Alpha Innovation Contest 2018 is kicking off – 90 days preparation review

On 27 March, 2018， the Alpha Innovation Contest 2018 was announced on the Alpha Incubation Group (AIG) WeChat Moment, also via AIG’s Facebook and linkedin. The news of the contest was published simultaneously by the Australian Chinese Times and other media in Perth. The Alpha Innovation Contest has been promoted on university campuses and business communities in Western Australia. The contest was warmly welcomed by university students, young researchers, new entrepreneurs and business startups, many have registered for the contest with their projects and business ideas. Within 90 days, we have achieved rapid progress and fruitful results.

90 days and nights preparation with passion and power, tens of entrants are ready for the One Million Dollar Venture Capital Fund competition.

The Alpha Innovation Contest 2018 is kicking off

On 27 March, 2018， the Alpha Innovation Contest 2018 was announced via the Alpha Incubation Group (AIG) WeChat Moment, AIG’s Facebook and linkedin. The news of the contest was also simultaneously published by the Australian Chinese Times and other media in Perth.

Alpha Innovation Contest 2018, with the theme of “Australian Focused, Innovation and self-realisation” has been heavily promoted by the local media in WA, including Australian Chinese Times, Oriental Post, Most WA, China Net and other social media, it was aroused great repercussion among the local business communities and the four major universities in Perth. As soon as the registration for the contest opened for registration, many individual entrepreneurs, small businesses and university students have registered their projects online or via e-mails, followed by telephone enquiries.

As of 16th April, the Contest Organizing Committee had received 20 entries for the contest. The project industries cover new medical device development, online education platform, integrating VR and AI technologies, catering management software, new agricultural technologies, medical care, tourism and more.

More importantly, the contest was not only supported by the four universities in Western Australia, but also supported by the state government. In particular, the Deputy Director General of the Department of Employment, Tourism, Science and Innovation of Western Australia, Mr. Rob Delane has agreed to join the competition advisory committee, he has participated most of the prior-contest activities, including contest launch ceremony with a very supportive and encouraging speech.

At the same time, Alpha Incubation Group has reached framework agreements for cooperation with SinoSteel WA office and SinoSteel Spark Innovation Works in Tianjin, who have committed to the joint development and incubation support of quality projects in both China and Australia. Similar partners include Suzhou, Wuhan and Shenzhen who have shown great interest is working with AIG.

On 20th April, 2018, Alpha Incubation Group and Australian Education and Immigration Services held the media release for the launch of the Alpha Innovation Contest at the Northbridge Hotel in Perth. Over 100 people attended the event, including the Business Consul of the Chinese Consulate in Perth, representatives of the state government, senior contest panel members, contest mentor and judging members, sponsors, and contestants.

The media launch details see the following link:

Event report：http://www.alphaincubation.com.au/blog/2018/04/23/alpha-innovation-contest-media-release-successfully-held-the-contest-has-started/

Event video：https://youtu.be/8hxtSnvdvRc

For details of the above activities, please refer to the following links:

University Presentations：http://www.alphaincubation.com.au/blog/2018/05/18/the-student-briefing-successfully-held-in-the-universities/

Special Theme Seminar at WA Chinese Chamber of Commerce:

On the closing date of the Alpha Innovation Contest entry registration on 18th May, we had received a total of more than 40 projects, team or individual start-ups from Perth, Singapore, Malaysia, China, and Hong Kong. After that, the Organizing Committee is scheduled to conduct a Contest Induction for all contestants on 29th June. The induction speakers are well travelled and experiences professions, who are also mentors of AIG. They will deliver short, high paced and engaging presentations aimed at providing true value to all participants.

At the induction, participants will learn how to present projects or business plans at the contest pitch day, how to impress the judges and attract funding and how to plan financing and optimize the project funding needs.

The contest first round and final round road shows are scheduled for August 11 and August 18, 2018, respectively. Please pay attention to follow-up notices for specific time and venues.