TechLaunch 2012, the NUS technology unconference, happens next Saturday

Next Saturday, the Industry Liaison Office of NUS is organising its annual TechLaunch.

TechLaunch is an unconference around NUS technology, an ideation venue for imagineers, inventors, makers, developers, hackers, self-starters, entrepreneurs and people with great doses of curiosity and mental wanderlust. At TechLaunch you will have the opportunity to mingle with creatives playing with the latest NUS IT technologies.

The event has two main parts. TechLaunch starts off with a casual event networking and team formation, followed by idea drafting. In the second part, teams will work on an idea to transform NUS technologies into products or services. The best team which successfully turns the NUS technologies into real products or services will be awarded with attractive prizes from Microsoft, Research in Motion, as well as Amazon Web Services.

On top of the team formation and pitching, TechLaunch will also showcase a range of technologies in the fields of data mining, semantic analysis, image and video analysis, biometrics, interactive video, e-business, fashion, e-health, gaming, surveillance and many others.

Event Details:

Date: 15th September 2012

Time: 10am – 6.30pm

Venue: NUS Engineering Auditorium

Address: 9, Engineering Dr 1, Singapore, Singapore

Agenda:

10.00 Registration/Networking/Tech fair

10.30 Main presentation (inside the auditorium)

11.30 2 Ideation segments.

13.00 Pizza is ready. Mingle during lunch to put together a killer team.

14.00 Pick and choose technologies and build and idea based on them. Work on your idea, extend it, and create a poster to explain your product/service. Put up your poster and get ready to vote.

16.30 Take a look at the team posters and vote for the best. If your poster is among the best you will get to pitch.

17.15 Pitch your idea in front of a panel of experts and win prizes.

You can register for the event at the Techlaunch2012 Eventbrite page.