Call for Submission of Open Innovation Cases

The 1st International Congress on Open Innovation Cases of oiweek aims to gather information about the practices and impacts of open innovation in Brazil and worldwide. Therefore, we invite the business, entrepreneurial, scientific communities, and innovation ecosystem stakeholders to submit cases addressing the topic of Open Innovation.

For this notice, a case is considered a rich and detailed description of a specific situation or problem, considering the results and practices in open innovation. Cases are welcome if they .

Cases are welcome if they:

• Address practices, contexts, situations, and problems involving open innovation in Brazil or the world;
• Fit into the thematic areas of the event, as outlined in item 3;
• Involve at least two ecosystem actors with their partnerships and/or interactions;
• Fall within the last five years.

Any actor from the ecosystem can submit cases, including corporations, startups, universities, public or private ICTs, ecosystems, hubs, consultancies, public entities, technology parks, accelerators, and incubators, among others.

Cases focusing on isolated actions by a single ecosystem actor will not be accepted.

For this notice, a teaching case is considered a rich and detailed description of a specific situation or problem to be used as a teaching tool in the classroom.

The following thematic areas are considered for submission:

• Corporations-Startups: Interaction and partnerships between one or more corporations and startups;
• Cross-Sector or Value Chain: Interactions and partnerships between actors within the same value chain (suppliers, customers, etc.) and/or actors from different sectors of operation;
• Companies-Universities/ICTs: Interactions and partnerships between companies and educational and research institutions (universities, research centers, and institutes);
• Public-Private Entities: Interactions and partnerships between public and private institutions;
• Ecosystems: Interactions and partnerships among ecosystem actors, such as companies, startups, incubators, accelerators, technology parks, hubs, and others
• ESG: Interactions and partnerships focusing on sustainability, regional development, inclusion, and diversity;
• Others: Interactions and partnerships that fall outside the previous themes.

The event consists of the following stages:

STAGE 1
Announcement of the notice and opening of submissions	June 20th, 2023
Submission deadline	July 24th, 2023
Pre-Evaluation and Framing of Cases	Until July 31st, 2023
Announcement of approved cases	August 22nd, 2023
STAGE 2
Opening of registration for authors with approved papers at Oiweek	Until August 22nd, 2023
Closing of registration for authors with approved papers at Oiweek	Until August 30th, 2023
Announcement of presentation schedule	Until October 2nd, 2023
Oiweek	October 3-6, 2023
STAGE 3
Submission of expanded abstracts of approved and presented cases for inclusion in the event proceedings	Until November 13th, 2023
Publication of event proceedings	Until December 15th, 2023

The papers must be submitted through the Submission Form on this website.

The authors are responsible for their papers and must comply with the characteristics and technical criteria presented in this call for submissions.

If there are any updates to the case after submission, the data in the submission system will not be changed. To update the case, the proposal must be canceled and resubmitted within the submission deadline specified in this notice.

There is no maximum limit for the number of papers submitted by an author. Each paper can have a maximum of 5 authors/co-authors. Each paper should be submitted only once for the event. Multiple submissions of the same paper will not be accepted.

The submitted versions will compose the final version of the case. No modifications, inclusions, exclusions, replacements, or changes to the proposed text or information provided in the submission will be accepted after submission.

At the time of submission, authors should pay attention to the following characterization questions for the case:

• Situation or Problem of Open Innovation: What is the problem or situation that led to the open innovation solution? (500 words)
• Proposed Intervention: What mechanisms (ideas, plans, and/or resources) were adopted to solve the problem? Who was it aimed at? (500 words)
• Innovative Aspects: What innovations were generated with the open innovation solution? (500 words)
• Results Obtained: What are the results and scope of the open innovation solution? (500 words)
• Contribution/Impact on practice, management, technology, economy, and/or society: What are the open innovation solution's contributions and/or impacts? (500 words)
• Acknowledgments (optional item)
• References (optional item)

For authors interested in submitting teaching cases, they should characterize them by:

• Situation or Problem of Open Innovation: What problem or situation does the teaching case address? (500 words)
• Teaching Objectives: What are the teaching objectives of the case? (500 words)
• Disciplines suggested for the teaching case: Which disciplines can the teaching case be applied to? (500 words)

Submissions in Portuguese, English, or Spanish will be accepted.

Any acknowledgments included should be exclusively institutional, avoiding personal acknowledgments.

Submissions will not be accepted after the deadline.

100 Open Startups is not responsible for incomplete submissions due to communication failure, communication congestion, power outages, server slowness caused by excessive simultaneous access, or any other technical factors that prevent data transfer. For this reason, it is recommended that interested parties complete the submission of their papers in advance, avoiding any technical difficulties that may occur in the last days of the submission period.

Reserve the dates on your agenda: Open Innovation Week 15 years, from October 3rd to 6th, 2023, Pier Mauá, Rio de Janeiro/RJ. If your case is approved, your participation will take place on these dates and at this location.

Substituting files for the papers submitted to the event will not be allowed.

Theme area leaders may submit their cases. The leaders cannot compete as the best cases of the event.

During the evaluation process, the names of the reviewers will not be disclosed.

Two evaluations will be conducted:

• First Evaluation: Case Impact

  The evaluation of the case impact will be carried out before the event.

  Each theme area will evaluate the case submissions exclusively based on the quality of the work. Each paper will be reviewed by at least two members of the academia. In case of discrepancies in the evaluation, a third member will be appointed. The selection of the evaluators will be the responsibility of the leaders. Only papers that meet the submission deadline and rules will be evaluated.

  The case selection criteria will be based on the assessment of (i) structure and writing: organization, adequacy, correctness, clarity, objectivity, and language fluency; (ii) situation/problem; (iii) intervention; (iv) innovative aspects; (v) results; and (vi) contribution and/or impact.

  During the evaluation, the reviewers may indicate papers for the review of the best cases of the event.

• Second Evaluation: Best Cases of the Event

  The evaluation of the best cases will take place during the event. They will be the result of the recommendation by the pair of evaluators from the previous stage.

  At the event, each case will be evaluated by at least two members from the business field. In case of discrepancies in the evaluation, a third member will be appointed.

  The cases that receive the highest evaluations at this stage will be eligible for the best cases awards at the event.

  For the award nomination, the evaluators should consider the impact and benefits of the case on the business environment.

Access to the 1st International Congress on Open Innovation Cases will only be granted through registration and payment of the participation fee. Registration is individual, non-transferable, and cannot be shared. Each participant, whether an author or not, must register to gain access to the event. Registration is only possible after completing the update of the registration in the submission system. Registered participants should go to the event's secretariat for accreditation on the day of the event.

The 1st International Congress on Open Innovation Cases aims to present technological and scientific products.

• Technological Products:
  • Publication of the event proceedings with all approved cases;
  • Executive report on the impacts and indicators of open innovation in Brazil.
• Scientific Products:
  • Development and publication of a book of cases on open innovation with the best cases of the event;
  • Articles and reports.

Note: An approved paper will be included in the proceedings and event books only if at least one of the authors registers for the event, pays the registration fee, and presents the case at the event.

The approved papers should be presented by the authors. Presentation assignments will be provided by the academic coordination of the event.

Based on the case recommendations by the pair of evaluators (first evaluation - item 6a), three cases for each theme area will be selected to compete for the best papers. One case from each theme will be awarded according to the evaluation by the business evaluators (second evaluation - item 6b).

The submission of the paper implies the total and unconditional acceptance of all provisions, rules, and instructions stated in this Call for Papers, as well as in the announcements and other documents published by Oiweek. The items in this call may undergo modifications and updates until the event takes place. Any modifications and/or updates will be published on the event website. Other situations will be evaluated by the academic coordination.

São Paulo, June 20, 2023.

More informations: luiz.antunes@openstartups.net