EIE'10 & TechCrunch Europe
Four hours. Fifty high-potential spinouts and startups from across Scotland. One Interactive and Engaging Panel. Then a late afternoon and evening with the world's hottest online source of breaking news and coverage from the technology ventures scene.
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May 12, 2010 from 09:30 am to 02:30 pm |
| Where | Informatics Forum, Edinburgh |
| Contact Name | Andrew Mitchell |
| Contact Phone | +44(0)7793111386 |
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On Wednesday 12th May 2010, Informatics Ventures will be holding their
3rd annual investor showcase in the morning & over lunch. Then in the late afternoon we are delighted
to be bringing to Edinburgh the UK's first TechCrunch Europe event outside of London.
EIE'10 will feature demonstrations and pitches from 50 ventures across Scotland's Software, Web, Mobile, Informatics and Computer Science scene.
AGENDA:
- 9.30am-10.30 > Registration, networking, posters and demonstrations.
- 10.30am-10.45am > Welcome to EIE'10 by Andrew Mitchell (bio), Informatics Ventures
- 10.45am-noon > Pitches from six rigorously selected startups and spinouts.
- noon-1.30pm > Lunch, networking, posters and demonstrations.
- 1.30pm-2.45pm > Interactive Panel discussion: Commercialising Scotland's Science: From the Cool Comfort of the Laboratory to the Cruel Crucible of the Marketplace.
- 2.45pm-3pm > Prize giving for best demo' / poster.
- From 3pm > TechCrunch Edinburgh event hosted by TechCrunch Europe at the Informatics Forum and after-party at Revolution.
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Commercialising Scotland's Science
From the Cool Comfort of the Laboratory to the Cruel Crucible of the Marketplace. (* ref)
This interactive and engaging panel will feature:
- Anne Glover, Co-founder and Chief Executive of Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd (bio)
- Professor Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Advisor for Scotland (bio)
- Ann Budge, Former CEO of Sopra Group and Advisor to Par Equity LLP (bio)
- Anne Johnson, Edinburgh Informatics alumnus and early stage investment advisor at Cunning Systems (bio)
- The panel will be moderated by Bill Jamieson, Executive Editor of
The Scotsman and 2009 Journalist of the Year in the Scottish Press
Awards. (Bill Jamieson)
* The inspiration for the panel topic is based on work by Kenneth P Morse and the MIT Entrepreneurship Center.
Any startup or spinout based in Scotland wishing to exhibit, demo or pitch at EIE'10 should complete an enquiry form for Informatics Ventures to review and consider here:
http://eie10exhibitors.eventbrite.com/
Investors and others from the entrepreneurship ecosystem can register for EIE'10 by contacting Andrew Mitchell:
email: Andrew Mitchell
twitter: http://twitter.com/roomitchell
LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/roomitchell
TechCrunch Edinburgh is separately ticketed, so to secure a place at this please visit:
http://eu.techcrunch.com/ & http://www.amiando.com/tcedinburgh.html
Video summary of Engage | Invest | Exploit 2009:
Guy Kawasaki
Engage | Invest | Exploit , Informatics Forum, Edinburgh
29th April, 2009
