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Cross-CDTDragon’sDenAnOverview
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,&[email protected]
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
