The pitches are not isolated problems in a specific product or solutions in the company. Challenges are broader and the camp embraces several fields of study. Students get inspiration from other students, researchers, and industry employees with different knowledge, and they might suggest projects, that are very different from what, the pitching company had in mind. And that’s exactly the idea! And the reason why, AAU Energy has teamed up with a creative inspirator.

The location, AAU Energy campus in Esbjerg, is by no means random. The city and port have turned into a hub for energy, and part of the camp is a tour to companies in the area, that are working with renewable energy and the systems that makes it possible, such as Semco. The tour includes a meeting with the mayor and a board for sustainable development in the area.

The concept started out last year and worked very well. In fact, out of it also came research-projects in collaboration between Aalborg University and companies, simply because the need for research into certain fields, became obvious.

The core is from the DNA of AAU and PBL-learning: real life problems catalyse ideas for students to work out solutions.