ECIC News & Events

2009 eChallenge Semi-Finals Juding Day

5 November 2009

The 2009 eChallenge Semi-Finals Judging Day was held on Thursday 29 October at the National Wine Centre of Australia. Throughout the day 18 eChallenge teams pitched to a panel of judges from industry and business. The ECIC would like to thank our judges who so kindly gave of their time to judge the semi-finals.

2009 eChallenge Semi-Finalists

Congratulations to the following 6 semi-finalists who are going through to the 2009 eChallenge Finals held on 19 November.

ArtNomad Alex Ovchar, Sam Ellis and Mischa Saloukvadze	Choice Touch Systems Christian Huber and Graeme Robertson	VEANZR Ka Ming Tsoi, Jasmin Yih Ming Tang, Cheryl Gan, Danny Fu Tian Wong and Tabris Weiyu Li

Zike Craeg Bennett and Chris Hooper	Saxony’s SMS Simon Ratcliffe and Pretib Parthiban	Solarator Peter Wiltshire

Playford Breakfast Seminar

12 October 2009

Marty Gauvin will be speaking about his experience in establishing Hostworks in 1999 as a specialist web application services provider for large enterprises. Within two years, he listed the company on Australian Stock Exchange and went on to acquire several companies that entrenched and extended its market leadership. Hostworks was sold to Macquarie-owned Broadcast Australia at the market peak in late 2007.

He is currently developing three new business opportunities. The most advanced is facilitating and providing expertise to build a substantial SA-based data centre. His second venture is a services company that will provide application management for enterprise customers in a cloud computing environment. The third business aims to develop management software for cloud deployment, using licensed IP.

When: Tues 27 Oct - 7:30am

Where: Sebel Playford Hotel (Google Maps)

RSVP: register online by 19th October 2009

eChallenge Launch and Venture Showcase 2009

14 September 2009

The 2009 eChallenge corporate launch and venture showcase took place on Wednesday 26th of August at the Stamford Plaza Adelaide Hotel. The evening was a great success, with wine, canapes and conversation enjoyed by all. Highlights included an exceptional venture showcase presented by our 2009 eChallenge teams and speeches from:

• Professor James McWha
  The Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Adelaide
• Professor Noel Lindsay
  Director, Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation & Innovation Centre

The work the 2009 eChallenge teams put into the venture showcase was evidenced by their outstanding presentations. The professionalism, energy and enthusiasm of the teams contributed to a fantastic evening. Congratulations to team Saxony SMS for winning the prize for best presentation. Please visit the eChallenge website for more information.

Diana Lucic with Simon Ratcliffe from Saxony SMS	Professor James McWha and Professor Noel Lindsay	Vice-Chancellor's speech	Megan Llewellyn-Gabell , Karen Snook, Diana Lucic and Eloise Leaver

Graduate Entrepreneurial Program (GEP) Workshop

24 July 2009

The ECIC offers scholarships to support the development of innovative entrepreneurial business ideas through its Graduate Entrepreneurial Program (GEP). The GEP is a suite of 3 programs: the Business Initiatives from Graduates (BIG), the Graduate Business Support Scheme (GBSS) and the Premier’s Enterprise Scholarship (PES). GEP applicants can apply for a broad range of business support and training, including serviced offices in the University of Adelaide's Student Entrepreneurial Incubator (ThInc Lab).

To ensure your GEP application is successful, why not attend our introductory workshop? How to turn a great idea into an even greater application is an introductory 'start your own business' workshop for those aspiring entrepreneurs with a business idea, but not quite sure where to start. Participants will be given a basic understanding of how to assess and develop ideas and opportunities, together with a basic understanding of the business creation process. Entrepreneurs from the Program will discuss their business creation experiences, and information will be provided about the applications process.

Please visit the ECIC Event Calendar for more information.

eChallenge Workshops

1 July 2009

Throughout the 2009 eChallenge, a series of workshops will be held to assist competition participants in preparing the best possible business plan.

The University of Adelaide's Entrepreneurs' Challenge 2009

1 June 2009

The Entrepreneurs' Challenge is a business plan competition targeted at university students, general and professional staff (from any discipline). This competition is also open to students/staff from other universities, TAFE and the broader community. The echallenge is open to teams of two to six people to develop a business plan for a new, previously unfunded concept. The competition aims to foster the successful development of new ideas into investment-ready, early-stage companies.

The echallenge stimulates innovation and entrepreneurship and creates genuine commercial prospects for the benefit of South Australia. The competition also educates entrants about the process of getting a viable business idea off the ground. And with thousands in prizes, it is certainly more than an exercise in writing a good business plan!

ECIC Research Colloquium Series 2009

1 May 2009

You are invited to attend an exciting and diverse range of seminars as part of the ECIC Research Colloquium Series 2009. Seminars are held monthly with a rich mix of presenters comprising of academics from the ECIC, visiting overseas academics and presenters from industry and the not-for-profit sector.

Please visit ECIC Research Colloquium Series for more information.