Ideation Camp 10: an unforgettable experience

End of November, University of Luxembourg Incubator and Entrepreneurship Programme hosted their 10^th Ideation Camp, an intensive 4-days long hands-on course for which teams are selected through My Big Idea competition.

Ideation Camp 10 took place in Maison des Arts et des Etudiants on Belval campus and started on Tuesday, 22 November with an Opening Ceremony, where 13 teams were pitching their ideas in front of the audience for the first time.

By the end of the course 7 teams were pre-selected to pitch during the Closing Ceremony on Saturday, 26 November in front of the executive jury: Director of Data and Partnerships at B Medical Systems Erica Monfardini, Founder and Chair of FARAD Group Marco Caldana, Partner at EY Ajay Bali, Programme and Innovation Manager at FNR Sakthivel Sundharam, Head of Social Programme at EIB Institute Luisa Ferreira, and CEO at Talkwalker Lokdeep Singh.

The winner is...

The winner of this edition is E-mpact Pharma team, which consists of the four students of the University: Queen Lenya (Master in Entrepreneurship and Innovation), Naghmeh Rahimi (Master in Civil Engineering), Dilmurat Nurakhmetov (Master in Finance), and Utkirbek Ruzmatov (Master in Finance).

E-mpact Pharma is developing an online platform where medications can be conveniently interchanged between pharmacies, pharmaceutical wholesale distributors and the public.

Their aim is to limit the number of expired or unused medications that end up in the ecosystem while making medications more accessible at a cheaper rate. The team won 10,000 euros in project funding which they will now invest into building their solution.