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📝 Interested in joining the 2026 edition? Download the Declaration of Interest form and send the completed form to andreas.mueller@hs-kempten.de.
Save the Date: 10th Anniversary Event
As covered in the April 2026 issue of Insel-Magazin, the Circular Innovation Bootcamp celebrates its 10th edition in 2026. To mark the occasion, a small conference event will be held on:
Friday, 13 November 2026, from 4:00 p.m. (16:00) local time, for approximately 4 hours, at the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), La Laguna, Tenerife.
Details to follow.
Programme
The Circular Innovation Bootcamp combines five weeks online, one week on-site on Tenerife, and an online documentation phase. This schedule is preliminary and may still change.
📄 Download the full 2026 Syllabus (PDF)
Online Phase (6 October – 5 November 2026)
| Week | Focus |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction: welcome, main concepts, challenges, team building |
| Week 2 | Know Your Customer: value proposition, desirability, persona |
| Week 3 | Business Modeling: feasibility, viability, asking questions to the market |
| Week 4 | Circular Business Models: circular business modeling, loops |
| Week 5 | Professional Behaviour & Writing |
On-site Week, Tenerife (7–13 November 2026)
| Day | Highlights |
|---|---|
| Sat 7 | Arrival |
| Sun 8 | Island trip; official welcome |
| Mon 9 | Company visits; ULL sessions |
| Tue 10 | ITER visit; workshop |
| Wed 11 | Company visits; ULL sessions |
| Thu 12 | Pretotyping; team work |
| Fri 13 | Pitch Presentations; results & farewell; optional: anniversary event |
Documentation phase (online): until 30 November 2026.
Lecturers
- Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Trujillo González (Universidad de La Laguna, Organizer)
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Müller (Hochschule Kempten, Co-Organizer)
- Prof. DI Günter Koch (Humboldt Cosmos Multiversity, Co-Organizer)
- Prof. Dr. Katrin Stefan (Hochschule Kempten)
- Prof. Dr. Manuel Talamante (Universidad de La Laguna)
- Prof. Dr. Alba Ramallari (Universiteti Aleksandër Moisiu Durrës)
- Prof. Dr. Rovena Troplini (Universiteti Aleksandër Moisiu Durrës)
- Prof. Dr. Ana Sofia Cardim Barata (Instituto Politécnico de Bragança)
- Prof. Dr. Paula Odete Fernandes (Instituto Politécnico de Bragança)
- Prof. Dr. Joaquim Leite (Instituto Politécnico de Bragança)
- Prof. Dr. Pavel Adamek (Silesian University in Opava)