A promotional meeting with students and teachers of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences was organized at the Creativity Center of the University of Kragujevac on April 1, 2019, on the occasion of launched open innovation campaign within IF4TM project and the announced call for the student teams.

Within the international Erasmus+ project IF4TM (www.if4tm.kg.ac.rs), the Open Innovation Campaign is organized and the call is open for students who wants to submit their ideas and potential solutions for four challenges, defined in cooperation with four enterprises:

1. Elplant d.o.o – Graphic design of web and mobile application + corresponding CSS MESPLANT system for interactive monitoring of production process in line with fourth industrial revolution

2. Proenergy d.o.o – Development of user application for automatized calculation of working hours rate (service cost) based on given specification of bills and proforma invoice of work under the tender documentation for realization of construction works (construction, electro, machine, thermo-technical works, etc.)

3. ICT cluster of Central Serbia – solution for upgrading the existing visual identity of website, publications and visuals for social networks

4. EXTENT d.o.o Belgrade - Development of an interactive application for managing the process of development of project documentation for the construction of facilities

The students were informed about what communication is and how to be aware of its nonverbal communication. 

The Creativity center of the University of Kragujevac organized the third start-up training entitled "Validation of Business Model" in two terms (I and II group) on March 26 and March 28, 2019. The lecturer at the training was Ivan Markovic from the Business Innovation Center Kragujevac.

HEISPS team had meeting with representatives of department for Economy doc. Dr Ernad Kahrovic. They were introduced with concepts of preparation of marketing strategy and development of the business plan based on CANVAS method. With concepts of entrepreneurship, innovation, start-up company, as a way of determining a business model Other concepts of business model validation, environment chart, business model chart as well as value chart will be introduced to team during development of marketing plan and business model.

A creative workshop "6 Thinking Hats" was organised at the Creative Center of Metropolitan University in Niš on Wednesday, March 27th 2019. The workshop was held by MSc Ecc Milica Mladenović, Manager of the Creative Center and Teaching Assistant at Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Management.

A joint meeting of partners on the IF4TM project, the University of Kragujevac and Business Innovation Center Kragujevac was organized on Friday, March 22, 2019, with three companies that are BICKG tenants, regarding their involvement in the Open Innovation Campaign (Act5.6).

The second start-up training for competitor teams from the University of Kragujevac, organized by its Creativity Center located at the Faculty of Engineering, on the topic of Business Model Development, was held in two terms (groups) on 19^th and 22^nd March in the premises of the Creativity Center, since 16 teams with about 60 students were registered at INNO UKG Platform and applied for the Competition 2019.

Two start-up training was organised at Faculty of Mechanical engineering in Niš on 22^nd March 2019 as a support to participants of competition for the best student ideas.

he students were informed with basic concept of product, sales and market orientation through examples. Also, they got information how to define market size, market potential, etc.