CONFERENCE PRIZE FOR THE BEST INNOVATIONS IN 2018

At the conference, a special prize for innovations from public research organizations will be awarded. The emphasis of the competition is on presentation of business propositions in front of the evaluation commission, which is constituted of investors and technology commercialization experts. The commission members will evaluate the commercial potential of the presented innovative technologies and will award the technology with the highest commercial potential a monetary prize.

EVALUATION COMMISSION

Dr. Jon Wulff Petersen, director, Technology Transfer, Plougmann Vingtoft, Denmark
Brecht Vanlerberghe, head of R&D, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Belgium
Mag. Primož Kunaver, MBA, Direktor, Primum
Stanislava Vabšek, advisor, Kolektor Ventures, Slovenia

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Every application will be assessed by the members of the commission on the basis of predetermined assessment criteria(*):

Criteria lots Criterions (maximum 10 points each)
1. Overall Degree to which project aligns with market need
Project’s IPR situation
2. Product/application advantage Unique benefits
Meets customer needs better
Value for money
3. Market attractiveness Market size
Market growth
Favorable trends
4. Competitive situation Degree of entry barriers
Level of
Manufacturing / processing synergies
5. Technology maturity Technical gap
Complexity
Technical uncertainty
6. Risk versus return Expected profitability (e.g. NPV)
Return (e.g. IRR)
Payback period
Certainty of return / profit estimates
Low cost & fast to do

(*) Source: Jon Wulff Petersen, TTO A/S, Denmark

Evaluation of the project will be done in two parts: evaluation of the written application and evaluation of the presentation at the conference workshop.

PREPARATORY WORKSHOP ON PITCHING

We will organize the workshops on preparing the effective “pitch” presentation of the proposals for the applicants.

1st PREPARATORY WORKSHOP ON HOW to APPLY FOR the AWARD and HOW to prepare the EFFECTIVE PITCH

will be on 21. June 2018 at 10:00 at the Jožef Stefan Institute, room C86 (done).

Please register for the workshop by sending your name and your employer organization details on email: tehnologije@ijs.si.

Deadline for registration is 15. June.

2nd PREPARATORY WORKSHOP ON HOW to APPLY FOR the AWARD and HOW to prepare the EFFECTIVE PITCH

will be on 11. July 2018 at 10:00 at the Jožef Stefan Institute, room C86 (done).

Please register for the workshop by sending your name and your employer organization details on email: tehnologije@ijs.si.

Deadline for registration is 9. July.

3rd REPARATORY WORKSHOP ON HOW to APPLY FOR the AWARD and HOW to prepare the EFFECTIVE PITCH

will be on 20. September 2018 at 10:00 at the Jožef Stefan Institute, room C86 (done).

Please register for the workshop by sending your name and your employer organization details on email: tehnologije@ijs.si.

Deadline for registration is 17. September.

4th REPARATORY WORKSHOP ON HOW to APPLY FOR the AWARD and HOW to prepare the EFFECTIVE PITCH

will be on 27. September 2018 at 10:00 at the Jožef Stefan Institute, room C86 (done).

Please register for the workshop by sending your name and your employer organization details on email: tehnologije@ijs.si.

Deadline for registration is 24. September.

Online Application Form B
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS EXPIRED.
PRIZE FUND:
2500 EUR
DOCUMENTATION:
Public Call .doc .pdf
Application Form A&C .doc .pdf
Application Form B .doc .pdf
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
All information disclosed during the presentations of the submitted cases are considered as confidential. This part of the conference is considered a not public event.