Idea bank

Idea bank - innovative ideas or challenges that correspond to current industry needs, research directions and societal challenges, which are passed on to program participants.

Idea contributors: 

  • Businesses or partner organizations;
  • Globally significant challenges identified by scientific institutions and researchers;
  • Challenges of socio-economic significance to local governments and society.

The platform will serve as a resource to support the learning process (thesis topics, integration of study courses), identify cooperation projects, and prepare innovation measures.

Companies and their submitted challenges

Latvia’s State Forests

  • Digital Forest - How to grow a forest in a digital environment to match reality, with the aim of developing a conceptual solution to create and grow a digital forest close to the natural situation. 

  • Use of remote sensing data in forest inventory data collection with the aim to develop a conceptual solution for using remote sensing data for forest inventory data collection, updating. 

  • Conflict situations between hunters and the public, with the aim of developing a solution to regulate and align interests in time and space to prevent potential conflict situations between hunters and the public. 

  • Alternative remedies to reduce predator damage in forest stands with the aim of finding alternatives to commercially available repellents against predator damage in young stands.

Latvijas Finieris - a leading Baltic producer of birch plywood and wood-based products

  • Monitoring the position of veneer and plywood parcels in production facilities with the aim of developing a solution for tracking veneer and plywood parcels in production facilities to ensure more efficient parcel use. 

  • How to reach employees located at different addresses and provide them with company benefits, with the aim of developing ideas to increase employee engagement for company employees whose workplace is far from the office and/or who work in very small teams. 

Edy365

  • Create an additional business model for the platform, which, alongside the existing business model, allows the platform to be monetised in partnership with merchants. 

  • Develop a strategy and business model for scaling the platform in other national markets or new sectoral markets. 

H2 Latvia

  • Creating green and sustainable mobile power equipment for outdoor events, construction sites, camping and off-grid holiday homes. 

PILOT

  • Develop design, construction and fabrication sketches, open source drawings for the SOLARIS body type.

  • Audit the operation of command and control systems for scenarios with secure remote control.

getUgo

  • Create a dashboard for a remote-controlled car (drives dachboard).

  • Extend remote driver functions.

  • Create a data tool/portal for job search.

Zelter

  • To create SUPERGREEN, the most exportable juice drink or lemonade brand for the EU market, with a mission to make a positive contribution to nature.

Ligero

  • Research and find a modern solution to reach young people (aged 16 and over) with and without disabilities.

PET Baltija

  • Finding a solution that benefits the company and does not add costs to the PET bottle recycling process when production waste is generated.

co2capture.fund

  • The legal framework and the choice of an appropriate financial model to successfully integrate blockchain projects with digital assets into the existing market and its framework.

  • Investigating the different factors that affect the CO2 absorbed by forests, accounting for it and balancing it with biodiversity safeguards.

eMobility

  • Identify several suppliers as well as component sizes and price levels that are compatible with the specific hydrogen van concept.

ECO BUS

  • Preparation of a mobility point concept in Jelgava (near the railway station), in line with the mobility point development/support programme in Riga.

SIXT

  • Evaluating a new mobility product before launching and bringing it to market.

  • Evaluation of the possibilities for the development of electricity charging infrastructure to adapt a plot of land in the vicinity of Riga Airport to future requirements.

Ineses Tortes

  • Creation of a brand and positioning of the product on the market, developing a market entry strategy for a new category of vegan product groups, according to the selected target group.

Wateriga

  • Develop B2C sales in Europe through sales platforms and offer a wider range of languages to customers, according to the specificities of the region.

Pilot Automotives Labs

  • Develop an improved structural solution and drawings for the wooden platform chassis.

  • Develop design, construction and fabrication sketches, open source drawings for the Solaris body type.

  • Audit of existing management and control systems, controllers, modules and protocols.