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UT Challenge
Entrepreneurial Day - Less than two weeks to go
2017-05-31
During the Entrepreneurial Day, our final event will take place! The 20 finalists of the UT Challenge will battle each other in two nerve-wrecking rounds for the amazing prizes in the category Ideation and Prototyping. Apart from these, there will be more prizes to present: the Audience Prize and the ASML Makers Award.
The finalists have been preparing the pitch of their lives by attending workshops, speed dates and last training options provided by our partners. On the 13th of June it's time for them to step onto the stage and give it all they've got!
Programme
The day starts at 10:30 with the semi-finals of the “UT Challenge” that gives you the chance to determine who will win the public prize. The project team judged by the audience to be the best will receive € 2000 to kick-start their careers!
From 13:00 onwards, be inspired and amazed by our various pre start-ups and next unicorns at the Waaier building. Students can meet our business partners for an internship, job or someone to help you develop a brilliant idea.
The Innovation Lecture ‘Disrupt or be disrupted’ will start at 14:00, delivered by our keynote speaker Jose van Dijk,Vice President of Cisco, Silicon Valley. She will give us first-hand insights in the latest developments. Marina van Damme Scholarship and the Van Den Kroonenberg Prize will be awarded over the course of the afternoon, followed by the UT Challenge grand final at 15:00. To close the day, drinks will be served.
10.30 - 12.00 First round pitches UT Challenge (The Gallery, DesignLab)
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 14.00 Innovation Market (de Waaier)
14.00 - 16.00 Innovation Lecutre and final round UT Challenge (de Waaier)
16.00 Innovation Market, drinks and DJ
Location: Designlab and de Waaier
Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB
Enschede
During months of preparation, the UT Challenge has given its contestants tools to become well acquainted with the university’s network and the opportunity to meet the perfect partners organisations based on technological clusters. Who is your favourite and deserves to win?
