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SUMMARY:Call for Challenges 2026 "Future by Design: The New Codes of Luxur
 y\, Sportswear and Wellbeing"
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DESCRIPTION:The Innovation Booster Fashion & Lifestyle empowers operationa
 l\, technological\, and social innovations developed with and for the Swis
 s Fashion and Lifestyle sector.\nLeveraging the Leading House community an
 d network\, the Innovation Booster Fashion & Lifestyle creates a unique ec
 osystem enabling the dissemination of radical solutions to the challenges 
 of the sector.\n \nImportant dates\n\n\n	Call Opening: April 29th\, 2026 
 (you can register for the webinar to get all information needed - registe
 re here) \n	Call Closing: September 24th\, 2026\n	Co-Creation Workshop: O
 ctober 13th\, 2026 (will take place at EPFL)\n	Pitch Day: November 26th - 
 (will take place at EPFL)\n\n\nThe Innovation Booster Fashion & Lifestyle
  invites companies\, researchers\, startups\, experts\, and innovators to
  submit sector-relevant challenges that can inspire the co-creation of ra
 dical ideas for the Swiss Fashion & Lifestyle ecosystem. Backed by Innos
 uisse\, the program is designed to identify urgent and emerging market nee
 ds\, bring together interdisciplinary stakeholders\, and transform key ind
 ustry challenges into new opportunities for innovation. Through an open an
 d user-centric process\, the most promising ideas can evolve into Innovati
 on Teams and be further tested for desirability\, viability\, and feasibi
 lity.\n\nThe proposed challenge areas below reflect major transformation f
 orces shaping the future of fashion\, luxury\, sportswear\, and wellbeing:
  slower growth and rising selectivity in luxury\, stronger demand for pers
 onalization and AI-enabled service\, increasing relevance of wearables and
  health-oriented solutions\, new opportunities in gaming and immersive att
 ention environments\, and mounting pressure for circularity\, traceability
 \, and end-of-life innovation in textiles.\n\nChallenge topics\n\n\n	AI-Po
 wered Personalization\, Design and Client Experience\n	Wearables\, Smart G
 arments and Connected Performance\n	Luxury and Watchmaking Technology Inno
 vation\n	E-Sports\, Gaming\, Interactive Worlds and New Consumer Engagemen
 t Models\n	From Sports Performance to Preventive Health and Wellbeing\n	Au
 gmented Customer Experience and Sensory Commerce\n	Circular Sportswear\, R
 ecycling and End-of-Life Innovation\n	New Business Models for Premium\, Pe
 rformance and Circular Growth\n\nFor more info\, how it works\, who can ap
 ply\, and to submit your application --> visit the info page.
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