A Corporate Innovation Hub (CIH) is a physical set-up dedicated purely to support a company's innovation strategy with a carefully chosen mission and respectively planned activities. It serves as a sandbox to instigate breakthroughs and explore pathways and research supporting the vision and objectives strategic to your commercialization interests. Why setup a CIH @ I2C? Startup-driven Disruption The I2C is a “startup-driven ecosystem” where innovation is often based on the interaction between early-stage companies and corporations. Ecosystem Immersion While we encourage corporate innovation excursions and scouting trips to ignite planning for a more permanent, innovation-focused presence, potential benefits of the I2C can’t be reached by visiting there few times per year. To fully engage a company needs to create a real local presence with a permanent address, and a small team. Rethink Change CIH’s at I2C gives companies and their innovation teams the opportunity to be entrepreneurial and think outside the box while being able to leverage the intrapreneurial-effect. Setting a presence at the I2C gives an internal and external signal about a your company’s cultural change objective and initiative to build an understanding of an innovation pipeline mindset instead of R&D silos. Corporate Coolness Setting up a CIH at I2C is a PR statement. It gives evidence of future-oriented thinking both for the outside world and employees: we are open-minded, we can move and react fast, we are not only following the leaders of the industry, but we are the ones who create the future. Key features / activities include: Strategic support from I2C as it relates to the discovery and launch of products in your commercialization pipeline. Dedicated “footprint” at I2C in terms of office space. Shared access to conference rooms, boardroom, cafes, event and collaboration spaces. Invitation to join the I2C Mentor / Advisory Board. Access to faculty, startups and ecosystem partners for research and special purpose projects. Access to UAH labs and research expertise as needed. Access to students for internships and employment opportunities. Access to I2C events and networking opportunities including creation and execution of specially curated events / hackathons. Current CIH Partners: Interested in setting up a Corporate Innovation Hub at I2C? Contact Us
