Stay Relevant 2025, Syddjurs
Apply your academic skills to strategic business development and help companies stay relevant to customers and partners – with a particular focus on sustainability.
- A collaboration between Syddjurs Municipality and Aarhus University
Put your professional skills into play on October 7 th.
You can be one of the many students participating in Stay Relevant 2025, where you and your fellow students will apply your academic skills to solve real-world challenges faced by a company.
Why you should join:
- You’ll develop your skills in working with design processes
- You’ll get the opportunity to pitch great ideas and showcase your talents to potential future employers
- It’s a great platform to apply your theoretical knowledge to real-life problems
- You’ll strengthen your business understanding and gain insight into strategic design thinking
- Participation is a valuable addition to your CV
Program
Program
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
October 6, 2025
| Time | Activity | Location |
| 14.00-16.00 | Design Thinking by Lasse Chor Participate online deltag i mødet nu Link to slides https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yxykivd0uic0a58is0iew/Stay-relevant-2025.pdf?rlkey=7hfmi7wsiutlgk0e5b76txqzd&dl=0 | The aula |
October 7, 2025
| Tidspunkt | Aktivitet | Lokation | |
8.00-9.00 | Bus to Ebeltoft Students from Anthropology should be aware of taking the bus to Hornslet, where they make a stop. | From: To: | |
9.00-10.00 | Welcome by Mayor Michael Stegger Jensen and commitee chairman Kasper Kolstrup Møller | Kulturloftet | |
10.00-11.00 | Introduction and case presentations | Humanistisk Organisationsudvikling: Endless Summer – Kulturloftet Creative and Cultural Industries: Hos Walter Stockflethsvej 13 Food and Culture: Bondelauget, Havnevej 1 Antropologi: Syddjurs Kommune, Tingvej 18, Hornslet. | |
11.00-12.00 | Case work | Kulturloftet, Snedkeriet, Brew Pub, Støbesalen, Spiren | |
12.00-12.30 | Lunch | Støbesalen | |
12.30-15.30 | Case work | Kulturloftet, Snedkeriet, Brew Pub, Støbesalen, Spiren | |
15.30-16.30 | 3 parallel pitch sessions with feedback from instructors and companies Selection of a case winner | Anthropology will pitch in Støbesalen . Creative and Cultural Industries will pitch in Brew Pub . Humanistic Organizational Development will pitch in Snedkeriet . Food and Culture will pitch at the Kulturloftet, . The companies will be present to hear the pitches and help find a winner. | |
16.30-17.15 | Final: The four winners pitches | Kulturloftet | |
17.15-17.30 | Award ceremony | Kulturloftet | |
17.30-18.30 | Dinner and networking | Støbesalen, snedkeriet og Spiren | |
18.30-19.30 | Bus back to Aarhus | From: To: | |
Groups
Groups
Groups working on the case 'Hos Walther'
1 Astrid Kirstine Winther | 2 Helena Curado E Melo Maia |
3 Kaltrine Jupa | 4 Maria Alexandra Tumurug |
5 Mathilde Lindhardt Nevers | 6 Oliwia Ottomanska |
7 Wilhelm Ploug Tvedt | 8 Astrid Ankjær Wind Christensen |
Groups working on the case 'Syddjurs Municipality'
1 Tine Petz Rasmussen | 2 Emilie Wissendorf Schrøder |
3 Fay Phyllis Toxopeus | 4 Cláudia Alexandra Serra Fernandes |
5 Amélie Semey | 6 Lixi Tang |
7 Ida Kirkegaard Brodersen | 8 Frederik Sejerkilde |
Groups working on the case 'Endless Summer'
1 Johanne Strøm Juhl | 2 Laura Houkjær Rolighed |
3 Henry Salomon Blachman | 4 Frederikke Nielsen |
5 Olivia Dalgaard Floor | 6 Isabella Lykke Buus Lindberg |
7 Signe Nerstrøm Schmelling | 8 Laura Tinglef Svenstrup |
9 Andreas Møldrup Holst | 10 Catharina Graakjær Walther von Loebenstein |
Groups working on the case 'Bondelauget'
1 Maria Ornelas Barros de Olivera | 2 Friederike Bittner |
3 Carleen Heppner | 4 Hung Wing Man (Isabel) |
5 Leung Yai Yi Marble | 6 Nikita Carulkov |
7 Airi Katsumoto | 8 Cinea Ziegler |
9 Anna Nele Carolin Puntke | 10 Aoi Ozaki |
11 Lieke Halsema |
Design mentor
Design mentor
![[Translate to English:] Foto Designmentor Lasse Chor](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/0/csm_lc_e768217b70.png "[Translate to English:] Designmentor Lasse Chor")
Lasse Chor
Lasse Chor is a Danish entrepreneur who started his first company at the age of 13 and has since been deeply involved in both the Danish and global startup ecosystems. Through his current company, Happy42, Lasse is currently mentoring a number of startups around the world and advising several large companies, including some Fortune 500 corporations. Recently, Lasse has also turned his attention to investments and is now active as a private angel investor.
Bonus info: Lasse’s mother believes he is the best son in the world.
Learning objectives
Learning objectives
Knowledge
Through participation in the Case Competition, Stay Relevant 2025, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of how academic knowledge from their own education can be communicated and applied in relation to a relevant job market.
Skills
Through participation in the Case Competition, Stay Relevant 2025, the student will be able to:
- Deliver presentations using the “pitching” format
- Independently communicate the relevance of academic theories and methods in relation to the job market
- Apply their academic expertise to solve job market-relevant challenges
Competencies
Through participation in the Case Competition, Stay Relevant 2025, the student will be able to:
- Independently translate their academic skills into practice in relation to society
- Engage constructively in a collaborative development process
Rules
Rules
The participating companies hold ownership of all rights, inventions, production methods, and other technical advancements that arise in connection with the case competition. The transfer of rights to the participating companies occurs automatically and continuously as these rights emerge.
Students have the right to use products and materials originating from the case competition in connection with exams and teaching at Aarhus University. Students are entitled to present their results from the case competition (including during job applications), as long as this does not lead to subsequent use of such results in violation of the rights transferred to the respective company. Students may only use products and materials from the case competition in other contexts following a separate written agreement with the respective company.
Inspiration
Inspiration
Check the websites below for inspiration for your project work.
You can read about various approaches and methods for project work as a whole, as well as the individual elements of case solving. Additionally, you’ll find tips and tricks for writing and delivering a strong pitch, which can help you communicate your solutions to the jury in the most effective way.
- Anthropological methods
- Methods for brainstorming
- Basics of project work
- How to pitch
- Soft skills
- Project management
- Personality Test
- Creativity
See below for further information on cybersecurity
Examples of cases
Examples of cases
Cases from STAY RELEVANT 2022 in Ebeltoft
Cases from STAY RELEVANT 2021 in Silkeborg
- Handel Silkeborg: Market Trade 3.0
- Museum Jorn: Get on your bike - into art and nature
- Outdoor Institute: Equipment banks
- Sweco Architects: Organizational merger and Covid19 conditions
- Silkeborg IF: Spectators at the stadium
Cases from STAY RELEVANT 2020 in Silkeborg
- Museum Jorn: Young museum visitors
- Marianne Gorridsen: Young online customers
- Silkeborg Bad & Outdoor secretariat: Behavior at lake bathing areas
- Organizational consultants: Establishing long-term business relationsships
- Scandic: Responses to Covid19
- Environment for Learning: Communication and marketing aimes at adult education institutions
See more cases from previous case competitions via the links at the top of the page.
