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TheCross-CDTDragon’sDen

Who’sinvolved?• HighPerformanceEmbeddedandDistributedSystemsCDT• Neurotechnology CDT• MathematicsofPlanetEarthCDT• SustainableCivilEngineeringCDT• ImperialEnterpriseLab

TheCross-CDTDragon’sDen

Whydoit?• Improveyourcommunication/pitchingskills• Developagoodunderstandingofintellectualproperty• Developagoodknowledgeofbusinessopportunityanalysis• Developtheabilitytowritebusinessplans/presentation• Mostimportantly….learnhowtodevelopanideathatyoucareaboutandturnitintoareality

BasedonsuccessfulICB-CDTDragon’sDenmodel…

2010- AnywhereHPLCHandhelddevicethatinstantlyanalysesmixturessuchasgroundwaterorblood.Top10Onestart competition,ClimateKICwinners€20k,Pitch@Palaceparticipants

2013- FungiAlertFungidetectiondevicetacklingPhytophthora.Althea-Imperialrunners-up£5k,VCC2015winners£10k,investmentfromformerInnovationsChair&undertakingfieldtrials

Howitworks

Stage1– Registerinterest:Registeryourinterestintakingpartby12noononFriday20th Januarywithyourname,teammembersnames,&aworkingideatitletoe.choonara@imperial.ac.uk

Stage2- Developyouridea:Takepartintheworkshopprogramme –sessionstakeplacemonthly,Jan-June2017– updatedpitchateachsessionbasedonreviewofTheSmartEntrepreneurcoursebook.FeedbackreceivedfromSabrinaKiefer– leadcoach&co-authorofbookalongsideaguestcoach.

Howitworks

Stage3– Pitch:Finalistsareselectedattheendofstage2andhavetheopportunitycompeteforacashprize&followonIPsupportinalivefinalpitchingevent.ThepitcheswouldtakeplaceinfrontofaVIPpanelofindustryandresearchleaders.

Eligibility

Eachparticipatingteamcanbeaonepersonormulti-memberteamfromacrosstheCollege,buthastohaveoneCDT/relevantdepartmentstudentasmember.

DuetostudentIP,nopostdocsorfellowscanbepartofyourteams

StudentIP

• Itisthestudent’sresponsibilitytoguaranteethattheproposedideaisgeneratedbythemaloneanddoesnotoriginateandhasnotbeenco-inventedbytheirsupervisor(s)and/orindustrysupervisor(s).• TheCollege’sIPpolicy canbefoundhere:http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/research-office/ip/ip-policy/ &helpcanbefoundhere:www.imperial.ac.uk/students/ip• EPSRC’spolicyhere:https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/howtoapply/basics/ip/• Ifyouareco-fundedthroughindustryoranotherpartner,pleasecontactyourdepartmentifyouareunsureaboutyourrighttotheintellectualpropertygenerated.

Datesforyourdiaries

Ideationsession:Tuesday17th January2017,12:00-16:00Deadlinetoregisterinterest:Friday20thJanuary2017,12noonFirstworkshop:Tuesday24th January2017,12-5pmFivemoresessionstakeplacemonthlyFinalshowcase:July2017

Allsessionsareheld@ImperialEnterpriseLab

WhatisImperialEnterpriseLab?

• 1-2-1ideasurgeries• Supportinfindingteammembers• Networkingevents&workshops• IPSurgeries• Hangoutspace• Teambehind: TheAlthea-ImperialProgramme, TheCreateProgramme,VCC2017• JoinusonFacebook,Twitter &Instagram

AnyQuestions?

e-maile.choonara@imperial.ac.uk