Make your own 3D print
When product developers design new products, they go through various stages, before they have the final product in hand. 3D printing is often used to create the first prototypes. But how do you print a three-dimensional object?
Learn more about what 3D printing technologies are and the entire process from 3D design to 3D printing. You can also try 3D printing an object of your own choice and experience how 3D-printed objects look and can integrate moving parts.
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish
Location: Concept Development Lab
Experience the virtual world through a VR headset
Companies are increasingly using the virtual world to train and educate their employees.
- Try a VR headset and experience the virtual world – also from a business perspective.
- Test your virtual skills by solving a virtual puzzle or assembling an engine, among other things.
Target group: Everyone
Language: English
Location: xR2 Lab
Design and print on the 3D printers from Bambu Lab
In Eduard.dk's tent, you can see and try the much-hyped 3D printers from Bambu Lab, which Eduard.dk is the sole distributor of in Denmark for schools and institutions. The company will bring all the latest models.
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish (workshops) and English
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Learn how to make delicious non-alcoholic cocktails
Ulmus Craft Cocktails shows you how to:
- make delicious non-alcoholic cocktails.
- use unique, wild and homemade ingredients in drinks.
- bridge the gap between modern man and wild nature.
Creativity takes centre stage at this workshop, where you will use fresh ingredients to make a cocktail syrup. Here you can create unique flavour combinations that can be used to make delicious cocktails at home. The workshop ends with you mixing ingredients for your very own cocktail, followed by a tasting and evaluation of the overall taste experience.
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish and English
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Laser cutting: From drawing to a physical object
Experience how you can transform your ideas from a drawing into a physical object cut out with a laser beam in wood or plastic sheets. The possibilities are many and can be very advanced: from signs and key rings to 3D objects built up from multiple items such as boxes, drawers, shelves, lamps, furniture and much more.
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish
Location: Concept Development Lab
Create 3D objects with an acrylic bender
An acrylic bender can be used to bend acrylic/plastic sheets that have been cut with a laser cutter. Laser-cut parts (acrylic sheets) can be joined together with screws, glue and tape, but instead of joining multiple sheets together, they can also be bent after heating. This offers many more options than gluing sheets together. They also have a different visual appearance and strength.
- Discover how you can go from a flat sheet (2D) to a 3D item with increased strength and possibly functionality.
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish
Location: Concept Development Lab
The final touch with a foil cutter
A foil cutter is a printer that can print on self-adhesive paper and is therefore perfect for making stickers. But not just stickers – also labels, designs for devices as well as visuals for prototypes and products. When making prototypes, models and even finished devices, text and other communicative effects such as logos are often needed. With the foil cutter, you can complete the design of your product, and if you’re working on a prototype, you can print a screen that visualises the screen the device will include!
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish
Location: Concept Development Lab
Life as a farmer of the future
Come and experience the future of agriculture. Danish farmers produce fresh and healthy food for you, me, and the world.
- Hop on the Agroskolen tractor.
- Take part in the farm-to-table activity, where you follow the process from field to finished product.
- Try your hand at milking.
- Meet the Agroskolen chickens and learn fun facts about their upbringing and lifestyle.
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Beautiful sustainable jewellery
Come join 'Lo-Fi and Tea' and have a relaxing time making jewellery out of recycled materials. We will be using recycled clothes and jewellery that can be found at any thrift shop. The materials are used to make tassels and pompoms for earrings and decoupage earrings from laser-cut wood.
Target group: Everyone
Language: English
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Leg, lyt og lær om lyd!
Do you want to know how a speaker works? Have you ever wondered if you can hear electricity? Or what sound looks like?
Discover the answers! Come and experiment with building loudspeakers, listen to the world and see sound together with engineers, sound artists and educators from Sound Hub Denmark, Sound Art Lab and Lydlaboratoriet in Struer.
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Design in 3D printing
Stop by AddiThy's tent and discover how 3D printing can be used and make a difference in everyday life. Together with a student from the Furniture Design specialisation at VIA University College, AddiThy has designed a chair that can be seen in full size. The chair showcases the entire process from idea and design to practical application - illustrating how an idea can become reality.
Additionally, you can explore the industrial applications of 3D printing and delve into its numerous possibilities and advantages. Visit us and be inspired by the cutting-edge innovations in 3D printing!
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Test your construction skills!
Join us for a super exciting workshop organised by the Construction Coordinator study programme at Erhvervsakademi MidtVest (EAMV).
- Challenge yourself and your skills in a competition to build a simple structure with materials provided.
- Assess the structure's strength, durability, sustainability and ease of disassembly. Come and enjoy a fun hands-on experience!
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish and English
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
The crocodile river
Join a fun and challenging teambuilding activity organised by the Bachelor's programme in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Erhvervsakademi MidtVest (EAMV). With limited materials, you will need to physically support each other in order to move forward and complete the task. Crossing 'the crocodile river' requires creative and strategic collaboration!
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish and English
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Unlock the future of ethical AI
Discover how AI impacts your daily life, how AI works, and where it’s heading. Dive into ethical AI with 'Project CHARLIE' - and especially how to ensure fairness and reduce bias. The focus will be on how ethical AI can prevent technology from perpetuating inequalities and promote a fairer society.
- Understand how AI operates and its role in everyday technology.
- Explore real-life scenarios to see how ethical AI decisions are made.
- Engage with AI-generated scenarios to see how data and algorithms can lead to unfair outcomes.
Target group: Everyone
Language: English
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Shoot yarn with a tufting gun
Maybe you've seen tufting on TikTok or Instagram and thought: “I'd like to try that!”
Come by VIA Design and Business' tent to learn more about tufting - and, most importantly, try your hand at creating your own design. There will be plenty of lovely coloured yarn, so your creation is sure to be fantastic!
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish and English
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Print on print - give new life!
Stop by VIA Design and Business' tent and learn how to make a print on fabric. There will be plenty of patterns, elements and ideas for you to choose from to create your own design. First, the print is created digitally, then printed and finally heat-treated. This is how recycled materials are given new life!
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish and English
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Tech innovation meets hands-on learning
Visit the BTECH and PROTO* Lab tent and join us on an exciting technological journey with hands-on activities and prototypes that will give you insights into future technologies and business opportunities!
Digital playground:
- Explore and try out connected tech gadgets, VR, augmented reality (AR) and 3D printing.
- Discover the power of AI, IoT sensors and game development.
Innovation and entrepreneurship:
- Discover how digital services and technologies can fuel new innovative business models - from startups to established companies.
Collaborative community:
- Join hands-on sessions, ignite fresh ideas or expand your own professional network!
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish and English
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Discover more about Innovatorium and the people in the environment
Innovatorium is a unique space for entrepreneurs and growth companies, prioritising networking, knowledge sharing and optimal growth conditions. Stop by our conversation couch for a chat about entrepreneurship and creating a positive work environment. You're guaranteed the best advice from experienced self-employed people.
- Meet the project group Startup Hub No. 7, dedicated to fostering an environment for creative entrepreneurs.
- Gain insights and participate in a mini workshop about the project, where your input will make a difference.
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish and English
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
The technology behind clean water
Visit Herning Vand's tent and learn how IT is used to ensure clean drinking water and manage wastewater treatment - now and for many years to come.
11 September: Gain insight into how data and artificial intelligence/AI are used to assess the condition of sewer lines and plan and prioritise maintenance work accordingly. You will also learn about an exciting new project where a mobile phone and Point Cloud technology are used to create accurate and scale-true 3D models of the pipes, ensuring a precise map of both private and public infrastructure even 20 years from now.
12 September: Experience how to control the entire treatment process at the treatment plant or participate in determining where the pumps should direct the wastewater, as Herning Vand demonstrates its SCADA solution (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition).
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish and English
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
3D mini you
Get 3D-scanned and receive a digital model of yourself! With a 3D scanner, you can create mini figures of yourself and, for example, decorate your room with them using a 3D printer. But 3D scanning can also be used to make customised clothing, shoes, ski boots and aids like prosthetics and braces tailored precisely to you, as well as for designing things like furniture and cars. In the industry, 3D scanning is used for precise measurements and to modify and adapt existing products, optimising the process and reducing the time from idea to finished product.
Come by and get a demonstration of the many possibilities with 3D scanning. Remember to bring a USB stick so you can take your digital model home with you.
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Come and experience a lot of cool projects!
Dive into exciting development projects made by students from the Global Management and Manufacturing (GMM) Bachelor of Engineering study programme at AU Herning in close collaboration with companies. The projects range from the development of a sustainable tent for Smukfest to the design of an advanced digital management system for a leading company in the electronics industry. Meet the students and gain insight into their creative processes and impressive results.
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Virtual meets reality through AR glasses
VR glasses have long been used for games and films where we experience something virtual; something artificial. Now, new AR glasses with in-built cameras have added an exciting new dimension: Augmented Reality (AR). Visit the BTECH and PROTO* Lab tent and experience how the real world merges with the artificial world in 3D through a pair of AR glasses, where you can interact with artificial elements with your hands that integrate directly into your physical surroundings.
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Robot programmer
Come and experience a digital production line with robots, where you can learn to program robots to perform tasks that you specify. Discover how industrial robots are programmed to handle tasks that increasingly support employees in focusing on other responsibilities. These robots can carry out the same tasks over and over without getting tired, needing breaks, eating, sleeping or falling ill. They are precise and tireless, but are they faster than humans?
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish
Location: DIGI Lab
Beautiful lamps and sustainable tiny houses
Come and see what the students from the Business Development Engineer study programme (BDE) at AU Herning have created using advanced computer design in CAD programmes, as well as laser cutters, foil printers and 3D printers! There will be an exhibition of the students’ beautiful, fun lamps and their charming tiny houses, designed for families who wish to live as sustainably as possible.
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Fish feed in focus
Did you know that more than half of all the world's fish comes from aquaculture? Or that fish eat a lot of vegetables? And that you can produce more than 10 times as much fish with 100 kg of feed compared to meat from a cow?
BioMar is a Danish company with an international presence and one of the largest producers of fish feed for aquaculture. Visit BioMar's tent, where you can:
- gain insight into what fish feed consists of
- learn about the importance of raw materials for the product and the fish
- try your hand at various analyses and see if you can identify which product does not meet the high standard
- hear about the use and development of analysis methods and instruments to keep up with the constantly evolving needs of the industry.
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Dive into the world of energy
Visit the Electrical Energy Technology tent and explore how to find the most energy-efficient way to pump water. There’s a huge climate potential in optimising pumps, as they account for 10% of the world’s total electricity consumption. You can also experience an electric go-kart and try an interactive energy game. Stop by for a chat about energy!
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Experience the magic of programming and ultrasound
Stop by the PROTO* Lab and learn how to programme small electronic devices that interact with the physical world.
Ever wondered how a reversing or parking alarm works? Here's your chance to try your hand at the technology and be part of making a hill alarm or an almost invisible measuring device.
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish and English
Location: PROTO* Lab
Autonomous hydrogen cars and life cycle cost analysis for Power-to-X materials
Join the club and learn about best practices in life cycle cost analysis, supported by the EPICENTER project under EIT RawMaterials.
Discover how to develop new digital circular manufacturing businesses that transform residue/scrap glass fibre and nano-engineering materials into winning solutions (the GlassCircle Interreg project).
You can also have fun with autonomous robotic vehicles and plan a digital hydrogen logistics mission.
Target group: Everyone
Language: English
Location: In the forest outside AU Herning
Join in designing a production line
Embark on an exciting learning journey where you’ll have the opportunity to design and develop a production line – perhaps even for manufacturing an iPhone or a Lamborghini! Just like students from the Global Management and Manufacturing (GMM) Bachelor of Engineering study programme at AU Herning, you’ll combine theory and practice using LEGO bricks.
Meet two inspiring GMM students and gain a unique insight into their creative learning processes and impressive results. This is your chance to experience innovation up close!
Target group: Everyone
Language: Danish
Location: Production Lab