Young Hopes 2026

Young entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers and all those who are interested in the possibilities of developing an innovative idea into a business plan and implementing it on the market are invited to the Young Hopes 2026 entrepreneurial workshop.

You will learn about the basics of intellectual property protection, with an emphasis on patent applications and ways of commercializing intellectual property rights:

• identification of the invention and the basis of patent protection,
• preparation of patent documentation and the course of the patent application,
• key requirements for granting a patent,
• the most common errors and challenges in patent proceedings,
• Value Proposition Canvas (VPC) in connecting technology with the needs of the market and users,
• Creating a value proposition for research results and technologies,
• Conducting interviews to test the idea on the market and obtaining feedback from potential users.

The Young Hopes 2026 workshop will be held on Friday, November 20, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Jožef Stefan Institute at Jamova cesta 39 in Ljubljana (JSI’s Great Lecture Hall / Physics Meeting Room F5).

The workshop with free participation will be held in Slovenian. Applications are made via the application form. More information is provided in the program.

For additional information, please contact us at: tehnologije@ijs.si.

You are kindly invited!