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1) A two (2) page Business Plan (PDF or DOC). Name the file with your team name (e.g. Team Knorex.PDF)
2) A 3 minute video of your creative presentation – This will be for the regional judges
3) A presentation to local judges, 3 mins only.

Please note the deadline for each response

1) Email the business plan to organisers@gec-singapore.com by 29 May 2011 – 2pm
2) Upload the video to youtube. Email the youtube link to organisers@gec-singapore.com by 29 May 2011 – 3pm
3) Presentations will begin on 29 May 2011, 3pm. If you have slides, please email them to organisers@gec-singapore.com by 29 May, 2pm

Useful Links

A sample of the business plan and presentation from one of the teams at ASEC 2009 (Bplan) (PPT)
What is an elevator pitch? Video Link

Order of Presentation

Barcol Air
Twelve Baskets
Javee Innovations
Tuan Sing
Knorex
Genewired
Team China
Schien Thompson

ASEC 2011 Challenge

Poster — Sat, 28 May 2011 09:42:46 +0000

The Challenge is….

Mobility is an essential activity in our everyday life that we often take for granted.

In many countries around the world, there are disabled people and the elderly who are challenged to have mobility in their daily activities.

Today, new technologies in robotics, electronics, communications and etc can help the disabled and elderly people to gain back their mobility.

Your Challenge today is to develop a commercially viable product or services to help alleviate mobility issues faced by the disabled and/or elderly people in your country

ASEC 2011 Official Opening

Poster — Sat, 28 May 2011 04:28:04 +0000

The Asian Science Enterprise Challenge 2011 is open! Good luck and all the best to the national teams and participants.

ASEC 2011 Local Judges

Poster — Fri, 27 May 2011 09:28:09 +0000

The Judges for the local ASEC in Singapore are;

Christopher Lane | Intellectual Property Consultant

Chris Lane is an intellectual property business consultant. He advises on IP creation, protection and strategy. Currently, he runs his own consultancy firm. He also teaches at Republic Polytechnic as an adjunct. Chris spends time as an IP Mentor at the Singapore Management University, Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

Jeffery Tay | Entrepreneur

Jeffrey Tay is an entrepreneur with several start ups and companies ranging from franchises to distribution. He was formerly from the Port of Singapore Authority, managing operations and strategy. This makes him very detailed and meticulous in the execution of business plans.

Esther Au Yong | Journalist and Entrepreneur

Esther Au Yong is journalist and an entrepreneur. She spent her journalistic days with the New Paper in Singapore. She travels frequently and writes various travel and food articles. She also has started a franchise business, a sales company and other side ventures. She has a keen instinct for marketing, public relations and good presentations.

ASEC 2011 Participants’ Handbook

Poster — Fri, 27 May 2011 09:23:59 +0000

ASEC 2011 Regional Judges

Poster — Thu, 26 May 2011 07:18:15 +0000

The judges for the regional judging are;

Andrew D Giger | Singapore

Dr Andrew D Giger is a Neuroscientist with research experience in academia and the private and public sectors. He started out studying how Tunisian desert ants navigate, then tamed honey bees to find out more about their visual system, and moved on to counting cockroaches, feeding termites and attracting mosquitoes. Now, as the Director of Research & Web Outreach at the Science Centre Singapore, he deals with science on a much broader basis and is primarily concerned with how to make science more accessible to students and the general public.

Pang Kian Tiong | Singapore

As a Manager of the Exhibitions Group at Science Centre Singapore, Dr Pang Kian Tiong have extensive experiences in developing and setting up unique exhibitions that inspire students all over the country. Also serving as a resident scientist at the Centre, Dr Pang have contributed much in communicating physics to the general public.

Thevaraja s/o Ramu | Singapore

Mr Thevaraja currently served as a Senior Officer, Exhibit Design, at Science Centre Singapore. Prior to this, Mr Thevaraja was a lecturer at Singapore Polytechnic, School of Mechanical Engineering where he coach and teaches students in the field of robotics.

Tatsuro Ichihara | Japan

Mr. Ichihara joined Tateishi Electronics Co. (Later named as OMRON) in April 1967. During his time with OMRON, he had occupied executive roles in R&D until he became Director and Executive Vice President in 2002, then retired in 2009. He is currently a Director of Kyoto Environmental Nanotechnology Cluster of Advanced Scientific Technology & Management Research Institute of KYOTO. He is also one of the board members of Center of Entrepreneurship Development (CED). He has played a key role of CED fund raising, and been actively involved in many of the activities for youth entrepreneurship development.

Mhairi Elliott | Scotland

Mhairi Elliott is from Durham University has over ten years business experience in Sales and Customer Service prior to teaching Business Studies and Economics to “A” Level and International Baccalaureate students in Singapore and the UK. At Tanglin Trust School she is responsible for Enterprise learning within the school incorporating enterprise challenges and economic, business, and financial understanding