Industry-University Collaboration Dr Peter Kelly Helsinki School of Creative Entrepreneurship
Product Development Program (PDP) Involves technology and product/strategic design students Work in teams of 10 on a future oriented conceptual design project for a company Project proposal is developed by students with objective to create a functional prototype Academic credit Professor Kalevi Ekman, HUT
Product Development Program (PDP) Sponsors pay a project fee of € and must be actively engaged Completed work is owned by the company Since 1997, 83 projects involving 780 students with 20% of the student body international Companies include Kone, Nokia, Stora Enso, Finnish Red Cross among others Rapidly evolving plan to establish a Product Development Laboratory
International Design Business Management Program (IDBM) Program started in students yearly drawn from the technical, business and design universities work in teams of 3-5 on projects commissioned by companies Projects include new product concepts, definition of customer needs, market analysis, corporate identity and so on Since 1995, 80 projects have been completed for leading Finnish companies Markku Salimäki
Corporate Projects
International Design Business Management Program (IDBM) Companies provide a € budget for the project –Travel budget –Student rewards –Project supervision & Tutoring –Administration Credited as a minor in Master’s degree Markku Salimäki