INNOVATION MEDIA EVENT AND PITCHING SESSION
Date: 8th September 2010
Venue: Hauser Forum, 3 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0GT
Entrepreneurs with innovative technologies or near-market products are invited to participate in Meerkats and Avatars an event, organised by St John’s Innovation Centre, which aims to help early-stage companies to promote themselves to potential investors and the media.
Benefits to demonstrators
- Demonstrate your technology/ product to investors, partners and early adopters
- Opportunity to pitch to potential investors
- PR consultancy support to help with positioning and development of story
- Professionally written press release distributed to national, regional and trade media
- Meet key technology and business journalists
- Gain media interview experience
In previous years, demonstrations have included scale models, prototype devices, interactive videos, online demos, and even live animals! Participants are encouraged to use creativity to engage their audience and tell their story.
Six demonstrators will also be given the chance to present an elevator pitch to a panel of investors and will be given advice and coaching on doing this.
Previous events have resulted in coverage in media outlets including: BBC News, BBC online, Anglia News, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Observer, Cambridge Evening News, The Register, Engineering and Technology, Physics World, Computing, Silicon.com and Tech Digest, among others
Timing
10.00 for 10.30 Media registration, coffee
10.30 Welcome David Gill, presentation by guest speaker
Overview of demonstrators
11.00 – 14.00 One-on-one interviews with media buffet lunch
14.30 onwards Pitching session to investors (invitation only)
14.30 onwards Networking opportunity, in conjunction with Cambridge Enterprise, aimed at providing investors and finance community with a snap shot of the most innovative new companies emerging from East of England
If you wish to be considered for inclusion in this event, then please contact Janette Pallas jpallas@stjohns.co.uk or 01223 421081
