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30 May 2010 | Congrats tot he winners of ASEC 2010 Singapore (Link)

30 May 2010 | A sample of the business plan and presentation from one of the teams at ASEC 2009 (Bplan) (PPT)

30 May 2010 | What is an elevator pitch?

30 May 2010 | Deadlines! Presentations start at 4pm. Group order will be out soon. Remember to email your powerpoints and business plans by 3.30pm to organisers @gec-singapore.com. You will receive a confirmation of your submission. All the best!

29 May 2010 | The Judges (Link)

29 May 2010 | The Challenge

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization some 13 million hectares of the world’s forests are lost every year, including 6 million hectares of primary forests. Primary forests — forests with no visible signs of past or present human activities — are considered the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet. Besides wiping out biodiversity, deforestation contributes about 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

The main causes of deforestation include cutting timber to construct houses and furniture, and make paper.

Your challenge today is to design a product or process that will significantly reduce the use of timber in one or more of these areas: housing construction; furniture; or paper.  You will need to create a business plan for your product, and a 3-D model to be shown to potential investors.

In addition, your design will also need to educate the public – especially young people — about the benefits of your product.  Therefore, your 3-D model will later be donated to the local science museum as an exhibit, helping children learn how your product or process contributes to reducing deforestation and/or greenhouse gas emissions.

29 May 2010 | The ASEC2010 Challenge on youtube

29 May 2010 | Photos of the first part

29 May 2010 | The Live Stream From Singapore (ustream link)

29 May 2010 | The Live Stream From Indonesia (ustream link)

28 May 2010 | The Indonesians are already starting ASEC 2010! (Pic)

28 May 2010 | The twitter hashtag for the event will be #asec2010

28 May 2010 | One more sleep till ASEC 2010… See you at science centre tomorrow.

20 May 2010 | Another 9 more days until ASEC 2010. Hope you are all excited!