Idea to Product

Official page

www.ideatoproduct.org

Dates

5-6 Nov, 2010

Location

University of Texas at Austin, USA

Deadline

30 Aug, 2010

The Idea To Product (I2P) international competition is an early-stage technology commercialisation plan competition for unique product ideas with clear market demand that use innovative technologies. The goal of the competition is to educate and develop the next generation of technology entrepreneurs.

The competition is hosted by the Murchison Chair of Free Enterprise at The University of Texas at Austin. Invited universities from Asia, Europe, North and Latin America compete for $25,000 in prizes and a chance to enter the Global Moot Corp competition. Participants benefit from valuable feedback from the entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, engineers, and intellectual property attorneys on the judging panels. Competition entries should be unique and innovative, be feasible to implement, and address an identified market need, and they must have an underlying technology component.

How to apply

At least one of the team members must be a current student or have been a student during the previous academic year at one of SSES member schools (KI, KTH, SSE, Stockholm University or Konstfack). Multidisciplinary teams are especially encouraged to apply.

Apply by sending us your teams’:

  • Commercialisation plan
  • A one to two-page summary according to these specifications
  • A brief 25 word description of your idea/product
  • Name, schools, contact details and how the participating team members are connected to SSES

Apply to rana.abu-ali@sses.se no later than August 30, 2010. 

Previous SSES teams

2009 – SPLASHH2O

Kevin Wong Jiayao, Muhammad Ariff Munshi, Edmund Khoo Pek Hua, Chrissy Phoong Yoke Xi, Chua Tsin Li

2008 – SolarCool

Mikael Andersson, Robert Lyngman (KTH)

2007 – Brighter

Antonio Fonduca (KTH), Michael Frantzén (KTH), Truls Sjöstedt (HHS)

2006 – ThirtyThreeFeet

Gary MacRitchie, Emanuel Fratini