International Innovation Competition: Winner gets $80K

DALLAS - Feb. 15, 2016 - PRLog -- Sign up for the 1st Innovation Competition of International Talents on March 27th, 2016 andwin cash prizes!  The event will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in located in the Silicon Valley area of California.

This competition, held by Shenzhen Municipal Government, is the first of its kind in Shenzhen, providing a total cash prize of $880,000, government incentives of $100 million, venture capital fund pool of $100 million. The topics covered include Internet and mobile Internet, electronic science and technology, biotech and life science, advanced manufacturing, and new material and clean technology. It shall make a huge impact on the innovation industry.

We are expecting a wide range of innovative projects from five locations across the globe. The winner in the Silicon Valley section will receive a cash prize of $5,000. The final competition held in Shenzhen will provide a cash prize of $80,000, $50,000 and $30,000 for first, second and third place respectively.

The registration deadline is February 29, 2016.

Please send in your business plans to bp@dfwexcellerator.com or info@dfwexcellerator.com.

Five Sectors:

1. Internet and mobile Internet (information technology)

2. Electronic science and technology

3. Biological and life science and technology


4. Advanced manufacturing


5. Material and energy (including energy saving and environmental protection)

More about the competition:

Internationalization

The Competition will launch station competitions in five locations: Sydney of Australia, Munich of Germany, Tel Aviv of Israel and Silicon Valley of the U.S. (in alphabetical order by the first letter of country names in English). It’s open to all overseas high-level talents, regardless of their nationality. All of them are welcome.

High-end

Targeting international high-level talents and aiming to select excellent talents with strong ability of innovation, advanced technology and management ability, outstanding advantages, distinctive characteristics of high-end leadership, and strong impetus ability for basic innovation, the Competition is expected to promote talents and projects to settle down in Shenzhen, trigger local industrial transition and upgrading, and help the city secure a leading position in emerging industry development.

Market Orientation

Social resources will be incorporated under the leadership and guidance of the Shenzhen Municipal Government. A market-based mode will be adopted. Professional service providers will be engaged to improve the professional level of the Competition. Industry experts, human resource service and venture capital organizations will be invited for review. Human resource and venture capital engagement platforms will be set up to improve the efficiency of resource allocation in the market.