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Felt from Textile Waste

Circular Jacket Challenge · Challenge partner: Davide Balda / FILSE (IT) How might we turn an artisanal process for making felt from textile waste into a scalable industrial system — and a viable business? The material works. It is made by hand, in a studio, with a...

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The Last Jacket

Circular Jacket Challenge · Challenge partner: GammaO (FR) How might we make a jacket more valuable to its wearer in year twenty than in year one — and never let it become waste? The jacket is built, tested and manufacturable. What is missing is everything around it...

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Fully Recyclable Zipper

Circular Jacket Challenge · Challenge partner: Anthea (IT) How might we design a fully recyclable zipper that keeps a mono-material polyester jacket recyclable without compromising alpine performance? Anthea's reversible outdoor jacket is made entirely from recycled and recyclable polyester. Every component is mono-material — except one. The...

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Plastic-Free Performance

Circular Jacket Challenge · Challenge partner: FreyZein (AT) How might we make natural performance the obvious choice for a brand's next product? FreyZein has built a cellulose membrane that gives natural fabrics real weather protection. What is missing is the map: which product, which customer, which moment...

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Best Startup Idea Award

How might we turn prototypes into startups? Best Startup Idea Award presented by    From prototype to company Most ideas in the InnoDays solve a problem for one challenge partner — and that's exactly what's needed. But some ideas reveal more. They show a market that goes beyond a...

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Open Ecosystem Challenge

How might we shape Austria's tourism ecosystem so travelers experience connected journeys and providers grow stronger together? Our vision of a connected journey A guest arrives in Austria, and her ticket, her preferences, her interests, and her first welcome are already there waiting for her. Every moment...

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Sustainable Stay Challenge

How might we use our hotel software to move guests towards more sustainable choices — and give hotels the tools to turn sustainability into value? About CASABLANCA CASABLANCA makes software for hotels. This software is the brain of a hotel: it knows who arrives when, who sleeps...

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Connected Region Challenge

A Wallet. A Tap. From Guest Card to Regional Ecosystem. Less Formalities, More Austria This challenge invites you to help design the Card Ökosystem 2030 — a digital card system for Burgenland that serves guests, residents, local partners, and the region, beyond today’s guest card. Anyone vacationing in...

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Orchestrated Mobility Challenge

Designing Bus Tourism for the Future German version below Introduction: The Challenge Behind Arriving in the City Vienna is one of the most liveable cities in the world, drawing thousands of international cultural and business visitors every day. But this success comes with logistical challenges. Tourist bus traffic...

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Inclusive Arrival Challenge

Accessible and reliable arrival as the key to holistic holiday experiences About us and our strategic scope Behind this challenge are two partners with a shared mission: making travel experiences simple, future-ready, and environmentally conscious — and accessible to everyone. - Kärnten Werbung (Carinthia Tourism) is responsible for...

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