Introduction to IDEAFEST Workshop 2024

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 on 24 January 2023, 1:00pm in room G15 of the Henley Business School building, Whiteknights campus. There will also be an option to dial in for those unable to attend in-person. The full schedule for the workshop 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 (Stuart Mullins, Partner, Clarkslegal)

2:00pm - Break

2:15pm - IDEAFEST 2024 Competition (Jurek Sikorski)

2:30pm - IDEAFEST Finalists’ Panel (former IDEAFEST finalists from 2023, 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.