Participate

Unleash the inventor in you! Join us to explore problems, create and test solutions. At Comon everyone is an inventor.

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How can you participate?

Comon is an open laboratory where everyone can participate in any phase. Innovation works best when we collaborate. You can participate in different ways. Choose what suits you best or feel free to make a suggestion.

I want to share my expertise

Do you, as a researcher, entrepreneur, city employee... have an expertise in healthy movement & exercise?

I want to share my personal experience

Do you have a specific or personal experience about healthy movement & exercise you want to share?

 

I want to brainstorm solutions together

Do you have a creative mind, enjoy brainstorming and enjoy critically thinking about how we can encourage healthy movement?

  • Engage in a dialogue about how we can use technology to promote healthy movement & exercise. Discover our activity   

  • Co-create and brainstorm solutions together (and maybe even implement them). Discover our activity 

I want to test solutions and provide feedback

Are you interested in helping people move & exercise in a healthy way? No need for expertise or specific experience.

I want to help create prototypes

Do you have experience with rapid prototyping or an interest in learning it? And do you want to work in an interdisciplinary team to create solutions for healthy movement?

I want to become an entrepreneur

Are you an entrepreneur or do you dream of becoming one?

  • Join a design sprint. Over a week, you work on fully developing an idea for a solution: shaping the prototype, testing it, and implementing it. You work in a team with researchers, citizens... Your team receives resources to create a working prototype and support to bring it to market or sustain it in another way. Discover how Marie does business

Do you want to participate or have a question?

Jeroen Bourgonjon
Jeroen Bourgonjon
Jeroen is our impact coordinator and expert in digital innovation for people and society. He brings together people inside and outside UGent to approach challenges from different perspectives.
Stéphanie
Stephanie Van Hove
Stephanie is our structure-maker. As a coordinator, she arranges plans and collaborations into a harmonious whole. She maintains the overview, brings structure, and ensures that every idea reaches its full potential. This allows Comon to thrive to the fullest.
Margot
Margot Bulcke
Margot is our project officer. She ensures that activities run smoothly and that the administration is in order. Above all, she pampers everyone involved at Comon.
Line Windey
Line Windey
Line is our communication boost. She invites all Ghent enthusiasts to join in, because at Comon, everyone is an inventor. Together, we make Ghent even smarter, better, and healthier.