Following the launch of the INTERSMARTS Platform, the Varna University of Management held two one-day piloting sessions on 11-12 June 2025: one in Albena Resort for a multinational group of students, academics, and entrepreneurs (32 participants), and another in Dobrich for VET students and teachers (21 participants).
The platform was tested on both computers and mobile devices, with many participants using tablets and smartphones during the sessions.
The piloting was conducted under the theme of future skill-building and the value of idea crowdsourcing to solve real-world challenges. Sessions used an interactive format: participants were divided into challenge-focused teams reflecting INTERSMARTS Task Force priorities (overdevelopment, waste and pollution, seasonality, low innovation uptake). Participants chose roles as “users” or “contributors,” defined problems, and worked on solutions drawn from their own knowledge or from the platform’s case studies and research resources.
