOWOOD INNOVATION CAMP, organized by the PANFA Cluster at the Visitor Center of the University of Sopron in Ligneum, was held between September 17-21. During the five days of the camp, students of the University of Sopron, Károly Simonyi Faculty, the Mödling Höhere Technische Lehranstalt and of the Széchenyi István University in Győr, created more than 70 ideas together.

InnoWood Innovationskonferenz