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Neoteny Start-up Camp 1"Connecting with the Hub of Asia"
1. Event Background
1A. About Neoteny Labs
Neoteny Labs is currently in the process of establishing an early-stage investment fundand incubator. The principals behind Neoteny Labs are Joichi Ito (General Partner) andReid Hoffman (Investment Committee Chairman).
The fund and incubator are expected to be operational in Q1 2010, and will focus oninvesting and incubating pre-seed to seed-stage technology start-ups in 3 areas, namely(1) Consumer Internet, (2) Mobile Applications and (3) Consumer Hardware andElectronics Design. Neoteny Labs will:
a. Identify new markets, products and technology trends and guide teams todevelop in these areas;
b. Mentor teams with new product ideas and invest in them as they gain traction;c. Help with global market entry, partner sourcing and subsequent capital raises;
andd. Develop and attract a network of entrepreneurs, mentors and anchor "smart
money" in Singapore.
1B: Purpose of Neoteny Start-up Camp 1
The motivations behind the inaugural Neoteny Start-up Camp event are two-fold:
a. Announce and launch Neoteny Labs;b. Introduce overseas investors, entrepreneurs and executives to Singapore's
entrepreneurial ecosystem;c. Introduce and expose local entrepreneurs and executives to overseas investors,
entrepreneurs and executives; andd. Allow for exchange of ideas and knowledge between the international and
Singapore investor, entrepreneur and executive diaspora.
1C: Event Details
Date: December 12th and 13th, 2009
Time: 08:00 till 18:00 daily
Location: Singapore Management UniversitySchool of Accountancy60 Stamford Road, Singapore 178900Ngee Ann Kong Si Auditorium
Speakers: See attachment in email.
2. Event Programme
Each event day will be split into 2 halves - morning and afternoon - with the first(morning) half being a single-track plenary session with keynotes, talks and paneldiscussions. The second (afternoon) half will be conducted in the form of anunconference. An unconference is a facilitated, participant-driven conference centredaround a theme or purpose. In our case, the theme is "Connecting with the Hub ofAsia".
The following gives an overview of the event programme over the 2 days:
December 12th, 2009 Saturday
08:00 - 08:30 "Outside, Looking In"• Keynote by Joichi Ito
08:30 - 09:30 "Product, Process and Software Agility"• Panel discussion moderated by Joi Ito, and with Ian
Mcfarland (Pivotal), Diego Rodriguez (IDEO) and Jay
Dvivedi (Shinsei Bank)
09:30 - 10:30 "Hackerspaces"• Panel discussion moderated by Sean Bonner, and with Meng
Weng Wong, Bre Petis, Mitch Altman and Jens Ohlig as
panelists
10:30 - 11:30 "Starting up Start-ups"• Panel discussion moderated by Sean Bonner, and with Rob
Mee (Pivotal), bunnie (Chumby) and Teruhide Sato (Netprice)
11:30 - 12:15 "Reach out and Touch Face: A Rant about Failing"• Talk by Johannes Grenzfurthner
12:15 - 13:30 Catered Lunch and Networking
13:30 - 17:00 Day 1 participant-led break-out sessions
17:00 - 18:00 Mozilla Drumbeat• Talk and workshop by Mark Surman (Mozilla Foundation)
December 13th, 2009 Sunday
08:30 - 09:00 "Welcome to Singapore"• Opening speech by Michael Yap (MDA)
09:00 - 10:00 "Inside, Looking Out"• Panel discussion on start-up growth, user acquisition, market
access
• Moderated by James Chan, with panel members being
Terence Swee (Muvee), Ming Yong Guang (Socialwok) and
TBD
10:00 - 11:00
"Bringing Your Business to Singapore"• Panel discussion on experiences of foreign entrepreneurs who
set up in Singapore; how they got started, issues they ran
into, how they coped, what they gained in the process
• Moderated by Sean Bonner, with panel members being
Thorben Linneberg (OrSiSo), Venu Sriperumal (Mystiq
Mobile) and Jonas Eichhart (PlanetAbroad)
11:00 - 12:00"Open Culture"
• Talk by Dan Kaminski
12:00 - 13:00 Catered Lunch & Networking
13:00 - 17:00 Day 2 participant-led break-out sessions
3. Expected Attendees
We expect attendee numbers to be between 200 and 300, with a stronger concentrationof investors, entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial executives (85%). We also expect to seea small proportion of students (NUS, NTU and SMU) and iLEs, and hopefully at thesame time reach out to the developer and start-up ecosystem in Asia Pacific.
4. Event Costing
Attendance at the event will be free of charge upon registration at our event site athttp://nsc1.neotenylabs.com. In order to make this event a reality, Neoteny Labs hassought sponsorships from private-sector partners and government agencies.
The majority of the sponsorship money will be used to cover the flight andaccommodation expenses for the overseas speakers, with the remainder for F&B andother related event infrastructure.
5. Sponsorship Sought
Neoteny Labs is seeking sponsorships in blocks of US$5,000 from interested andsynergistic partners. Interested parties should contact James Chan [email protected].
6. Proposed Value to Sponsors
The sponsor will gain exposure to a wide range of groups• Local Singaporeans• Local Singaporean companies• Companies from around the world with a Singapore presence• Leading edge tech entrepreneurs from around the world
Your company will also benefit from the publicity and coverage in local and globalmedia in the lead up, to and after the event.
There will also be opportunities to display promotional material and provide handoutsto attendees, as well as placement of your company's logo on the event website.