Final spurt for the next round of the Bavaria Israel Partnership Accelerator (BIPA): You can apply until August 13th and work on innovative solutions in international teams over several months.
The Bavaria Israel Partnership Accelerator is a program that promotes open innovation. It seeks and develops tailor-made solutions for the challenges facing Bavarian and Israeli companies. Launched in 2015, there have been five editions to date, with over twenty partner companies and over ninety participants.
The partner companies from Bavaria and Israel propose innovation challenges to BIPA's multicultural teams that are relevant to their business, for example in the following areas:
- Industry 4.0
- The Internet of Things
- Automotive / Smart Mobility
- Healthcare / MedTech
- IT security
The sixth edition of BIPA begins with a workshop in Israel.
How the Bavaria Israel Partnership Accelerator Program works
Entrepreneurs and young professionals from Bavaria and Israel form international teams and participate in a two-month program consisting of a kick-off workshop, a virtual acceleration phase, and a final workshop presentation to the companies.
The teams will be supported by highly qualified mentors throughout the program to develop tailored solutions to the proposed challenges.
Part I: Workshop (October 7 to 11, 2018)
An intensive training week in Beer Sheva, organized by the Center for Digital Innovation and the high-tech community Tech7, is dedicated to introducing the newly formed teams to the open innovation process, taking into account the specific challenges of the participating companies.
Part II: Virtual Acceleration Phase (8 weeks)
Development of a tailor-made solution for the task set by the partner companies, supported by virtual mentoring and online collaboration tools.
Part III: Workshop (December 2018)
Intensive two-day workshop taking place at the beginning of December 2018 at Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship in Munich, followed by a final presentation of the results.
Click here for Application for the Bavaria Israel Partnership Accelerator. The application deadline is August 13.
