Innovation Festival Vilnius: 'Collaboration and Open Innovation'

The key message of the Innovation Festival in Vilnius is that in order to succeed you need to partner. Partnership accelerates creation and introduction of novelties, exchange of ideas and knowledge. Partnership is necessary to bring any good idea to life. IF… Vilnius should actively contribute to building the local innovation culture, based on cooperation and mutual trust.

Partnership advantages will be demonstrated through the number of showcases and success stories, where partnerships in the field of innovation development (on various levels) brought the major success. IF… Vilnius will not only show benefits of interaction between local partners, but also brings an international dimension. IF... Vilnius will provide practical examples and success stories of importance of partnership in innovation process, creating bridges between the different worlds of science, arts and business.

IF… Vilnius will include activities organized exclusively for the event but it will also allow other activities happening under the umbrella of the Vilnius Innovation Festival. Partnering organizations and other regional stakeholders will be invited to link to the foreseen innovation related events.

Furthermore, IF... Vilnius will include activities that focus on a variety of societal groups, from youth to professionals, students and general public, including conferences, exhibitions, workshops, networking events, parties, debates and tours that will be extended and built upon the principles and objectives of the city of Vilnius, city of Innovation, Creation, Design and Partnership.

Innovation Festival Vilnius is organized by Lithuanian Innovation Centre in collaboration with Lithuanian Design Forum.

More details can be found at: www.innovationfestival.lt