InnoCity is student competition in Lappeenranta area. Students from Saimaa UAS and LUT compete in company assignments for four weeks. Videoclips of the teams are posted every week.

The third InnoCity competition begins on January 2012!

You can follow the competition from Facebook and website
http://www.innocity.fi/.



2011/03/21

Ready, steady, GO!

This spring's InnoCity competition has started! Last Friday the competing teams were introduced and also the assignments for the competition were revealed.

The mandator companies of InnoCity are this spring Säräpirtti Oy and Lappeenrannan Ravirata Oy.

Säräpirtti Kippurasarvi

Säräpirtti Kippurasarvi was founded 1978. Säräpirtti Ltd prepares and sells a regional delicacy, a mutton roast called Särä. Restaurant Säräpirtti Kippurasarvi is hosted now by the second generation of the Hietaranta´s family. Säräpirtti Kippurasarvi serves Särä on its own premises in Lemi and also sells all delicacies that belong to a traditional Särä meal. In May 2010 we opened Särä on line shop which will be a target for this assignment.

The assignment:
The purpose of the assignment is to increase the knowledge about the on line shop and also increase product sales to customers. The assignment includes all elements that might have an effect on customer´s interest towards the online shop and its products.  
  • The team creates a marketing plan where the resources are defined

InnoCity -teams, which compete in Säräpirtti's assignment are:
  • Fusion (mixed team)
  • Mind Openers (from LUT)
  • AbSolution (from Saimia)

Lappeenranta trotting race track Ltd

Lappeenranta trotting race track (Lappee) is mainly owned by South Carelian horse associations and it is a non-profit limited company. The mission of the company is to develope horse sports and secure horse sports' future in the South Carelia.

Lappeenranta race track organizes annually 20 races. The track is located in Uus-Lavola. Around 20 000 spectators are visiting races every year.  The main competition is “Villinmiehen Tammakilpailu” (this year September 17th). In this race the best in Finland born 4-year-old warmblooded mares are racing against each others, and 5-year-old Finnish (coldblooded) mares in their own race.

Assignment:
  • Develope racing day “Villinmiehen Tammakilpailu” to a new massive event in South Carelia
  • How to increase the daily betting sales? 

InnoCity -teams, which compete in Ravirata's assignment are:
  • Simo's Angels (mixed team)
  • Upstream (from LUT)
  • Futuremind (from Saimia)

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