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Shape your next innovation agenda with KTU

KTU Open Innovation Centre helps companies identify promising opportunities, find the right partners, and test ideas before committing to larger investments. We connect your business priorities with KTU research expertise and industry networks to support the adoption of new technologies and the development of new business models.

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Why Now?

Innovation is
ecosystemic.

“Turning ideas into business value depends on how well companies, researchers, and other partners combine their expertise, technologies, and resources around a shared challenge.”

OIC Team

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Access expertise beyond your organisation

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Align partners and competences around a shared challenge

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Test assumptions before investing further

KTU OIC Membership

A continuing partnership

Annual membership provides a structured way to work with KTU and its wider innovation network, building relationships with researchers, experts, and other companies over time.

Your business priorities at the centre

Focus collaboration on the opportunities and challenges that matter to your company. Explore new directions, strengthen your innovation capabilities, and reduce uncertainty around important decisions.

Membership by invitation

Start a conversation with our team to explore how your company’s priorities align with KTU expertise and the Centre’s focus areas, and whether membership is a good fit.

What Companies Can Access Through the Curated Pathway

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Strategic innovation orientation

Clarify your company’s innovation priorities and identify where collaboration with KTU could create the greatest strategic value.

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Challenge framing with open innovation experts

Work on a selected company challenge to define the problem, map relevant innovation capacities, and identify credible next steps.

Technology & ecosystem connection

Explore which KTU research areas, technologies, laboratories, and ecosystem partners are strategically relevant to your challenges.

Executive learning & innovation capacity building

Use targeted formats such as open innovation masterclasses, business case development, company-specific training, or university residency.

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Open innovation community exposure

Connect with local and international open innovation environments, including Berkeley Innovation Forum Europe ecosystem.

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Follow-on collaboration opportunities

Where relevant, structure deeper research, technology, training, experimentation, or business development projects with the right KTU experts and partners.

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