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Introduction to IDEAFEST Workshop 2023

If you're a student at the Henley Business School or University of Reading and have an idea for a new business, you can enter the IDEAFEST Student Business Idea Competition and pitch your idea for the chance to win a prize of £1,000, plus mentoring to help you take it to the next stage and make your business idea a reality!

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Event information
Date 20 January 2023
Time 13:00-15:30 (Timezone: Europe/London)
Venue Henley Business School
Event types:
Webinars Workshops

The Introduction to IDEAFEST Workshop is an opportunity offered to students who intend to enter IDEAFEST. This workshop provides some insights into how to submit a great entry, covering the theory and practice of business idea generation and development, as well as some tips from members of the IDEAFEST judging panel and former competition winners.

The workshop will be held online via Microsoft Teams on 20 January 2023, 1:00pm. The full schedule is outlined below:

1:00pm - Welcome (Professor Norbert Morawetz)

1:05pm - So You Have a Business Idea: the Seven Principles of Winning IDEAFEST (Professor Norbert Morawetz)

1:30pm - Protecting Your Business Idea (Jurek Sikorski)

1:45pm - What You Need to Know About Legal (Jacob Montague, Solicitor, Clarkslegal)

2:00pm - Break

2:15pm - IDEAFEST 2023 Competition (Jurek Sikorski)

2:30pm - IDEAFEST Finalists' Panel (former IDEAFEST finalists from 2022, moderated by Jurek Sikorski)

3:00pm - Networking and Refreshments

3:30pm - Finish

To register to attend the Workshop, please sign up here.

If you have any queries about IDEAFEST, including how to enter and when applications open, please check our website here.

Contact us

Jurek Sikorski

If you have any questions, please contact Email: jurek.sikorski@henley.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)118 378 8188

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