- Bilbao, Spain
- 5 - 6 November 2025
Call for BEST Practice : 12th Annual World Open Innovation Conference 2025
Deadline: June 30th, 2025
WOIC 2025: Share Your Best Practice in Open Innovation
At the upcoming World Open Innovation Conference, WOIC 2024, we want to combine the best of both worlds and bring together researchers and practitioners. Therefore, we invite everyone to share a best practice from their corporate work or public policy experience. You will get the chance to receive feedback from a wide audience on how to improve and further develop the best practice from open innovation scientists or other practitioners. The best practice sessions are a great way to open up and share experiences with others to build a long-lasting community where practices, tips & tricks, and feedback are openly shared
Bilbao-Biscay
Connection
Bilbao, the beating heart of the Vizcaya region, offers a vibrant nexus of academia, corporate industry, and progressive politics that make it an ideal host for the WOIC. Rooted in a culture of open innovation, Bilbao is home to world-class universities and dynamic companies, all of which benefit from Biscay’s forward-thinking policies that encourage growth and collaboration. The city’s commitment to research and its knowledge-driven ecosystem makes it a perfect breeding ground for new ideas and a center for disseminating cutting-edge practices in the joint creation of value. Join us in Bilbao and experience firsthand your contribution to global innovation.
Award for the Best Open Innovation Practice!
Convinced? Then go ahead and apply for a best practice session!
Share tools, processes or approaches you used or experienced in the context of open innovation that led to success. We are particularly interested in practices that align with this year’s conference theme, “Open Innovation in times of uncertainty”, but we are also open to submissions related to other pertinent topics in Open Innovation.
Submission Guidelines for the Best Practice Session
We encourage you to share your best practice and contribute to the conversation on open innovation at WOIC 2025.
You have two submission options to choose from:
PowerPoint presentation (max. 10 slides)
Word/PDF document (max. 2 pages)
An application should include the name of the participating organization(s), the name of the author(s) who would present at the conference if accepted, and a description of the Best Practice that would be presented.
Please read the instructions provided through the application portal carefully as failure to comply with the guidelines leads to automatic disqualification of the Best Practice*
Submission Deadline and Notification
Submission deadline is June 30, 2025. Notification of acceptance can be expected by July 20. Note that registration for the conference by August 15 is a condition to presentation on site.
Benefits of Participation
- Connect with a diverse community of researchers, practitioners, and industry experts
- Receive valuable feedback to improve and enhance your best practice
- Gain exposure and raise awareness about your innovative approaches to open innovation
- Explore potential collaborations or co-creation opportunities with other participants
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes, certainly! We’d be thrilled to see you in as many sessions as possible. However, please bear in mind that some Best Practice Sessions run in parallel. Therefore, we advise you to plan ahead.
As a presenter, pre-registration is mandatory. For non-presenters, pre-registration is not mandatory. Please remember that our sessions run in parallel with other events at WOIC 2025, so spaces are limited.
No, typically the sessions are not recorded and there is no live transmission available. Some exceptions do apply – during earlier editions of WOIC, we have offered an online attendance option. Please consult the official WOIC 2025 agenda for full details and the latest updates about it.
Yes, you may bring all your electronic devices to the Best Practice sessions but please be mindful while using them. The Best Practice Team advises all participants to dedicate their full attention to the discussions in the room as a show of respect and to make the most out of the session.
Of course! Feel free to take photos during the sessions and share them on your favourite socials tagging our Speakers, Moderators, colleagues and using the hashtag #WOIC2025!
All Best Practice presentations are featured in the official conference program. Please consult this program frequently through the conference app, as last-minute changes may occur.
The two types of sessions are different in terms of content, engagement, scope and scale. On the one hand, Best Practice Presentations are 3×10-minute presentations, followed by an interactive Q&A and discussion. On the other hand, Industry Challenge sessions are 60-minute problem-solving workshops. Best Practice sessions offer a condensed view of a key theme, while a Challenge Session allows for deep dives, longer debates and first-hand participation to solve the challenge(s) in question.
Each best practice session features a dedicated moderator. The task of the moderator is to introduce each of the 3 speakers and help facilitate the post-presentation Q&A discussion.
Submit Your Best Practice Now!
Ready to share your best practice with the world? Submit your entry today and be part of the WOIC 2025 best practice sessions.
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The World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC) brings theory and practice closer together. We seek the latest in academic research on open innovation, and combine this in our program with challenges faced by industry executives and policymakers who manage open innovation in their organizations.
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