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WelcomeTo the Irish University Entrepreneurship Forum (IUEF) 2013

The IUEF is a wholly student run initiative with the overall vision of fostering a strong and successful culture of entrepreneurship at third level education in Ireland. The Forum provides a platform for innovative students to showcase their talents and creates a channel of communication between these budding entrepreneurs and Ireland’s wider business community. The IUEF also brings together a wide range of students, allowing a leverage of talent and contacts. Creating these links facilitates discussion surrounding new ideas, potential partnerships and fresh capital. Many young start-ups often find it difficult to connect with a suitable mentor, or to secure some vital funding.

By developing an environment that nurtures young talent, we can offer student entrepreneurs the best chances for success in the future. With this success, we hope to inspire future students to embark on the entrepreneurial journey. Since our inaugural event last March, we have consciously expanded beyond Ireland’s universities, reaching out to Institutes of Technology and private colleges. We have begun to build a grassroots organisation in these various institutions, which allows IUEF members to develop a culture of entrepreneurship in a way that suits their fellow students’ needs better.

The success of our second event this year is a testament to the support we have received over the past year. We have truly been overwhelmed by the level of encouragement from both the business and academic community. IUEF 2013 would not have been possible without the support from our sponsors, the participation of our business leaders, the interest from students and academics and most importantly the quality of student entrepreneurs among us.

We would like to thank you all for supporting us on our journey, which has been instrumental in creating a successful initiative that aims to support young, talented entrepreneurs on theirs.

The IUEF 2013 Team

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The IUEF Team would like to extend a special thanks to our official sponsors for 2013. Without your generous support, we would not have been able to organise such a successful event. The commitment you have shown to us over the past year illustrates the strong, active support inside your organisations for efforts that aim to develop a strong culture of ambition and entrepreneurial spirit in third level education here in Ireland.

Sponsors Note

We believe that you have truly invested in the future of our country’s business talent and prosperity. Alongside our sponsors below, we would like to kindly thank the UCD Newman Fund for their continued generous financial support.

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Moderator Gavin Duffy

Keynote Speaker Ruairí Quinn, T.D., Minister for Education and Skills

Guest Speaker Prof Vinny Cahill, Dean of Research at Trinity College, Dublin

Guest Speaker Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for the Digital Agenda

Gavin Duffy is one of the business mentors and investors on RTE’s Dragons Den. As a professional Communications Trainer, Gavin has been training senior executives and company CEOs who have to face the media for over 25 years. A regular radio commentator on business and the economy, Gavin is an

acknowledged expert in media coaching and business development. Gavin took part in the first IUEF last year, as a very active Business Leader who provided some great comment, ideas and advice for our presenting companies. We’re delighted he has returned for 2013 as MC for the evening.

Ruairí Quinn, T.D., was appointed Minister for Education and Skills in March 2011. He has been a public representative since 1974 and a T.D. representing the people of Dublin South-East since 1977. Minister Quinn has previously served as Minister for Finance (1994 – 1997) and Minister for Enterprise & Employment (1993 – 1994). As Minister for Education and Skills, reform, jobs and fairness are at the heart of his agenda. Minister Quinn is passionate about delivering high quality education to our growing population

in a fair and equitable way and has committed to improving our education system at all levels. Combining this commitment to strengthening our education system with a clear passion for business and job creation, we are excited to showcase the entrepreneurial talent of our students this evening to Minister Quinn as part of the audience.

We look forward to hearing the Minister’s views on how initiatives such as the IUEF can complement the ongoing integration of entrepreneurship into our third level institutions.

Prof Vinny Cahill holds a Personal Chair in Computer Science where he also serves as Dean of Research with responsibility for coordinating and overseeing the university’s research, innovation, technology transfer, and entrepreneurship strategies. He combines his role with teaching and research in the

field of distributed computing systems, in particular, middleware and programming models for mobile, ubiquitous and autonomic computing with application to optimization of urban resource usage and service delivery in order to improve the quality of life and sustainability of cities.

Neelie Kroes is currently Vice President of the European Commission and European Digital Agenda Commissioner. She was born 1941 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where she also attended school and helped to build her family’s transport business. She studied economics at Erasmus University, before working there for six years as an Assistant Professor. She has served on the Rotterdam Municipal Council, and as a Member of the Dutch Parliament for the liberal VVD party. From 1982-1989 she served as

Minister for Transport, Public Works and Telecommunication in the Netherlands. After politics she was appointed President of Nyenrode University from 1991-2000, and served on various company boards, including Lucent Technologies, Volvo, P&O Nedlloyd. Prior to serving as European Commissioner for Competition from 2004-2009, her charity work included advising the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and World Cancer Research Fund, and she has an ongoing interest in mental health issues.

VouMoveExercise performance measurement system for elite athletes and coaches.

Investment: VouMove is hoping to raise approximately €185k through Angel Investment & matched Enterprise Board funding.

Mentorship: Looking for potential partnerships with large sporting organisations and / or technology providers.

Contact: Séadna McEllistrim, Michael Mahony, Matthew Mitianiec, seadnamcellistrim@gmail.com

VouMove are a new innovative technology company providing software that allows sports and fitness professionals to get the edge in training and competition. This new unique software allows coaches and athletes to quickly and easily measure key physical performance attributes of athletes in professional elite and amateur sport. Power, speed, force and technique are all tangibly measured, displayed and tracked for immediate results and better performance. Modern professional sports is all about improving performance and getting the edge over competitors and opposition. This new software allows the athlete to gain that 0.01 second, that extra 1% improvement, that additional reserve of power. VouMove improves the training process, aids injury rehabilitation and prevention and using cutting edge Microsoft software more effectively tracks the effectiveness of strength and conditioning training programmes. Tattered gym logs are a thing of the past. Get the edge with VouMove - The Future of Physical Performance Measurement.

IshcaIshca is a bottle water refill station with the goal of drastically reducing the amount of plastic bottles in circulation. Investment: Seeking initial seed funding of €15k - €30k.

Mentorship: Seeking mentor with experience in distribution and marketing to be involved with daily operations of business.

Contact: Stephen King, Henry O’ Brien, stephen.king@live.ie

Ischa is Ireland’s first purpose-built bottle refill facility for high-grade water and a range of chilled beverages. It works as both a vending machine or a ‘free-vend’ dispenser for internal water and beverage needs, presenting a simple and sustainable solution for organisations to be more environmentally responsible by reducing the use of plastic bottles. The company will launch the Ishca brand (www.drinkishca.com) in Summer 2013. The Ishca facility represents a candid proposition for a growing number of ‘green’ consumers, coupled with the ubiquitous behavioural shift to reusable bottles. Ischa is the perfect solution to the growing problems of obesity, environmental pollution by plastics bottles as well as health effects caused by reusing unsuitable plastic tackling all three at once with its BYO Bottle refill station which will replace vending machines, water-fountains and old water dispensers. The vending machine will supply low calorie still, carbonated and flavoured water. All ingredients will be of nutritional value and beneficial to the customer’s health. Ishca’s aim is to drastically reduce the circulation of disposable plastic bottles, promote reusable bottles and offer people a cheap and healthy alternative to high calorie soft drinks.

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VConnectaCombining political experience with the latest cloud & mobile technology to deliver the most sophisticated and innovative voter relationship management system on the market.Investment: Seeking investment to expand into the US and UK markets and to consolidate its Irish market position.

Mentorship: Interested in any mobile technology investors and experts in political technology.

Contact: Brendan Finucane - CEO, bfinucane@vconnecta.com

Vconnecta is a Cork based company and is a current participant of UCC’s Ignite Innovation Programme specialising in mobile political technology. We currently offer two main products – Mobile E-Canvasser and the Hub Dashboard System which we offer as both a full white label solution to political parties, and off-the-shelf products to individual Public Representatives and is sold as a bundle. Vconnecta’s core aim is to provide the most sophisticated Voter Relationship Management Systems on today’s market. We view canvassing and voter contact as a triangle in which the flow of information must be a two way process to both Public Representatives and Constituents in conjunction with a MIS component to better manage that flow of information.

Vconnecta will simplify and enhance the election canvassing experience while simultaneously improving Voter Relationship Management, streamlining the political process and allowing the best politicians to secure the #1 vote.

VideoScampPlatform to allow online retailers to access product and promotional videos. Investment: VideoScamp have just completed the Launchpad 6 programme in the NDRC in Dublin and are now seeking further funding of €250k for their next stage of business development.

Mentorship: VideoScamp is open to opportunities to take on board an experienced mentor with experience in ecommerce in an advisory role and are actively seeking experienced technical to join the team.

Contact: Jennifer Murphy - Technical Lead, Gary Fox - Marketing & Communications, John Walsh - Sales & Business Development, gary@videoscamp.com

VideoScamp is the first video content marketplace exclusively for online retailers. Our marketplace is a hub for fresh and engaging video content delivered in a quick, easy and affordable way. We are disrupting the way online retailers procure video content. With video, customers stay longer and buy more. Retailers can search, commission and add video to your website and measure performance with the analytics dashboard.

Set up earlier this year by Gary Fox, Jennifer Murphy and John Walsh, VideoScamp is based at NDRC’s Launchpad incubation programme in Dublin’s digital hub. The three founders have recently finished a Masters degree in ecommerce at Dublin City University (DCU). While researching different areas for project ideas, the trio saw a gaping hole in the market for good online product videos. After working on the project during college, the founders had secured a spot in the NDRC before graduating.

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Glass RobotOne of the world’s first user generated content gaming platform for mobile.Investment: Following initial seed funding of €50k, they are now looking for their next round of funding of €300k to take the company to the next stage of development.

Mentorship: Glass Robot is open to opportunities to take on an experienced mentor with experience in gaming/marketing.

Contact: Keith McCormac Co-Founder & CEO, Adam Drakeford Co-Founder & COO, Johnny Murphy Co-Founder & CCO, Darren McKeever Co-Founder & CTO, keith.mccormac@glassrobotstudios.com

Glass Robot Studios is a new mobile software development company that concentrates on creating the best and most fun mobile social games for the iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone market. Our mission is to develop a mobile social gaming platform that is driven by social networking and user generated content. Projects three main features - Play, Create, Share. Play- Users can play in a range of games in single or multi player modes. Create- Users can create their own content by making levels for specific game types such as shooter, platformer, etc. Share-Users can publish these games to their profiles so other users can play them. Facebook can then be used to share achievements earned through games. Glass Robot is launching their first game “Blake Justice” in the next month. They are aiming to make mobile games more interactive and engaging by introducing user generated content that allow players to truly express themselves. They will be generating their own levels and sharing them with the global gaming community.

FREDSocially driven education platform. Investment: Following initial seed funding of €20k, FRED is looking for their next round of funding to expand into the UK market.

Mentorship: FRED is interested in talking with mentors with experience in the Irish and UK education system.

Contact: Marco Booth, marcobooth@hotmail.com

FRED is a personalized e-learning community set up in November 2012. In short, we are trying to put the best education online and make it available to everyone.

Students should be learning at their own personal pace. A teacher cannot have 30 different, and simultaneous, ways of teaching. The system must adapt to this. In its current state, teaching serves to discourage students from learning and place a negative connotation upon learning as an activity. It is important that we change that perception. We describe ourselves carrying out three main activities to achieve that objective: content, understanding and community.

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s Carbon ControlThe Carbon Control mark highlights and promotes a company’s participation in climate change initiatives.Investment: Seeking next stage development funding for international expansion.

Mentorship: Marketing expert with large network, Mentor with interest in sustainable business and links with large business interested in reducing carbon footprint, Environmental Protection Agency.

Contact: Darragh Kirby CEO, Shane O’Sullivan - PhD - CTO, darragh@carboncontrol.com

It is more important than ever for your company to watch its carbon footprint in the light of rising public scrutiny and increased penalties for polluting organisations. Carbon Control is a newest and most comprehensive quality mark that companies can display on their products and communications literature, websites, advertising and all other media vehicles verifying their positive action to reduce global carbon emissions. Similar to the “Fairtrade Mark” the Carbon Control mark will ratify a company’s dedication to reducing their carbon footprint and will highlight to customers, shareholders and other stakeholders the efforts made by that specific company to contribute to the local environment.

Carbon Control’s has partnered with major decision making agencies and tree-planting charities and its criteria is based on globally accepted CO2 standards.

Restored HearingRestored Hearing’s mission is to research and develop scientifically verified auditory solutions in a safe, reliable and efficient manner. Investment: Restored Hearing are part of NovaUCD and are open to talks on investment opportunities.

Mentorship: Finding the best contacts as the company embarks on production and sales.

Contact: Rhona Togher CRO, Anthony Carolan CTO, Eimear O’Carroll CCO, rhona@restoredhearing.ie

Focused on auditory well-being. We have developed a cure for tinnitus, a ringing in your ears after over-exposure to loud noise. Now about to begin manufacturing hearing protection that uses an intelligent sound-absorbing material that is capable of proportionally responding to many different frequencies and amplitudes. This hearing technology has the capabilities of existing electronic products, however it is much more inexpensive to manufacture due to its design.

The Restored Hearing team have been promoting their breakthrough SOMTUS™ therapy in multiple countries through a variety of print media, radio, internet blogs and TV interviews and have been nominated for several awards already in their brief history.

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Business Leaders

The IUEF Team would like to extend a huge thank you to all of the Business Leaders who sat on the panel this evening. Each Business Leader brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from a diverse set of business backgrounds. The commitment and dedication of these people is essential to the success of the Forum and is an invaluable resource for our student entrepreneurs.

Alan Johnston: Partner in the A&L Goodbody Corporate Department; Advises a variety of Irish and international clients and semi-state bodies on a wide range of practice areas including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, partnership law, corporate restructuring and general commercial matters. Laura Sheesgreen: Served as Chief Financial Officer of Skype Limited; CFO of Ntera Ltd.; CFO and Interim Vice President of Sales for Evite LLC; CFO of PointCast Inc.; Holds Bachelor of Sciences degree, majoring in Computer Science from UCD and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA).

Michael Cawley: Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer of Ryanair; previously served as CFO and Commercial Director; Served as Group Finance Director of Gowan Group Limited (1993 – 1997), one of Ireland’s largest private companies and the main distributor for Peugeot and Citröen automobiles in Ireland; Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA).

John Egan: Founder and Managing Director of Archipelago, one of the largest communities of young entrepreneurs in Western Europe; founder of EnergySolve, The Archie Talks, The Room 18 project, Curia; Irish ambassador to ICUE, an Ashoka Change Executive, a WEF Young Global Shaper and a Sandboxer.

Orlaith Carmody: Managing Director of Mediatraining.ie; Director of SMEs in the areas of communications consultancy, production and recruitment; RTE board member; regular public commentator on business development, communication and women in business.

Paul Davey: Chief Financial Officer of Realex Payments, accountable for a number of functions including Finance, Organisation Development, and Risk/Internal Audit; Director of Carapay; Qualified Chartered Accountant.

Martin Murphy: An active industrial policy and education advocate; Managing Director of HP Ireland, the largest IT provider to public and private sector clients and one of the biggest ICT employers in the country.

Mary Cronin: Co-Founder of ThousandSeeds, which was set-up to stimulate entrepreneurship, business growth and learning through programmes, workshops and online communities; Mary teaches courses on ‘Business Model innovation’, ‘Systematic methodologies’, and ‘Lean Startups for Enterprises’ as part of MBA, Masters and Post Graduate programmes.Cameron Stewart: Chief Innovator at Born, a planning and innovation agency; Founder of Acts of Random Kindness (Ark°), a social enterprise clothing brand; Winner of the Eircom “One to Watch” Award at 18 years old.

Jim Leyden : Founder and Managing Director of Bizquip, the largest independent and fully Irish owned office supplies company, recently rated in top 1,000 Irish owned companies operating here.

Eoin Callaghan, UCD (B.Sc. E&F, 2013)Co-Head IUEF 2013(+353) 87 783 5458

Fionn Daly, DCU (BBS, 2015)Company Development Director(+353) 87 982 0024

Laurie Dineen, UCD (BBL, 2013)Business Relations Director(+353) 86 399 3950

Mark Murphy, UL (M.Sc. CF, 2013)Company Recruitment Director West of Ireland(+353) 87 994 5571

Lucy Corrigan, UCD (BBL, 2013)Event Logistics Director(+353) 87 782 6423

Michael Davison, TCD (BESS, 2013)Sponsorship Director(+353) 87 652 7155

James Gallagher, UCD (BBL, 2015)Marketing Director(+353) 86 818 2803

Padraig O’Connor, UCD (B.Sc.E&F, 2013)Co-Head IUEF 2013(+353) 87 612 9424

James Carton, TCD (BESS, 2013)Company Recruitment Director – Dublin(+353) 83 312 9322

Michael Cawley, UCD (BBL, 2013)Business Relations Director(+353) 87 756 7986

John Russell, UCC (B.Comm., 2013)Company Recruitment Director South of Ireland (+353) 86 081 1987

Aidean Kingston, UCD (B.Sc. E&F, 2014)Marketing Director(+353) 87 745 3097

Killian Victory, UCD (BSc. Eng, 2015)Marketing Director(+353) 87 624 5247

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Kevin Glynn, UCD (BBL, 2012)Co-Founder(+353) 85 724 9579

Michael Magee, UCD (B.Sc. E&F, 2012)Co-Founder+44 (0) 77 1715 7560

Event Schedule

6.15pm Opening remarks from Mr Gavin Duffy, MC

6.20pm Mr Eoin Callaghan and Mr Padraig O’Connor, Co-Heads IUEF 2013

6.30pm Mr Ruairí Quinn T.D., Minister for Education & Skills

6.45pm Prof Vinny Cahill, Dean of Research, Trinity College Dublin

6.50pm Mrs Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission

7.00pm Returning team 1

7.05pm First three presentations followed by Q&A

7.40pm Break

7.55pm Returning team 2

8.00pm Second three presentations followed by Q&A

8.35pm Closing remarks from IUEF Team

8.40pm Networking

9.40pm Event concludes

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