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IMAGINE IF! 2020 Launch Event (CANCELLED)
Wednesday, March 18th 2020
Auditorium SV1717, EPFL Route Cantonale, Bâtiment SV, 1015 Lausanne
17:15 – 19:40 (GMT)
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[The event has been CANCELLED due to the recent restrictions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. A VIDEO PRESENTATION introducing the accelerator will be made available to the people registered to the event. If you wish to receive it as well, please register to the event]
For the fourth time in a row, IMAGINE IF! is now beginning its new edition. Innovation Forum Lausanne has the pleasure to invite you to its launch event on March 18th where we will unveil prizes, mentors, judges and give tips on the application form. The evening will feature a talk from previous IMAGINE IF! winner as well as the opportunity to network with like minded innovators and businesses from the Lemanic area.
If you have a scientific idea with the potential to become an entrepreneurial success, don't waste this opportunity and join us. IMAGINE IF! is a fantastic opportunity to accelerate this idea towards a commercial reality and unlike other competitions, it is the first truly global competition for science ventures.
Participation is FREE, don’t miss this opportunity and apply now HERE! The application deadline is midnight (BST) April the 15th 2020.
Schedule
17:15 - 17:30
Registration
17:30 - 17:40
Introduction by Innovation Forum Lausanne
17:40 - 18:10
Presentation of the IMAGINE IF! accelerator program
18:10 - 18:30
“From IMAGINE IF! onwards” – Nicolas Vachicouras, CEO of Neurosoft, winners of IMAGINE IF! 2018-19
18:30 - 18:40
“The International Start-Up Award” – Aniello Pollio, Event Director
18:40 - 19:40
Networking apero
Speakers
Nicolas Vachicouras is the founder of Neurosoft, winner of last edition’s IMAGINE IF! Accelerator. Neurosoft develops soft electrode arrays for treating neurological diseases by recording or stimulating the brain, spinal cord or peripheral nerves.
Aniello Pollio is the Event Director of "The International Start-up Award", a contest that aims to offer an international scene to start-ups from all over the world and give them the opportunity to meet interested companies and international investors, thus contributing to the growth, development and evolution of the Swiss start-pp ecosystem. The International Start-Up Award is promoted by the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Geneva in collaboration with the Association of International Chambers of Commerce AICC.
Wednesday, March 18th 2020
17:15 – 19:40 (GMT)
Auditorium SV1717, EPFL Route Cantonale, Bâtiment SV, 1015 Lausanne
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