Introduction to IDEAFEST Workshop 2024

If you have an idea for a business that you’d someday like to turn into a reality, signups are now open for Henley Centre for Entrepreneurship's Introduction to IDEAFEST Workshop 2024! If you’re unfamiliar with it, this workshop is a session where you can find out everything that goes into creating a winning entry for IDEAFEST, the University of Reading’s annual student business idea competition. There is up to £1,000 up for grabs for the winner to fund their business idea, along with mentoring from business experts, so it’s well worth getting involved and kickstarting your entrepreneurial journey. This workshop will provide you with some valuable insights into how to submit a great IDEAFEST entry, covering what goes into generating a business idea and how to take the first steps towards validating it. It will also include tips from members of the IDEAFEST judging panel and former competition winners, sharing their guidance on how to make your business idea really stand out. The workshop will be held at 1:00pm on 24th January 2024, both in person in room G15 of the Henley Business School building, Whiteknights campus, and online via Microsoft Teams. For those that attend in person, refreshments will be provided. Here is the full schedule: 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

For more information contact : 0118 378 8691 - a.j.baker@henley.ac.uk