On June 17th the students of the Diploma Supplement on Innovation class 2015 presented their final innovative projects they were working on intensively during the past summer semester. The pitch challenge took place at TUtheSky in front of an invited audience and potential investors. The prizes given in the following award ceremony were celebrated with drinks, food and a breath-taking view over Vienna.
Birgit Hofreiter, director of the Innovation Incubation Center, opened the event with some welcome words and the latest news of the i²c. After her introduction, Georg Molzer, CTO of kiweno and alumnus of the very first class of the Diploma Supplement on Innovation of 2012, held an impulse talk. He told the audience about his background and how the curriculum supported him in his entrepreneurial career. The alumni impulse talk was followed by the pitch challenge, which was moderated by Daniel Cronin, co-founder of AustrianStartups and passionate pitch trainer. Eleven projects coming out of the Diploma Supplement on Innovation were presented: