[News] The first round of Alpha Innovation Contest ended successfully

Less than 72 hours after the first session of the first round Alpha Innovation Contest on 10th August, the Alpha Incubation Group had held the second session contest at the Curtin University Graduate School of Business Perth CBD campus. So far, the presentations of the 19 projects that have been carefully selected and screened have all ended.

Compared with the 10 projects in the first session, the two groups of the second session (the subjects of the project are “medical and health care” and “excellent service industry”) are more grounded in terms of project content and financing needs. These include: EpiPen (epinephrine injection) Replacement; Lupin Powder; Sandalwood Seeds; GlycanAge-Difine Your Biological Age; Hybrid RF/Optical-Coherence-Tomography Catheter; Miniaturised pH sensor; The Little Gem Spa Café; Chechnology and Chourism. The last presenter has combined her two projects into one luxury customized travel service, her clear ideas and excellent presentation had won the praise of the judges.

Mr Rob Delane, Deputy Director General (International Education, Trade and Investment) at Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation）of the Western Australian Government, once again gave an opening speech for the contest. Then eight selected presenters made their debut, each of them talked professionally the key information and development goals of their projects, followed by well-founded answers to the questions of the judging panel.

At the end of the session, Professor Nigel de Bussy, Dean of School of Business, Vice Chancellor of Curtin University, turned up at the contest. After listening to the last two presenters, Professor Nigel had given a special speech. He expressed his heartfelt congratulations to the achievements of the Alpha Innovation Contest so far, he proposed that the CBD campus can provide maximum support as long as there is demand from the Alpha Incubation Group.

In addition, elites from the Australian investment bank, real estate industry and other business circles also came to the scene and expressed strong interest in some of the projects. Some participants also asked questions about these potential project investors during the intermission.

On Wednesday, August 15th, the Judging Penal will announce the top six winners of the first round to enter the final contest on 17 August 2018.

Alpha Innovation Contest 2018 – Final Contest & Closing Ceremony will be held at 1 pm on 17th August at ECU Joondalup Campus, Building 1, Room 447 – Council Chambers. The top three winners of the contest will be announced by the judging penal followed by awarding and closing ceremony.

After the closing ceremony, Alpha Incubation Group and Sinosteel Australia Company will jointly announce the establishment of the AuSino Technology & Innovation Centre.