IDEA TO PRODUCT™ COMPETITION LATIN AMERICA 2012
August, 30th – September, 1st, 2012
Fundação Getulio Vargas – Sao Paulo
Introduction
Do you want to develop businesses marketing new and exciting innovations? Is working on multi-disciplinary teams for you ideal? Does creating and presenting your innovation to an audience sound energizing? Not the least, do you want to win valuable prizes?
Then Idea-to-Product Competition Latin America is the opportunity you have been looking for.
The Centro de Empreendedorismo e Novos Negócios da Fundação Getulio Vargas – FGVcenn will promote in 2012 the 5th edition of the Idea-to-Product Competition – Latin America. The Idea to Product® Competitions, founded at The University of Texas at Austin, are early-stage technology commercialization plan competitions that aim for unique product ideas with clear market demand that use innovative technologies. The goal is educating and developing the next generation of technology entrepreneurs. The program is particularly interested in matching technologies resulting from a university’s fundamental research programs with potential markets. From now the FGV is responsible for the Latin American version of the challenge. The winning team will be automatically invited to participate in the Idea-to-Product Global, in the United States, with the winners from others local competitions. The Latin American contest wishes to bring to Sao Paolo a representative from each of the most important schools from all 33 countries in the region.
Idea-to-Product Latin America is an innovative competition inspiring the innovative spirit in students around Latin American countries where participants develop a technology commercialization plan to confirm the validity and market potential of a new, innovative, and competitive product. Students then present the commercialization plan to a group of knowledgeable judges. I2P’s mission is to create a competitive Latin American forum in which to enhance cross-disciplinary studies in entrepreneurship, research, technology & emerging markets.
Forms Downloads:
Team Registration Form Team Registration Form Guidelines 5-Page Report GuidelinesForms can be completed in Portuguese, English or Spanish. We wish all participants the best of luck.
Remarks from 2011
Brazilian team wins I2P Global Competion
The Winner in the Energy Championship 2011 was Bio-Fiend, from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Check their video.
The Second Runner Up in the Life Sciences Championship 2011 was Bioderm, developed at UFJF (Brazil). The product works to avoid fungal infections in animals. Read more…
