From April 13 to 15, 70 coaches, business leaders, startup founders, and executives from major companies will come to support 150first-year students in the Grande Ecole Program and20 students from other schools and universities in the Aix-en-Provence area during thefourth edition of JITCAM (Journées de l’Innovation Technologique du Campus Arts et Métiers, or Arts et Métiers Campus Technological Innovation Days).
What is a business game at Arts et Métiers?
It involves brainstorming about an innovative project, product, or service related to themes proposed by our partner companies, EDF and VINCI Energies.
A simulation exercise for first-year students
Entrepreneurship is one of the key skills for engineering students. Arts et Métiers numerous initiatives over the three years of the Grande Ecole Program, ranging from raising awareness in the first year of the program to project development (through a specific course in the second year and expertise in the third year).
These specific actions are carried out internally (expertise of laboratories, teachers, researchers) but also with the support of the campus ecosystem (the SUD Region, PEPITE Provence, incubators, campus business networks, etc.).
The aim is to enable students to discover this career path and, potentially, to develop an idea or project further. On the one hand, this helps to identify future entrepreneurs who will be supported as they progress, and on the other, it provides all students with skills that are sought after by companies and that they can reinvest in their future career choices.
Societal themes to address the challenges of tomorrow
Three days to promote innovation by addressing societal and environmental issues proposed by our partner companies "Engineers serving the planet":
- energy transition
- ecological transition
- decarbonization
- smart city and smart building, lighting, public facilities, building
- transportation
- resource management
- services of tomorrow
On the agenda
JITCAM'23 has the same format as previous editions, but was preceded by a workshop that allowed students to learn key concepts in advance, particularly in terms of ideation, so that they could be more effective during JITCAM.
- Moving from idea to project over the course of the game (3 days);
- Organize 30 teams of 6 engineering students to engage in a collaborative creative process within multidisciplinary teams composed of 160 students from the Grande Ecole Program and a20th team of students from local schools and universities (ESSCA, IAE, Sciences Po, Mines de Gardanne, art school, AMU economics faculty);
- Support from 70 experts and professionals;
- Testimonials from entrepreneurs, conferences, and workshops on key aspects of project creation;
- Pitches in front of juries;
- A final jury and an awards ceremony for the winning teams (Saturday, April 15, in the late afternoon), in the presence of Féthi Ben Ouezdou, campus director, Frédéric Petitbois, Director at VINCI Energies France Infras Méditerranée Centre Est, Jean-Paul Romet, Employment and CSR Officer at EDF PACA, Pierre-Emmanuel Casanova, Co-Founder – HySiLabs and Municipal Councilor for Innovation & Smart City at Aix-en-Provence City Hall, and Dominique Augey, representative of the South Region.
The Golden JITCAM will be presented by VINCI Energies.
The silver and bronze JITCAM awards will be presented by EDF.
The Coup de Coeur prize will be awarded by the Junior Study Group AMJE.
👏 to CleanStream, an electrostatic filtration system for harmful particles in confined spaces (Gold JITCAM Team award presented by VINCI Energies)
👏 to Ventus, a vertical-axis wind turbine powered by the movement of air induced by vehicles to supply energy to tunnels (JITCAM Silver Team award presented by EDF)
👏 to GreenLoop, an innovative gray water recycler for washing machines (JITCAM Bronze Team award presented by EDF)
👏 StepCharge, the carpet that converts every step into electricity (AMJE's Favorite Award)
