Open innovation council (OI Council) offers you an exciting opportunity to apply the knowledge you have gained through your occupation and academic career, by using surveys based on real business projects involving cutting-edge technology.
Open Innovation Council (OIC) is a platform for an expert community where you, as a member, give advice and ideas to NineSigma’s clients about their cutting-edge prototypes, business ideas, or challenges through short surveys. It is a great opportunity for you to stimulate your intellectual curiosity about the newest technologies and offer ideas based on your knowledge and experience.
Gain more knowledge about the latest technology through OIC surveys.
Engage in open discussion and interact with other members on specific articles.
Challenge your knowledge and experience while offering support to companies seeking innovative solutions.
Receive extra incentives for particularly helpful and valued feedback which is assigned by the client or NineSigma staff.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY | PHYSICIAN AND BIOENGINEER | U.S.
“OI Council offers an innovation solution by bringing together high qualified experts with product developers via the ecosystem. Experts, who are part of the ecosystem, gain insight into the new topics and products being studied in their areas of expertise at an early stage, while product developers can seek advice on creative solutions from experts from all over the world. A great win-win platform for everyone!”
AUTOMOTIVE | STRATEGIC PLANNING MANAGER | CHEMICAL ENGINEER | TURKEY
It has been very rewarding to share my experiences in the field with other departments and/or companies. The surveys I have received were often informative and the research questions state-of-the art. I would however like to receive more feedback or additional questions to help out more, for example with specific tools or questions.
BIOTECHNOLOGY | RESEARCH SCIENTIST | US
For me answering to the survey is a possibility to explore a new upcoming technology and advice developers how to apply those technologies in my field of expertise. I believe for the developers it is also beneficial to have a feedback from the people with different backgrounds on the possibility to apply their technology.
CONSTRUCTION | TECHNICAL MANAGER | UKRAINE
Anyone with professional knowledge (regardless of field) and experience in science and technology can participate. Since the topics of the survey are diverse, you can make use of the knowledge you have learned in the past and in your previous job or educational institutions. It is free to participate in and there is an examination period after your application.
It depends on your expertise and actual themes of our surveys based on our clients’ request. In general, we always have various themes and topics for our surveys. You will be notified of the survey at most 3 times a week. If you do not receive surveys often, please add your Expertise Tag. You can also add Expertise Tags based on your previous occupations and academic careers, if you want to expand the area where you can answer.
Rewards for surveys and Follow-Ups (additional text-based communication with clients after surveys) will be given as OIC Points that can be exchanged for gift cards. The OIC points can be exchanged for a variety of gift cards depending on the currency of each country.
OI Council cannot be held responsible for the confidential information of the member’s company. Please answer only with content that does not include confidential information of your company. If you cannot answer with only publicly known information, please opt-out the answer.
The regulation and rules of external activity are different for each company. We leave it to your judgment according to the regulation your affiliated company.
NineSigma’s expertise is to find what may be unknown to you & to connect you to new partners, start-ups, academia, SMEs and large companies across industries. Through our worldwide presence and our global science & technology network, NineSigma helps transform your business through technology and innovation in a faster, more agile way.
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