MS!C LabZero

Bridging Science and Industry: Communicate with Impact

💡 Workshop for scientists and businesses
📅 October 2, 9:15-16:00, Viva building, T-park

🔹 Learn how to effectively reach out to industry partners
🔹 Get tips on how to clearly explain your research and make an impression
👨‍💼 The workshop will be led by Andrew Hladký (IP Lab Ventures)

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Reverse Pitching - Idea Exchange!

💡 Be at the forefront of innovation!
📅 October 16, 15:00-18:00

🔹 Discover what companies and researchers are working on and what challenges they are preparing
🔹 Get involved in solving real challenges
🔹 Meet people from business, research and the startup ecosystem

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Intense Bootcamp

🚀 Turn your team's idea into reality!
📅 November 7-9

🔹 Three-day intensive weekend program
🔹 Collaboration with experienced mentors, thought leaders and researchers
🔹 Develop your project and compete for a prize of 20,000 CZK to help you take your idea even further

A great weekend! Bootcamp

Demo Day

🎤 Showcase the results of your work!
📅 November 27, 4-6pm

🔹 Final public presentation of the projects in English in front of experts and the general community
🔹 The jury will evaluate the market potential and impact of each idea, the best team will receive 20.000 CZK
🔹 The final event takes place within Innoverse

Being a part of InnoVerse

Beyond Gaming: Unlocking Human Behavior Through Data

Ostrava, Moravskoslezský kraj

What if 1,600 years of recorded human behavior could help us understand the future? Data from 6 million players and their actions inside Counter-Strike 2, creating one of the most detailed datasets on decision-making, interaction, and strategy in a competitive environment. We already use AI models to predict player behavior—but the potential goes far beyond gaming.

We challenge you to explore:

• How can behavioral data from millions of players inspire new products, services, or insights outside of gaming?
• In which fields could predictive models of human decision-making create real value—healthcare, sports, urban planning, crisis management, or others?
• What are the opportunities and risks of using large-scale behavioral data to shape solutions for business and society?
• How might this data open new ways of understanding patterns, cooperation, competition, and strategy in human life?

This is not about improving gameplay—it’s about using the gaming universe as a window into human behavior. With your perspective, how can billions of in-game decisions translate into innovation in the real world?

The future of behavioral insights is just beginning—what possibilities will you uncover?

Reimagining Post-Mining Landscapes

Třinec, Moravskoslezský kraj

Former mining areas often leave behind scars on the land—but they also offer opportunities for regeneration, creativity, and new life. With a groundbreaking project in thermal recycling of coal sludges, a new industrial activity will emerge. But the bigger question is: what else could these landscapes become for the next generation?

We invite you to explore:

• How can post-mining areas be redeveloped and revitalized beyond the industrial project?
• What concepts and use cases from around the world could inspire new cultural, recreational, or ecological functions?
• How can we activate these spaces so that people actually want to visit, work, and live there?
• What innovative ideas could transform these areas into symbols of renewal instead of decline?

Your task is to design a visionary yet feasible concept that redefines how post-mining landscapes can serve both industry and society.

Yesterday they were mines, tomorrow they can be anything—what future do you imagine?

From Powder to Possibility: Reinventing Industrial Waste

Ostrava, Moravskoslezský kraj

Protolab uses professional industrial 3D printers based on Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) technology—where fine polymer powder is fused layer by layer by a laser beam. In every build, about 50% of the powder is refreshed with new material, while the remaining half—though still of high quality—can no longer be reused for printing.
But what if that “waste” isn’t waste at all?
This material, rich in potential, offers a unique opportunity to rethink sustainability, material design, and circular manufacturing.
We challenge you to explore:

• How can this high-quality residual polymer powder be repurposed or transformed into new materials, products, or technologies?
• Could it become a raw material for other additive manufacturing methods, like filament extrusion, or find applications in entirely new industries such as design, construction, or environmental engineering?
• What innovative processes could give this powder a second life, reducing waste while adding real value to production ecosystems?
• What role might AI, material science, or circular economy thinking play in reimagining the lifecycle of industrial polymers?

Protolab offers several kilograms of this powder for testing, expert consultations, and SEM microscopy images detailing powder morphology and chemical composition.
This is not just about recycling—it’s about redefining materials and manufacturing for a sustainable future.
With your creativity, how can yesterday’s powder become tomorrow’s innovation?
The future of circular design starts here—what will you create?

From Learners to Creators

Karviná, Moravskoslezský kraj

What if universities became launchpads for ideas, not just institutions for learning?
Imagine a world where students don’t just attend classes—they create, experiment, and take bold steps toward real change. Where curiosity replaces obligation, and learning becomes a journey of discovery, ownership, and impact.
Many students move through higher education passively—checking boxes, completing tasks, earning credits. But what if we could ignite the inner drive that turns knowledge into action? What if every student felt empowered to shape their own future, to test ideas, build projects, and see tangible results in the real world?
We challenge you to explore:

• How can we design learning experiences that awaken curiosity, creativity, and intrinsic motivation?
• What new bridges can connect universities with the real world—through entrepreneurship, collaboration, and meaningful impact?
• How might a vibrant ecosystem of student entrepreneurship look—one that nurtures initiative, resilience, and purpose?
• How can we rethink education itself as a living laboratory where students learn by doing, failing, and creating value for others?

This is not about improving study habits—it’s about transforming education into an engine of change. About empowering students to become creators, problem-solvers, and leaders of tomorrow.
The future of learning depends on how we inspire and activate students today.
What will your idea be?

"...they are developing several ideas and the ideas are amazing."

I really like the Bootcamp and Reverse Pitching.
It's really inspiring. We've met so many inspiring people who are hard-working and develop several ideas in their spare time and those ideas are amazing. I would never have thought of their solutions.
So that's probably what surprised me. Anyway, thank you so much to MSIC because the organization was perfect, and I would love to be involved again.

Ondřej Sakreida team Nextgen events

"It was a great experience for me because I got..."

It was a great experience for me because I got to be in the company of people who share the same mindset.
And what surprised me, I always thought that if I don't have a business idea, I can't start a business.
But here at Reverze Pitching, we can use other people's (researchers') ideas so we can try to develop a business based on them."

Radek Páleník team QUVANTUMLIFE

AI development & data analytics & esport technology

Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region

Rankacy is a Czech technology start-up that connects the world of esports, data analytics and artificial intelligence. The platform helps players of popular titles analyze their performance, create attractive videos and improve their gaming skills. To this end, rankacy is developing its own AI model trained on data from millions of games, which has the potential to change not only the way players learn, but also the approach to game development and working with user behavior.

Rankacy is based in Ostrava, from where it operates on the global market. It is proof that cutting-edge gaming technologies and innovative AI solutions can be created outside of traditional development centers. The platform actively collaborates with universities, engages local talents, and thus creates an attractive working environment not only for people from the countryside. Rankacy's ambition is to have a global reach in the gaming industry, both in data analytics and game development.

Ing. Pavel Adámek, Ph.D.

Karviná, Moravian-Silesian Region

Coordinator of entrepreneurship activities and enthusiast for innovations in education, for activating students, for finding ways to change mindset.

I professionally combine the roles of teacher, researcher, entrepreneurship support coordinator, lecturer, project manager, team member, consultant, coach in training, author of publications and parent. I look for ways to connect knowledge, practice, skills and competencies for a 21st century mindset. I draw on experience from mentoring, coaching, education, networking and more than 15 years of work in education. My professional focus is on teaching in the areas of business models, entrepreneurship, integration of TimiAkatemia principles, but also research in the field of business modeling, corporate social responsibility, all with a sense of creating an environment where sharing is a source of learning. Free time includes MTB, gastronomy and fitness activities.

Industrial technology, combustion and gas systems, compressors

Třinec, Moravian-Silesian Region

ZM Servis Moravia specializes in the design, production and service of technological equipment for industry - from burner systems and industrial furnaces to technical gas regulation, compressor stations and automated control systems. The company emphasizes research and development of new solutions that increase energy efficiency and reduce the environmental impacts of industrial processes. It actively participates in innovative projects in the field of combustion, gasification and ecological technologies.

The company has international operations and is also a major technical employer in the Moravian-Silesian Region.